PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9692, 21 June 1917, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Private IV. E. Brickell, of Greytowa, _ has been wounded ju action. Private A. M. Foster, formerly of Mastorton, has succumbed to wounds received in action iu France. Private B. Ross, sou of Mr A. Ross, formerly M.P. for Pahiatua. has died from wounds received iu France on June Sth. 1 The Mayor of Petone (Mr J. IV, MeEwan) has been advised'of'T'lid'death ", of bis sou, Sergeant-Major William McEwan, in tho recent offensive in France. Lieutenant IV. E. Collins, formerly of Pahiatua, who has made the supreme sacrifice in the war, was formerly- a prominent Forty Mile Bush representative footballer. ’ ■ ' ’ 'The directors and ladies’ committee of tho IVairarapa Caledonian Society last evening tendered a farewell social to Corporal Owen Welch and presented him with a set of military hairbrushes. At last night's meeting of the Victoria College Council the • resignation ■ of Professor J. Rnukino Brown-as- a•member of that body was received with regret. ’ , Guests at tho New Commercial, include:—Mr and Mrs, Sparrow (Christchurch), Mr and .Mrs McDonald (Levin), Mr and Mrs Wilson (Napier), Messrs Phillips (Palmerston North), Crass (Mastorton), Wrigley (Mastorton), Godloy (Sydney), Plunket (Melbourne)... A motion of sympathy to Mr A. Macfarlane, of Pahiatua, ouo of the directors of tho National Dairy Association, who is at present seriously ill, was passed at the annual meeting of the association at Palmerston yesterday. Mill J. U. ißarr, formerly * well known as chief officer of the Mararoa, who has been abroad, in the Royal Navy for the past two and a-half years,-; has arrived back in Wellington, hav- , mg been placed on the list of invalided. Among the guests at Barrett’s Hotel are Major Tatliam (Otaki), Air Torup- i sett (Otaki), Lieut. Bailey, Messrs Bailey, Mr Falconer (2) (Nelson), AJiss Nottingham (Christchurch), Sir and Miss Truscott (Wairarapa), Messrs,. Boys, Webb, Rankin and Brandon. A pathetic figure at the Solemn Requiem Mass at tho Basilica yesterday , was Chaplain-Captain Dore, who was seriously wounded while on, active service on Gallipoli. He was so severely . injured about tbo spine that he is scarcely able to get about- with tbo aid of two sticks. During the course ’of tho annual meeting of tho National Dairy Associa-■ tion at Palmerston yesterday tho chair- 11 man announced' the sad news that word had just been received that *” son of a member present, Air J. Mark, of Alangatold, Private Eric Alarx, had been killed at tho front. A motion of sympathy was passed to Air Marx, all members standing. Out of respect the meeting then adjourned till tho afternoon. Tho Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald”' (Minister for Agriculture) leaves Wellington this morning, to attend the' ’ Palmerston Show. Tho Aliuistcr will be entertained at luncheon by the officials df the show, and in die afternoon he will attend the annual smoko social and respond to the toast of the Agricultural Department. Mr MacDonald returns to Wellington by the Alain Trunk express to-morrow .after-!. noon. At Bank’s College last night tho members of B Company, Sth Wellington Regiment, presented ScrgeautAlajor Hugo with a cose of pipes, a ; leather wallet, and a fountain pen, on. tho' occasion of his joining tho rein- -; forcemeats. Lieutenant Amos, officer ' commanding the regiment, who mado* tho presentation, said that Sergeant-, Major Hugo had been a non-coinmis-, sioned officer since the inception of the Territorial Force. The best wishes of B Company would go with the departing soldier. Ho trusted that before long ho would return from the ordeal of battle, unscathed and ready to take his place among them again. Sergeant-Major Hugo suitably replied. A service will be held in St, Matthias Church, Alakara; oh , Saturday’j afternoon, the occasion being'thedpdi-', cation by the Lord Bishop of Wellington of a stained-glass window placed in the church by residents and friends to the memory of the lato Trooper John Howard Jervis, who left New Zealand with tho Alain Expeditionary Forces and was killed- at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. It was the late soldier'wbd 1 brought news of the wrecked steamer'. Penguin in 1909. Although only a youth when called on, notwithstanding the tempestuous weather, ho started from Terawbiti station over the mountain track, arriving at peep of day in Makara. Captain D. Ritchie was jn command of tho Waitotara, whichhas been abandoned on fire at sea.’ Following ara ' the vessel’s officers;’ Air AI. Darcy, ’ chief; Air H. C. Alilnc, 2nd; Air D. G. i Davis, 3rd. The engineers were, Air J. AlcLean, chief, Alessrs IV. King, H. G. Isaac, and H. M. Cameron. Mr A. J. .Gilligan was Wireless operator. The captain, officers and'engineers of the Waitotara are well known in Wellington, all having been engaged in vessels in the coastal - or'’intef-c6lc»nial_ trade. Captain Ritchie’ was in comV mand of the Tarawera for some time until he joined the Waitotara in an oversea service. Air AlcLoan, the chief engineer, held a similar position on the Union Company’s IVarrimoo. -