PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9718, 21 July 1917, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mrs E. IV. Platts, wife of the Rea sident Commissioner at Rarotonga, has arrived in Wellington, Mr Henry Kdser has been appointed Deputy-Registrar of Births and Deaths at Courtenay place, II ellingtou.

Tlic Rev. C. B. IV. Seton, vicar of Raglan, has been appointed chaplain to the Twenty-eighth Reinforcement*.

Mr Frank Galloway, in former years a prominent Rugby footballer in Wellington, will leave "New Zealand shortly to consult a New York specialist.

Mr E. T. Taylor, at one time purser of the steamer Omapero when she traded on tho East Coast, now settled in Rarotonga, is in. Wellington. The Rev. James Dunlop, of the First Church. Oakland, California, has accepted a rail to tho pastorate of the Ponsonby Baptist Church, Auckland. Lieutenant-Colonel R. IV. Cummings, whowas O.C. Kith Waikato Regnm-ut prior to joining tho New Zealand Expeditionary Force, has been appointed as temporary Infantry Instructor it: Trent ham camp.

Among the visitors at Barrett’* Hotel are Mr P- Lewis (Wanganui), Mrs and Miss Rawlins (Palmerston North), Mar IV. Park (Hawova), Mr A. Smith (Palmerston North), .and Mr Ken. Willis (Christchurch). Lieutenant (temporary captain), IV. Watson, who has gained the Military Cross, is a son of Mr William Watson, of Wellington (a director of tho Bank of New Zealand). Captain Watson was engaged in farming at Rangiriri before he enlisted. He loft New Zealand with a reinforcement draft in 1915, arriving in time to see service on Gallipoli, anu afterwards proceeding to France. Mr C. L. Hartmann, who has been, manager of tho Bank of Australasia at Otaki for about eleven years, has received. notice of transfer to Auckland, and leaves in the course of a fortnight for his new quarters. During Mr Hartmann’s stay in Otaki ho has boon associated with all branches of sport. Mr Hartmann has also been a prominent Church worker, a member of tho Patriotic Association, .and other organisations.

Captain Cedric L. Knight,' M:C., is tho son of Dr A. O. Knight, of Epsom, Auckland. He is only 23 years of age. Before enlisting, in ono of the first reinforcements. he was at the Auckland University, studying engineering. After being on Gallipoli for some time ho was wounded and invalided to England. Ho quickly recovered and wont to France, where ho has Veen ever since. It is only recently that he sat for his captaincy, and ho is believed to bo ono of tho youngest captains in tlul Now Zealand Forces.

Second-Lieutenant F. E. McKenzie* one of the latest recipients of tjjo Military Cross, is a Main Body man, haring enlisted as a private from Auckland. Ho was at the time on tho staff of a firm of solicitors. Flc-hasr-seen a great deal of service with tho Expeditionary Force, having been in the action on tho Suez' Canal %hd at Gallipoli. Lieutenant McKenzie proceeded to France with his . unit, winning hia commission on the field for gallantry in leading a trench raid in July of lasu year.

A letter from Lieutenaut.jJ,.. Carswell, N.Z.E.F., president of the Wellington. section of tho Australasian Institute of Marino ...Engineers, was read at the annual meeting of tho institute. Tho writer said; “I have now been given a commission, anti am very glad 1 did not get it before leaving New Zealand, .with the Jlilio Brigade. I would not miss the experience I have had for anything, r think such training is likely to givo a man a knowledge of all the circumstances that are likely to arise in carrying out one’s duties.” A motion was passed convoying the members’ congratulations to their president on obtaining bis commission, and Lieutenant Carswell., was unanimously re-elected president for the third year.

Tho Her. Canon Wollstein, vicar of Spring Creok, Marlborough, has been appointed locum tenens in ohargo or All Saints’ parish. Nelson, during the ' absence in camp of the vicar, the HcvJ. A.‘Rogers, who has been granted leave of absence for. one year or such less term as the military authorities may require him for. Canon Wollstem, who is one of tho most highly-respected clergy in the diocese, has been for many years in New Zealand. After a long educational career in the south he was ordained by Bishop Mules in 1902, and since 1904 has been at Sprint; Creek. Perhaps more than any of bia fellow-clergy ho has a, personal interest in the present war. In the gieat rising in Poland in 1835 against Prussian tyranny, the canon's grandfaiher, who was a count of the kingdom, took up arms against the oppressor. In the conflict ho and his three brothers were killed. His son, Canon Wollstoin’s father, continued to fight, and after being wounded several times fled as a refugee to England when the cause was lost. After some years ho married and settled down as a British subject. From the beginning of this war there has been a Woollstein in almost every fight. Every known eligible relative of Canon and Mrs Wollstem, including their own sons, has volunteered, and is serving at the front. Tho last of tho canon's sons left New Zealand about a year ago.

Lieutenant-Colonel George St. Hill, of tho Devonshire Hussars, who was reported in a recent .cablegram to have been killed in action, was well known in Wellington, at tho end of the ’eighties and the beginning of the ’nineties. Ho was the eon. of the late Canon St. Hill, who in the early days, had a school at Croft on. Colonel St. Hill was a prominent member of the Wellington Athletic Club and of, the Star Boating Club, and was also captain of tho D Battery- for some time he was in the office of Messrs Bell and Gully. At tho beginning of the ’nineties, being fond of adventure, ho went to South Africa, and thorlly after his arrival there information was received that ho was taking a- prominent jart in tho Mashona war; Later ho was appointed Commifsionev for .the North Rhodesian Chartered, Company, with headquarters at Lake Tanganyika. There he also saw fighting, as tho natives in that district also rose against the whites. Eventually he went to Loudon ns secretary to hie company. Directly the South African war broke out he volunteered, and' was through the whole war Origiiialiy he" was m the Devonshire heomanry, and later on he was temparanlv attached to certain well-known English cava by regiments. When the war broke out he waa a major in the Devonshire Hussars, I' or some time he wa« on the staff of the Governor of Jamaica. During the first year of the war Colonel St. Hill- was stationed in the South, of England, on coast protection duties. Later his ragiment went to the East. He leaves a widow and two children, who are in England.