PERSONAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 32

PERSONAL.

Dean M'Kenna, who went Home some months ago for health reasons, has been under treatment by a Glasgow specialist, and it is understood has completely recovered. He expects to return to New Plymouth towards the end of the year. The Wellington Young Women s Christian Association has appointed Miss Mildred Williams to the position of assistant secretary. At present Miss Williams is holding the post of deaconess of Trinity Churoh in Dunedin. She is expected to take up her office in girls' work in Wellington this month. Following upon the appointment of Mr J. W. Collins, chief clerk of tho Labour Department, and Deputy-registrar of Industrial Unions, to be secretary to tho Board of Trade, the positions of chief clerk, deputyregistrar of unions, deputy chief inspector of factories, etc., will be rearranged. It is probable that Mr W. Newton, officer-in-chargo of tho department in Auckland, will go to Wellington shortly to take up tho position of deputy chief inspector of factories. Mr H. E. Moston, oflicer-m-oharge at Wellington, will succeed Mr Newton, and Mr Moston's place will be taken by Mr G. H. Lightfoot. inspector in charge of the department's branch at Invercargill. Mr W. Slaughter, formerly at Wellington, and lately appoaited to Palmerston North, in succession to the lute Mr W. J. Culver, will have charge of the Invercargill office; Mr H. J. Torbit, of Grcymouth, will go to Pahnerston North; Mr T. J. Fielder, of Oamaru, to Greymouth; Mr W. J. Mountjoy, third inspector at Auckland, to Oamaru; while Mr V. A. iSutton, clerk and probationary inspector at Auckland, will bo appointed; third inspector. The position of second inspector in Wellington, vacated by Mr Slaughter some time ago, will be filled by tho transfer of Mr R. T. Bailey, second inspector at Christchurch. Mr J. F. Arnold, of Now Plymouth, will succeed Mr Bailey at Christchurch ; Mr W. J. Wakelin, third inspector at Christchurch, will go to New Plymouth, and Mr P. 11. Kinsman, clerk and probationary inspector at Christchurch, will bo promoted to be third inspector. The death occurred at Adelaide on Sunday, May 14, of Surgeon-major Hinton, at tho age of 103 years and two months. Sur-geon-major Hinton had expressed a wish that his remains should bo cremated, and. that until this had been done tho news of his death should bo kept secret. _ His wishes were followed. Ho had enjoyed comparatively good health until within a fortnight of his death (says the Argus). He could rend without the a ; d of spectacles until his ninfcy-eighth year. He was always an outdoor enthusiast, but in 1911 he fractured his thigh, and although, to the surprise of many physicians, the bono knitted, he was unable to indulge in much exercise afterwards. Burgeon-major Hinton was born in 1813, at Portsmouth, and was the oldest member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Ho became assistant-surgeon

in the Bengal Army in 1839. He was with the I British forces in the battle of Maharajapore ; i he was in tho first Sikh war, in 1846, and , was also at the battle of Sobraon. He | was at tho siege of Mooltan, and in 1857 his regiment was called out to cope with I tho Indian Mutiny, as the close of which | he went to China. Ho served there for I over two years, and was at the bombard- j ment and capture of Canton, and was also at the taking of the Taku forts, and the siege of Peking. Later he took part m : the Bhootan campaign, for which he gamed a medal. In 1865 ho went to Australia, and in 1868 he retired from the Indian Armv and settled in Tasmania. Subseguently he went to South Australia, where , ho lived almost continuously until his j

death. Constable Connell. formerly of Invercargill and Dipton, who was transferred to Clinton two years ago, died at Dunedin on Wednesday. He leaves a widow and numerous family of young children. Tho many friends of Mrs J. Howie, who was known on tho English concert platform as Princess To Rang! Pai, will regret to learn of her death, which occurred at Opotilci. The deceased had been in ill-health for some time, and her condition became critical last, week. Mrs Howie was the eldest daughter of Colonel T. W. Porter, and she was well and popularly known in musical circles, having frequently appeared in concerts in many towns in New Zealand and Australia. , , A cable message from London states that many leading cricketers were present at Lord Hawke's marriage to Mrs Cross, at Knightbridge, . The death occurred at Nelson Hospital on Wednesday of Captain P. J. Hume. He was a son of tho late Robert Hume, ot Dunedin, and was educated at the Otngo High School. Adopting dentistry, ho practised his profession at Takaka. He enlisted in the 2nd Reinforcements as a lieutenant, and shortly after arrival in Egypt was appointed dental surgeon at Lady Godley 9 Hospital. On June 23, 1915, he was promoted captain. Owing to ill-health lie was invalided to New Zealand, and admitted to hospital, where he had been some months, dying of consumption. The deceased was 33 vears of age, .and leaves a widow and three children, the youngest aged four years. Captain Hume served in one of the South African contingents.