ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 17968, 8 March 1917, Page 5

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr A. Beange, late first assistant <.fct Kennington Dairy Factory, has been appointed manager of the Otautau Factory in succession to Mr T. Hamilton. Mr Sidney Kidman, the "Cattle King of Australia,” arrived in Wellington by the Moeraki from Sydney on Monday. He is accompanied by Mrs Kidman, and is over here for a holiday. Miss Maud Wilson, M.A., first assistant mistress in the Southland Technical College, has accepted the position of Chief Instructor in Mathematics in th* Auckland Technical College, and leaves for the North in a few days. News has reached Melbourne that Lieutenant Harold Frithiof (FriU) Asche, A.1.F., was killed in action in France on 9th February, at the age of 37 years (states an Australian paper). This gallant soldier was the brother of Oscar Asche, the famous Australian actor-manager, and was born in Sydney. The funeral of the Hon. Taame Parata, M.D.C., will take place at Puketeraki on Saturday afternoon, probably soon after 3 o’clock. It is anticipated that a member of the Cabinet will arrive by th« first express from the North to represent the Ministry. Natives will be present from Kaikoura, Kaiapoi, Temuka, and Akaroa in Canterbury, and from all parts of Otago and Southland; in fact, thov are already assembling. The tangl commenced yesterday afternoon, and will last over the week. Three sons of the deceased—Mr Charles Parata, M.P., and Messrs W. T, and T. H. Parata (Rotorua) —arrived from the North on Tuesday. Committees have been set up to arrange for the welcome to visitors, thei* accommodation at Puketeraki, and incidental matters.

lieutenant Sidney Murray Wren, son of Mr James Wren, of Dunedin, has been awarded the Military Cross for distinguished service in the field. He was an Otago High School boy. He went to Canada, and was in journalistic work when the war broke out. He volunteered with the Canadians, and went to England, being laid low there with pneumonia, and could not cross the Channel with his corps, which was gassed, and nearly all died. Reporting to the War Office as soon as lit, young Wren was appointed a military attache to the Diplomatic Commission to the Allies and tli6 neutral nations. Then he served as an a.ttacho to the Atrocities Commission. On returning to England from Belgium, he was made a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, and placed on General Fitton's staff. He served with the 101st Division in France for two years, and was wounded at the Somme. He is now recovering at Ilfoni.-