ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 17934, 11 November 1918, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr S. Solomon, K.C., of Dunedin, is at present seriously ill. Mr Thornhill Cooper has been seriously ill for some time with influenza and bronchitis. The following New Zealanders have been awarded bars to the Military Crosses; Lieutenants K. Scott and J. A. Roy (Rifle Brigade >. A Christchurch .message records the death on-Saturday of Mr H. \V. Bishop, ex-Magis-trate in Christchurch, who recently retired. Mr M. Kennedy {Thornburyl ha? received word that his brother. Private P. Kennedy, died in Hospital on November 6. Prior to enlistment in the 42nd Reinforcements he was engaged in farming at Rivcrsdale. He was the youngest son of Mr John Kennedy, of Athenry, Ireland. A Press Association telegram from Wellington says that Mr George Fenwick has wired from Vancouver that the New Zealand Press delegates left there on Friday. A Vancouver cable conveys the same information. On Thursday evening, prior to his departure from Invercargill, Dr Stanley Brown was presented by the soldier patients of the Southland Hospital with a handsome ease of Locwe pipes and tobacco pouch as a slight token of the esteem in which he is held by them. In making the presentation reference was made to the fact that during the period of the warthe Doctor’s work had been increased to a very great extent, but despite the extra demands upon his time, his attention to the soldier patients had been most assiduous, and the deep and personal interest shown by him in their individual progress towards physical improvement had won for him the lasting gratitude of the returned men who had been' under his' care. Apartfrom his skill and success in bringing back to health and strength many men seriously injured, his genial and kindly manner, and his ready sympathy in ..the hour of suffering endeared him to his patients, and the soldiers “fcxpressed to him on Thursday evening in no uncertain manner their regret at his departure, end the personal esteem in which he is held by them. Dr Brown, in thanking the men for their kindly remembrance of him, assured them that the extra work— and'it had been considerable—had been with hipa a labour of love. His efforts to get away on active .service having proved unavailing he had,considered the increased calls upon his time as his war effort. To the men who. had passed through his hands he paid a very high tribute. Their discipline had at all times been excellent, while the patience and fortitude with which many of them had borne months of pain and suffering had filled him with, admiration for them, and thankfulness that he was in a position to do some.thing towards helping them to regain their strength. During his absence he hoped to have the opportunity of studying all the latest methods of curing and restoring men to* the-ir health, and, when he returned 1o Invercargill, he could assure them that whatever knowledge he gained would be freely and gladly used in the interests of the returned men. Hearty cheers were given for the Doctor at the conclusion of his remarks.