PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 42, 19 June 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr H. Holland, Mayor of Christchurch, paid a short visit to Stratford last evening. He left for the South by the mail this morning.

Constable Fitzgibbon,. on the occasion of his leaving Inglewood to take np his duties in New Plymouth, was presented by tire citizens with a gold hunting watch and sovereign case.

Colonel W. G. Malone had a narrow escape at the landing at Gaba Tepe. A spent bullet or a piece of a shell grazed his neck. The wound was not serious, and being attended to on the spot, the Colonel did not leave the firing line.

Bandsman F. Thompson, of the Stratford Municipal Band, was the recipient last night at the annual meeting, of a handsome inscribed gold medal, the gift of Mr C. E. James, for the best attendance for twelve months at the Band’s practice. It was pointed out that Bandsman Thompson had answered to the roll on fortyeight occasions, having registered the possible.

The following officers have been appointed to the No. 2 New Zealand Stationary Hospital for service abroad :—Lieutenant-Colonel William Henrv Parkes, M.D., F.R.C.5.,, Minburgh; Major Thomas Copeland Savage, F.R.C.S., England; Major Chajrles Evans Maguire, M.D.C.M.; Captain Fred. Thompson Bowerbank, M.D.M.S.; Captain Francis Lidderdale Scott, M.D.M.S.; Captain Thomas Fergus, F.R.C.S., Edinburgh; Captain Wilfred Stanley Wallis, M.8.C.M.; Lieutenant (Quartermaster) George Purdy.

A very large number of letters and telegrams of condolence and sympathy have reached the Hon. James Allen, Minister for Defence, in connection with the death of his son, Lieutenant J. H. Allen, who was reported killed in action at the Dardanelles. Among the telegrams is one from the Keeper of the Privy Purse, expressing the regret of Their. Majesties the King and Queen at the loss the Minister and the Army have sustained. The commander of the New Zealand forces at the front has cabled the condolence of himself and his command. On behalf of the officers and men in cam]) at Trentham, the camp commandant sent a telegram of condolence to the Minister, expressing their deepest sympathy. The Minister replied: “T am deeply grateful to you for all your kind sympathy.”