PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 20, 17 August 1917, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr J. Brown was yesterday re-elect-ed chairman of the Maketawa Dairy Company, a position he has held for the past 21 years. ,

Mrs E. L. Terry, of Juliet Street, Stratford, was advised yesterday that her fourth son, Private W. H. Terry, was wounded S T o further particulars were given.

Mrs Carter, of Warwick Road, Stratford, received word last night of the death of her son, Private Herbert S. Carter, who was killed in action in France on 31st July. Deceased was the fifth son of Mr and Mrs Carter and a grandson of the late Captain J. C. If. Carter, of the 53rd Regiment.

The Governor-General has received • a cable stating that the King has appointed Surgeon-General R. S. F. Henderson, R.A.M.C., Director General of Medical Services in New Zealand, a member of the third class or Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath.

Mr E. S. Rutherfurd has just received word that his eldest brother, Private Herbert Spencer Rutherfurd, was killed in action in France on July the.,3lst. Private H. S. Rutherfurd left New Zealand with the 9th Reinforcements. Mr Rutherfurd has also two younger brothers serving at the front.

Mr and Mrs T. Cuthbert, of Pembroke Road, yesterday received the sad news that their only son, Jack, had been killed in action on 31st July. The deceased left New Zealand as a Sergeant in the 18th Reinforcements. He was educated in 4be Stratford District High School, where he weijt through both departments, and bis decease will add another name to tor long list of those, who from that institution, have died for their Country. Jack was a. popular school hoy, being very fond of games and sport of all kinds. He was one of the first to offer bis services as a soldier. His school career was bbrilliant, and he gave promise of being a most successful teacher. We '■ extend the fullest sympathy with his parents and his, only sister, Mrs S. Sharp, of Stratford.

The deatli occurred at an early hour this morning of Mr John Fitzgerald, who was well-known for many years as host of the Empire Hotel, Stratford.! Deceased was horn in County Cork, Ireland, in iB6O, and- came to New Zealand in 1880, first residing in Canterbury and then migrating to Palmerston North) where he entered into the hotel business. Sixteen years ago, with his family, he came to Stratford, and took over the Empire, in which he proved himself one ofi the most popular landlords in - the district. He retired from the hotel in 1913, and took up his residence in Page Street, Stratford. Soon afterwards, he suffered from sunstroke, has been in ill-health ever since, and gradually declined. Deceased was noted for his uprightness and honesty. Beyond being an ardent racing enthusiast, having owned several racehorses and trotters, he took little ■active part in public life, but he made many friends who, with his widow, six daughters, and one son, deplore his decease at the comparatively early Catholic Church at 2.30 on Sunday afternoon for interment at the KopuaCemetery,