PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 28 December 1917, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Vice-Admiral Sir R. E. Wemyss, who was born in 1864, entered the navy in 1877, secured a lieutenancy in 1887, commander 1898, and captain 1907. He .was in command of the Second Battle Squadron in 1912-13.

Lieut. K. R. Park, of the Royal Flying Corps, son of Professor Park, of Otago University, has been awarded the Military Cross and a bar to the Military Cross, on both occasions for gallantry and devotion to duty in the field, , ,;.l •

Among the list of those wounded on December 4 appears the name of Corporal I). Roots,'"a member the Patea Rifle Club. He was a wellknown shooter and a winner of the New Zealand rifle championship.

Mr F. Whittle'hap received word, that his brother, Private R. J. Whit--tie, who left with the 4th Australian Reinforcements and served on tlm western front without a break, hks recently sustained the loss of his right eye. Private R. J. Whittle was a noted shot. .

Mr Frederick M'Cubhin, a wellknown Australian artist, died last week at his home at South Yarra, Melbourne,' at the .age of 62. His paintings rank among the first in Australia, and gained him fame in the Paris Salon in 1897 and Grafton Gallery, London. Mr M'Cubbin leaves a wife, four sons, and two daughters. '. ,

The latest contains the names of the following Taranaki meri: Died of wounds : Private''lt; B, MacLeod (Mrs V. R. MacLeod, Stratford, wife), D. Brew (Mrs D . Brew Mtham, mother). In the hospital report, Private W. Parker (Hawera) is reported as a severe case,' and Privates F. E. Bryant and J. G. Hughes, both of New Plymouth, as not severe cases.

Three old colonists died within the last few days in the Auckland district. ’Mrs Mary Elizabeth White died on Sunday, aged 88 years. Mr James Marshall Lennox, who had been prominently associated with public matters in Auckland, died on Saturday at the age of 75 years. Mr Henry R. Grover, storekeeper of Kohukohu, died last week at the age of 77 years. v

. The recent casualties reported by the-Italian War Office, according to American newspapers, include the name of Ernestq Pagani, who as “Maciste,” was a prominent motion picture figure on both sides of the Atlantic. Maqiste, ; who was, a giant in build, will be remembered by New Zealand picture theatre-goers as the slave in ‘-Cabiria.” He is said to have been the largest man in Italy. He was killed ’ during the recent offensive on the Bainsizza Plateau.

Colonel Robert Logan, Administrator of Samoa, is to return to New’Zealand on fufldugh: \ Duririg his absence from Apia, Colonial .dr. W. S. Patterson will act as administrator, as ho did On a previous occasion. Colonel G. J. Smith, of Christchurch, who recently returned from England, will take over the command of the Auckland military district. Until Colonel Patterson’s return/ The date of Colonel Logan,’s departure from Apia has not been definitely fixed.

Mr Arthur Henderson, who recently resigned from the British Ministry of Labour, is said to have derived his personal character from what is popularly termed in England the “Nonconformist Conscience.” He is a Wesleyan, and a practising one. He was “truly, converted,” as the leyan ministers say, at the age of sixteen. He became a, Sunday school tehcher. He became a “class leader.” He is to-da,y one of the “lay representatives” of the British Wesleyan Conference., He has not failed for 37, years to httbrtd that NOw Year’s Eve ceremony so dear, to Wesleyan hearts, the ‘ ‘ service J *