PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 563, 29 November 1915, Page 4

PERSONALS.

■ Captain H. Monro returned from Wellington by the Mararoa yesterday.

Mr G. H. Scales arrived in Christchurch from Wellington on Saturday. Sir Cecil, Moon was a passenger by the ferry steamer from the north yesterday. Dr W. A. Fairclough, of the hospital ship stafE, left for the north on Saturday evening. Dr Hendry, of Invercargill, has commenced his duties in charge of the Red Cross Hospital at Hanmer Springs. Miss Isabel Greig, of Nelson, has been appointed"commercial instructor at the Southland Technical College. Dr G. E. Gabites has been appointed health officer for the port of Timaru,; vice Colonel Thomas, killed in action at the Dardanelles.

I Among the guests at Coker's Hotel are Messrs H. Hill (Wellington), M. Sterricker (Auckland), and J. E. Barres and M. J. Dersh (New York). The Colonial Auxiliary Forces' Officers ' Decoration has been awarded to Lieut. W. "V. Siddal, bandmaster of the Ist (Canterbury) Regiment. Advice received in Wellington states that Commander Lord Kelburn, of H.M.S. Pyramus, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Inspector Sheehan, of the Timaru Police Force, has left to take up his new duties in the Auckland district. SeniorSergeant King is, now in Charge of the Timaru district.

Mr J. W. Oliver, Gi'eenstreet, Ashbiirton County, lias rec6ived news that his son, Gunner E. "Oliver, of the Australian Field Artillery, has been wounded,:and is in hospital at Alexandria. The Rev. A. J. S. Seaton, of Kaikoura, has received news that his nephew, Corporal Joselyn Seaton, who was recently wounded at Gallipoli, has received a commission in the Royal Navy. It was resolved unanimously, at a meeting of the Carterton Gladstone Presbyterian Church on Thursday, to present a call to the Rev. E. J. Tipler, 8.A., of Knox College, Dunedin.

Official cable advice has been received that Lieut. E. F. H. Knowles, of the N.Z.F..A., has been invalided from Egypt to New Zealand, and is returning by a transport which left Suez on or about the 17th inst.

At the annual meetiug of the Strat—j ford County Council, held on Wednesday, a life-sized portrait of the late Lieut.-Colonel Malone was unveiled by the chairman, in the presence of a representative gathering. Mr W. H. Powell, of Hastings, has been advised that his cousin, General Sir Francis Thomas, K.C.8., has nominated him for a commission in the British Expeditionary Force. Mr Powell intends leaving for England by the Remuera on December 30. j

•In a letter to liis father, Sergt. F. J. Horrell states that he is making a good recovery from his severe wound, and hopes to be fit for the front again very soon. He has been transferred from the St.-Thomas's Hospital, London, to the Red Cross Hospital, Finsbury Square. Dr Grant, medical - superintendent of the Auckland Hospital, proposes to volunteer for service at the front at an date. At the'last meeting of the Hospital Board, it was explained that Dr Grant had desired to proceed to the front previously, but had remained at his post at the board's wish. The Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, Minister of Mines, arrived in Christchurcli tropin Wellington on Saturday morning. This week he will visit the mining districts of the South Island. Lieut. T. E. Y. Seddon,. M.P., will escort the Minister "through the Westland district, and | on the trip will take leave of his conjstituents before going to the front. Major David R. Taylor, R.A.M.C., King's Own Scottish, Borderers, a brother of Mr T. R, Taylor, accountant of Christchurch, was killed at the Dardanelles on July 14. ; Mr Taylor has re-, ceived a- letter which states that his brother's death was caused by shrapnel. "He had just finished dressing the wounds -of one of , the wounded men. He was mueh beloved by his patients at Ayton, and. a great favourite of his brother officers, and very popular with the men, who appreciated his' kintl and sympathetic nature." '

At the Methodist' Synod in Auckland, a resolution, expressing deep admiration of the bravery of Chaplain-Major Luxford, was cliapmm-major was wounded at the Dardanelles in such a serious manner as to necessitate' the amputation, of a leg. In moving,the resolution, the Rev.' A. C. Lawry said that on one occasion Major Luxford forestalled the efforts of men who were trying to drag a wounded man into a trench with a lasso, by' carrying him into safety, despite a hail .of bullets. He had also conducted burial services in very exposed conditions, even having to lie in the grave among the dead bodies owing to the number of flying bullets. Mr H. Farnworth, who seconded the motion, said that one of his sons had- stated in a letter that Major Luxford lay wounded in a trench, virtually bleeding to death, yet he did not call to the men who were near him. His condition had to be discovered. -A letter from the Rev. J. S. Smalley, London, stated that Major Luxford, though suffering much pain, was making good progress towards recovery'.