PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 565, 1 December 1915, Page 4

PERSONALS.

» Mr C. E. Matthews, Inspector oi Prisons, left for Wellington last evene- ins;o Detective-Sergeant D. Connolly, oi r- Dunedin, who has been transferred .to id Christchurch, arrived from the souti is last night. On the occasion of his marriage, Mi J. .Douds was presented with an arm' !< * chair by the congregation of the Saltwater Creek. Church. Mr E; H. Nelsor ,n made the presentation. , n Mr C. S. Thomas, president of the ' Canterbury Caledonian Society, was prejy- rented by members of the society -last £ evening with.,a silver tea service, on 3r the eve of his marriag.4, Captain Felix B. Brown, of the Canre- terbury Battalion, who had to leave it Gallipoli a few weeks ago, owing to 1 a y- severe illness, is returning to New' Zea--5e land in the Maheno, on furlough. Ie Sergt.-Major J. W. Langridge, of the ie Canterbury Battalion, who \jas wounded and invalided to' England, has cabled ;e saying that he is making a splendid re:o covery. He is a patient in Fulham Hospital. " 1 ° Professor T. Marsden, of Victoria College, Wellington, arrived in K this city • yesterday, arid will spend-four days here before returning north. He has v enlisted, and will leave- for the front in January., - i- The Rev. John Steven, late of Papae kaio Presbyterfan Church, North Otago, a. who has beeii /living in retirement at >f Wanganui, died on Sunday, aged 72. e Deceased's pastorate of his southern is charge extended over 35 years. He y leaves one son and two daughters. At a meeting of the Ashburton High School Board yesterday, it was stated that Lieut. W. O. Berryman, of the Ist !r Royal Dragoon Guards, an old pupil of y the school, had been , awarded the Military' Cross fdr conspicuous gallantry in carrying out a reconnaissance in France. Messrs Lochhead and Tripp, the retira ing members of the Board of Governors of Lincoln College, being the only candidates nominated, have been re-elect-* ed. Mr Lockhead will . represent - the Parliamentary roll, and "Mr Tripp the South Canterbury division of the agri- ' cultural and pastoral divisions. : Mrs A. Armstrong,' Of South Street, n Ashburton, received advice yesterday d that her son, Trooper Richmond H. Arine strong, has been aamitted to the -19 th I General Hospital, Alexandria, suffering from a gunshot wound in the chest, and from pneumonia. Trooper Armstrong = left with the 6th Reinforcements, r Captain D. G. Smith, machine gun 1 officer to the Ist (Canterbury) Regi--1 ment, and son of Colonel G. J. Smith, left for Trentham.last night as machine-: - gun instructor to the reinforcements, e Sergt. R. B. Smith (C.Y.C.), another son 3 of Colonel Smith, will go into training - at Trentham next-month as a non-com-c missioned officer. 5 , Mr Hugo Friedlander, of Ashburton, I has received cable advice from his son, 3 Captain A. J. Friedlander, 8.A.M.C., to I the effect that he is coming out to New " Zealand,, by the hospital ship Maheno. j Captain Friedlander participated in the last big battle at Gallipoli, and was invalided- to tlfe General Hospital at and from there to the Convalescent -Camp, at Port Said. 3 The Hon. Dr McNab, Minister of Jusf tice, visited- the site of a new main i prison near Teinpleton morni ing. In the afternoon he inspected the ? Lytftslton Gaol, aid in the evening » motored to Springston, where a recruit- ? ing address was delivered. The Minis- - ter left by the midday express to-day for Tomuka, where he will speak on re- ■ emit,ing to-night. To-morrow he will I continue his journey south, and will reJ main about 10 days in Southland and 5 Otago before returning to Christchurch, I on his way back to Wellington. ! The late Mr W. 0. Rutherford, who , was 72 years old, was born in ' New South Wales, and educated in Ade- , laide. When 15 years old he came to . Canterbury with his parents, Who settled in ISGO at Leslie Hills Station, which was his father's property. Mr Rutherford managed Leslie Hills until lie took over "Montrose," in the Waiau 1 County, in 1576. He was a member of 1 the Amuri Road Board before the Amuri 1 County Council was constituted, and 1 was a member of the I-lurunui Rabbit 1 Board from 1890 onwards, becoming its chairman in 1896. In 1876 he married Miss Godfrey, of Nelson, who survives him. He leaves five sons and one daughter. Mr Rutherford was one of the oldest members of the Canterbury Cale- ! donian Society and was a life member of it. At the society's celebration of St. Andrew's Day, last evening, the president (Mr C. S. Thomas) made feeling reference- to Mr Rutherford's death, and stated that he had requested the secretary to write to Mrs Rutherford i expressing the society's deep symJ pathy. • .

The Eev, 0. L. Wilson, who has beea one of the curates attached to St* Mary's Church, Timaru, for the past three years, has been appointed vicar of Kumara. - ' Mrs J. Hardy, Sherbourne Street, Si, Albans, has been advised by-.the Minister of Defence, that her so®, Trooper Wallace ment*, disembarked Malta, slightly wounded, Trooper B/ndall was born in Christchurch, and was a driver- employed by the Empire Express Company when he enlisted. Another-son/*Trooper J. Randall, is in camp at Tatiherenikau, On Friday evening, at the Army Service Corps Camp, Tauherenikau, she N.C.O..'s and men of No. 5 Detachment of the .10tli Reinforcement, Army Service Corps, presented Lieut. Anderson, who was married in Christchurch. on Monday with of entree dishes and y stands. Regimental Sergt.-Major Love made the presentation, and Lieut. Anderson, who was heartly applauded, acknowledged the gift. > Oji Saturday, Mr Ralph Loughton left for England for the purpose of enlisting as a dispatch rider or airman. Owing to a light defect in his knee he was rejected by the . miUtary , authorities here, but he has paid his own passage Home. For some years Mi Loughton was on the staff of G. McClatchie and Co., Ltd. Prior to his-'departure his fel-low-employees met v him, r and, on • behalf.. of the Mr A. Partridge, the manager, presented him with a travellingrug, and wished him every success in his undertaking. Should lie return, safely his, position would be open for _ him; Mr Loughton's father is chief engineer at the Christchurch "Hospital.