PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 701, 10 May 1916, Page 4

PERSONALS.

» . Dr Pinfold was a passenger from the j north., by the Mataroa this .morning. Mr It: ©.Heather has been re-elected ! chairman iof .the Auckland Harbour | Board. - • - v . r . . . I A' Press Association message from [Sydney anwincesvthe death,of Mr John I A. Bndgory, a. noted ■ pastoralist, j son, ,John, .is fanning in . New Zealand. i The- Hon. Junes Alien, Minister of I-Defence,..arrived■»in Christchurch from the south..by < last -night's .second exI press. - He went on to Wellington by the ferry steamer. Trooper Stan-ley King,, who has been i down on final leave,, was, prrqr to his departure for Trentham, entertained by I his friends at a social and dance in the Papanui Hall, and presented witb a compass, wristlet watch, safety razor. Maltese cross, and poeketbook. His Excellency the Governor and- the Countess ofi Liverpool, accompanied by Mr Gavin" Hamilton (private secretary), and Mr H. Helmore (-A.D.G), left Wellington for Rotorna' last evening. They in tend- to remain- there until May.- 30, on which day they will return to .Wellington; • ■ - • ... . Sergeant-'Major H. 13. Patt'hett; of the Ashburton Defence Olfi'-e, %vas, advised yesterday that his brother, Private Albert Patchett, had been wounded for. the second'time. Private Pat"-! ehett, who is with the Royal Fusiliers. I was first wounded while fighting iii; FJainlers in October. Mr Joshua Tucker, of Ashburton,," has i received word from his «on, Captain .F.' G. Tucker, who is.on active service in! German East Africa, to the effect that hoi* well. • He is unable .to give particulars of the fighting, but states that* it is a great -country, and they hav ■ had two big bayonet fights in the moou-. light. " " : Mr. M. Cook, of Leighton Street,.: Avonside, has been advised that his brother. Corporal J. Cook, of the. Imperial Army, has been mentioned in" Battalion Orders for bravery in connection with the rescue of a ' comrade ] 'in the Tigris. Corporal Cook is wellknown in Christchurch ■ swimming circles. ■ a Quartermaster-Sergeant Trolove, t ofl the C.Y.C., who went to Gallipoli with' the Main Body of the New Zealand; Expeditionary Force, and was one of the few who stayed on the Peninsula' from the landing to the evacuation, has been recommended for a commission as second lieutenant; and is on his' way back to New Zealand to take up his position with his regiment. Quarter-master-Sergeant Trolove. who.is- a son. i>f Mr Peter Trolove, of Christi-hurch. left New Zealand as a trooper, A Wellington Press Association, message states that Mr, T. E. Donne has been appointed to succeed JVIr C.. Wray !'allisev as secretary to the High Com-1 missioner for New Zealand in London. For a considerable time Mr Donne has been Trade and Immigration representative in the High Commissioner's Lon-1 lon office, and since the outbreak of the war he has also acted as London Records Officer for New' Zealand. Mr; Donne was formerly in charge of the Department, of Tourist and Health Re--:orts.