PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1006, 3 May 1917, Page 4

PERSONALS.

Mr Cecil Hill, the well-known Hendon aviation instructor, who ha* rome out 1o take charge of the Aviation School at Christchurch, arrived in the city to-dav.

The death is announced front Dunedin of Mr Alfred Lee Smith, in his 80th year. He was called to the Legislative Council by the Seddou Government, and held a sent for some years. He represented .New Zealand at the Imperial Conference held at Ottawa in 1599.

The resignation of Mr J. J. Graham, retiring Mayor of Woolston, as tho borough's representative on the Christchurch Domain Board and the Christchurch Technical College Board of Governors, was received by the incoming Woolston Borough Council last night. It. was decided to reappoint Mr Graham.

Mr Lemuel John Bagnall, Q very old resident of the Auckland district, and one who had occupied various public positions, died on Monday, aged 7;! years. Deceased was born at Prince Edward Island in 1844, being a son of the late Hon. George Bagnall. The family arrived in New Zealand in JBGI in the brig Pakeha, there being six brothers and two sisters. The late Mr Bagnall held a seat on the Auckland Provincial Council. He had been Mayor of Auckland and chairman of the Auckland Education Board. He was a director of the New Zealand Insurance Company for a number of years, also of the Farmers' Freezing Company, Kauri Timber Company, Milne and Choyce, Ltd.. and Bagnall Bros.' mill in Freeman's Bay. Deceased is survived by his sous, Messrs 11. C. and V. L. Bagnall. also by his daughter, Miss Bagnall.

The news of the death from wounds oi ! Major-General Whiteman, of the Imperial Forces, was received by cable gram yesterday, and will be read with regret by his many friends and relatives in New Zealand. The late Major-General was educated at the Wanganui College, after which he served throughout the South African war. Since then he has been in the Imperial Forces. One of his brothers is a captain in the Motor Transport Service in France, while another brother was killed in the South African war. Private advice received recently stated tlr.it he had been promoted to the rank of Major-General, but the cablegram announcing his death referred to him as colonel, his rank at the beginning of the war. He was in the retreat from M.ons, and up till his death the only illness he had suffered was a nervous breakdown. MajorGeneral Whiteman has a wife in England, but there are no children.