PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1160, 30 October 1917, Page 2

PERSONALS.

Mr J. B. Merrett returned to Christe I church from Wellington this morning, t Private advice has been received stat- | ing that Lieutenant Alister Deans, who 0 J was wounded in the face and thigh, is n in hospital in France. Messrs L. Bonnington and R. R. Parn- •" ham have been elected representatives '" of Canterbury and Westland on the ' Pharmacy Board. 1 A motion of sympathy was passed at v the Kaiapoi Wesleyan Church on Sunday with the parents and family of Eric f Parnham, killed in action in France. Mr V. G. Day, S.M., who has been u engaged as chairman of a military service board for some months past, has S again resumed his magisterial duties. Mr Robert Williamson, who is in '" advance of the J. C. Williamson Musical Comedy Company, arrived in ? town yesterday, to make arrangements for the local season. s 0 The president of the Methodist Conference has arranged for Captain Chap- :. lain Ready to take charge of the church ■in Kaiapoi until next conference, if he n is not recalled to military work. e Motions of appreciation of the services of the late Mr W. Beehan were g passed in the Legislative Council aud House of Representatives,,yesterday, '■ and both Houses adjourned" until the '" evening, as a mark of respect. s The appeal of Dr Hay, Inspector- ■, General of Mental Hospitals, on be- ) half of Dr St. Leger Gribben, Medical Superintendent of the Sunnyside Men- '' tal Hospital, was adjourned sine die by , S the Third Wellington Military Service ■ Board yesterday. i- Sergt. J. M. Stringer, who has been t awarded the Military Medal, is a son of ■- Mr J. A. Stringer, of Nelson. He went n away with the Main Body, and except 1- for a short spell on aceount of gastritis, - and ten days' furlough, he has been : hj with his battery continuously in Egypt, ; ;, Gallipoli and France. Private R. M. Mackintosh (killed) j e was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in < f 1890, and came out to New Zealand j " with his parents in 1897. He was ( educated at Spreydon and Addingtou ; ' Schools, and at the time of enlisting , • was gardener to Mr S. E. Rutherford, 1 '" Kowai Bush. f "! Mrs S. E. Cain, of 120 Wordsworth J Street, Sydenham, has received word ' , that her son, 2nd.-Lieut. W. G. Cain, was .[ gassed and wounded on October 14. 1 u 2nd.-Lieut. Cain was on the staff of the 1 s Department of Agriculture when he en- ] listed. He gained his commission on ; e his 20th birthday. ; "* Lieut. J. W. Marshall, eldest son of ' Mr and Mrs C. J. Marshall, New ' Brighton, has been promoted to the rank of captain. Captain Marshall was I serving earlier in the year with the ; Inland ; Water Transport, Royal En- ■ -gineers. in Mesopotamia, . but was in- j r valided to England in March last. He \ ~ -expected to resume duty in Mesopo- : s tamia shortly. v Mr TV W. Reese was recently tender- 1 " ed a social in St. Paul's Hall, in reeog- ] ■1 nition of his services during the past 25 < v years in connection with the Christ- . f church branch of the Young Men's 1 s Bible Class Union of New Zealand. Mr ; * W. -S. MaeGibbon, chairman of the < ',- Canterbury District Committee, presid- ; « ed over a large gathering, and with him "{ on the platform were representatives of : a the different branches of the church. ; e Appreciative references were made by , the Rev. Dr Erwin, Mrs Kaye and Mrs l" E. Baxter ( Young Women's 8.C.U.), and Messrs G. A. Troup and A. D. Howitt (Wellington). Mr and Mrs Reese were presented with a large-size copy of the evening's programme, tastefully arranged and suitably inscribed, special reference being made to the great sere vice rendered .by \i -Mrs Reese to the ,J movement. In replying, Mr Reese said that he considered it a privilege to have 't been connected with, the movement, anS 0 to have had a share in the shaping of y the lives of the future manhood of the. n country. The gathering was concluded [J with musical- items, and refreshments 0' were .served.

Private Jacob Harrison, reported wounded on October* 12, was born at Rakaia 21 years ago. He joined the 17th Reinforcement, and has been thirteen months in France. He took part in the Messiues; battle. With the exception of an attack of measles he had enjoyed good health. Previous to joining the forces he was farming with Mr Jos. Johnson at the Mead, Rakaia. Private J. B. McManus, died of wounds, was the only son of Mrs McManus, of Leeston, and left for the front with the 24th Reinforcement. Shortly after leaving school he joined the staff of the Leeston Post Office us messenger, and subsequently became letter-carrier, which position he held for several years. He was an enthusiastic member of the Leeston Volunteer Fire Brigade. Private Arthur J. Bowden, killed in action on October 12, was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. W. Bowden, Montreal Street, Sydenham. Private Bowden was attached to the No. 3 Field Ambulance, and left with the Third and Fourth Battalions of the Rifle Brigade, serving throughout the Somme battle and afterwards at Messines and Flanders. He was for some time Assistant-Scoutmaster at the East Belt Wesley Church, and ever since boyhood took a keen interest in first aid work. Two presentations were made at the Y.M.C.A. annual meeting, last evening, to Mr E. C. Brownell, formerly general secretary in Christehurch to the organisation, and now national general secretary. On behalf of the directors, Mr A. Kaye presented Mr Brownell with a fine-silver tea service, as a mark of appreciation of the great work he had done for the association in Christchurch. The appreciation of the local staff and members was expressed by a presentation, made .by Mr W. J. Mason, of a silver entree dish. Mr George Derrett, of Papanui, has received word that his younger sou, Lance-Corporal L. W. Derrett, died from wounds received on October 14. Lance-Corporal Derrett had previously been gassed -whilst fighting at Messiues, returning to his unit 14 days afterwards. He left New Zealand with the 6th Reinforcement, going through all the fighting at Gallipoli, and was a member of the last company to leave that place. He also fought at the Somme, and had been nearly three years fighting. His age was 22 years. His elder brother is still at the front. Private Le6nard Walter Blunden who was killed in action in France on October 4, was the third son of the late Mr and Mrs R. Blunden, "The Downs," Bennetts. He was educated at Christ's College, and while there took a prominent part in the games of the school, and played for the first fif* teen and the first eleven with considerable success in 1896, 1897, and 1898. He represented North Canterbury in football and cricket several times, and was a member of the Old Boys, .football team when they won the Ashburton County Senior Championship in 1905. On the occasion of the-final match his club mates made him a presentation in recognition of his brillian play at wing forward. He was an enthusiastic Volunteer, and joined the Ashburton Mounted Rifles at its inception, with the rank of sergeant, and after some years transferred into tho Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, holding the rank of sergeant-major. In 1911 he went to England as a sergeant in the Coronation Contingent. He was awarded the twelve years' service medal, and later the medal for long and efficient service. -He was a good horseman, and won many trophies at the various military sports. He left New Zealand as a sergeant in the l'Bth Reinforcement, and was eventually drafted into the Canterbury Regiment of the 4th Infantry Brigade, and joined a Lewis gun section. For some time lie farmed at Ashburton with his brother, and later took up a block of the Whiterock Estate, which he held at the time of his death. '