PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1488, 19 November 1918, Page 2

PERSONALS.

The Hon. W, D. S. Mac Donald, Minis- - ter of Agriculture, is at present suffering | from influenza. Mr Ben J. Fuller, of Fuller's, Ltd., is at present, in Wellington, having come across from Sydney. Dean Regnault, of St. Mary's, Manchester street North, who has been seriously ill, is on the way to recovery. Mr E. IT. Jackson, whose death was reported yesterday, had been employed by the Union F.ank for ninny years. He held the position of teller at the Christchurch branch. Miss Nancy Wagstaft M.A., of the Otago Girls' High School, arrived in Christchurch yesterday, and will stay ■with her parents while the school is closed, owing to the epidemic. Mrs F. Church, Tanercd Street, Ashburton, has received advice that her eldest son, Private T). M. Church, who left with the 26th Reinforcement, has been awarded the Military Cross. Constable 1?. F. Thomas, of Bcaley, died at the Royal Hotel Hospital last evening. He was a single man, about 30 years of ago, and was stationed at Lyttclton before being" transferred to the Bealey. Mrs F. Griffiths, Cambridge Street, Hampstcad, has received advice that her youngest son, Private M. T. W. Griffiths, was killed in action in France on October 23. He left with the 32nd Reinforcement. Mr IT. Robinson, of the Prisons Department, who was stationed at Lyttclton for many years, and was transferred to Invercargill about 12 months ago, has been promoted to the new prison at Templeton, and will commence his duties on December 1. Mr Noel Douglas, a son of Mr Douglas, of Durham Street, Christchurch, died yesterday at Palmerston. The late Mr Douglas had been recently employed as a teller in the Bank of New South AVales In this city, and had lately gone to the northern city on relieving work. Mr Donald Mac Donald, of Glenlce, Awatere, formerly of Christchurch and Allenton, has been advised that his son, Flight Second-Lieut. Allan William MacDonald, was killed in an aeroplane accident in England on November 11. Lieut. Mac Donald gained his flying ticket at the Aviation School, Soekburn. A double military funeral took place at the Linwood Cemetery yesterday, the two soldiers being Sergeant-Major Basil Noel G. Tavendor, D.C.M., and Private J. A. McGee. The body of SergeantMajor Tavender was borne on a guncarriage, and that of Private McGee 071 , a motor hearse, both being covered with ; the Union Jack. The two soldiers were i buried side by side, only one service being i read. A firing party of returned men i fired a salute at the graveside, and the "Last Post" was sounded. ] Mr William Davy Wilkins, C.E. (an old , resident of the Peninsula), died on Friday, aged 77. For a number of years he , was the engineer to the Borough, County, ) and Road Board, and the chief works • of the district were constructed under • his supervision. The funeral took place 1 at the Church of England Cemetery on I Sunday last, the vicar, the Rev, A. IT. > Julius, officiating. Mr Wilkins leaves ' two sons, Mr IT. W. Wilkins (Akaroa) and Mr T. W. Wilkins (Duvauchelle). Mrs Wilkins died some years since. One of the first men to enlist in the -Dunedin district with the Main Body, -John Patrick Fordo, died at the Lewisham Private Hospitn' yesterday morning. The iatc soldier was a nephew of and Mrs Tausey, of the Excelsior Hotel, Christchurch. Previous to his enlistment with the Otago Infantry, he was employed on the New Zealand railways, at Dunedin, and on his discharge from the forces was again re-employed by that department. Death resulted from complications, following on the prevalent malady.

Mr W. R. Morris, secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, is down with influenza. Mr R. D. Martin, secretary of the Drapery Employees' Union, is suffering from influenza. Cr. D. G. Sullivan, of the Christchurch City Council, has been hud up for some days with influenza, but he is now recovering. Mrs G. C. Smith, of Lyttelton, has been advised from Masterton that her daughter, the wife of the late Captain L. 11. Potton, is improving, and there is every hope of her recovery. Mr Edmund Hill, licensee of the Empire Hotel, Lyttelton, who died yesterday, after a few days' illness, was 5:! years of age. lb 1 wiil be buried in the Presbyterian portion of the Public Cemetery to-day, ho being a member of that denomination. Advice lins been received by Mrs Hamilton, Amberley, of the death in action of her husband, Private James Hamilton. Private Hamilton had seen considerable service, having enlisted with an early draft. He was once wounded in the arm, but recovered sufficiently to be sent back to take part in the last big push. Private Hamilton was well-known in the Amberley and Waipara districts, where he managed the estate of the late Mr P. T. Baker.