PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13791, 11 June 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL.

The Minister of Defence telegraphed io Mrs' Houlkcr yesterday that her vson,' Captain James -Houlfow, who •-. was. wounded in- notion al'tlia. jPajfdimedlo-s,-vas progressing favourably. No in~ formation, the Minister .stated, had lieon received as to- lite nakue of Jus wounds. The death h announced of MV J ■ Staples, w!jo, with his brother Mr W. Staples founded Sapless Brewery, Wellington, in 1860. Tho deceased, who was in his son enly-BCventh year, retired from acliy* control of the brewery some years ago. Mr W M Scotland, formerly' of Wellington.'will "leave Auckland for Eng-J-uul by the Mnkura on June 15th to room '.ho R«>.vhl living Corps, >S ind "wi Lohablv protot'l to the fiont Ho wi 1 £o accompanied bj Mi F McDonald, of Waiuku. uho intends to enlei an ar/iation school. Mr W Ta .son, fonncih of Wellington who has be»n a joui nalist, in S>d Ty for some turn , has ,omod the hteiury etaff of the k <■« /eal >' « He) aW Mr W. L Ue^aui, vl o has been velio'in" officer of the Nolso- Hospital ' S I haritabk ud l*>aid ioi the past - Xiii" ut> 'the position of letui iui g offi- ;'% ]|n\'ad icprerf. eel the <Slu^ooddi.tKl ,n the Hoard The Rev P. 13, Strongman, who has Wednid.y evening, .and presented with a purse., of sovereigns. Quite a number, of Nelsomans were included in the casualty list from the Dardanelles published yesterday moraine They included Lieutenant A. Kout, son of'Mr. >V. llote, Trafalgar rtreet: Lieutenant Dron,. son ot Mi. i)vn 'f Waimea West, who was a '' 'fco-iene- in the service of the kelson ■ffdufaiion Board; Sergeant S. RerryHian. son of Mr. H. G. Berrytnau.. ■Kohatu; Private W. Irvine, son of Mr. j O'Aicy Irvine, Survey Department';; Private P. C. Lamb, won of Mrs. C. Lamb, who was in the Nelson Post Office; Private A. G. Hampson, son of Mr. W. S. Hampson; and Privato T. ; ilobb, son of Mr. T. Robb, Hampden stret-t. These all appeared under the heading of sick and wounded. Captain Valentine Joseph Egglestone,! of t • main Expeditionary Force, re-1 port, ..; as inn ing been killed iv action «.b ti:" Dardanelles, a son ot' Mr .lose y-.t Egglestone, of Cargill street,: Dun din. The deceased was born at Lawrence, and was only 22 years of ;\2,e. Another 'brother, Lieutenant 11. X Eg^lesi<one, vlio was in charge^cf the .signalling sqitu.l with the main Expeditionary l^orce, was reported missing a few'days aftor landing. ;it Gallipoli, \d has not since been heard of. — .Pres.-« Association. % t . At" the. annual meeting, of the Nelson Ministers' Association the llev. J. H. MiicKeny.ie was elected president for the ensuing year, and the llev. \V. %■ Lambert -»vis* re-elected secretary. A" London Press Association cable .slak-s that Mr Broughtou (Unionist) "was ■■ieettxl unopposed for Prcsum, vice Ivlr ... A. •fobin,"who has bson. fiipoint•e -.1 to a County Judgeship. prnate T. Mansford, boh o; i>i:_ A. E. IllaDiford, of Nelson, who ive.it with the main Expeditionary Force to Egypt, •met with int accident while time which f'-as incapacitated liim from further service, lie has been invalided to New, Zealand, and will retun; home to-mor-, row. \ | Private 11. Spear, v!r> wont with the Bcco kI J^'inforcriaunl:, i.; !; ,:4>pt, and v.-as ..ivalicU'd ,;> :<■.;■.; will arrive in Nelson -?-f;.-y. Mi T. lioulkcr i:r.b ln-sn ;u.'i),;iiited_to_ fcpcesent t:ie Neisojr Aocia.iatisation .Society at tho confeieiKe of Acclimatisation Societies at Wellington next. inontii. Captain J. H. Colliding, reported to have been killed in action at the ■Dardanelles on tho Csth inst., was tho secend son of Mr. E. G-onld'ing, for many y.ars headmaster of the>Taradale ftfhool', Hawke's Bay. He h;»:d a di&tingui^ cd career at Mapier High School and Victoria College, graduating Master of Arts. He was .-.t nne time a master at Wellington Coih-ge, and aFterwiirds first assistant u'.a.si.f-r at tilellarlborough High School, v-Ju'di positit'.i Me held at the time of his leari::g New Zealand with the Thinl.lteinj'orcoments. Ho was- a|. prominent cricketer, footballer and sui inner, luaviiig represented both Hawke's Bay and Ivlarlboroutdi iv representative- cricket, J.iesides being a keen volunteer, ■ Tlie deceased officer (says a Press Aissocial.ion telegram) leaves a widow and three young children. One of his brothers is with .the Main Expeditionary Force, and another is in camp at Trentham. '/,fc Wellington College the la to Captain was 'captain .of the Goliege Crid^ts, and took a ke-n .interest in aJI the College snorts1. He v.-us highly estcsen--'"' by both majors a'Jirl boys. With Kelfr" • cricketers v.ho visited. Blen : "■■•iieim. r'apf.".in Goulding v,-p.s extremely popni n\ Qi; '•■• .;:k-r-,Sf' lv;°ruif, Joae'irk Geo. T^aul1 or, i^ew Zealand I f rieM Artillery Isrigp.de, whose death from toxaemia is mm' iced, was 28 years of ago, and a aialhe of Napier. He was a son of Mr. George Faulknor, of tho Wellington city tramways department (formerly rt the firm of and' Son?, coachl/tiilder.3, Napi"r), and a nephew of the Messrs. Ballinger, of WeMington. After completing his education, he joined the staff of the Wellington Gas Com Dairy. For some yearn he was in the Karori Rifle Club,,and was tho f-rst of its members, to enlist. Ho w<t.s a ■ iirst class idiot, and last year won (lie Colonial Ammunition Company's- Cup with the fine score of 101 out of a posf:'bl? 105. He was a member of the cont.'-iycnt which represented th& Do>r'.ini^'i nt .tho King's Coronation.— 'Press Association. A '-'r.^iev Pros:-: Association .•■il«Jo records th?- death <S Mr. Alexander .Hnie, father of tb.9 editor of -the Chri.^tc^iHrO't "Sua." , ... ■ ■ • AWv :.-.•■- : •-■■eired in Woningt-on eoii- \ fiivn ; ml.!- uTinouncemcnts that: t!.<,' • :Tir :i ; of T.I.M. YoslriJu'to, Em-' PC!1;?I.'- f J ■ ,'. "''ill take place in Novorul; ,-j wi: ; various iiucibnt and picturesque ceremonies.- :.>. 1