PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14390, 18 April 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

. Four V.M.C.A. workers in Mesopctamia have Jbeen mentioned in despatches —Mr L. Dixon (a Canadian), Mr B. A: McClair (an American), Alx T. E. Riddle (a Mew Zealander), and Mrs Web-ley (an Englishwoman). The Rev. A. M. and Mrs Allen, with .their, little grl, have returned to Dunedin on their first furlough after a period of over six years of mission work in Colombia, South America. . The Rev W. L. Salter, la to of Mount Albert Baptist Church, is to supply at. Timaru Church during the absence on V.M.C.A. work at the front of Pastor M. W. P. Lascelles, who will be accompanied by his son. The Rev. P.- W.; Fairelough, the wellknown Methodist minister, died at Christchi:,rch last night _(says a Press Association message). He wont into a private hospital on Saturday lo i:r>< ergo an operation for galls tones. The operation was very successful, pnd Mr Fairelough promieed to make a good recovery, but yesterday he was se>z.ed with heart failure, resulting in death. The many friencts of Lieut. Robbie, headm.ister of the Patea District High School, will-(says the "Press") be glad to learn that, according to the latest, news received of him (February 4), he' was in the very best of health. Lieut.' Robbie, whG ";was-the first married New Zealand teacher to gain a commission in the field; is at present on the Western front. Lieut. -Robbie was formerly head teacher at tta Appleby school, in this district.

A Press Association cable from SVdnov announces the death of Mr L. "f I Cocks, until recently a member of the. ■staff "of "the Now' Zealand Press Assocfa-i tion and a well known Australian journalist. Before entering the Press As-1 sociation's service in Sydney, Mr Cocks! was a member of the literary staff ofj the "Sydney Homing Herald." About six years ago he was transferred to1 i\ew Zealand as representative of the Association- at Cable Bay, and latei' joined the head office staff at Welliri'*-i ton as assistant manager. For the last year Mi- Ocks had been in ill-'I health and a short time ago hw con-' | dition became so serious that he was obliged to Tehnquisli liis appointment. ( He returned to Sydney a few week* ago. - "| Flight-Commander W. S. B. Bloomfieid. who was reported ir-Using early in March, has now, according."to rm--vate advice, been officially reported a! prisoner of ivar in'Oermany Flight Commander Bloomfield is "the son" of Airs \V. Bloomfield, Gisborne. He was ! for some time resident in Auckland, but at the outbreak of war was "in England studying architecture, which lie I left to join the Royal Flying Corps.

Mr Eliot' Warburtoif lias received cable advice to the effect that his son Lieutenant Darien Warbnrton, of the 48th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, has- been reported missing Lieutenant/Warburton (says the "Man-■<-atn Standard") left ~Np\v Zealand at tae outset of the war with the Auckland Mounted Brigade of the Mjmu Isedy. He was invalided.from CnllU noli, and afterwards joined the Roval I' lying Corps. The message states that there is a probability that Lieutenant -Tvarburton has belfry taken nrisoner His- brother was killed on. Gallipoli.