PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14619, 25 January 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

_Mr and Mrs S. Heath, of Washington Valley, have received advice that their son 11. J. (Jack) Heath, was''wounded on January 10th.

Ike death took place yesterday afternoon at the residence of his sister, Mrs Aithur Lusty, Kichmond, of Mr Matthew Green hcensee of the Globe Hotel, Suslv ml deceased > wao had been sexiousiy ill f or some weeks ~ known on the West Coast and S Sel feon he having been for many vear«j road overseer for the Public Works J)e partment in the Nelson- W'St dis"WCounoirl^- S f? r th° Eeefton ty Council His loss will be regretted by many irxends. He was 53 yeaS oi

Mr Arthur M. Q. Tart, a son of the late Mr. Quong Tart, who was a b ° Cnincse merchant in Sydney, is at pnT sent m Christchurch. He has been*?* Fotrt T? Wlth the Australian voices, and is now .travelling to recuperate his health

** at 6 F-- G- (Har^> Hounsell, who was admitted to the Military Ho S l Pital, Tooting, on the 11th inrtf^uft t P Sffm m mfla *m^ co""ective tissue,

Air. Edward Griffon,, the own or of a nuinbor of well-known racehorJes, died a Reefton Hospital on Saturday He had patronised the West Coast race metmgs for many years, and won many good stakes. He was also well and favourably known throughout the South Island, and was highly respected

bombardier Hector Gray Hill, reported killed m action on the Western front on December 6th, was a son of ?;r\?" *? m' of Westport. a veteran ot the Maori War, who acted for some time as guide to Major yon Tempskv His mother k a sister of Mr F Mander MP. for Marsden. Bombardier Hill left with the Ninth Reinforcements. An elder brother, Lieutenant L< A. Hill, who left with the Main Body, is still on active service on the Western front.

Lieutenant 11. A. Stratford, who has been in Brockenhurst Hospital, has cabled his acceptance of an offer to take up the position of headmaster of the Central School, New Plymouth. He will leave for New Zealand shortly.