PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14861, 7 September 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

'he town clerk of Grcymouth, Mr F Sti?o nt°n '-WhY voilintai- iJy enlisted for eh i rL! 01'? 0* iaS- yT'>- has been dis-

+n«"° Wi S; m T.]MCn roceived. in Wellington chat Lient. R. H. Gray, of thelV,i i-i PreviollK'.Y reported missino- on -jrisnnf J aStj i& vow roP°^ed to Oca pnsoner of war, a«d in good health.

■ The Hon. D. Buddo, M.P Ran^ioi-i

■mfof Jf Jenninßs/of Weka street," ha& eceived word tnat life son Henry had adxaitted to hospital on August 26th.

(Wivm* t?-. I ¥w£ on?ie» curator oi: the uamaiu Public Gardens has hcen anpointed by the Wellington City "SonSil .is Director of I'arks and Reserves. "

of Ah \ulhani Coneland a pioneer tffi- ™ ' l VhiC rl tcok Placo Greymouth twi C r D T etCfl«**> Fho was born iv Shetland on June 3rd, 1837, arrived on the coast m 1869 cmx! had remained them evei-since. Ihp deceased was a miner of the oid type, steady, reliable and. it 1 , a,(¥ ref'- and llis Vising will bejegrotted by ins many triads' and acqfuanitances.

vh A.oerrsuH, Public Works Engineer -i- Wstpwr, is under orders of transfer to iNapier and will bo succeeded at Westport by Mr JR. Harbcn Young, of Paeroa, lliaraes. seconu son of MrR. R. Yourur former y engineer to the Westport Harbour Beard. . -

t h- A. R. Ellis, cf the Internal Afxairs jJepartiiK-riL, v.iio is procefcuiiif to camp on Tuesday next, was \esterday the recipient ol :i wristlet wsiccji, presentod to Mm by nU co-woj-kors in thiv Gro.erniiient ofh-.os, :is a mark cf their esteem. Mr ¥. A. I'liompsou, Commis- ¥? n(;L.oi Crown iands, also pi-esented Mr JiUis with v sniety razor as a tokenof personal regard.

Jhe Rev. J. CakhvelL, of.Granitj- has resigned his chjtrgo for Jiealth reasons. He was farewclled last week, and received numei-o-ua presentations, including a travelling n:g from the congregation, a fountain pan from the Jiible class, an enyeioyo containing notes ti-om rncuds at JSigakawan, ana a brief bag and companion and safety razor from tho Sunday .school children. Thellev. Mr Caldwcil was grea% respected '011 tho West Coast.

In on:- obituary column on Tuesday last was' recorded the death of Mrs Charlotte Blk-k, relict of tlie late Mr Benjamin Blk-k. Tljo- deceased lady was i"S?,, J OUliSest dav-hter of the late Sir YYilnan. Mills, 0:00 of the earliest settlers in the Brock street Valley. Bom at. Ivmgswood, (rlloucestershire she with tne other lumbers of the family' came to Aelson in the ship Queen of the f von, arriving 4ioro in August, 1859 A. tew years aftei- her marriage, the Blicic ta™Jy amoved to Hope, and have resided chere for ov*r 40 years. Shortly after their settlement at Hope Mr Blick died. Jhere are loft two sons and one daughter to monrn their loss. The late Mrs Blick was a sister of Mr James Mills, of Tipalii street, the last surviving member of the family.

Lieutenant Thomas Gilbert Robertson \kUled) left with tlio Twenty-filth Remrortcmonts about 14 months ago. As a teacner at tho Otago High School a* a cadet officer, and as. a first-class sw-im-I£ ev7~?S i\ of %ho in the st- Claiifeuit Club—be v/as widely -known' and very much liked. Mo was married two years ago to^M&s ;€!iirr- who has lost two brothers at tW)c :waf.^ His wife 'and mother rcsidfe.dt St. €lair.

Mrs. Cluayie, of Mctueka, nas received word that her Ji::»band, Private J J yuayle, who left New Zealand with tho iwenty-nmtb Reinforcements, has been killed in action. Ho had previously been wounded. ?rhe deceased Avas an enorgetw workor of tlio Methodist dtf/'n ' generally respected as a

SS^ boW to 4o New Zealand Jboan and AlercantiJe Company. Mr xonks was a Successful sheep-breeder was ai.so well known m racin"- cnrkp+ polo, g olf, and bowling oircfe He k survived by a widow and two

. Seeond-Lieuteiiant Athol Hart killed iL L | I;ii; i b i^»'«\v headmaster of the BeresW Vuoct Scl,ool, Auckland. L eutenant HaH, *] 1o left Xew Zealand ?o U p-fl Reinforcements, oi the Rifle bn^te, was admitted as xi*?l lc%* ™ ™M- lieutenant Bryc^ Hart Mr Han1"* son. is stiil^S? active scrnee.

Pi wL v # C- r«ceiv«>d in town that wiihfS^^h : v, J!<V elt Nev Zealand with tLo rwciitj-thn-d Reinforcements fe^^' 1^"1 t0 in Engi

street^has, been advised that his eldest. Boiii-«ergoant.oarivle D. G. Fleming fJS-p*"" «rv'.fß-witli-thc Australia Foica, was fcif C d . in action ort August Sp x, T a?Cti '- lvho Was 22 *™™ of mrv^ 4° r V^ m the t""iou Company s oihce at iNc.lfon, and ~-as afterwards.'transferred to the eu^anv's fayaney Office, fit tho time of Jn, enlistment M *o* Clrtbcr 1915, he was assistant purser on the k.s. JVloeraki. He iett as a private with the 9th Reinforcements 2 Oth fcrttalian, Australian SPviial forces, in January 1916, and rewl^?JV^' I}V mtil Febniun- 1917. SdtoF^f troops were trans! deal of fighting "and Xvras Vound^n three occasion*, the first time !by a shell splinter in tlio bnck, shortly after reaching the iront. On 'recovering he ..returned to the iirlr.g JinOj am f 011 -Uareh i<th rot-n:.vod «" *ocond wound, in the % aooyo tie thigh. JiecoverW trom itseiiects re n^nn joined his com" i-aties at- xhe hvm, and in November was wounded for tho third time, phrouga both Jc WJ . 3-jo was sent to hospital jn Engiasid and on recovery returned to Fraiit-o .it the beginning of March this year. Jio went through the stift lighting «t Virny itidge, when the Australians severed themselves with jglory,■ without ir/mrv. ;'i'he youii"- soldier, who v/as pircrnotod to the rank of ■sergoaat during .his service at the iront, was of a e,hoorful idisi>osition, and m letters received by his parents on Monday, was Icokins; forward to the time when he .would return to New [Zealand. Very general sympathy -will |be felt -for Mr" a:id Mrs .Fleming in the ] great loss they have snstained/"