PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14891, 14 October 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

lias had charge of the North Cape coal mine for th© past 6i years, has been .appointed manager of the Shac Point Proprietary, Dunedin.

Air G. B. Winter, of Grove ' street, -ds been advised that his son, Corporai J V- winter, has been wounded and admitted to'hospital in England.

Mr &. Phillips-Turner, F.3R.G.5., Donimjpn, inspector of Soeriic & se rvel, has been appointed chief officer of the forestry 'branch of the Lands Department.

A Press Association message from Wellington announces the death of Mr H. G. Price, late Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor at Blenheim.

Advice has been received that LanceCorporal E. R. Liviek, of the 36th Reinforcements, son of Mr H. Liviek, Hardy street, has been wounded in the face and admitted to hospital in England. ■ ,

Mi- J. D. Cairns, editor of the "Ensiga," Gore, for the past, ten years, died unexpectedly on Sunday morning from pleurisy supervening on influenza! —Press Association.

'Mr. George W. Moon, who was for many years on the literary staff of the "Lyttelton Times" and later connected with the Tourist Department at Dunedin and Christchurch, has been appointed to a position on the literary staff of the Manawatu "Standard."

Mr C. Richmond Fell, who has been acting as Crown Prosecutor at Nelson for the past four years, has now been appointed to the position. Mr Fell has also , been appointed to the Board of Nelson College Governors in success:on to Mr W. N. Franklyn, resigned.

The late Mr, James Lindsay, of Takaka, who died-at Nelson last week, was a very old and highly respected settler of the district. He was 88 years of age, and is survived by a grown-up family, the members of which are: Mesdames Ivershaw (Nelson), Alf. Barnett, Alex, Winton, and Miss Lindsay (Upper Takaka), and Mr. Jas. Lindsay (Uruwhenua).

Among the soldiers who returned last week was Private Fred J. Thome, of Motueka. Private Thorne, who left with the Fourth Reinforcements, spent his seventeenth birthday in camp. He lias seen service in Gallipoli, Egypt and France, On the West front he fought in the Soninie and Messines battles and was wounded and gassed. Prorate Thome was married whilst on service, and his wife is on her way but.

Mrs. Ladley, of Waimea street, has been advised that her son-in-law, Lieut.-Colonel F. M. Haselden, has been awarded the Military Cross for services in Gorman West Africa. Lieut.-Colonel Haselden was twice mentioned in despatches during the South African rebellion, and gained the D.S.O. in the East African campaign. He is at present on special service with the British expedition to Murman, North Russia.

Sergeant Arthur Guy, Thirteenth Reinforcements, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Guy, of Ngatimoti, returned to his home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Guy have given two of their sons for the cause of the Empire. Regimental Sergeant-Major Hector Guy was killed at Passchendaele just a year ago, and Corporal. Walter Guy lost his life somewhere in France in March last. Owing to the fact that the two sons were killed the authorities have allowed Mr. and Mrs. Guy's remaining son .to return. All three brothers enlisted voluntarily.

Mr J. C. Williams, of Russell street, has been advised that. his son,. C. A. Williams, of the Thirty-fifth Specialists, Machine Gun Section, was admitted to hospital in England on Octobed sth. suffering from bronchitis and asthma.

The death occurred at Tahuna on Saturday of Mrs Mary White, relict of the late Alexander White, formerly of Ngatimoti. Mrs White, who was highly esteemed in Ngatimoti, came to Tahuna some years ago. Her daughter, Nurse White, who has been on active service for the past three years, reached Nelson on Friday in time to see her mother before she passed away.

Leaving with the Main Body as a sergeant-major, Major Farr, who has been awarded the Military Cross and the D.5.0., was made second lieutenant while en route to Egypt. While living in Wellington he was a member of the Oriental Rugby Football Club. He was born at the Bay of Plenty, and was educated at the Maori School. For some years he followed the profession of a school teacher, and afterwards joined the Submarine Mining Corps. When the Submarine Mining Corps was absorbed into the R.N.Z.A., Major Farr was posted in the Field Artillery section. and. quickly rose to the rank of sergeant-major. Later he was placed in charge of the Field Artillery Cadets, Palmerston North. He served on Gallipoli, where he received the Military Cross, and since then has been mentioned in despatches several times.

The late Mr. Peter Archer, who died at Tuna Bay, Pelorus Sound, last week at the ripe old age of 78 years, was born at Bonholm, Denmark. He went to sea at the early age of 15, and. arrived in New eZaland in 1861 by the rived in New Zealand in 1861. On arrival in this country love of adventure prompted him to run away from the ship, and after some time spent in wandering, he settled in the. Marlborough, district and went in for sheepfarming, eventually becoming a,drover, which occupation he followed for many years. It is interesting to record (says the "Pelorus Guardian") the fact that Mr. Archer was the first man to drive a mob of sheep over the Wangamoa, in the then hazardous journey from Blenheim to Nelson. About thirty years ago he purchased the Tuna Bay I property, where he had ever since devoted his energies'to dairy farming and cattle raising. The deceased gentleman's only son (Fred Archer) enlisted with the Main Body, bu,t owing to the '. hardship his absence \^ould have inflicted upon the family, lie was induced to remain at home. He was, however, caught in the first ballot, and left for the front with the Thirty-first Reinforcements. He was severely wounded on March 28th last, but made a good recovery. The late Mr. Archer- also leaves three daughters, all of whom are married—Mrs I). Stewart (Fitzroy Bay), Mrs. W. Turner (Rai Valley). I and Mrs (Sergt.-Major) Liddv (Wellington). ♦