PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14892, 15 October 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Press Association message announces the death Jof Dr. Uahill, of Wellington, from heart failure. He nad been in ill-health from some time.

The death has occurred in action of Lieutenant W. G. Home, of the Australian Forces. He was an old boy of Wellington College, and served in the South African War. He left Australia with the 45th Battalion, and was wounded in May last.

Mrs L. G. Fawcet, of Tadmor, has received advice that her husband was removed from the seriously ill list on October 3rd and .admitted to the Wal-ton-on-Thames Hospital.

Advice has been received .that Signaller George H. F. Clark, son of Mr C. H. H. Clark, Maitai, has been admitted to a hospital in France, suffering from a gunshot wound and a fracture of the left arm. Signaller Clark was on the staff of the Bank of New South Wales, at Stratford, before enlisting and left New Zealand with the Thirty-third Reinforcements.

Two drafts of returning soldiers comprising a combined total of 422 of all ranks are duo to arrive in New Zealand shortly. The only Nelson names in the list are: Lanee-corpl. M. "W. Willetts, M.M., Nelson; Private A. G. Griffin, Nelson; R. Robinson, Appleby; R. Lang, Nelson; and 'J. Rasmussen, Richmond. i . .

News has been received by cabH&tliat Lieutenant Eric G. • Stubbs died of wounds in France / oil 3rd October. Lieutenant Stu'bbs was the onlyvson of Mr and Mrs Charles Stubbs, of .Karon, in which suburb he Was born about 24 years ago. He was educated'fat the local school and Wellington College, and subsequently entered the service of Messrs. Murray, Roberts, and Co. Later on he went in for fruit farming in the Tasman (Nelson) district. He enlisted as soon as the war broke out. He for some time held a commission as lieutenant in the 12th Canterbury Regiment, and on active service was in command of the Wellingtori';)Company :of the New Zealand Machine-gun Battalion, in which position he.proved himself a capable officer and a gallant soldier.

Says the Feilding "Star" .—To have had all their five sons enjist for wax service is the proud record of .Mr and Mrs George Bartholomew, of'Feilding, who have received word tha. their eldest son, Dr .Tack Bartholomew, has joined the American Army as a heart and lung specialist. This Feilding boy, who went to America about twelve years ago to study surgery, haying from his youth determined on h's. profession, was, a keen physiculturist, and a certificated student of the Sandow system. Of the other sons, Rifleman Kenneth Bartholomew gave his life for his country; Sergeant Norman Bartholomew is back in civilian life after having: been ./wounded" ion Gallipoli; Mr GeorgS; Bartholomew, who is now in America, ;but was, rejected as unfit; and the youngest son, Hector, is with the artillery in France.

The news that Miss Muriel Starr, the well-known actress, was married in Sydney the other day came as a surprise to even her most intimate-friends. The bridegroom was Mr W. H. Johnston, a well-known American business man. Only Miss Starr's mother (Mrs M'Loughlin), her cousin (Miss Ndrma Mitchell), Messrs George Barnum and Jack Haskell were present at the marriage, which took place at the RegistrarGeneral's Office. In the evening, the news of the marriage had spread to the audience at the Criterion Theatre, and when Miss Starr made her appearance on the stage she was greeted with a rousing cheer. At the conclusion of ?«r j*?.ay the orcilestra- played the Wedding March," and then the audience, who were all standing, gave three rousing cheers for the bride and bridegroom. h\ the meantime the stao-e was heaped with beautiful floral gifts, and eventually 3 after a scene of great enthusiasm, the bride made her escape ir.o.ui the stage. - ;

Lieut. D Ferguson, of the Second Battalion, Canterbury Infantry, who is among the recent recipients of the Military Cross, is well known in Christchurch. Lieutenant Ferguson,- who is a solicitor by profession, left New Zealand with the Fifteenth Reinforcements. Ho is a son of Mr A. Ferguson lately manager of the National Bank of .New Zealand at Christ-church.