PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14894, 17 October 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Sydney Press Association cable reports the death of Bishop Stone-AYW controller of the "Church Standard/ and formerly of New Guinea.

Major F G. Massey, youngest son of the Prime-Minister, returned invalided to .New Zealand by the Niagara '

Mrs Cate, of Halifax street, received word yesterday that her husband, Private + HC. (Charlie) Cate, of the Eighteenth .Reinforcements, has been gashed and was admitted to a hospital in JLngland on the 9tli inst.

Mr W Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, arrived from Blenheim yesterday afternoon and leaves this morning for Reefton m connection with a labour dispute

fn? «?f >' i?^ heklX '- tourin S manager foi Barton's Circus, is in Nelson makmg arrangements for the appearance of the combination here on Monday and Tuesday, the 28th and 29th

The death is announced by a Press Mv SOo! at\ 0n te T^ gram from Oamaru of JnorSnfl^- P erf>erti • in spoitmg circles and retired heavyweight boxing champion of New Zea-

the Til rty-second Reinforcements, havw£ Sl^l^ h"°m Hastings, where he rVrnl 'i ":nOWn m football and rowing circle« Two young children as well as -c widow are left to mourn the deceased soldier's loss. Mrs G'Gradv has lost one brotherfilled, Private Ashly Frost oSsl^wouiSS.^ 61' 8 W beL SG-

Among the soldiers* who returned last week was Private L. J. Thomas^ of Orinoco. He enlisted voluntarily and was away two years fighting f& the cause of the Empire. He is the onl y remaining son of Mr T. Thomason, hill ldeY son >, ?^vate A. R. Thomason having been killed in action about August am. The latter was the first Second Division man to enlist voluntarily from Orinoco. He left New Zealand with the Twenty-eighth Reinforcements, and had ten months in tfa* trenches. He was very much liked 'in the district and respected by all who knew him. He married a daughter of Airs Burrow, of Ngatimoti. -

tvtSsl-* 116 i^ ? ealand frE «S?'? c ' who nas*been on S^ the past tI^ England 1 and Frant* to Now £L!L« 6° ? eai" Sj has w^med W oalap-d on transport duty,

Captain W. Glenn,. M.C. RAF on« of the All Black football team; haY'been gazetted major. Some time ago he was gassed, and has returned to New Zealand on six months' leave, in order to regain Jus health;

Captain Eliot M. King, of the Royal Air^° rce,^'"o holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and the French Croix de guerre, has been spending six weeks 1 furlough in. New Zealand, after three, years .active service. . He leaves shortly en his return to the front. Captain King is the youngest sea of Mr Newton King, of New Plymouth

Mrs Hine hr=s received a cablemessage from Captain J. B. Hine, M.P., from Palestine as follows:—"Alt S\t K^u-^\,,, m'& Hine (says the Stratford '"Post") gathers from this that Captain Hino has safely gone through the strenuous times of the Jbig offensive against the Turks, and up to, date has escaped injury.

Sister Christine Smith, N.Z.A.N.S daughter of Mrs Amelius Smith, Island Bay, has returned from England, after throe years on active service, during which time she was on tiie staff of the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital at Ponte de Koubbeh, Cairo, and afterwards at Brocbenhnrstj England. For the past year she was m charge of tho massage department at Hornehureh, and she has come out to take a similar post at the Orthopaedic Hospital at Chnstchureh, under Colonel Wylic:

Mr C. G. "Wilson, Wellington manager of Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewen> has been informed that his-son, Sergt. Harold W. Wilson, N.Z.R., died •of wounds on October 3rd. Deceased enlisted at the outbreak of war, and went witn the Sou:«iin contingent, returning after eight months' service. A year later lie rojoir;ed :iad lofb. JSevr Zealand with the 20ibs, as a. sergeant. A brother, Captain Louis G. Wilson who left with the Main Body, was killed m action at the Somme on October 2nd,

Private Roy H. Hadfield, fifth son of Mr W. W. HadfieM, of Awarua, who has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry on the field. left New Zealand with the 23rd Reinforcements, was wounded last October, and-admitted to hospital in England, where he spent six months. Lately he returned to the firing line and was wounded the second time in the recent fighting during which he gained the Military Medal □n j*h^ / brother J Private D'Arcy C. hladneld (amateur champion sculler of New Zealand), also of the 23rd Reinforcements, was wounded in October, and admitted to Brockenhurst Hospital with severe bronchitis in March The youngest brother, Trooper Everard R. Madheld, is on active service in Egypt He went with the. 31b* Mounted Rifles.'

lhe marriage took place on Wednesday last at St James's manse (says the ■ Post) of Miss Eunice ■ Bailey, only &U^, er of Mr and Mrs W. Bailey, Jf 20, Wilson-street, Wellington South to Mr James Hiniteiv second son of Mr J. Hunter, of Nelson. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr Shirer. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a, smart gabardine costume and white crepe de chine hat and carried a pretty bouquet, -.'ffoy bridesmaid was ifiss.E. Bassett, who wore a white voile frock and black mnon hat, and carried a bouquet of pink sweet peas. The bridegroom and the best man (Mr W. Low) are (both resent to the bnde was a handsome aquamarine brooch an d to the "bridemaid a sapphire,brooch. After .-the ceremony * reception was held at the residence of tae bride's parents.

Mr Henry Berg, formerly a wellfswent on the waterfront in Wellington, died at Picton on Saturday at the age of 83. Born in Norway, he there acquired an expert knowledge of boatbuilding. Then followed a. sea' faring life fo r a while, and eventually th^w* + to, Aufitrali»- After being on the West Coast goldfields for Tome Wjio settled in Wellington. Ho «onli th, G- T C- ht Re? Jacket winner of some historic sailing contests, and also o U tr: g gers for the Star Boating W" a ■ th% ketc. h Lil^ of about 30 tons, designed and sailed by him. ho ( had some hair-breadth escapes from disaster during trips to the Marlborough Sounds. On one occasion he was swept overboard by a breaker and fcM ga£ °5 the tOP ofTcro s- sea The late Mr Berg settled on a farm in Queen Charlotte Sound some few years ago He has left a widow, and a family or three sons and six daughters

educated at the Central Schoo^ and after leaving school Bpen t a little time amf m + -ng 7 V? rk-^ ut was BubsequenS? apprenticed, -to and served his time at t c olaclvsmitbrng trade. Soon aftJithe completion 'of his term of apprenticeship he joined the railway service" and has been employed in thAraffic department right np to the time of his esignation for the purpose of contest! ing the election, at whitih time he was storeman m the local goods depart ment .Ho has taken the keenest interest in educational matters and has done m-uch to further their' interests not only jn Taranaki but in a much de^ sphere He has also been a memMr of the Board of -Governors of the New Plymouth High Schools for the last two years and is a member of the New Plymouth Technical College Advisory Committee. He has never previously contested a Parliamentary elec-

Rev. Wilham Bullock, who has been appointed organising secretary of the Church of England Men's Society in W Zealand is expected in the' Dominion at the hegmning of January. In Ins early days he lived on the border of a .colliery district, and he became a mining surveyor's assistant, intending to go through the qualifying tests for a surveyor. In the meantime he started studying for Holy Orders, and eventually became ay worker, also a memher of the C.E.M.S. Ho studied theology for throe years at Kind's Col* lese, London, arrd during that period ho was secretary to the college branch of the bsudents' Christian Union, and at s fro « t3IP pcrind won an Honours o- . ■ ,-7e waß ««*amed deacon at All bamts, Chnthar/i. and his first curacy was at the same church. The parish was a. new one of 8000 peoole, mostly sailors, soldiers, and dockyard labourers, and hero Mr Bullock laboured for 1? months, after which he went to St. John 55, BmmK-. Last year Mr Bullock volunteered and was accepted for hut work at the front, and was -sent to .franco by the Church Army. He was soon made manager of one of thei huts in the forward. or«a that was well under shell firo.. He was also put in charge of troops as an unofficial padre. During this time he won the respect and affection of the m<?n, and great regret was expressed whin, through an accident to his knee at football, he was forced to* return to England.