PERSONALS.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15239, 28 November 1919, Page 4

PERSONALS.

The Hon. J. T. Paul, who is. a candidate for the Dunedin South seat at the forthcoming election, has tendered his resignation ..as a member of the Legislative Council.

Mr C C. Mauger, of Dunedin, was recently presented at the Government shipping office in the southern city with the Polar Expedition Medal, 1914-16, by Captain N. Beaumont, on behalf of the Imperial Government, in recognition ox his services as ship's carpenter on the Aurora.

Mr E. T-I. Chesterman, well known in Wellington Rugby circles, who broke his leu while playing for Wellington Post and Telegraph, against Christchurch Post and Telegraph three months ago, has returned to Wellington where he will undergo treatment, as the leg has not yet mended..

The last of the old French settlers who arrived by the Comte.de Paris, Mr Joseph Libeau, died at Duyauchelle the other day, at the age of eighty-six. Tlie deceased' was born at 'Bordeaux, and came out with his parents in 1840, being then a lad of seven years. He married Mdlle Jeandre, who also came out with her parents in the Comte de Paris, and who died some years ago.. They had a large family. Mr. Libeau came in to Akaroa last January to meet General Pau, who had a long conversation with him.

Major W-.R. Hurethouse, of. the New Zealand Dental Corps, has been demobilised in the United Kingdom, and will stay there for some time. He is :it present spenmug wnich <.i h'iß t;i:. at Guy's Hospital. Major, Hursthouse, who' was in charge of, the Dental Corps at Feathorston, went. to. Egypt in connection with the dental clearance of the- troops demobilised from there, and went to England in June.

Tho marriage took; place at St. Paul's-. Pro-Cathedral on Tuesday morning of. Aiiss Lydia.Louise (Louie)' Halse, daughr tor of the late Judge liaise (at one time Undo.-Secretary for Matuve Affairs), to l\h\ Edward Blake Buxdekin, of Kelson. The Yen. Archdeacon Johnson officiated. The bride was given away by Sir Robert Stout, an old friend of the family. Later Mr., arid Mrs, iiurdekin left by tlie Main Trunk train for a. sliort holiday in she ■North.

' Major F. B. Knyvett, of the Royal Artillery, lias returned to England i from India by way of Australia, and v.'ill shortly leave "with Mrs. Knyvett I for the United States, where he will go into business. Major Knyyett will be well remembered as a. popular and efficient officer of tho Garrison Artillery at Auckland. He was. in South Africa wktn the war broke out,, and, joining, up at once, was the first Now Zealandor to be wounded in. tho war. His casualty in German- South-West Africa occurred on Ai^gusfe 11th. On recovering he went to Europe, and served through very hard fighting on the Western front, being wounded altogether five time?.. Ho then wc-ut out to India, and was in Darjeeling when the recent ,&i!ghan war brok& oat. Travelling by sp.ecai train i£o the North-west frontier he was on ihx> bcohcj when the fighting ' commeneea, and commanded the First Brigade of; libfittsh Artillery t» enter Afghanii&i&ii feince Lord RcJSerts^. time.