PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess), returned from' Auckland on Saturday night. His Honor Mr. Justice Edwards, who will preside over the sitting of tile Supreme Court at New Plymouth this w'eek, arrived here on Saturday night. A London cable says that Mr. W. M. Hughes and Sir T. Mackenzie will receive the freedom of Bristol on May 20. It is probable that the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W. D. S. Macdonald), will open the Winter Show at New Plymouth next month. The Society approached the Minister on the matter recently, and he has replied tlmt he will he pleased to open the show if his Parliamentary duties allow him to leave Wellington then. Journalists are responding to the call to arms splendidly. Amongst those to go in the n.e.o.'s camp this month are Messrs. F.. V. Hall (of the editorial staff of the Wellington Post), F. Doidge (chief reporter of the Auckland Star), E. A. .Saunders (formerly assistant editor of the Lyttelton Times), and T. H. A. Beasley (of the sub-editorial staff of the Dominion). Professor J. Macmillan Brown, of C'hristehureh, left for the Gilbert and Ullice Islands last week. He will travel by the Tambo, a small island trader, which will leave Sydney on May HI, and then he hopes to /jet aboard the Germania,' a large, island trader, at Apiriama, to the south of the Gilbert Group. He wishes to study the effects of race migration and the language and customs of the natives of the Gilbert Islands, which lie between Polynesia and Mela-" uesia,

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Gethin Hughes, D.S 0., C.M.G., is expected to return to New Zealand n'oout the end of next month from England, Colonel Hughes ("Jackie") was one 01' the most popular officers with the Main Body,' and was perhaps better known to the body of men than any other oti'icer with the t'oieos. lie left New Zealand as staff officer to General Sir A. J. Godley,, and was with him on Gallipoli. The order oi D.S.O. was granted for service in South Africa, and C.M.G. for service in the present campaign. The Gazette announces the relinquishment by Lieut.-Col. H. K. Pilkington of the duties of Adjutant-General ill order to join the Expeditionary Forces in the Held, and the appointment of Col. R. W. Tate as Adjutant-General. Lieut.Colonel J. E. Hume, in command of the Auckland military district, succeeds Colonel Tate in command of the Wellington district, and Colonel G. W. -S. Patterson, Coast Defence Commander in Auckland, takes over the command of the xVuckland district.

ilr. Tlico. B. Strong, M.A., B.Sc., who lias been appointed senior inspector of the Wangaitui Education Board's district, began his educational life at Waimate, And served his apprenticeship as a pupil teacher at the District High School. He obtained the degrees of M.A. and B.Sc. at Otago University, lie went to Wanganui from the Gisborne District High School, and was for some time special assistant at the Wanganui District High School. It was while serving in that capacity that he ras appointed assistant to Mr. \V. Gray, Chief Inspector of Schools for Wanganui. The Anglican General Synod at Christchurch passed a resolution last week recording with honor the death of Lieutenant John Hugh Allen (son of Hon. J. Allen) in action oil Gallipoli, and expressing sympathy with his parents. Speaking to the motion. Dean Fitcliett said there were members of the Synod who had given their son# in sacrifice, but this was the first instance of ail ex-mem-ber of the Synod having given his life for his country. It was a remarkable thing that so young a man should have been a member of the Synod, Lieutenant Allen being only 28 years of age at the time of his death. Lieutenant Allen, after a distinguished career at Cambridge, was called to the English Bar. He was one of the group of literary men who originated and maintained the political quarterly, "The Round Table." Lieutenant Allen had fallen at the head of his platoon when leading a charge against the Turkish trenches.