PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16039, 25 January 1918, Page 3

PERSONAL.

Mr T C. Hirst, manager of tho Bank of Australasia at Now Plymouth has received notice of his transfer to Invercargill.

Mr. Charles JJachanahi, district manager of the Public Trust Office at Wellington, has been appointed local Deputy Public-Trustee at Wellington as from January 1.

Corporal A. W. Diprose, whose name appears to-day in the list of wounded, received a serious scalp wound from ' ahrapnel. Corporal Dipros© was formerly on. the-etafi of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School.

Colonel Arthur Asquith, son the Bri■fctsh ex-Prcmier, who . was severely wounded in Prance, and had a foot amputated, has been promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He won two bars to bis Distinguished Service Order.

A London message states that Captain. Charles K. Ward, who disappeared recently, belongs to the New Zealand: Dental Corns. Inquiries suggest that he may be still alive, as he was seen after the discovery of his abandoned bicycle.

On Wednesday Mr. and 1 Mrs. F. Kirkwood, Stratford, received the sad news that their son, Francis IVilliam, 28th Reinforcements and late of the stag of the Bank of Australasia, had been killed in action in France on January 0. , At a meeting of-the New Plymouth Borough Council held on Wednesday evening a resolution was passed conveying the sympathy and condolences of the council *.o the widow and family of the late Private C. Putt, a member of the council’s who died of wounds w-hilst on active service with •the Expeditionary Forces. Mr. John Logan Stout, LL.B., eldest son of the. Chief Justice, has been appointed Stipendiary Magistrate, and will perform his duties in the South Otago district. Mr. Stout was born in Dunedin, and admitted to the baton February 27, 1905. He practised his profession in Wellington, and 1 for gome time was reporter, editor and secretary of the New Zealand Law Reports, and also acted as the Chief Justice’s secretary. Mr, P. N. Jogreys, who has heeu

"branch manager for the Union Steam Ship Company at New Plymouth for the‘past two and \a half years, has been transferred to Greymouth ami leaves to-morrow morning. Mr. D. Morrison, sub-manager at Rarotonga, arrives next Tuesday to take charge at New Plymouth.! The changes are due to Mr. D. Carter, Greymouth, having been appointed manager at Fiji in succession to Mr. Eva. In the latest casualty list published the following Taranaki names appear:— Died of wounds: C. F. Putt (H. Putt, New Plymouth, wife). Missing: F. W. Deakin (F. W. Deakin, Kaupokonui). The hospital and progress report contains the following names:—Still dangerously ill, but improving; ML M. Pearce (New Plymouth). Severe cases: W. Eustace (New Plymouth), LanceCorporal B. J. Joyce (Okaiawa) and Corporal 8. J. M'Neill. ' Another of the town’s old residents

has passed away, in the person of Mr. . James O’Neill.. As a young man he ' served in the 80th. Regiment, and after obtaining his discharge emigrated to New Zealand. For over 35 years Mr. CTNeill was custodian of the local Government Buildings, and 1 by iis integrity, his courtesy and genial manner had endeared himself to all with whom he had com© into contact, and there are many public officers now scattered throughout the Dominion who will hear with regret of the death of Mr. O’Neill. The deceased had had more than his share of life’s troubles (his wife and several members of the family having been rapidly swept away by sickness), but his, trials have been bom© with true Christian fortitude and cheerfulness; and those who knew the late Mr. O’Neill intimately will agree that if ever a soul has earned repose at is that of the late James O’Neill. / =—=====