PERSONAL ITEMS

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16264, 15 July 1918, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr H. O. D. van Asch left Rangiora on Saturday on a holiday visit to Auckland.

Advice has been received that Private James Peacock, of Rangiora, has obtained a commission.

.The llov. Father J. Cullen, Rev. Father Sullivan, and llcv. Father O'Connell arrived from Wellington by Saturday's ferry steamer.

Mr A. E. Kincaid, who leaves for camp to-day with the 44th Reinforcements, was the recipient last week of a case of pipes and a safety razor from the staff of Kincaids, Ltd.

At the monthly meeting of tho Waimairi and West Brighton Burgesses' Association on Thursday last, Mr J. P. Whatman, the secretary, was the recipient of a case of pipes on tho occasion of his resigning to proceed to camp. Mr A. R. Blank, in making the presentation, mentioned that the success of the Association was due mainly to ,the efforts and ability of Mr Whatman/ Mr Whatman suitably responded.

Engineer Lieutenant-Commander William Earnshaw, R.N., has been transferred from one of the Dreadnoughts and appointed to Glasgow, on the staff of the Admiral Superintendent, while a new destroyer ho is to be in charge of is being built. He was strongly urged by tho authorities to accept charge of Fisgard, the establishment for the training of engineer artificers, but preferred to take part in the moro active work of warfare. He had previously been offered tho position of senior instructor of engineering at Portsmouth. Ho hopes to proceed to sea again before the end of the year. Lieutenant Earnshaw is a son of the Hon. William Earnshaw, M.L.0., of Wellington.

Mr S. R. Dickinson, of St. Andrew's College, has recoived word th.it his sister, who was reported to have died while serving with the Australian Nursing Unit in England, is well and on active service at Salonica. The error arose at Base Records, Melbourne, owing to a most, unusual similarity of names. Mr Dickinson received an official cablegram from Melbourne announcing his sister's death, and following on the publication of the notice in the newspapor lists in both Christchurch and Melbourne, he received many sympathetic telegrams and letters. About a week ago, however, he received a cablegram from his brother, in Melbourne, stating that the report was almost certainly incorrect, as a cablegram had been received from Sister Dickinson dated June 30th, which was a week later than the date of the death reported by Base Records. Mr Dickinson ascertained through Base Records in New Zealand that there was no nurse named Dickinson with the New Zealand units, and at tho samq time he cabled to his brother suggesting that similar enquiries should be made in Australia. Ho has received word now from Bnse Records. Melbourne, that Sister Ruby Droma Dickinson, his sister, is well, and that tho reported death referred to Sister Ruby Dickinson, a member of another family.