PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 68, 14 December 1918, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

The death is announced from Napier of Mr. Peter Diuwiddic, innnoging director of lhe % "Hawke's Hay Herald," in hi* eighty-first year. The late Mr. Diinviddie had been connected with the "Ilawke's Day Jlerald" for over 50 years, and was ;! Maori War veteran, und had .seen considerable service. lie was an ex-pre>ideut of the North Island Howling Association. Jlis death will be greatly regretted, especially in Ilawke's Hay, where he was universally respected.

A Press Association cablegram from London states that Tom .Mann has retired from politics and taken up poultry fanning. • The resignation of the Hev. C. Murray, of SI. David's Presbyterian Church, Sydenham, is announced. The climatic conditions of Canterbury have not .suited the health of Airs. Murray, a wanner climate being needed, Mr. Murray, therefore, intends leaving for the North Island ill the end of January. He look charge of St. David'.- on Christinas Day, 1901. Previous to this he was at YVairarapa and KoiMing. and had done missionary work in the New Hebrides. IT? hm held the position <if clerk «f (he Christ , - church Presbytery for about: twelve veals.

A Pre>s Association message ■from Dun'-, cdin records (he. death of Mr. l',nie>t.l. Ilealey, H.Sc. ajrriciillur.il inMruciuv for the Otago Education IJrnril, and previously he.arlnin.stcr at Pine Till School.

A presentation was made last night In Air. G. Thompson, of the news-room staff of Titk Dominion, by his fellow-workers on .the occasion of his leaving (he company's employ It) toko up church work. 31 r. Thompson has been in the employ of the company from its inception., and many expressions of good will.and hopes for his future happiness .mid success were given utterance to. 'Mr. AV. W. Todd, Printer, made the., presentaliosi.

Jlr. Charies 0. Winslow, nephew of ■11 r. A. A. Winslow", American. ConsnlGeneral, has been promoted to the position of Second_Viee-Consiil for America, at. Auckland. Mr. (.'. G. W.inslow has been acting as private secretary to his uncle during the last year. ' ,

Constable A. G. Lake, who has been stationed at the Central Police Station for four year.-: and who has been ossist.int wntchhouse-keeper for the past.two years, bus been transferred (o Feildiug, and leaves Wellington on Wednesday to assume' his new duties. " '.' .

.Mr. T. (I Russell, nf Christc.-hurch, who recently returned from a'Visit io the United Stales by the s.s.- Makura, is staying at the Midland Hotel, and will leave for the south to-day. .-.' ■

Major Montagu Turnbull, K.A.F., son of Mr. H. M. Turnbull, of lvereni, Uiin'ke'd Bay,, and who has -been a prisoner of war in Turkey since April last, is now at Aficom- Kara Bissau, in Asia -Minor, having recovered from his - ' wounds, ■ and is now; -awaiting repatriation. At ■ the time- Major Turnbull was taken prisoner he wn.s doing patrol work on the Palestine front, when ho encountered enemy aircraft. His observer was shot dead, «ind he himself, being severely wounded, was forcsd to make, a descent from 8000 ft. into the Turkish lines. For'six months he was in bed in a hospital, first at Damascus, and later at-Aleppo, and. in October ho was removed to a prison camp at' Afioom Kara Hissan.

Mr. Frank William Petre, who died at St. Clair, Dunedin, this week, was born at Wellington in 1547. ' He'was a. son of the Hon. Henry William Petre, who was the second son of the eleventh Baron I'etie, of E-sex, and chairman of, the N'e.w Zealand Land Company. Mr. P. W. Petre was educated at' a Catholic college in England, and afterwards apprenticed to a naval architect.- He engaged in practice in London until 1872, when he went to Otaqo. Three years Inter, after fuperinte'ndim: the' construction of tbs Dimedin-Chitha and Blcn-heini-Pielrm lines lie =et up in practice in Dunedin.' He built the first section nf Hie Otsi-w Central roilwav. The" he devoted himself to arebitet-t-iire. and in that o!)iiim«o" b*d to <'o «-i(h the iMiild , - ini: of Hi' Cnthol'c Cathedral in Cbriptcbnreh. S l . .T"'°i)h's Oarhedril ; n D"n'din. the Dominionn Convent i" Dunedin, Hie S-Vvofl H» - "'l: BisiliVa i-i Wellington, (he Cifinlic Cliurcli i» Oamnru. i>M ?»v(ir.'l 1) ; " commerciorhiiises in C'lir'tchuroh. F"v nnme years he was Consular Agent for Italy.