PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 47, 20 November 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. J. M. Dale, Mayor of'Onslow, is suffering from influenza.

The Rev. Father Kimboll, of Newtown, who has been laid up with influenza, is reported to be much better.

The death occurred from influenza yesterday morning of Mr. Henry van Staveren, junior partner in the. legal firm of Messrs. Webb and van Stavercn, and youngest son of the Rev. H. van Staveren (Rabbi of Wellington). Mr. van Staveren, who gave promise of being a very able legal practitioner, was born in Wellington, and. was educated at the Terrace School and afterwards at St. Patrick's College and Victoria College. The deceased, who was esteemed in the profession, was only 28 years of age.

The death of Mr. AY. 11. ffartgill, manager of the Dannevirko 'branch of Bannuid and Abraham, Ltd., and the well-known racing judge, is announced in a Press Association message from Dannevirko. Mr. IkrtgiU was taken ill on his return from ttie liiccarton Gup Meeting ami died yesterday afternoon, The late Mr. Hnrtgill was bom m England -111111 came to New Zealand m 1885.

Mr. W. Buckley, of the Magistrate's Court staff, is among thoso suffering from the epidemic.

Mr .T. Bevan, Wellington district traffic manager in (he Railway Department, is down with influenza.

The. death occurred at the Pnlmerston North Public Hospital on Sunday evening of Mr. At. Whilhell, of Main Street West, who wa.s one of Palmorston's most popular citizens. The lato Mr Wliithell. who was in Iho emplov ol Messrs Barraud and Abraham, Ltd., took a great interest in friendly society matters, and was u prtst chief ranker of Court Manawatu, A-O.F. Ho was also a member of the AVest End School Committee for some lime- He leaves a widow and family of four children.

\ well-known Pal mors lon cilizcn in tho person of Mr. Thomas <"!. Slnekwell succumbed on Sunday to Hi" efforts of Iho nrevailino: epidemic. The Into Air. Stookwcl!, who hnd practised in Palmerpfon as a dentist for several years, was at one time associated in partnership wilh hi* brother, Air. Prank Stockwon, no»- of Foilding.

Air. Orev Phillips, of Levin, n wcriIcnown land and estate agent ami licensed Maori interpreter, died in that town early on Friday morning, after a short illness. Ho leaves a widow and sovernl children,

Mr- J. K. Carpenter, a prominent business man in Dannevirko and wellknown in Paliiatua, where ho was at one time a member of the borough council, died at Hawera on Sunday from pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.

At Dnmiovirke, (he funeral of Mr. .Tames Riggir, stock agent, took place on Sunday, and on the same day. his wife died", leaving . two little children behind. Mr. and Mrs. Riggir died from influenza nnd»the complications following. News was received in Carterton on Mmulav morning of Ihe death;of Mr. James' Brown, of Aslihurst. The late Mr. Brown leaves a widow and two children, who are affected with influenza! Tho deceased was for some lime on llin staff of the TaratnM and Belvedere Dairy Comnanios, and was also manager n't Carrington for a .'lumber of vears, from where he transferred to Nirenha and Famua. his last appointment being at Ashlmrst..

News has been received of Ihe death from wounds of Lieutcnnnt L. Reeve, who, when he enlisted, was on .the .staff of the Bank of New Zealand. Petone. Lieutenant Reeve was the son of Mr. Reeve, clerk of the Hotorua Magistrate's Coifrt, and is the third son to give' his life for his cmm.'ry. Mr. S. Bnce.iof Petone. is a hrother-in-l.r.v of deceased. His widow and three children reside in Petone.

Tho death i* reported of Major D. B. M'Kenzie, of the Camps Records Branch of the Defence Ofl'iee. M«ior M'Kctizie left New Zealand with the Main Body with tli'i rank, of major in the Otago Mounted RitieSj nno saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli. ?.".d France, being invalided home after l>e\ng woir.ided and gassed on the West front.

Included in McmtayV, deaths at Christen urcli was that of Mr. A. W. Rutherford. 31111. ;.;red 41. Deceased was n prominent North Canterbury sheepbreeder, and a well known racehorse owner. His father, a former member of Parliament, died from inihienza a week ago.

A well-known Feathcrston business man, in ilia person of Mr. J. K. Huntley, died on Monday at Feathcrston, following upon an attack from pneumonia. He was 43 years of age.

At Featherston yesterday Mr. William Carruthers, who is well-known in South Canterbury and elsewhere, succumbed to pneumonia. He leaves a widow and five young children.

The death is reported after a short illness of Lieutenant A. G. Braddiley, of the office of the Director of Recruiting. Lieutenant Braddiley was a Main Body, soldier of the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment, and saw service in Gallipoli and France. Ho returned owing. Jo sickness some months ago.

Mr. Albert C. Edwards, builder, died at his residence at Kilii Kihi on Sunday last. Deceased, who was educated at the Clvdo Quay School, was the eldest son of"the late Mr. R, H. Edwards, of Wellington, He has left a widow and two children; a sister (Mrs. Ralph, of Kilbirnie), and two brothers (Mr. Ernes.' Edwards, Wangauui, and Mr. Harold-Ed-wards, on active service, who left Now Zealand with the Ninth Reinforcement, early in JDIG).

Mr. W. W. Samson, Deputy-Registrar of Patents at Wellington, has been appointed Official Assignee at Dunedin. Mr. Stephen A. J mid, who was removed from his home at Vogeltown on Sunday to the Wellington College Hospital, died on Monday night,' oi'ter being ill from' influenza, since the previous Tuesday. Deceased was born in Wellington dl years ago, and had lived in this district all his life. For some years past he had carried on a fancy goods business in Manners Street. He has left a widow and daughter.

Mr. Albert Wylie, president of the Wellington Bowling Club, is a sufferer from influenza.

Mr. John- Cameron, relieving m'anager for the A.M.?. Society in Nelson foe the past few months, died suddenly, on Thursday morir.g from heart. failure. Mr. Cameron leaves a widow and a fomily of two children at Sydney.

An old and respected colonist, Mr. Mac Duff, senior, of Waitoa Road, HaraJtai, died at his residence on Sunday. The deceased, who was 75 years of age, arrived in Wellington in ' 1879, to take charge of the American Coach Factory, which was afterwards run under the names of Messrs. Rouse and Hurrcll. Shortly afterwards he removed to Wanganui, where he became proprietor of one of the largest coachbuilding businesses in New Zealand. He was very well known on the West Coast of this island. He leaves three sons and three daughters. Lieutenant B. W. Millier has received his discharge from camp, and hes resumed his position as chief cleric of the Marine Department.

Mr. Frank Goldberg, managing director of the Goldberg Advertising Agency, Ltd., who has been confined to his homo with a severe attack of influenza, is now on the high road to recovery, aiul hopes to return,to business in the course of a day or two.

The death from influenza en November ,G of Mr. Leslie Brown, youngest son of Mr. I'. Brown, formerly stevedore for the New Zealand Shipping Company at, Wellington, of influenza, has been reported by cablegram from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Deceased, who was 23 years of age, was educated at Clyde Quay School, and after serving his apprenticeship with William Cable and Company, Ltd., Kaiwarra, ho joined the engineering 'branch of the Australian Navy. At the time of his death ho was fourth engineer on the transport Bakara. He took a great' interest in athletics, and was a prominent member of the Brooklyn Harriers.

The funeral took place yesterday morning of the late Captain Arthur Howell, acting-master on the Commonwealth and Dominion steamer Port Alma, who died from pneumonia on Monday. The pallbearers were of the ship's company. Messrs. Perry and Miller represented the head office staff, and Mr. A. Kitching Messrs. Bannatyne and Co., the local agents. Other shipping companies were also represented. The lato Captain Howell, who was a single man, about 30 years of age, leaves a mother and sister in South Wales.

The P.cv. Father M. Devoy, of, !3t>, Anne's Parish, Newtown, is suffering from influenza.

Mr. H. E. Holland, M.P., who has been suffering from influenza, is now convalescent, but his wife and family are now down with the.disease.

Word has been received that Flight Lieutenant P. A. Hinton, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hinton, of Eureka, was killed in aeroplane accident in England on November 0. The late Lieutenant Hinton, who was thirty years of age, left with tlio Fifteenth Reinforcements as a sergeant. While in England he injured his leg, and remained to take up a position in the Eoyal Flying. Corps, and recently obtained the rank of flight lieutenant. ' Ho had been about two years in' the air service.

Mr. l?rnnlc A. Fenton, n well-known chemist, who had ten in business in Karangiihape Road, Auckland, for several years, died at his residence, Grey Lynn, pn Sunday from influenza. Ho was 47 years of ape, nnd was born in the Auckland province.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Benson 11. Wyman, who died of broncho-pneumonia nt Foatherston Camp on Friday, was tho eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. AV. H. Wyman, of Blockhouse Bay. Avomlnlo South. Upon leaving the Auckland Grammar School he entered the Justice Department, and was first stationed nt the Magistrate's Court at Auckland, and successively at Queenstown and Waiißtf, ntii. Later he commenced the practice of law in Auckland. He was admitted as a'barrister of tho Supreme Court in 1911, and graduated LT..M. in 1916. Forborne timo he was assistant law lecturor at the Auckland University College. He entered camp early this yoav,