PERSONAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3333, 9 August 1926, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr and Mrs H. J. Partridge, of Clyde, who leave to-morrow to take up their residence at Dunedin, are to be given a farewell to-night. During his long connection with the district Mr Partridge has taken a keen interest in local matters. As an ath letehe excelled in several branches, having represented his county with distinction in both football and cricket. He is also a gifted musician and a good fellow as well, and Clyde and the district is the poorer through his removal- On Saturday night Mrs Partridge was entertained at' the Vicarage, when she was the recipient of a Doulton Cake Plate and Bowl from the Ladies’ Guild, The young man Sanders, who was badly injured about the head as the. result of a motor cycle accident some ten days _.go, is still an inmate of the Dims tan Hospital. He is, however, making a good recoveryThe Invercargill police have been advised that William lan Kane, aged twenty-three, was accidentally drowned while working at the Kawarau dam at Queenstown last week. It appears that Kane and a" companion were sky-larking on a platform, from which the former fell into the river and was carried away by the current. The body was recovered half an hour later, but all efforts at resuscitation failedMr Robt. Pye, who was badly injured about the face by an explosion of a plug of gelignite (at Arrowtown in June last) has recovered, and has left the Cromwell Hospital and returned to his home- He has lost the sight Jof one eye, ’