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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 2, 4 January 1916, Page 7

The Hospital Ship Maheno left Wellington at 9 o'clock, last night for Lyttelton, where she will land the Canterbury men. She will then proceed to; Port Chalmers, and, after disembarking the remainder of the men aboard there, will be recommissioned. Pte. D. Fairbum, of the 4th Battalion Australian Expeditionary Force, was a passenger by the Moeraki from Sydney yesterday. He is a young Scotchmai;.. and was wounded at Gallipoli, •- aft* which he returned to Australia. Hs leaves for England by-the Remuera ta» morrow. .. .' , Prior to his departure for his new sphere of labour as postmaster'at Dunedin North, Mr. G. H. Cate was fare- \ welled by the staff of the Petone Post Office. In making a presentation -' t< Mr. Cate, the postmaster (Mr. T. Ward), on behalf of the staff, expressed theii sorrow at losing such a capable officer, and wished him every succfess in hh future 'career. Mr. James Burns, of Burns,: Plrilp.an< Co., who arrived from Sydney by tin Moeraki yesterday, went on to Lytteltaj Ay->h.e^sraflri„-lastaagh>-^ '■"" • -•'