PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 301, 19 November 1942, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Presbyterian Assembly has appointed Rev. Dr. S. F. Hunter principal of the Theological Hall in' succession to the late Principal Dickie until the date of his retirement. The Theological Hall Committee was authorised to establish a travelling scholarship to be knotvii as the John Dickie Memorial Scholarship. The status of minister emeritus Avas granted to Revs. J. H. Robertson, E. H. Kedgley, G. H. Jupp, and A. C. Randerson.

i Official advice has been received by Mrs J. C. Riddle of Waldegrave Street, eldest daughter of Mr and Mi-s W. F. Field, of Rongopai Street, that her husband Sergeant James Curran Riddle, of tbe 2nd N.Z.E.F., died of wounds in the Middle East on November 7. Much sympathy has been extended to Mrs Riddle and her parents, Avho have many friends in Palmerston North and district. Sergeant Riddle had been on active ser-A-ice for over two years. In addition to his Avidow, he leaves two young sons.

Lieutenant Patrick William Kelly, only son of Rev. W. Kelly and Mrs Kelly, late of the Vicarage, Rongotea, and uoav of the Vicarage, Pelynt, Looe, Cornwall, has been killed in action, according to news received by friends in New Zealand. Lieutenant Kelly, who was only 21 years of age, was killed in Burma on April 13, 1942. He Avas educated at Dublin University, where lie had a brilliant classical career, and joined the Inniskilling Fusiliers (his father’s regiment in the last war) in July, 1940. He was a member of the Northern Ireland Command Rugby XV. Lieutenant Kelly received his early education at the Rongotfea School. | Private Leon Surbain (“Mick”) SeliAvamm, avlio, it Avas reported recently, had been killed in action, was tbe eldest son of Mr and Mrs Gustav SeliAvamm, of Rangitikei Line. He Avas born in NeAv Plymouth and brought up at Palmerston North. After attending the Central School he entered business Avith his father, dealing in stock. Through his association Avith the farming industry he. became Avidely known. Essentially a stockman, letters which his parents received but recently from the Middle East showed that he had carried those interests with him. Twentytwo years of age, Private Schwamm left NeAv Zealand in No\ r ember of last year.

I The position of Deputy DirectorGeneral in the Post Office, rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr W. R. Newall, has been filled by the appointment of Mr S. A. Ogilvie, second Deputy Director-General. Mr Ogilvie began his career in the department at Timaru. He has occupied the position of second Deputy Director-General since April, 1942. He is chairman of the departmental sick benefit fund and has been a member of the Post and Telegraph Promotion Board since November, 1940. Mr J. Madden, who succeeds Mr Ogilvie, was appointed Deputy-Chief Postmaster at Auckland in 1931, and later served as. Chief Postmaster at Wanganui, Dunedin, and Wellington. He i became a divisional director in 1939.

At the age of 51, the death has occurred of Mr William Francis Te Aonui Dennan, only son of the wellknown Maori guide, the late Maggie Papakura, and husband of Guide Rangi, of Whakarewarewa. In the Great War he joined the Royal Engineers in England and served at Gallipoli, Egypt, and France. When peace came lie gained a diploma in engineering at Oxford. On the death of his mother in England he returned to New Zealand and erected a memorial to her at Whakarewarewa. Later he took up work among the Wakaio and Tuhourangi tribes and did much towards the betterment , of their conditions and the retention of their traditions.

j Tlie death occurred at Manakau yesterday of Major Charles Thomas Tatum, avlio Avas Avell-knoAvn in military circles in Ncav Zealand toAvards the" end of the last century and during the early part of the present one. Major Tatum, avlio was farming in the Manakau district, Avas born in London in 1857. He came to Ncav Zealand in 1879 and in 1886 joined the Wellington Rifles, being promoted to the rank of captain in 1888. He was captain of the Otaki Mounted Rifles in 1901, and from 1903 Avas major commanding the ManaAvatu Mounted Rifles. He was posted to the retired list in 1911. He was a member of the Wellington City Council from 1892 to 1896. Major Tatum Avas a member of the NeAV Zealand Boy Scouts’ Association for over 30 years, and recently he and Mrs Tatum made provision for the eventual handing over of their property in Manakau to the association for a camping ground. In 1934 Major Tatum was invested Avith the Boy Scout Honorary Modal of Merit, with bar, in recognition of his services to the moA-enient.