PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 14068, 26 November 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Mr J. Holmes Runnicles will reopen; his studio on Thursday next. Mr George Spencer Clapham, bookseller, of Hastings, died on Saturday. Mr Arthur ("Moses") Wintcrburn, the well-known Otaki golfer, died on Sunday, aged 38 years. Last week Mrs W. Orsman, of Nelson, relict of the late Mr W. Orsman, attained tho advanced ago of 91 years. Mrs Orsman is one of the few of tho very old settlers of Nelson. Mr Ed. Purdy, of 177 Ferguson St., has received information that his brother Alf (a well-known and popular Auckland sport) was killed in action on November 4th. Miss A. Gray, who has held the Ladies' Tennis Championship of the Dominion for the Singles in 1912, ana with Mrs Travers, and later Miss Baird, held the Doubles championship for ten years,, died at Auckland on Sunday. Major W. C. Morrison, second in command of the Canterbury Military District, died rather suddenly at Christchurch last night from heart failure, following a) severe attack of influenza* He saw a good deal of service with the New Zealanders at Gallipoli and France. Mr Albert Rowland Durrant, licensee of the New Commercial Hotel, Wei- . lington, succumbed to pneumonia following on influenza on Sunday at the White Hart Hotel, Christchurch. Deceased, who was owner of the racehorses Sinapis, a winner of the New Zealand Cup and Wanganui Cup and other races, was an enthusiastic follower of the turf. Two more Roman Catholic priests have.succumbed to the epidemic, which, they have contracted while doing heroic work among the sufferers. Father Daniel Cronin, parish priest at Carterton., died on Sunday, the other victim being Father M. Lewis, who has been at Feathorston Camp. Dr. Geary, Professor of Geology at Greenmeadows Seminary, who went to assist in the work at Featherston Camp, has now contracted influenza. Father Daly, Chaplain at Trentham Camp, is also laid by.

The death took place, yesterday from complications arising out of the prevailing epidemic of Ernest Seldon Pyke, Government Inspector of Machinery, Surveyor of Ships, etc. Mr Pyke joined the service in 1900 as engineer on board the s.s. "Hinemoa" and was for a period prior to joining the local Inspection of Machinery office in October, 1916, Chief Engineer on board the training vessel "Amokura." He was well and favourably known in shipping circles throughout the Dominion, and his many friends will regret his death at the comparatively early age of 46 years. Mr Pyke leaves a wife and "three young children, to mourn the loss of a loving husband and father. The "News" says: Th e death of Dr. Mary Dowling at Hawera on Friday came as a great blow to the whole of Taranaki. It was known that she was critically ill, but hope was entertained right up to the last that she would be preserved to carry on her life of usefulness. It was, however, not to be. Deceased contracted the disease while ministering to the sick, and "carried on'' when she ought herself to have been in bed. Hers was" a promising life. A daughter of Mrs Dowling, mistress for many years of the West End School, she early in life showed great ability. She won a Taranaki scholarship and proceeded to Victoria College, where, after graduation, she took up the medical course at the Dunedin University. She was very successful in all her examinations, winning scholarship after scholarship, taking amongst them a New Zealand research scholarship that entitled her to a three years' course at Home. She was waiting the end of the war to take advantage of the scholarship, and some time ago decided to commenco practice in Hawera, where her work gained for her golden opinions. She was *mly 26 years of age. Her mother is a victim of influenza, and was unable to see her before the end came. Her brother, who is practising in Hawera, is also down with the disease. Jersey cloth 1 , is just a replica of the popular woven sports coat material, and conies in cream and pale pink. Can be made up at a big saving of cost to you. Makes a smart skirt as well. Ours is a double cellular weave, quite a new type. Collinson and Cunninghame, Ltd. Patterns on request anywhere.*