PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 162, 6 July 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Messenger G. IS. M. Watkins of the Nelson lelegraph Office has been promoted to a telegraph cadet-ship at the I Learners' Gallery, u?almerston_ North. Messenger Watkins was. coached a't the Technical Schooi. Mi's W .Gill has received further advice stating that her eldest son, Rifleman P. W. Gill, is progressing favourably/ Mr F. 11. Bailt»y, lately of Waikato East, has taken charge of the Motneka Presbyterian Church, in tho plat.-e of 'Mr J. Newlands, transferred to Sea-toun-Itsland Bay, Wellington. Mr F. A. Clayton, who has occupied the position of postmaster at Murchkon for a considerable time, is to be transferred to Mercer, on promotion, . 'Sister May Nock is spending a. few days in Nelson with her parents, prior to proceeding to the front at a later date with the> New Zealand Army Nursing Staff. Since leaving Nelson some seven or eight years ago, Sister Nock has been nursing in the Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Otaki Hospitals.

News has been received in Nelson of the death at Dunedin of Mr William Bannatyne, the old st chief marine engineer in New Zealand. The deceased, who had attained the age of 91, was born in Scotland, and came out tc__M el bourne when a young man, and was on the engine-room staff of several vess.ls in Australian waters before he joined the Union Company in its early days. Be remained in the service of th. company until he was quite ou years of age. and had since been residing in Dunedin. Mr Bannatyne was well-known in shipping circles in elson, -ho having been a regular visitor here for several years, and for a long time was chief engineer of the ill-fated P« nguin. He leaves two sons, one of whom is chief engineer of the Kittavva.