PERSONAL ITEMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16821, 29 May 1919, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; Aitl a meeting of the Committi?© of, •the Wa.mate ,Au|Coinobiie Associafcioh Mr N. M. Orbell sifted that as lie was .shortly leaving the dislttriot fibis would probably, .be the Jiast meeting of Committee he would have the opportunity of attending, but he did not intend to resign unjfcil the annual general meeting came round. He thanked the members of the Committee for the assistance tliey had always so willingly given him during his term of office. AIJI the members generally expressed their reigre't thait Mr Orbell won I .J be leaving the Association, and expressed their 1 appreciation of the work done by him* on behalf of the Association during his term as President. '

a ?i +Sf a^ ce T d m Timaru yestercay that Re. Douglas Hodgson had been' accidentally killed in Louden. Douglas Hodgson left Timaru with the 2">nd Re mforcements, and was attached" to tJie Ambulance Corps. Prior' to en;, lsting he was manager of the Timaru branch of Misssrs A. and T. Burt, Ltd. and for the puropse of gaining greater experience in tlhe business of" his firm; be had obtained special leave to enable him to st>en<d some months at their London office. A clean living and popular young man, he wa s a peneral favlffurite in all athletic circles. He was an enthusiastic ■ rower, beintr for some time one, of the mainstays of the T'ma.ru Club, having held the positions qf club cnptain. secretary and treasurer. News of hies untimely (Ipa.thi under sneh tiraiiic o'rairnstanres was leaned wi+ih deep fel:i!ing by his mamy Timaru friends.