PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 January 1942, Page 2

PERSONAL

The Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall, returned to Christchurch from Wellington yesterday. Mrs B. H. Pringle, Lansdowne, is on a visit to Auckland.

Mr and Mrs A. H. Ray, who had been visiting Carterton, have returned te Auckland.

Major B. H. Pringle, of Maslerlon, has been appointed second in command of the 36th Battalion at the Papakura Camp.

Miss M. McLuskie, Wellington, is spending a holiday in Masterton and is the guest of Mrs R. Latham, Miriam Street.

Mrs K. Henshaw, Masterton, has received advice by cable, that her husband, Pte K. Henshaw, is safe and well in the Middle East.

Mrs M. Ford, Cornwall Street, Masterton, has received information that her husband, Pte. Jack Ford, of the Middle East Forces, is fit and well. Word has been received by Mr Ludemann, Albert Street, Masterton, that his son, Lance Sergeant Henry J. Ludemann, is reported wounded and missing.

The engagement is announced oi Margaret Donalda (Peggy) Sutherland, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs K. Sutherland, “Aotea,” Hinakura, to Sergeant Owen Ackworth Denton, son of Mr and’Mrs L. A. Denton, Havelock North.

Commissioner J. Evan Smith, Salvation Army, has left Wellington for Auckland to conduct' the public installation of Brigadier Andrew Brooks, recently transferred from Australia. While in the north, the commissioner will inspect the work being carried out in the inebriates’ homes at Roto Roa and Pakatoa.

Mr A. R. Todd, of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand. Masterton, has left Masterton to join the naval forces. On the eve of his departure he was farewelled by the staff. The manager, Mr E. J. Heffer, on behalf of the gathering, presented him with a wallet and cigarettes. Prior to enlisting in the navy, Mr Todd held a commission in the Territorials.

Reported missing in Libya, Lieuten-ant-Colonel J. M. Twhigg, a wellknown Wellington doctor, went overseas with the 2nd Echelon, spending some time in Britain before being sent to the Middle East. He took command of the sth Field Ambulance before the echelon reached Egypt, and was in command through the Grecian and Cretan campaigns. Since then he has been in the Middle East, and he took the Ambulance into action when General Auchinleck began his advance. Di. Twhigg had been in practice in Wellington for about 12 years before going on active service. He was one of the senior physicians at Wellington Hospital.