Does anyone have any information about a blacksmith R. Riddle (or it could be Kiddle) working in Dunedin at the end of th 19thC?
My grandfather Alfred Ernest Penny (b 1882 Port Chalmers)said he had been apprenticed to this person in his enlisting papers when he joined the AIF in 1915.

Surname RIDDLE
Given Name Robert
Number 2215
Electorate Waihemo
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address Palmerston
Occupation Blacksmith
Ref: 1893 NZ Electoral Roll

He appears to be listed here in the Trades Database:
http://caversham.otago.ac.nz/trades/trform.php

You could also try Paperspast:
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Regards, Bronwen

Thank you. It is good to fill out a bit of my grandfather's life.