PERSONAL

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3484, 30 August 1937, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mrs McCurraclf Mud family. Green Island, are at present on holiday m Cromwell and are the guests or Mrs McCurrach’a mother, Mrs VV ; Bcii eenr.

Mr and Mrs jas. C. Parcell left on Friday, for Seaward Dow ns, where Mrs Parcell and family will spend the school vacation. Mr Parcell returned to Cromwell yesterday. Mr D. Campbell and Mr Bert Cormick, Liudis Pass, left for Dunedin yesterday on a short business trip. Mrs D. C. Jolly, Dunedin, who has been spending a- short holiday in Cromwell as the guest of Mr and Mrs Ern Jolly, returned to Dunedin on Tuesday.

Mr Jas. Ritchie, chairman of the Vincent County Council, left at the beginning of last week for Wellington where he attended the Dominion Counties Conference.

Miss M. Hardy, Invercargill, is a holiday in Cromwell us the guest oi Mrs J. F. Davy. Mr and Mrs N. G. Pigou and Mrs Davy are at present on a motoring tour iu the Nelson and Blenheim districts.

Mr and Mrs Colin Nicholson, Onuiaru, are spending the school vacation with Mrs .Nicholson's parents, Mr and Mrs J. Roberts. Miss Norma Scott, Invercargill, is at present spending a holiday with relatives in Cromwell.

Mr and Mrs A. |. MeKinlay and family, Law re nee, spent a few days last week with Mrs McKinlay’s parent;;, Mr and Mrs Henry Bowie, and returned to Lawrence on Saturday.

Mr R. MacGregor, of the local High School staff, left on Wednesday fur Oamaru where he will spend part of

the vacation

Mr W. E. Jelley, who was in Dunedin for a few days last week, returns io Cromwell to-day. Mrs J, T. N. Grant, who was in Dunedin for a few days last week, returned to Cromwell yesterday. Mrs W. Treloar and family, former .residents of Cromwell and now of Dun edin, are spending a few days in (Tom well.

Mr D. Elder, who suffered a broken collarbone at the Vincent Football Tournament, left on Thursday for bis home at Timani where he will spend a week or two recuperating. Mr TT. Gair, a former popular resident of Cromwell, and now in business in Waipukurau, is at present on in visit to his parents, Mr and Mrs Wm, Gain.

[ Mr and Mrs A. W. Johnson, who J were in Dunedin for a few days last ’week, returned to Cromwell yesterday. Mr 13, Price, who has a teaching appointment in the South Canterbury district, is spending the vacation with his parents, Mr and Mrs Win. Price.

' Mr A. C. Robinson, formerly Headmaster of Low burn school and now at | Windsor school, is at present spending a few days at Lowburn Kerry as the (.guest of Mr and Mrs D. Brethertou.

1 Misses Isla Johnson and Noelene j Pearson, and Masters Ray Radford, 1 Clive Yeoman, and R. Paterson are

spending the school holidays with their I parents in Cromwell. I Mr Roht. Wishart is at present

, spending the school vacation with Lis 1 parents, Mr and Mrs Cleo. Wishart, and | on resuming duty will take up an apI pointment at Chaslands school, in the

: Owaka district. j Miss B. Williamson and Mr Leslie ( Jolly, who are attending the Dunedin j Training College, are spending the ( term holiday with their rcsiKictive 1 parents.

I Mr Jas. Tait, who has been on an extended motor tour of the South

Island, returned to Invercargill on Monday last after being the guest oi Air and Mrs N. Macdonald, Donegal Street, for a week.

Mr A. F. Key, who was in D lim'd in on a business visit for a few days last week, returned to Cromwell on Thursday.

Messrs G. L. Morris and C. Codings, Pembroke, represented the Wanaka Men’s Golf Club at the Roxburgh Club’s tournament on Friday and Saturday last, while Mesdaines MeKegg and Milne represented the Wanaka Ladies Club at the tournament.

Mr R. A. Gibson of the local post office, has received advice of his trailsJ'ci to the Milton office and leaves for his new sphere on Wednesday. During his six and a-halt years’ service in the local office, Ralph has proved himself a very capable and courteous official, highly thought of by and extremely popular with the general public all of whom, w hilst regretting his departure, will extend to him all good wishes in his new appointment. Kalp.u has been a keen supporter of all sporting bodies and will be much missed in football, cricket and swimming circles. Mr Rose, an electrical engineer from Rhodesia, who is on a- visit to this district, was the guest of Mr Robt. Bowio last week on a- tour of tho Lakes district. On his return Mr Rose, in conversation with our reporter, was loud in his praise of tho charm and beauty of tho scenery ot the Southern Lakes. He was amazed at the variety of scenery in such a comparatively small area as Now Zealand. With respect to our own particular district he thought the good quality of the stock was surprising in view of the apparent scarcity of grazing in Central Otago. New Zealanders, he said, seemed to bo very much football and wrestling minded while in Rhodesia, tennis, cricket and polo are the main sports all the year round, and are played mostly in the evenings on account of the long daylight. “Everywhere I have travelled,” said Mr Rose, “I have found everyone most anxious to show me their district and most hospitable. Tho Maori question seems always to crop up when speaking to South Africans and there is no comparison between our coloured races. Tho Maori is a much superior and more intelligent individual and wo recognise him as being an equal with ourselves but we could not possibly do | this with our natives. Your mining interested me as gold mining is so dif- , ferent from diamond mining and your th o new dredges operating and one under course of construction are very evident signs of prosperity iu the district.”