PERSONAL NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 March 1910, Page 3

PERSONAL NOTES.

The Rev. R. Wilson left Reefton on Monday on a visit to Christchurch. Mr H. Gould, representing Royd Bros, and Kirk, arrived from Christchurch last evening. . . , Professor Ives, of Melbourne, luis, «k - cording to a wire received to-day, been appointed Judge of Music at the Dunedin musical competition. The I’. and 0. steamer Morea, on route to Auckland, arrived at Fremantle vesterdav afternoon. The passengers include Dr and Mrs Charles Mori.e, of Grey mouth. Xn information is yet available in eon nectilon with the appointment, of a successor to the Governor (Lord IMunket) whose term of office will expire in Jam next. . . .. Tire following passengers arrived irom Christchurch last night: -Mrs -I. \ oung. Misses Xancv Young. C. L- Renton. .Me Guigan; Messrs J. Smith._ Thomas Keen, .1. Young, K. Morton Ollivier, George ( orbridge and C. Mackay. Miss Moody 8011, for some lime stationed at Knmara as Home Missioiiaryim the Methodist Church, left l.reyimmth last Saturday bv the Himitangi. hound Or Foxton, cn route to Shannon, where she takes up mission work in the future. Mr and Mrs Malcolm Mncfurlane. of “Coldstream,” Rangiora, North Canterbury, are making a short stay m Greymouth, having arrived bv the express .ast night; They will return, via Inchbonnie, their son's residence, at the end of the week. Messrs W. E. Williams, S. Williams, and 6 Davidson, of Hokitika, who went for a trip to Australia about six weeks ago, have returned, the two former on Friday and the last-named on Saturday. The three gentlemen had an enjoyable time and reurned after a very interesting trip to the Commonwealth. Mr and Mrs Faye Loic, missioaers to the Chinese on the West Coast for a nnml,oi* r,t vtstrs. have received their maith

ing orders from the Presbyterian h oreigil Missions Committee, having been transferred to the Auckland district to minister to their countrymen tliero, which are said to number about 300. they leave fm their new held of labour early in Mat. This afternoon an entertainment was held in St. Patrick’s School in honor o| the silver jubilee of the Rev. Mother M. Regis, who has been in Greyinoulli for a number of years past. Ihe largo gathering testified the esteem and respect in which the Rev. Mother is held by all, win. join in wishing her long life to carry on lo r noble wok. Passengers to Christchurch^ this morning included:—Mesdames C. Ferguson, G Ha inner, Speedy, Gibhani. White, UKen. J. E. Sharpe, D. Muir; Misses Fast. Wilson Messrs J. Grilfen, H. Bartholomew. S.M., C. Ferguson, J. Combes, J*,. Mar-

shall, F. N. Thompson. George Hannu-r. H, S. Hills (Auckland), I). Clarke (Fair lie). G. Speedy, V. Volhetde, Olsen, I. K Sharpe (Blackball). In referring to the winding up ot the Hokitika Benevolent Society, the Guardian ; —“lt is only that the sellsacrificing President, Mr M- Duncan, should he sinp;h*d out lor special praise. Mr Duncan has done umgnifi. ent service for the institution, and he has performed fine service for the town. As the head of the institution he has given a very lengthy service for the public benefit. He has done this out of pure promptings of pintanthrophv, and the town and its deserving poor are the better for his sacrifice. Buy man though lie is, Mr Duncan lias shown every interest and pride in his vvi.ik. and the record he has made is reflected in the splendid name which the Society has en joyed.