PERSONAL NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 April 1910, Page 3

PERSONAL NOTES.

Dr. Fitchett, Public Trustee, left by ipverland express for Christchurch this morning. Mr H. Paten and Mrs Kerr, evangelists, were passengers for Christchurch by this morning’s overland okpress. His Lordship Bishop Grimes arrives tomorrow on his pastoral visit to the West Coast portion of his diocese. Mr James Jamieson, of Christchurch, has been elected a director of_ the West-port-Stockton Coal Company, in place of the late Mr S. Brown, of Wellington. Air Jamieson arrived in town last night on his

way to Westport, and proceeded with his co-director, Mr Thos. Cowlishaw, overland to the mine this morning. The Rev. T. W. and Mrs Vealie and family were passengers for Dunedin by the Otira express this morning, and a large number of members of the church and others were present on the platform to wish them God speed. The following passetngors arrived by the overland express last night, viz., Mrs Mansell and two children, Scott, Messrs F. B. Fraser, J. Hessey. D. J. Cameron, T. L. Cowlishaw, Jas. Jamieson (jun.), Major Kirk, Mr J. Kirk and Captain Lowe.

The following pasengers left by _ the Otira express to-day ; —Misses McGuigan, Shepley, Robertson , Jarman and Cunningham ; Mesdamcs Vealie and child, Kerr, A. D. Macfarlane. and McKcnny; Messrs W. Compton, Kerr, Baton, Cull, A. D. Macfarlane, 11. A. Solomon, G.

Matthews, T. Georgeson, W. Hunter and W. Blair, Dr Fitchett and the Rev. T. W. Voafie. Mr B- Cox, ledger keeper of the Hokitika branch of the Bank of Now Zealand, underwent an operation in a private hospital in Wellington last week. _ Mr Cox. it will be remembered, injured bis knee seine few years ago while playing hockey. His many friends will be pleased to learn that the operation was completely successful. Wo regret to have to record the death of Mrs W. Malcolm, of Auckland, under must painful circumstances. She had come down to pav a visit to her sister, Mrs H. McLaughlin, of Threadnoedle Street, arriving here on M ednesday by the Ara-Imi-fiT She. however, took suddenly ill yesterday and died last uidit. The two sisters had not met for 7? long time, and nature 11 v rejoiced to see each other again, not anticipating so tragic a curtailment of their meeting. The deceased leaves a husband and grown-up family to mourn their loss, and the greatest sympathy will co out to them in their sad and sudden bereavement. The deceased was stepmother to Mr Malcolm, formerly school , (earlier at Greymouth.