PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 May 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr F. Brace, of the Seddonville State Colliery, is under order of transfer to Christchurch.

The Rev. T. G. Brooke, of Auckland, will arrive in town to-night, and will be the guest of the Rev. and Mrs Ashcroft, Tainui Street.

Mr S. Saunders will retire from the position of editor of the Lyttelton Times on June 13jh, when he will be succeeded by Mr M. Reading. Mr Edward Saunders, who has been associate editor of the paper during the last five years, will take the position of chief of staff. Arrangements have been completed for filling the vacancies which will be caused in the New Zealand general staff shortly bv the return to England of Colonel E. S. Heard, Chief of the General Staff and director of staff duties and military training, and Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. Collins, D. 5.0., Adjutant-General to the forces. In reply to a question put by a Wellington Post reporter yesterday, General Godley, commandant of the forces stated that Colonel Heard would be succeeded by Lieu. Col. W. G. Braithwaite, as Chief of the General Staff, and Lieut. Col. Collins by Col. E. W. C. Chaytor as Adjutant-General. No announcement has yet been made as to Colonel Braithwaite's and Colonel Chaytor's successors, though it is reported that the latter appointment will be" conferred upon Major Johnston, who is at present in Wellington on furlough from India. A very pleasant function took place in the schoolroom, Dobson, on Friday afternoon, when the residents and scholars assembled to bid farewell to Miss Woods, who has held the position of assistant teacher of the Dobson school for the past five vears. The residents could not allow" Miss Woods to take her departure from the district without marking in some tangible manner the Tespect in which she is held. Miss M. Cooper, the oldest girl in the school, read an address, while Mips A. Smeaton, the youngest girl, presented Miss Woods with a beautiful gold bracelet., set with diamonds, to show the esteem in which she is held by one and all. Miss Woods, who was taken by surprise, very feelingly replied, saying that words'failed to express her gratitude to fhe people for their kindness and handsome present, which she would ever treasure. An adjournment was then made to the residence of Mrs Smeaton, where a dainty afternoon tea wan partaken of, after which songs and recitations were indulged in, Miss Teasdale playing the accompaniments. A very pleasant afternoon was brought to a close by all wishing Mss Woods good health and prosperity.