PERSONAL NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 July 1918, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

Miss Marion Monteith, of Reefton, is at present staying at Warner's, Hotel, Christchurch. Among the passengers who arrived by the Otira express on Saturday evening from Christchurch were Mesdames G. T. Moss, M. Hannan and VY. D. Revington.

A London cable message states that Lieutenant Perris, the war correspondent's only son, was killed by a collision with another aviator in the air.

Captain Ross, -aveman wharfinger at Westport for the Union Steam Ship Company, is to succeed Captain Hales, removed to Sydney. Mr J. E. Wilson, S.M., of Auckland, has received notice of his temporary transfer to Greymouth, in succession to Mr T. Hutchison, who is letiiing on superannuation. Mr Wilson will take up his new duties on August Ist. Yesterday at all the services at St. Patiick's Church, the puipit was occupied, by the Rev. Father Eccleton, of Reefton, who had exchanged with Father Aubry for the day. The Rev. Father preached a very eloquent sermon on Christian Charity, and during his remarks, asked his congregation especially to remember the late Rev. Father Dore (M.C.), of Auckland in their prayers. Father Dore is the second New Zealand priest who ha:? died as a result of the Great War.

Mr W. R. Haselden, S.M., whose retirement from the bench has been announced, is well known in most parts of the Dominion. He came to Auckland with his parents in the ship Mermaid in 1850. Mr Haselden was admitted as a barrister in 1872, and began the practice of his profession at Reefton and Westport. He took a great interest in, volunteering for many years. In 1889 he removed to Wellington, and continued in legal practice there '.njtil appointed a stipendiary magistrate, and subsequently a district judge. The Rev. Father Patrick Dore, M.C., who died at the Mater Misericoidiae Hospital, Auckland, on Monday, was one of the most popular chaplains in the New Zealand Forces. "Father Dore was a white man," said a Gollipoli man to an Auckland reporter. "His unfailing cheerfulness and his rich Irish humour were a constant source of inspiration to us. He was in every way a 'big' man, and one of his best friends and admirers was the late Major Grant, Presbyterian chaplain to the brigade. This regiment will remember him for the things he need not have done. If a party had to spend a. day or night in a particularly unpleasant sap lie was almost sure to visit the post and give a word of cheer. The wounds which ultimately caused his death were received when he was attending to the wounded of a unit which was not his own. His popularity may be gauged from the fact that Protestant soldiers have been known to tell their mates that if they should be killed they would like to have the burial service conducted by him." Mr George Millar, engineer in charge at the State Mine, met with rather a serious accident on Saturday afternoon. Tho Department having disposed of several of their large boilers, ]\lr Millar had a gang of men under him removing a boiler weighing about 20 tons, and were conveying it from No. 1 mine to the railway siding at Dunollie. Owing to its great weight, it was being brought along tho company's tub line, and was being hauled by the endless rope engine. When just through the small tunnel, the rope appeared to have a great strain on it as though it was caught. Mr Millar went in front of the boiler, when the chain broke, the end striking him heavily on the forehead, knocking him scnseles" s . After he came round, Dr Meade found it necessary to put in several stitches. On making enquiries to-day we found him quite cheerful, although rather sore. It is expected that a week will sec him about as usual.