PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 June 1922, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

The Hon. AV. H. Mclntyre, M.L.U., will return to Westport on Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Crauley, of Syd- ' ney, who are touring New Zealand, will arrive from Reefton this evening.

Mrs. H. H. Allison is suffering from severe illness, but latest reports are that she is improving.

Mr. W. J. Guerin has been promoted to the position of chief sub-editor of the Wellington "Evening Post, 0 in succession to Mr. F. J. Earle.

The Rev. Father Eccleton is visiting Westport conducting a retreat for the Children of Mary. He visits Greymouth at the end of the month.

The death is announced from Auckland of Mr. Peter Gignan, aged 75, ex-Mayor of Auckland and for many years a city councillor. —Press Association.

The Rev. G. H. Balfour, of First Church, Dunedin, has left for Melbourne, accompanied by Mrs. Balfour. He has been granted three montlis’ leave of absence on account of illhealth. .

Mr. H. D. Lowry, who has been chief clerk at the Christchurch railway station for the past two years, will leave next week to take up tne position of stationniaster in charge or the Nelson district.

A London cablegram stated that Colonel Freyberg, the New) Zealand V.C., was married to the non. Mrs. McLaren, widow of Mr. Francis Me-' Laren, M.P. Sir Jas. Barrie was best man.

Mr. W. Smith, the amateur billiards champion of' Canterbury, is at present a patient in the sanatorium at Cashmere Hills. He is showing considerable improvement, and hopes to recover sufficiently to take m the next Canterbury championship.

After nine years’ service Mr. W. A. Rumbold, headmaster of the Reefton School, is leaving to take over the headmastership of the Sydenham School. It is not known yet who filD Mr. Rumbold’s place. The vacancy will not occur until two weeks’ time.

Mr. W. Jeffries, chairman of the Westland County Council, who has been attending the Main Roads Conference at Wellington and the annual meeting of the Canterbury Progress League at Christchurch, returned to the~West Coast last evening.

Mr. Len McGlashan left by car on Wednesday for Nelson, where he is taking the pari of “Barry” in the Nelson Amateur Operatic Society’s production of “A Country Girl” which is being produced this week under the direction of Mr. Tom Pollard. . The illness of the gentleman originally selected for the part led to an offer , being made by Mr. McGlashan.

The death of Mr. A. C. Bovybyes, headmaster of the Hornby District School occurred a few days ago. The deceased gentleman, who was fortyeight years of age, had occupied tne position of headmaster ,at the school for the past thirteen years. He had only recently handed in his resignation to take up the head mastership of the Wharenui School. He leaves a widow and daughter.

The death occured yesterday in a private'hospital at Wellington of Mr. C. A. Rowlandson, a Wellington, Sydney, publisher, after an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Rowlandson, with his wife and three children had been visiting America for his health. On returning he caught a chill on the steamer, and came ashore at Wellington for the operation. Deceased had long been connected with the New South Wales Bookstall Company.— Press Association.

Our Christchurch correspondent telegraphed:—Mr. W. H. Hagger, Conciliation Commissioner for the South Island, is an applicant for the position of New Zealand Immigration Officer at London, . a position for which he holds special qualifications. Apart from the fact that he is a Londoner and knows the Old Country well, Mr. Hagger has had twenty-five years experience ip the Dominion in connection with Labour matters in the Labour Department. He has in almost every city and town in New Zealand and knows local labour conditions accurately. His five years of service as Conciliation Commissions have also kept him closely in touch with Labour conditions.

Mr. James William Campbell, who died at the Old People’s Home yesterday, was 77 years of age, and formerly resided at Ngahere. He had been engaged in the mining industry for nearly all his life, but found time to take a keen interest in all kinds of sport. Twenty years ago he owned horses which raced at West Coast meetings, including Totara Flat. Two of his cousins, William and Robert were in the early davs the proprietors of Ashton’s and the Club Hotels. They died some years ago. Deceased is survived? by two sisters —Mrs. John Campbell, of and Mrs. J. S. Cochrane, of Greymouth—and one brother, Robert, in England. Tho funeral will .take place to-morrow.