PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 June 1925, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr J. M. Bunt, who has been visiting Christchurch, will return this afternoon.

Mrs R. Walker, Smith Street, left this morning on a short' holiday to Christchurch;* ''

Nurse Cadan,- of the staff of the Buller District Hospital, is visiting her aunt, Mrs F. Stallard, of Reefton.

Mr Frijftk Rundle, t of the Union Bank of Australia, -Ltd., Napier, who has beeto spending a holiday' at Greymouth, returned this morning.'

Mr F. E Coote, late manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Greymoutn, left for Reefton and Nelson,- en route for Wellington.

Sir Archibald Weiga.ll (ex-Governo r of S. Australia) has accepted the chairmanship 'of the Empire Community Settlement Committee. ’

A London cablegram stated that King-George and Queen Mary visited Lord Rosebery, the ex-l’remier, whose health is precarioiis. •

Mrs E. G. Macdonald, 1 of Mosgiel, returned by this morning's express after visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Cressey, of Cobden.- >

A. cablegram from Capetown stated that the Prince of Wales had departed, from Johannesburg -for Bechuanaland, visiting Zee-rust and Mafeking.

Mesdanies J. Goodall, Wellington, and/ P. Cressey, Hawera, who have been visiting their mother, Mrs H. Williams, Herbert Street, returned today.

Miss M. Boustridge, Wellington, who has been visiting her parents, Miami Mrs H. F. Boustridge, Turumaha Street, left on her return to Wellington to-day.

Mr. James Meikle, a miner at Blackball, was admitted to the. Hospital; this morning, suffering from a fractured ankle, (he result of having slipped on a stone';, . ./■ >..U U Misses F. Leach and. Storrie, and Messrs A., ,V;i‘ Shorter, W, Chamberlain,/ Reid, ' r Lahgford, H, Thompson, W-. .A. Gifford, and A/E. Hutch.nson were among the, .passengers by this morning's outward express,; ■

The. King of Norway has conferred on Captain Amundsen the gold medal for Good Citizenship. Ulis order has only been conferred 1 thri ce.’ Ellsworth has ’ been created la Commander of Saint Olav, 4nd the’ other members of the expedition Knights of Saint Olav. The marriage will take place at St. John’s Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, of . Miss’-May Croy, eldest daugh.. ter of‘Mr and MrsFA., Oroy, of Westport,' to Mr Douglas Me Knight, second son of Mr and Mrs J. McKnight, of Grey mouth. ■ *

Mr. Nelson Scott, of Blue Spur, who has been • under ■ medicaL treatment for an injured hand foy the past fourteen months, has had to’have the hand amputated above the, wrist. The-opera-tion- was performed . at the Westland Hospital,- and he is progressing favourably.

I .- Miss E, Brislane, head saleswoman at, Messrs Hannah’and-Co.’s, left Grey, mouth this morning to take a position with- Messrs Chisholm and Stewart, Christchurch. The sthff at Haniiah’s presented her yesterday with a cut glass perfume bottle. Miss Hester Wogan, formerly of H. 8., Ltd., Hoki-tika,-will succeed Miss ,Brislane.

. The Standing Committee elected by the Nelson- Diocesan- Synod' fol" the ensuing .year is as • follows Clergy : Dean Askew, Archdeacon Kempthorne, Canons "Dart (Nelson), and Smith (Wakefield),- and Rev. J. A. Jermyn (Westport). Laity : Professor Easterfield, Doctor Tiltyard; Messrs' Maunsell, S.M., Samuel, and Pitts-Brown.,

/ News .was. received at Christchurch yesterday ■ (telegraphed our. -correspondent) of '.the death at Mount: -Eden, Auckland, of Mr John . Berry, at one time a well-known-Christchurch business man, iuhtil about three years ago, when heiwent to live at'Auckland. MiBerry had been in business as.'a chemist for close upon forty years; in Christchurch. i-For a long time hq was m the employ of Wallace and Coy., but later went into business on his own account in-Dolombo Street. He is survived by his wife who is a sister of Mr Wm. Goss.*®'’ ' )