PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 June 1925, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Mrs Arthur Turtill, Wellington, is visiting her mother, Mrs J. Stubbs, iPmton Road.

The Earl of Clarendon has been appointed Chairman of the Overseas Settlement Committee.

Mr N. B. McCallum, who has been visiting Christchurch, returned on Saturday. .. Urt -

Dr. J/F. C. Moore,'who has been indisposed for some days,, resumed his duties at the Grey Hospital to-day.

Mrs J. Lythgoe, Kilgour Road, who has been visiting Timaru, returned to Greymouth on Saturday.

Mr and Mrs J. Dewhirst,' formerly of Kotuku, returned on Saturday afternoon. i ' ti.

Mr Justice. Adams, tvho on Thursday underwent an operation successfully, is progressing favourably.— Press Assn.'

A cablegram from Quebec stated that Lord and. Lady Haig had arrived to attend the War Veterans’ Convention at Ottawa, and to make n tour , -

The Hon.,D. H. Guthrie is progressing favourably in hospital. It will be some time, however, before he will be well enough to appear again in the House. • , .

Messrs ,N. Wallis (Wallis’s Siding) and A. Wallis. (The Landing), who have been Visiting Dunedin, returned to the West Coast on Saturday.

Messrs W. Thiele and T. Ford,- of Hari Hari, and Mr and Mrs W. )A. Jamieson, of- Koiterangi, who have been visiting the. Palmerston North Winter . Show, returned on Saturday.

i. </ *'■' t < I A cablegram from Delhi stated that Sen Gupta, secretary jto the. Bengal Swaraj Party, was unanimously elected president to succeed the. late Mr C. R. ' ’ ’/ , •

Prior to. his departure last week to take an appointment on the “New Zea. land Times,” iMr L. J. Cronin.(formerly of Greymouth) for tlie past two years chief reporter of the “Manawatu Daily Tithes,” was presented by the staff with tokens of esteem.

The funeral of the late Mr Joriah Vergurson took place yesterday afternoon. gnd,was largely attended, about 200 Druids being in the procession. The services at the grayeside were conducted by Rev. J. F. Martin and Bro. John Tennent (P.D.P. Druids’ The pall i bearers were members. - o f the Druids’ Lodge.

Ailvice received at Greymouth this morning recorded the,, death at Christ, church this morning o f Mr George Merrett, the fa+ner o f Mr J. B. Merretk Deceased sixteen years ago conducted the grocery business in Thompson. Street how. carried, on by Mr Hop. kinson.

Mr? D.. G. Clark, Commissioner of Stamp Duties. and Secretary of the ' Lands and Deeds Department, who is Retiring on superannuation, was fare-xvelledto-day at Wellington by the of. ficers of, the Stamp Duties and Land ana’ Deeds "Department, and presented with handsome gifts. . Hon. W. Nos■ivorthy and Mr P. Verchaffelt were the principal speakers. Both spoke very highly of thp sei-vices rendered to the State by* Mr Clark.—Press. Assn. •’

; 1. . > * ‘ —• t" 1 • • > • ? The death of". Mr Alfred Bird (telegraphed. our Christchurch ■ borrespond. ent) took place at his. daughter’s residence,;. Sherbounie Street, at the advanced age of 95. Deceased was a native of Essex (England) and was a wellknown builder and contractor, priiicijially of schools and other public buildings, jn the’ Otago district, forty years ago. . He is survived by three sons, W. Bird, Chief Inspector of Schools (Wellington), Inspector A. SBird (Police Department) Invercargill, and A. Bird (Christchurch), and two daughters, Mrs W. Orchird (Dunedin) and, Mrs D. McDavitt (Christchurch').; also by,twelve grand-children, and two great-grandchildren., Mrs Bird predeceased her husband fifteen years ago, He was . a week old when George IV. died in 1830, and had therefore lived during the reigns of five Sovereigns.

The marriage of Mr. Alfred Paterson. (formerly of Greymouth), and Acla, •only .daughter of Mrs E. A. Craig, 'Christchurch, ,toOk place at St. Paul’s Church, Christchurch, bn Thursday last,!;, The ceremony was performed by the. Rev. W.-,Bowie Black, assisted by Rev. John Paterson, of Wanganui, ferpther of the bridegroom; The bride .wore a frock of .shell pink brocaded satin, with a. veil and coronet of orange blossoms and silver leaves. She carried a bouquet of pink and whit' flowgrs. The bridesmaids were Misses S. Aitken and Florrie Munro, from Invercargill, cousins, of the bride, who wote ; frocks of pale lavender taffeta, and bliss Joyce Thornton, whose frock wits of pink shot taffeta.. Their veils, which matched. their frocks, were worn with coronets of silver leaves, and they earned bouquets of purple violets. Mi N. B. McCallum, of Greymouth, was best mah, and the Rev. Theo Paterson, brother of the bridegroom, was groomsman. .. A reception was held "at the Beresford Tea Rooms, where Mrs Cram received her guests, wearing a smart braided costume of mole garincord hat. of mole panne velvet, with libber trimming. She earned a. posy of violets;. .Mrpind Mrs Paterson left bv the evening ferry Tot the North. Island. The bride .travelled in a cream silk knitted costume and hat to match