PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 January 1926, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

A London cablegram stated that the ; ' Prince of Males was hunting with the Belvoir hounds, when his horse dropped dead under him. The I’rihce was uninjured. A later cablegrain stated that' the Prince again rell while hunting, and broke his collarbone. *

Mr P N." Kirigswell arrived ironi Auckland yesterday.

Mr T. E. Y. Seddon, M.P., returned from Wellington yesterday .

Mrs I'. W. Shallcrass returned from Nelson yesterday. '

Miss Sara Stewart, of Kumara, left by yesterday’s express fpr Oamaru and Dunedin.

Mrs T.’ E. Y. Seddon, who has been visiting friends at Rotomanu, return■ell to Greymouth yesterday..

Mr and Mrs J. Kennedy, who have beeh visiting Diinedm and Canterbury, will return to-morrow. ■ '

A Tokio cablegram announced that the ex-Prinie Minister of Japan, Baron Kato, was dead. \

I Mrs Johns'tone, of Christchurch, is visiting Her daughter Mrs U. Rugg, junr., at Grreyxnouth.

. Mr and Mrs P. Beck and Mr and Mrs J. F. Leitch, who l have been visiting , Dunedin,returned yesterday.

Mr Harry Roberts, Cowper Street, who recently underwent an operation at Christchurch, is progressing satisfactorily.

Miss A. Johnston left for Hokitika yesterday, where she has joined the nursing Staff of the Westland Hospital •

Mrs M. J. Lindop and Miss Li’ndop, Cowper Street, who,.have been visiting Dunedin and Christchurch, returned yesterday. , . .

’Miss ' L.' Morice . (WeUiiigtdffj. is 'spending a' holiday in 'Greymouth, and is the z guest of Mr and Mrs T. E. Y. Seddon, Cowper t Street. ■ ~

•Mr 'E. € Brown, Inspector of Machinery/ arrived yesterday to take over, his duties’dn'-the? yfest Coast'. He was accompanied by Mrs Brpyvn. ;

•Mr J. /Y. Inspector of Machinery, who has been transferred to ! Auckland, will leave 'to-morrow, morning. He visited Hokitika to-day.

-Mr W. Perkins, secretary of. the Equity Boot Co., Wellington arrived fr'oni Christchurch yesterday, He leaves for Westport to-rhd'rrow mof fling. ■ ...

' iMr A.. Williams, of the ‘‘Star” linotype staff, who' was operated upon for appendicitis', yesterday at the Grey Hospital,' is making good progress. , ■,

'Mr W. V A.' Sutherland clerk to the Main' Highways Board, which visited Greymoutff yesterday, was formerly oh the staff-6f. the Public . .Works ritfice having been transferred from Greymouth eight, years ago.

' Tributes to the memory of the late Mr *J. D. Gillies were paid by the Greymouth Borough Council last evening, arid a' resolution < of . condolence with the relatives was carried on the motion of the Mayor (Mr W. H. Parfitt), seconded by Cr. H. I l ’. Doogan, and supported by Ur. J. O’Brien.

-4 ' Doctor Cedric Hicks (according to a London cablegram) who is going to Adelaide in March to take up the Marks lectureship in Applied Physiology,, arid the Sheridan liesearch‘‘fellowship 'in Medicine,' has hdd - the. degree of Doctor of Philosjphy conferred upon him by CamI is-thb first'New'Zealander to achieve this distinction? “Dr. Hicks is,'taking out a special colony of'can-; ceil' 'animals, ‘the gift to the Adelaide University, froiji- the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.

Mr B. jislett, who is severing hiscorinection 3 wrfcH" the “Star” ofiich, -itet having, been in charge of trie .tbing department for the past three yeitfs, was met by the staff “arouha Hie* “’stone” this morning, 'rid presented with a fountain pen and *waliet. MriF. H. Kilgour, manager, in making ' the presentation, said that .Mr Aslett had been a faithful' servant arid , was a highly . competent tradesman. He wished him every success iri. his'?’new venture. The pen the staff had given, him would be useful in writing out his- cheques, while the wallet would come iri for holding soirie of the profits. Messrs A. Kibble "(literary staff), and A. Gunn (linotype operators) supported Mr KilgouPs remarks. Mr Aslett said his chief regret in ‘‘going on his own,” was in leaving a congenial post where he had always, been on good terms •with the wiible staff. He thanked the' speakers for their good wishes and kind remarks', and'also for their-useful and appropriate gifts . •