PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 January 1926, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Miss K? Garyey left' for Christchurch and Dunedin this morning.

Mn F. J. Johnstone left this, morning on a visit to Auckland.

Miss P. Jphhston, Kilgour Road, left this morning for Christchurch.

Rev. Dr. Kennedy (Hokitika) will return from Christchurch this afternoon.

Rev. Father Gregory, who has been relieving at Hokitika, returned to Christchurch this' morning.

Mr M. Wilson (Auckland) who is interested in. the. New River dredge, is visiting Greymouth and district.

Misses Pratt and M’Brearty,. who have been visiting Christchurch and Dunedin, will return this afternoon.

-Rev. T, N. Cuttie and Mrs Cuttie, who have been visiting Dunedin and Mosgiel, will return this afternoon.

Miss Grace Mabin left this morning to join the nursing staff of the Christchurch General Hospital.

Miss Jessie Hill, Blackball, ' left this morning on a holiday trip to Dunedin.

Messrs F.. h Giffnay and J. Nolan, South Westland, left this morning on a twelve months’; trip to Australia.

Rev. J. F. Martin and Mrs Martin, who have been , spending a holiday m Christchurch, will return this afternoon.

Miss Nita Hopkins, who has been appointed sole teacher of the Lynton Bay ‘ School, will , Leave for Kaikoura on Tuesday.

Mr I. A. James, general manager State Collieries, left this morning for Dunedin to attend the conference of mining engineers;

Miss Ena Chapman, who has been visiting Mr and Mrg W .Graham, Murray Street,. Returned ,to-iday to, Christchurch.

Mr.-and Mrs. E. Brown, Melbourne, who iiave been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brown, Hokitika, returned this morning en i’oute to Australia.

Miss H. Pragnell, .8.D..5.; oh Master ton, has. been .appointed to-" temporary charge of the Grey Main School dental clinic.

Mt and, Mrs Peter M’Kenzie (Palmerstori North) will arrive in Greymouth on Tuesday afternoon, on a visit to Mr and Mrs O. McLean, High Street. ®

Among those who will be taking part in the bowling tournament at Westport will be Mr P. Buck, representing St. jyiban’s Club. He will be accompanied by Mrs Buck.

A Londoii cablegram stated that the death occurred suddenly of Admiral Sir E. C. T, Troubridge, during tea, at Biarritz. He was born in 1862, and during -the war served, mainly on the Danube. :

Mr Henderson, mining engineer, London, will • arrive from Christ-, church this ..afternoon, and in com-

pany with Messrs P. N..' Kingswell and M. Wilson: (Auckland), will ' .spend a few days at the Glaciers. They will leave, on Tuesday next.

Mi's Stratford-Henniker,.of Greymouth, has been .appointed matron of the Kirkpatrick Masonic Home for duties next week. Mrs StratfordHenniker will be .accompanied by her sister, Mrs J. D. Gillies, of Greymouth, who, with her two daughters, is to leave the West Coast.

The funeral of the late Mrs Gertrude Lavinia Pascoe, wife of Mr. James Pascoe, Turamaha Street, took place at Karoro Cemetery yesterday afternoon, when there was a large attendance of relatives and friends. Archdeacon Carr conducted service . at the grave. , • .

Miss Janet B. Brown, second daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Brown, Turamaha Street,. at present assistant mistress at Shelbourne Street School, (Nelson, has been recommended by the Canterbury Education Board, for the. position of assistant mistress at the Grey Main School.

Dr. Malcolm MacEachern an American authority on hospital administration, will visit New Zealand at the invitation of the British Medical Association to report to the . Government on New Zealand hospitals. He will arrive at Wellington On February 15 ,and will be in New. Zealand for six weeks. J-

At Wellington on Wednesday Miss Marjorie, Butland, second'' daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Butland, ,Of- Hokitika, was married to. Mr George F., (Geary., pnly son of Mr' and Mi% J. Geary; of San Rafale, California? The Wedding took place at St, Andrew’s Church, the Rev;, R. Orr. officiating. Mr and Mrs Geary will visit Hokitika at ■ i

The death of Mrs. Frances Cooke, wife ,of Mr Chas. Cooke ,of Thompson Street, an old resident of .Greymouth, took place at the Grey Hospital last night. The late Mrs Cooke, who is About 72 years of age, is survived by two daughters, Mrs Nielson (Runanga) and Miss Thelma Cooke, (Greymouth).' The funeral will take place at Karoro to-morroW afternoon.