PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 March 1926, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr Jas. Ring left this morning for Rotorua on a health trip. Mr. iind Mrs J. Hay ton left this morning on a holiday to Dunedin. Mr J. S. Ross left this morning on a holiday trip to Dunedin. Mr F. F. Boustridge, Turamaha Street, left this morning on a holiday to Dunedin. x Miss Vera Parkinson left to-day on a visit to Miss Madge Wilson,' Christchurch. Mr Jack Thomas, Ashburton, who has been visiting the Coast returned - home to-day. . Miss N. Deere left this morning for Wellington, where she will join the Ulimaroa, en route to Australia. Nurse A. Dean, of Napier Hospital, who has been visiting Mrs R. Hall, Winnie Street, returned this morning to the North Island. Mrs H. B. Burnett (Auckland) and Mrs James Kerr (Petone), former residents of Greymouth, will arrive by ■express on Saturday next. Mr and Mrs Meldrum, of Cobden, with their family, leave on Thursday next for Dunedin y where they will in future reside. . ' . The death is announced from Sydney of Mr Geoiige Winter, director of the Labour Council’s Research Bureau and a New Zealander. A London cablegram stated that the late Bishop Crossley was buried at Bramshott Churchyard. The diocese oi , Auckland sent a wreath. ■, ) Miss Lewis Davies, who has'been appointed Instructress of Domestic Science, at the Grey Technical School, in succession to ; Miss Z. Wild, will arrive in Greymputh on April 6. Miss Annie Hudd has received advice from the Board of Trinity College, London, that she has passed the examination on rudiments in the art o) teaching music. . , • Mr John Cook, a ganger in the Railway Department, at Addington, formerly stationed at Stillwater, was operated upon at the Christchurch General Hospital yesterday. His condition is reported as satisfactory. . ■ ; Mrs Peter McKenzie, who, has .been visiting Grey mouth,, returned to-day to Palmerston North. She was accompanied bv her daughter, Mrs 0. z McLeap, High Street, who is to spend a holiday ■ at Sftimner. Mr R. A. Stewart, accompanied by Mrs Stewart, left . this, njorning ' for Christchurch, wheije he has been appointed to* a position on the staff of the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd. Prior to leaving the Greymouth branch, where he has been stationed for the past ten years,,Mr Stewart was the recipient of al presentation, wlrrii •was made on behalf of the' staff, by the manager, Mr J. R. McNaughton, who eulogised the exemplary manner . in which'Mr Stewart had performed > his duties in the various positions ha had occupied in the bank. He wished Mr and Mrs Stewart much future success and happiness. Mr Stewart thanked the staff for their gift, and their manager, for his kind remarks.