PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 July 1928, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Mrs G. Holder (Christchurch), who has been visiting Miss Holder, Tainui Street, will return to-morrow.

Mr T. Seddon, M.P., returned from Wellington on Saturday, and will leave again to-morrow.

A London cablegram announced the death of Mr Austin Harrison, journalist, and writer on foreign policy questions. He was born in 1873.

Mr J. Lythgoe, who was formerly engineei’ to the Grey Electric Power Board, has joined the staff of Messrs A. S. Paterson and/Co., Ltd., New Zealand representatives of Asea, Ltd.

Mr R. M. Brown, formerly a stockbuyer in Edinburgh for the Smithfield Markets, has been appointed pig-test-ing officer to the Massey Agricultural College.

Mr F. M. Whyte, of the Public Trust Office, Christchurch, has been promoted to the position of first assistant District Public Trustee, and Mr. R. S. Moloney to the position of second assistant District Public Trustee.

The Mayor of Taihape, Mr A. J. Joblin, died on Sunday morning, aged 66. He had been ill for several months with heart complaint. He leaves , a widow, four sons, and two daughters. —Press Assn.

The death of Miss Mary Taylor, daughter of Mr and Mrs D. Taylor, of the Kokiri Hotel, occurred on Saturday. Deceased was about 21 years of age. The funeral will take place tomorrow, leaving Kokiri by. train at 9.45 a.m. for Greymouth.'

Mr George Bruce, who died at Takapuna yesterday, was born at Dunedin in 1839. He was on the sailing vessel Sutlej, which carried stores to the troops in the Crimea, and was a spectator of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. As a hospital assistant he came into -personal contact with Florence Nightingale. He came to New Zealand in 1867, and later was secretary of the Oamaru Hospital Board for some years.— Press Assn.

Sir.. George Wills, a former chairman of the Imperial Tobacco Company, died last week, aged 74. He belonged to a family of millionaires, of whom, since his father died 19 years ago, leaving a fortune of over £5,000,000, three members have died, and each of them' has left over £1,000,000. In the aggregate their fortunes totalled about £26,000,000, and in duties alone it is estimated that £10,000,000 have passed to the Treasury. Sir George was a generous supporter of charitable, educational, and other institutions, to which he gave gifts totalling £500,000, including £300,000 to the Bristol University (says a British official wireless message).

Twelve years ago, Mr Andrew K. Rule, son of the Rev. Frank Rule, of Christchurch, set out for America to continue his studies in preparation for his.' work in the Presbyterian Church. He returned by the Aorangi on Sunday (telegraphed our Auckland correpondent), as Professor Rule, M.A. (N.Z.), D.D. (Princeton) Ph.D. (Edinburgh). This is his second visit to New Zealand in 12 years, but is the first on which his wife has been in the Dominion. Professor Rule is now attached to Louisville (Kentucky) Theological College. The visitors are going on Thursday to Rotorua and Waitomo before proceeding to Christchurch for a month. Speaking of the Presidential election in the States, Professor Rule expressed the opinion that Mr Hoover will win.

The death of Mr Michael Gerraghty, a well-known resident of Blackball, aged 67, occurred at the Grey Hospital yesterday. Deceased took a great interest in gold mining, and put several thousand pounds into different ventures for the benefit of the district. He was a member, chairman, and secretary of the Blackball School Committee for several years, and was one of the prime movers in the establishment of the Druids’ Lodge at Blackball, of which he was made a life member, in recognition of his services. Deceased was storekeeping in the early days, at Kumara with Salvador, and Moynihan and McGrath at Dilmanstown, and for many years kept a store in Blackball. Subsequently he came to Greymouth and managed the Wharf Hotel in Mawhera Quay. He was a Justice of the Peace, and acted as coroner in the district. Deceased is survived by his widow, one daughter (Mrs A. ivicLuskie, Blackball), and three sons, William (Christchurch), Cecil (Picton), Basil. Messrs Ben and Basil Bremond are half-brothers of deceased. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 3 o’clock at Blackball.