PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 October 1928, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr and Mrs D. McDavitt, arrived from Christchurch yesterday. They will be in Greymouth for a few days.

Mr J. E. .Williams, arrived from Wellington yesterday. He will return on Saturday.

Captain F. A. Morris, master of the /Lyttelton Harbour dredge, arrived yes-, terday on a visit to Greymouth.

Mr E. E. West arrived yesterday from Christchurch, and will return tomorrow.

The death is announced of Mr John Cunningham, 59, a prominent Ellesmere farmer, and a member of the Main Highways Board. —Press Assn.

Mrs F. Angel, who has been visiting her sister Mrs W. T. Kyle, Shakespeare Street, will return to Christchurch to-morrow. •

Mr and Mrs A. Davis, of Marsden Road, who have been on a trip to relatives in England, returned last week to Greymouth. Mr Davis is much improved in health.

Troy, of the Public Trust Office, who, accompanied by her sister, was in Sydney during the Eucharistic Congress, returned to Greymouth yesterday.

Mrs J. Crooks, who left New Zealand some months ago to visit her parents in England, will return next month, arriving in Greymouth about December 13.

Rev. D. Mclvor, of Marton, and Clerk of the Wanganui Presbytery, was nominated yesterday by .that body as the next Moderator of the General Assembly.—Press Assn.

Messrs G. Stitt and C. Taylor, directors of the Brunner Collieries, who have been on a visit of inspection to the mine, will return to-morrow to Wellington.

Mr .M. Levestam of the Railway Train Running Office, at Greymouth, resumed duty this morning, after his annual holidays, which were spent at Westport and Nelson.

Brigadier F. W. Burton, Divisional Commander of the Salvation Army in Canterbury and Westport, arrived from Christchurch yesterday. He is accompanied by Adjutant Nelson, late of China. ; ’

Mr D. E. Walker, sub-manager of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, accompanied by Mrs Walker, is visiting the Coast. Mr and Mrs Walker left to-day for the Glaciers.

Miss K. Egan, who is leaving Westport shortly for Wellington, where her marriage to Mr J. F. Matthews is to take place, was made the recipient of a presentation from the Westport Tramping Club.

At last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Harbour Board the Chairman (Mr P. J. McLean) extended a welcome to Mr W. Clayton (Chairman of the Inangahua County Council) who had been appointed to a seat on the Board in place of Mr Jesse Steer, resigned.

Captain F. W. Venn, chief officer of the s.s. Orepuki, was last evening appointed to the position of Signalman to the Greymouth Harbour Board, in succession to Captain Strachan, resigned. Captain Venn has been trading regularly to Greymouth for the past 17 years.' There were twentyfive applicants.

A Sydney cablegram stated that under the will of the late Sir James Fairfax, £lO,OOO was bequeathed to Sydney University, and a similar amount to the Sydney Grammar School. One half of his shares in the “Herald” was left to his son Warwick. The value of the testator’s New South Wales estate was £731,371.

The death occurred at the Westport hospital on Monday evening of Mr J. H. Carruthers. Deceased was 71 years of age, and a labourer by occupation. He had resided in Westport for sixty years. His wife predeceased him by seven years. He leaves three sons, George of Nelson, Robert of Greymouth, and Sidney, of Westport.

I— The funeral of the late Mr Joseph Murphy, of Dilmanstown, took place at Karoro Cemetery this morning, when there was a large attendance of Kumara, Stafford, and Awatuna residents. Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s Church, Kumara, by Rev. Father Lorden, who also conducted the service at the gravesidA at Karoro.

The death is reported of an old resident of Motueka, Mrs John Heath. The late Mrs Heath, who was in her 81st year, had been in failing health for years. She was the only surviving daughter of the late Mr Richard Sutcliffe, who came from Blackpool, England, to New Zealand in 1843, acting as assistant at Bishop’s School, Nelson, and later having charge of the schools at Motueka (Maori), and Ngatimoti.

The death took place early yesterday morning of Mrs Bailie, widow of the late Thomas Bailie, of Westport. Deceased was an Australian by birth, but had spent most of her life at Westport. For some considerable time she had been in failing health. She is survived by two sons, Mr James Bailie, of Auckland, and Mr Thomas Bailie, of Hawke’s Bay; and four daughters, Mrs O. E. Bowling, of Wellington; Miss Bailie, of Westport; Mrs Sydenham, of Melbourne, and Mrs Hugh Hamilton, of Westport.

The resignation of Captain Strachan, as signalman, owing to ill-health, was accepted with regret at the meeting of the Greymouth Harbour Board last evening. The Chairman of the Board (Mr P. J. McLean) expressed regret at losing the services of an efficient and loyal officer after his 19 years’ service. On the motion of Mr G. Perry, seconded by Mr J. Byall, it was unanimously decided that Captain Strachan’s resignation take effect three months hence, and that he be granted leave on full salary for that period.

Major A. Greene, M.C., resident secretary of the Salvation Army Immigration Department (Wellington), arrived from Christchurch yesterday on a visit to the Coast. He was last on the West Coast eight years ago in connection with the returned soldiers’ participation during the Prince of Wales’ visit. Major Greene was in charge of the Greymouth branch of the Salvation Army twenty-four years ago. He is the guest of Captain and Mrs Searle. He will leave for Ashburton to-morrow morning. j