PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 February 1930, Page 7

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr. B. Dixon loft this morning for Christchurch.

Th© death is announced from London of Lady Burgoyne, wife of Sir Alan Burgoyne, M.P.

Doctor Hayden, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wilcannia and Forbes, has been appointed Archbishop of Hobart.

Mr. Mark Stevens, formerly of Blackball, who has been- visiting the Coast, returned to Christchurch to-day.

Miss J. McDonnell, Totara Flat, was a passenger by the outward express this morning.

Messrs F. Pawson, and E. Gibson, of the Railways Department, left Greymouth by to-day’s express for Christchurch. '

The engagement is announced of Miss Beatrice Ilton of Preston Road, to Mr. L. L. Clarke, second officer on the s.s. Poolta.

Mr. J. C. Sloman, Christchurch, has been appointed judge of the horses, and Mr. J. Fleming, Mt. Grey, Balcam, has been appointed judge of the cattle 'classes of the West Coast A. and P. Association’s Show.

" The King has approved of the appointment of Sir William Peel, Chief Secretary to the Government of the Federated Malay States, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong, in succession to Sir Cecil Clementi.

Recent arrivals at the'Albion Hotel include Mr. and Mrs T. A. Ferguson (Australia), Miss M. D. Lindsay (Australia), Mr. O. Boucher, Mr. and Mrs Benjamin Cooper, Miss Adley, Mr. Antill Adley (Christchurch): Miss Ross (Wanganui), Mrs Letherbridge (Wanganui) .

Mr. George Hill, better known as Trooper Rowley Hill, Auckland’s oldest veteran, died at Takapuna this morning, aged 93. He fought with Garibaldi, was at Sebastopol, also with Peel’s brigade in the Indian Mutiny, at the relief of Lucknow, and a member of Von Temsky’s Forest Rangers in the Maori War.

The death is announced at/Wellington, of Mr. Henry Ferry, formerly of Hokitika, third son of the late William Perry. Mr. W. Perry, Mr. G. A. Ferry, Mayor of Hokitika, and Mr. Garnet Perry, are brothers of the deceased, while Miss E. Perry, of Hokitika, Mrs Shorland, of Wellington, and Mrs St. George, of Hari Hari, are sisters.

Guests at Revington’s include: —Mr, L. S. Hulston, Mrs F. Varrie, Miss A. McPratney, Miss E. B. Sim, Miss F. V. Sim, Mr. Wm. A. McPratney, Mr. A. Walker, Mr. T'. Lawless, Mr. F. Ktofowski, Mr. Olsen (Christchurch); Mr. G. V. Andrews (Melbourne); Mrs E. L. Spratt (Timaru); Mr. W. Golightly (Dunedin); Mr. A. Christie (Ashburton) ; Mr. J. A. Quinn (Wellington).