PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1933, Page 7

PERSONAL NOTES

Miss A Leahy left, to-day, for Christchurch.

Mr. R. O. Speed left, to-day, on return to Wellington.

Mrs. D. Gane left, to-day, on return to Dunedin.

Mr. C. F. Butterfield, left, to-day, on return to Rangatata.

Mesdames Fisher and Shadbolt, of Christchurch, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Guy, High Street.

Mr. R. Cronin, of South Westland, ' left, to-day, for Wellington, and will later leave, on return to Ireland.

The death is announced from Napier of Mr. Henry Hill, late inspector of schools. He was born in England in 1849.

• Mrs. R. A. Rose, of Cobden, underwent a serious operation at Lewisham Hospital, Christchurch, yesterday, and her condition, to-day, was reported as satisfactory.

The death occurred yesterday at Gisborne Hospital, of Mr Thomas Smith, of Haiti, aged 52, whose widow was formerly Miss Berter Johnson, of Albert Street, Greymouth. Deceased leaves one son; and one daughter.

Mr and Mrs J. T. Norton left by toddy’s "express, on their return to Lyttelton. They have been visiting Greymouth owing to the illness of Mi F. Norton, who is an inmate of the Grey River Hospital.

Rev. Father J. McGrath, who has been transferred from Westport to Petone, and who has recently been under medical treatment at Wellington, returned yesterday to Westport, for a brief stay.

Sir J. Simon (Foreign Secretary) will leave England to-day, aboard the Arlangia, for Rio De Janiero, and remain in Brazil for about a fortnight. He-is due back in England on August 29. —Official Wireless.

The death is announced from London, of Mr C. L. Cramp, the, Industrial General Secretary of the British National Union of Railwaymen, and a prominent figure in the British Labour movement for many years. His death followed a seizure whiph he had while addressing the . Railwaymen’s Executive at Unity House.

The death occurred at the Old People’s Home, Greymouth, yesterday, of Mr. James McLay, aged 89. Deceased was a native of England, and had no relatives in the Dominion. He was a resident of Totara Flat- for many years, and was an old gold-miner. He had been an inamte of the-Home since 1928. The funeral will take place on Monday morning.