PERSONAL NOTES
Mr C. Kyle left, to-day, on return to Christchurch. Mr R. A. Brewer, of Southland, arrived yesterday, in connection with gold mining activities. Mr R. Bell, of the Magistrate’s Court, Hokitika, left to-day, on transfer to Cromwell. Misses K. Newman, and V. Deere, left this morning, on a Visit to Christchurch.
A cablegram stated that Mr G. Forbes will visit Ottawa this week, en route to New Zealand.
The death is announced from Sydney of Lady Tallis, wife of Sir George Tallis. Deceased was a sister of the late Florence Young.
Mr Norman Gould, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs A. Harrison, Shakespeare Street, returned this morning, to Ashburton.
The engagement is announced from Dublin of Gwendolyn Mac Cormack, daughter of John Mac Cormack (the tenor), to Mr E. Pyke, son of Mr and Mrs C. Pyke, of Thistleton Lodge, Kirkham, Lancashire.
After spending their honeymoon on the Prince of Wales’s Canadian ranch, Mr George Wood and his bride will sail for Australia and New Zealand by the Aorangi, on August 16. The bride is the daughter of Admiral Halsey.
Mr Henry Morgan, at present registrar of the Supreme Court, Invercargill, has been appointed a Magistrate, and is to be stationed at the Warden’s Court, Cromwell. —Press Assn.
Mr T. Flannigan of the New Zealand Railways staff, accompanied by his wife and family, arrived in Greymouth yesterday morning on transfer. Mr Flannigan was formerly a Buller representative Rugby player.
A London cablegram stated that as a sequel to the romance, when they undergraduated at Oxford together, Christopher Gowan, assistant master at Eton, was married at University Church, to Margaret McNair, of Wellington.
The Rev. Eric A. Osmers, who has been priest in charge of Norwood and Mount Somers cures for the last two years, has been appointed vicar of Norwood as from October 1. Mr Osmers’s duties at Mount Somers will be taken over by the Rev. Trevor Williams, at present senior curate at St. Mary’s, Timaru.
The death occurred, yesterday, of Mr. W. T. Doig, Lower Hutt, chief clerk of the Signal and Electrical Branch of the New Zealand Railways. He was well known in sporting circles, particularly cricket in Christchurch and Wellington. At one time he was' a New Zealand and South Island hockey rep. He was prominent in Masonic and musical circles. He son and two daughters.—Press Assn, was aged 49, and he leaves a wife, a
The death took place, last night, of Mr. Augustus Henry Thorpe, at Iris residence Sale Street, Hokitika. Deceased, who was a native of Woodstock and about 56 . years of age, was at work as usual yesterday. He took suddenly ill during the night, and died before medical aid could be obtained. He leaves a wife and family of two sons and three daughters, Mesdames McCarthp and Blacktopp, of Greymouth, and Miss Eunice Thorpe.
The death occurred at his late residence, Goldsborough, yesterday, of Paul Arnerich, aged 82 years. The deceased, who was a native of Dalmatia, had resided in the Goldsborough district for many years. He was a retired gold miner. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs J. Bernhard (Three Mile), one son, Harry (Ruatapu) and three step-children, Mrs A. McNeil and Mrs Manera (Ruatapu), and James Goodwin (Stafford).
The death was reported from Otaki, last evening, of Mr Charles Hall, aged 65 years, a former resident of the West Coast. The deceased had, for a considerable period, worked in the gold mines at Reef ton, after which he removed to Blenheim, where he resided for eight years, and carried on a confectionery business. Later he entered business in Wellington, where he remained for five>years, before going to Otaki. He is survived by his wife (who is a sister of Mesdames J. Greaney and M. Keating, of Greymouth), one son, Mr C. Hall (New Plymouth), and one daughter, Mrs Qualter (Otaki). He is also survived by three brothers, and one sister.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 August 1933, Page 7
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