PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1934, Page 7

PERSONAL NOTES

Mrs V. R. J- Stanley will arrive this afternoon, from Wellington.

Mr. D. Hunter left to-day, on return to Frankton Junction.

Mr H. Samuels, Westport, left today, on a visit to Christchurch.

Mr F. J. Easther left to-day on a holiday visit to Auckland.

Miss Joan Forbes left, this morning, on a holiday visit to Oamaru.

Miss J. Mclnroe left, to-day, on return to Wellington.

Mr Joseph Butler, managing director of the Kauri Timber Co., left this morning, for Auckland.

Mr and Mrs H. McLauchlin, and Miss O. Tomkies left this morning, on a holiday visit to the Southern Lakes.

A cablegram from Calcutta, announced the death of Sir Provash Mitter (Judge), from heart failure.

Mr. Bennett H. Williams, of the African Inland Mission, is visiting the West Coast. -

Nurse Waghorn (Grey River Hospital), who has been visiting the Banks Peninsular, will return to Greymouth this afternoon.

Miss M. Riach, of Christchurch, will arrive by to-day’s express on a holiday visit to Mr and Mrs H. Neill, Peel Street, Cobden.

Mr Harry Dawson, the Australian Evangelist, is visiting Greymouth, accompanied by Mrs Dawson and their two daughters.

Mr and Mrs-S. Madden, who Jjave been the guests of Mr and Mrs J. F. Williams, Ida Street, left, to-day, on return to Ashburton.

Dr and Mrs H. Hutson, Misses H. Campbell, Joy Hutson and Mollie Kirk, and Mr T. Gilmer, Blackball, left for Nelson, this morning.

•Miss Hilda Pullar, matron of Cromwell Hospital, and Miss McEldowney, will arrive, this afternoon, on a brief visit to Mrs C. McQueen, Omoto Road.

Mr. J. Morris, and his sister, Mrs. A. Gordon, who have been visiting relations at Kanieri, left this morning, on return to Te Puke. They were accompanied by Miss A. Thomas. >

General Sir Percy Radcliffe, General Officer Qommanding-in-Chief the Southern Command since January 1933, who collapsed and fell from a horse, while hunting near Salisbury, died almost immediately. He was aged sixty, yesterday. —Official Wireless.

After practically half a century m the service of the company, and 63 years in -the profession of engineering, Mr James Smith, superintending engineer of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd., will retire from that position on March 31. Mr Smith will be succeeded by Mr R. L. Gillies, assistant superintending engineer, who in turn will be succeeded by Mr. A. L. Gatland, Chief Engineer of the Rangatira. Although ' vacating the position of superintending engineer, Mr Smith will continue in the service of the Company, in an advisory capacity until the end of the present year.—'Press Assn.