PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 September 1934, Page 7

PERSONAL NOTES

The King and Queen will leave Balmoral on the morning of September 26 for the launching of the new Cunard' liner at Clydebank. After the ceremony, they will return to the Castle, where the court will be in residence until the beginning of October. —Official Wireless.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Dennehy, who are visiting Christchurch, will return to Greymouth to-morrow.

Miss A. Blackie will leave this evening, on a holiday visit to Dunedin.

Mr M. Marshall will leave Melbourne to-morrow, on return to Greymouth.

The Otago nominees fori the Rhodes Scholarship are Mr. Daniel Marcus Davin, and Mr. Lester Francis Moller. —Press Assn.

A London cablegram announced the death of ■ Sir Ernest. Wild, Recorder of London. Tie was born in 1869.

Passengers by yesterday’s express from Christchurch included Mr IT. Lima, Miss D. Gray, Miss B. Brophy, Mrs L. Mercer, Mrs F. G. Davies, Rev. H. J. W. Knights (to Hokitika).

Guests at Revington’s include:— Mr and Mrs C. Broad (Invercargill), Messrs W. S. Morrison (Auckland), A. Sharpe (Wellington), A. M. Lawn (Dunedin), D. Reese, W. H. Banks, J. W. Higgins (Christchurch).

The funeral of the late John Thimbleby Jones took place this afternoon, at Karoro Cemetery. Archdeacon J. A. Jermyn conducted the service at the residence of Mr W. Jackson, Franklin Street, and at the graveside.

Mr, F. C. Hutchison, who held a lecturership in forest utilisation at Canterbury College up till the recent closing of the Forestry School, has been appointed to a position in Melbourne on the Forest Products Laboratory staff of the Australian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. —Press Assn.

A cable message received at the National Headquarters of the Salvation Army at Wellington yesterday, conveyed the information that General Higgins has appointed Colonel Fred Adams as new Territorial Commander for New Zealand with the rank of Lieut.-Cominisisoner. He, with" Mrs. Adams, will be sailing from England about the end of October. The new Commissioner is an Englishman by birth, and all his Army service up to the present has been in Great Britain, as a field ofiicial, divisional commander, field secretary and chief secretary. ■—Press Assn.

The death is announced from Wellington of Mr Robert A. Loughnan, aged 93. He w,as born in India and educated in France. After some years farming in Australia, he came to New Zealand in 1865, and subsequently was musical critic for the “Otago Daily Times,”: and editor of the “Lyttelton Times,” “Catholic Times” and “New Zealand Times.” He next joined the “Sydney Morning Herald” staff, and on returning to New Zealand, represented several newspapers in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. He was an M.L.C. from 1907-14.

The death occurred last evening at Dunedin, after a brief illness, of Sir John Roberts, in the 89th year. The deceased was born at Selkirk, Scotland, on October 30, 1845, and went to. Australia in 1864 to study station management and the wool business. He came to Dunedin in 1868, when the firm of Murray, Roberts and Co. was established in that city. Sir John Roberts was prominently identified with the progress of the city and province in the ’seventies from his arrival. He was elected Mayor unopposed in 1889, and in 1891 had the honour of Companion of St. Michael and St. George conferred on him. In 1920 a knighthood was conferred on him. He was a Director of the Union Steam Ship Company and several leading firms in the city.—Press Assn.

The death occurred at the Grey River Hospital, this morning, after a lengthy illness, of John Stevenson Phelan, a native of Charleston (Westport), aged 64 years. Deceased, who resided for the greater part of his life in Greymouth, was a locomotive driver for the Public Works Department, for a number of years, and had the honour of driving the first coal train from the State Mines. Later, he was driving for Messrs Stewart and Chapman at their sawmill at Ross, until failing health forced him to retire some four years ago. He had since been in hospital. In his younger .days, he played Rugby football for the old Cobden Club. Deceased is survived by his wife, one son, John (Ross), a daughter, Mrs G. Thrower (Waihi); also a sister, Mrs C. Kelly (Auckland), and a brother, Thomas (Cobden). The interment will be private,