PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1936, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES

Misses M. Martyn and M. Anderson will leave to-md.rrow, on a hphday visit to Auckland. Miss Diana Olliver will leave tomorrow, to enter the Dunedin Trailing College. A London cablegram announced'the death of the musical comedienne, Florence Smithson, By "special resolution, the Greymouth Harbour Board last evening, appointed Captain H. Moar pilot for the port of Greymouth.

The death occurred yesterday of Mrs. J. S. Neville, J.P., wife of the Town Clerk of Christchurch. —Press Association.

Passengers by yesterday’s express from Christchurch, included: Mr A. Baker, Miss I. Watson, Mr L. Seebeck, Miss M. James:

Mrs W. L. Cox, Miss E. Cox, Mr A. Cox and Miss P. Fleming arrived yesterday from Christchurch, to attend the wedding of Miss E. Lees to Mr H. Cox, which will take place this evening at Holy Trinity Church.

The funeral of the late Mrs Catherine McGrath, of South Beach, took place this morning, at Karoro Cemetery. Rev. Father Holohan celebrated Requiem Mass at St. Patrick’s Church, and also conducted the service at the gra.vesid<e.

The engagement is announced between Mary Douglas, younger daughter of Mrs and the late Mr James Douglas Gillies, also granddaughter of tire late Justice Gillies, of Auckland, ■and Philip, only sori of Mrs Horace Scott and the late Lieut. George La Vie, of Auckland.

A\ Sydney cablegram stated that Dr. Herbert Robert Seddon, director of the Glenfield Veterinary Research Station since 1923, has been appointed Professor of Veterinary Science at Brisbane University." He will also undertake the work of the stock branch. He was born at . Tauranga, and educated at the Auckland Grammar School.

The King has approved the appointment of Commander the Honourable Archibald Douglas .Cochrane, to succeed Sir Hugh Stephenson, as Governor of Burma. t Commander Cochrane retired from the Royal Navy in 1922. The appointment will make necessary a by-election for Dumbartonshire, which he had represented since 1932.

The death of Sir James Mills was mentioned by Mr. P. J. McLean at the Greymouth Harbour Board meeting last evening. ' Mr. McLean said Sir James Mills was the pioneer of one of the greatest shipping .companies in the Southern Hemisphere—the Union Steam Ship Company. The speaker said he knew personally what Sir James had done for the coaling ports. On the passing of this veteran,- it was only right that the Board should, place on record its sympathy with those who were left. The motion was carried, members standing.