PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 June 1938, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES

Miss M. Coumbe left, this morning', for Christchurch. Mrs. W. .1. Galloway left to-day, on return to Otaki. Mr. R. A. Barton left to-day, on return to Wellington. Mr. and’ Mrs. W. J. Penhale left today, on a holiday visit to Ashburton. Miss L. Carpenter left this morning, for Christchurch. Mr. V. Montgomery left this morning, on a visit to Christchurch. Mr. L. M. Thomson left this morning, for Wellington. Miss Mona Hannan returned to Hastings last, evening. Mrs. R. J. Webber left last, evening on a visit to Christchurch. Misses D. Blair gird M. McKay left last evening for Christchurch. Inspector H. Scott, Mrs Scott, and Mis's E. Scott left last evening for Christchurch. Mrs. E. Warnes and Mrs. H. Prescott left, this morning, for Christchurch. Mr. R. E. J. Span, Traffic Branch, Railways Department, Greymouth, will leave on Tuesday, on transfer to Wellington. A Suva cablegram announced the death of Sir Henry Marks, who was prominent in Fijian affairs. He was born at Melbourne' in 1861. Mrs Elenor Reid, of Blaketown, will celebrate her ninetieth birthday tomorrow. Mrs Reid came to New Zealand GS years ago, and has resided in Blaketown for the past ,36 years. Mt J. Fox has been appointed by the Hokitika Borough Council, to fill the vacancy on the Westland* Hospital Board, caused by the death of_Mr E. Park. Mr Fox was 1 the next highest. on the. poll at the recent election.

An Official Wireless stated that the man who made the world’s first telephone died at Bedford, aged 92. He was George Forrest, who, when Dr. Graham Bell invented the telephone, made the first receiving and transmitting sei.

Mr F. A. Wicks. M.A., of the staff of the Christchurch Boys’ High School, has been- appointed to the staff of the Greymouth Technical High School, as- Mathematics' Instructor, in succession to Mr F. M. Smyth, who will leave on Saturday next for Wellington. Mr Smyth has been appointed to- the staff of the Hutt Valley Technical School, and will commence duty on June 13. Mr Wicks, who has been on the staff of the Christchurch Boys High School for the past ten vears, graduated M.A., with honours in mathematics, at Canterbury College.

A Kingston cablegram announced the death of Sir Edward Denham, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica since 1934. He -was 62 years of age. An Official Wireless stated that the following message from the King was sent to the officer administering the Government in Jamaica- “1 learned with the deepest regret of the death of Sir E. Denham. In him the Empire lost a public servant of long experience and distinguished ability His death is a grave loss to the colonv, and will I know bring sorrow to the hearts of all my people in Jamaica.”