PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 February 1939, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES

Miss O. Threlkeld left, last evening, on return to Christchurch.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Henry left, by this morning’s express, for Christchurch.

Mr. T. D. Duffy left, this morning, on return to Christchurch.

Miss S. Toohey left, last evening, on ■eturn io Christchurch.

Miss B. Millar left, this morning, on a visit to New Plymouth.

Mrs. Joseph McGrath left, this morning, on a visit to Canterbury.

Miss D. Pound left, to-day, on a holiday visit to Wellington.

Mr. J. O’Brien, M.P., left this mornng, for Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. G. Morris, and Mrs. D. Ritchie left, to : day, on .a holiday visit to Te Puke.

Mi. T. G. McLennan was a passenger by this morning’s express ■to Christchurch.

A cablegram from Bombay stated that the death had occurred of the Gaekwar of Baroda.

Rev. Father J. Long left, this l morning, for Christchurch, to attend, the jubilee of Lewisham Hospital.

Constable C. George, of Westport, has received notice of transfer to Wataroa.

Mr. G. T. Anderson, railways yard foreman, Greymouth, has received notice of promotion, to Timaru, as yard foreman.

Passengers by Cook Strait Airways’ West Coast service to-day were:—Nel-son-Greymouth: Mr. R. Pannell; Grey-mouth-Wellington: Mr. J. Stacey; Greymouth-Nelson: Mr. G. Dick and P. Dick. •

The funeral of the late Miss Zita Mineall took place, this morning, at Karoro Cemetery. Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s' Church by Rev. Father Holohan, and Rev. Father Kelly conducted Lite service at the graveside.

Guests' at Revingtonsi include: Mr. E. G. Hunter, Mrs. and Miss Caughey (Auckland), Mr. R. J. Auld, Mr. R. S. Carty (Nelson), Mr. J. W. Ruston, Mr. H. Kilpatrick, Mr. B. Abel, Mr. W. Gellen, Mr. H. 11. Stubbs, Mr. W. E. D. Beale, Mr. M. J. Russell, Mr. J. W. Arnold (Christchurch), Mrs. E. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. A. Graham, Miss M. Graham (Franz Joseph), Mr. and Mrs. P. Tizzard, Miss D. Tizzard (Napier), Miss M. Keogh -(Melbourne), Miss D. M. Ingram (Yorkshire).

The days when Tkokowaru, the fighting chief of the Hauhaus, stalked the plains of Taranaki in 1868, during the second Taranaki war, are among the reminiscences of Miss Sophia Ginger, of Hawera, who, to-day, celebrates her hundredth birthday. The only surviving member of a pioneer family of Taranaki, Miss Ginger has been in the province since 1852. She was one of those evacuated to Nelson, during the second rising of the Maoris, who burnt her home at Kakaramea, an hour after her brothers left it for the safety of Patea redoubt. Despite her age, Miss Ginger is a woman of remarkable agility, and possesses a memory which enables her to recall incidents of 70 years ago, without a moment’s hesitation. Messages of congratulation include those from the King and Queen, and Lord and Lady Galway.—Press Assn.