PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 December 1940, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr. J. D. Cullen left this morning, for Christchurch.

Miss Edna Rohloff left this morning, for Christchurch. 1

Mr. and Mrs. W-' Moore left to-dfiy,’ on a visit to Queenstown.

Mr. N. Horne left this morning, on return to Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. D. Hogarth left this morning, for Christchurch.

Miss D. Robertson left, this morning, on a visit to Wellington.

Mr. R. L. Browne left to-day, on return to, Christchurch.

Mrs T. Heiniger returned yesterday, from Christchurch.

Mr and'Mrs J. Herring returned, yesterday, from Ashburton.

Miss A. Page, Cobden, is visiting Christchurch and Dunedin.

Mr. R. F. Seebeck, of the Hokitika Post Office staff, has been transferred to Greymouth, as telegraph cadet.

Mr and Mrs T. Clark, Addington, arrived yesterday, on a visit to Greymouth.

Squadron Leader M. Blake, of New Zealand, has been awarded the D.F.C. —Official Wireless.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Clark, who have been the guests of Mr and Mrs J. Clark, Blaketown, left last evening, on return to Christchurch.

The visit of the British playwright and actor, Mr. Noel Coward, to New Zealand, will be delayed. Mr. Coward will not arrive in the Dominion until January 12, instead of January 4.

Captain W. N. Masefield, the Marlborough rifleman, who has won the King’s Prize for shooting, has been granted the temporary rank of major. He is a member of the Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Mounted Rifle Regiment.

Mr and Mrs L. Powick, of Westport, received advice this morning that their son, Sapper F. T. Powick, serving in the New Zealand Forces in Egypt, is seriously ill, as the result of an accident at the explosion of a hand grenade. He has represented Buller at Rugby, and is a prominent cyclist.

Guests at Revingtons Hotel include: Mr. and Mrs. Perrott, Mr. and Mrs. Craze, Messrs Moore (Christchurch), Mr. W. S. Selwyn, Mr. G. T. Taylor, Mr. N. H. Phillips, Miss D. Lancaster, Miss A. Peterson (Wellington), Miss Ray Davy (Ikamatua), Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hutt (Waimate), Mr. and Mrs. H. Dolomore, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Johnston (Dunedin).

Mr. Arthur Cant, accountant to the Christchurch Press Company, Ltd. was farewelled by the combined staffs of the company at a gathering yesterday. Mr. Cant, who has completed more than 61 years of unbroken service with the company, retires from to-day. For the various staffs, the secretary of the company, Mr. R. V. White, presented Mr. Cant, with a dinner service and a tea service, with the best wishes of the employees.

Eighteen days after he had celebrated the hundredth anniversary of his birthday, Mr. Thornhill Cooper, a well-known citizen of Christchurch, and one of the last surviving New Zealanders with personal knowledge of the very early mining days of the West Coast, died at his home, Papanui Road, yesterday. Mr. Cooper’s sketches of mining towns on the West Coast in 1868 are among the most valuable historical documents dealing with the days of the gold rushes. There are few countries that Mr. Cooper did not visit in his very ,adventurous life. He was born at Doncaster, England.