Personal Notes

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 October 1942, Page 4

Personal Notes

Mrs J. Atkinson, sent’., left this morning, for Christchurch. Mr J. Aldridge left this morning, on return to Belfast. Mr and Mrs C. Temple left to-day, on return to Wellington. Mr K. McLauchlan will leave tomorrow evening, to enter an Air Force radio training school. Mr and Mrs W. D. Revington will arrive this afternoon, from Christchurch. Mr J. Williams, Preston Road, who has been a patient of the Grey Hospital, has returned home. Mr. Joseph McGrath, Tainui Street, will . return to-day from a visit to Christchurch. Mrs. G. T. Hutchinson, Tainui Street, will return to-day from Christchurch.

Wing Commander E. Caradus, Directoi of Educational Services, Royal New Zealand Air Force, is visiting Greymouth.

The death has occurred of Mr. William Thompson Cook, aged 77, proprietor of the “Rodney and Otamatea Times.”—P.A.

Sergeant Pilot Les Martin, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. E. Martin, Murray Street, returned to his station this morning.

At a meeting of the Grey Electric Power Board last evening, a motion of condolence was passed with the relations of the late Mr. J. Goodall, M.L.C.

A Washington cablegram stated that the White House Secretary (Mr. Stephen Early) confirmed a report Mrs. Roosevelt had definite plans to visit England. He declined to reveal the date.

Mr. G. H. McLean, District Traffic Manager of Railways, Mr. P. H. Morey, District Engineer, and Mr. J. Binsted, Locomotive Engineer, all of Christchurch, are visiting Greymouth on departmental business.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Brown have received advice from their son, Lieut. G. O. Brown, who is a prisoner of war in Germany, that he has been promoted captain in recognition of his gallantry in the battle for Crete.

A cablegram from Chicago announced the death suddenly from® heart failure of Dr. Frederick Stock, the noted musical conductor. He was director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and had also achieved distinction as a composer.

The death has occurred at Auckland of Mr. William Satchell, author of the novel “The Greenstone Door.” He was 83 years of age. He wrote prose and verse in England before coming to New Zealand in 1886. “The Greenstone Door” was published in 1914.—P.A.

The death occurred at his residence, Collingwood Street, Nelson, on Monday, of Mr J. H. Pye-Smith, who for many years represented the Bruce Woollen Mills, and was a regular visitor to the West Coast during the past 20 years.

Guests at Revingtons include: Mr J. F. Potts, Mi' G. M. Spong, Mr A. Strange, Mr J. Meikle, Mr R. G. Priestley, Mr H. Carlton, Mr G. Davis, Mr and Mrs H. Thompson (Christchurch); Mr F. H. Mullen (Auckland); Wing-Commander and Mrs Caradus (Wellington).

The following are guests at the Albion Hotel: Mrs. Robertson (Dunedin), Mrs. Moir (Westport), Messrs F. G. Henderson, W. A. Henry. C. L. Hardy, F. Schaab, A. W. McMillan, A. E. Dowsett (Christchurch), J. R. A. Scott (Nelson), C. A. Levisk (Darfield), I. J. Betts (Ashburton - ), J. J. Minehan, J. C. Heveldt (Nelson).