Personal Notes

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1944, Page 4

Personal Notes

Miss O. Flewellen, of Tetaho, who is a patient at the Grey River Hospital, is making satisfactory progress.

Mr R. T. Bush left this afternoon for Westport, where he will judge the elocution classes at the Westport Competitions Festival.

Guests at Revingtons Hotel include Mr Geo. J. Wills, Mr W. S. Hughes, Mr P. Buzzard (Christchurch); Mr W. J. Jeffries (Blenheim); Mr S. H. Linney (Timaru); Miss T. Hogan (Hokitika); Mr A. O.Harrington (Dunedin).

A London cablegram announced the death of Sir Gurney Benham, author of the dictionary of quotations bearing his name. He spent twenty years in continuous research preparing the dictionary. He was born in 1859.

A cablegram from New Delhi stated that Mr. Gandhi has decided to observe silence for a fortnight, in order to secure uninterrupted rest. The silence will be broken earlier if it has an adverse affect. His doctors state that he spent a good 1 night and is feeling more rested.

The death occurred recently at the Westland Hospital of Mrs. Jessie Sarah Benjamin, wife of Mr. A. E. Benjamin of the “Hokitika Guardian and Evening Star.” Mrs. Benjamin was born at Hokitika 65 years ago. and with the exception of a few years spent in Greymouth, had lived at Hokitika all her life. Besides her husband, she is survived by two brothers and two sisters.

The following are guests at the Albion Hotel: Miss E. Gilmore (Wanganui). Captain I. J. McLeod. Mr. A. G. Wallace ( Wellington), L.A.C. Bayliss, L.A.C. Tinker, L.A.C. Callwell (Woodbourne), Mr. and Mrs. Houlton, Messrs R. Franklin, M. A. Johnston, j. A. Gordon (Christchurch), C. J. Reardon (Palmerston North). Miss I. Blanche, Mrs. L. Tilley (Denniston), Mrs. Armstrong (Hokitika).

The New Zealand Minister-desig-nate to Washington, Mr. C. A. Berendsen, has returned io the Dominion from Australia, where for the last 14 months he has held the office of High Commissioner for New Zealand. Accompanied by Mrs. Berendsen, he arrived at Auckland by flying-boat from Sydney on Saturday and left by air for Wellington. Mr. Berendsen expects to spend a few weeks in New Zealand before leaving for Washington to replace Mr. Nash, who is returning to the Dominion. —P.A.

The death occurred at Lewisham .Hospital, Christchurch, yesterday morning, of Rev. Father Frank Bramwell Seward, parish priest of Lincoln. Deceased, who was a native of London, aged 62 years, was formerly stationed at Ahaura and Kumara. He was educated in London and at the Paris Seminary of St. Sulpice and was ordained in Christchurch in 1914. He returned to England for a period after his ordination and also served in Melbourne. He is survived by one brother in the Dominion, Mr. Gerald Seward, ol Tinwald, and also one brother and one sister in England.