Personal Notes

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1945, Page 4

Personal Notes

Rev. P. Kirkham left to-day for Nelson to attend the Diocesan Synod.

Mrs., E. Caldwell left, this morning, for Christchurch.

Miss S. Roche, C.N.R., left, this morning for Wellington,

Corporal R..H. Williams left on return to Wellington this morning. Mr J. G. Quihn left this morning tor the North Island. .

Mrs. O. McLean left, this morning, for Wellington, to attend a Red Cross conference.

Sapper ,J. T. Thorp and Mrs Thorp left this morning on return to Wellington.

Mrs T. Fitzgerald, of Wellington, arrived yesterday on a visit to her parents, Mr and Mrs H. Furness, Blaketown.

The resignation of Miss D. B. Cunliffe, schoolteacher, Jacksons, was accepted at a meeting of the Canterbury Education Board yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roskvist, who have been visiting Mrs. Roskvist’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Franklin, High Street, have returned to Wellington.

The resignations of Mr M. P. Lynch and Mrs J. Chunn were accepted at last evening’s meeting of the Grey Electric Power Board, and it was decided to convey the Board’s appreciation of their services.

A New York cablegram stated that Madame Chiang Kai-shek will return to Chungking from New York as soon, as the weather is cooler. Her health is much improved after eight months in a New York Hospital.

Sister A. Quinn, who until recently was on the staff of Mcßrearty Annexe, Grey Hospital, left this morning ior Wellington , where she will join the staff of the Harris Maternity Hospital.

Mr and Mrs A. S. L. Armstrong, of Cowper Street, will celebrate the 65th anniversary of their wedding on Monday next. They were married in Wellington on July 23, 1880. Mr W. Armstrong, of Nelson, is visiting his parents ior the celebration of the anniversary.

A London cablegram announces that the playwright, Mr. Edward Knoblock, died suddenly in London. He was born in New York in 1874, and graduated at Harvard University. For many years he had lived in England. His plays included “The Faun,’’ “Kismet,” “Milestones” (with Arnold Bennett), “My Lady’s Dress,” “The Mulberry Bush,” “Grand Hotel” (from Vicky Baum’s novel), “The Edwardians” (from the novel by V. Sackville West), and “Bird of Passage.” Mr. Knoblock also wrote several novels and published an autobiography.

Doctor C. S. M. Hopkirk, who has been in charge of the Department of Agriculture Animal Research Station at Wallaceville for many years, has accepted an appointment with UNRRA to work in Europe after shorter periods of duty in Sydney and Washington. Dr. Hopkirk, who was awarded the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Science by the University of Melbourne in 1934. has had thirtythree years’ service with the Department, and is the author of more than fifty publications dealing with stock diseases in New Zealand.—P.A.