PERSONAL ITEMS.

Grey River Argus, 30 November 1906, Page 2

PERSONAL ITEMS.

'Mr N. D. Hood, Government Inspec tor of Machinery,_ is in town for the purpose^ -of inspecting the tug Westland. Passengers by the Otira express train frcm Ghristchurch la^t night included Mr Isdell (Hokitika),. and Mr F. Sullivan, Mr Thos. B;agnley;.Mr J.Tither, Mr and Mrs Stark, Mr H. McDonald, Mrs F. Baxter, Mrs L. S. Cambridge Mr T. D: Sutherland and Miss Cook. Mr Fraher, a native of Greymouth, who for so: many years was attach ed to the local staff of the Union Bahk and was transferred to one of the North Island branches of the bank, ar rived yesterday by the Mapourika on a_ visit to his -parents. Mr Franer, his many iriends will" regret to learn, has not been, in the best, of health for seme time. His friends who are glad to welcome him back, amongst rhem, hope the trip to the Coast will help to restore him to his old form. •Mrs Richmond, widow of the late Mr Justice Richmond, whose 'eath~oc curred at Wellington early, on Wednes day morning, was a sister of the late Sir Harry Atkinson and mother of . our much esteemed fellow-townsman Mr R. H. Richmond, dentist, to whom and to his relatives all will extend their svropathy in their bereavement. Yet ore more of the good old pioneers who were called upon in the early days in the North Island to brave hardships— of which the present generation have no conception— has gone to her rest, loved and honored by all who knew her. But few now remain of the 'good old school— the best that England produced, and by whose means New Zealand became . known as the pearl of the British; colonies. Where in colonial history are there names more honored and revered than these of our early judges and statesmen: It -would-be difficult to find their compare! ■ ' -'- - \ '-■'.' .*;■ :■; .: ' .