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Grey River Argus, 23 April 1913, Page 3

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Mr. R. L. Kiely has arrived to take up a. position as traveller for Messrs. Griffin and Smith of Greymouth. The ' ; Ga7.ette' J gives the Minister's approval of the appointment of the Rev. Mother Mary St. Denis as manager of St. Mary's Industrial Scnool at Nelson, and of the Rev. W. J. Ormond as manager of St. Mary's Industrial School at Auckland. Mr. D. Carter, local manager ot the Union Steam Ship Company, accompanied by his wife, leaves early in May on a visit to North America, the tour includes Canada, United States a.nd Sandwicn Islands. During Jiis absence Mr. E. A. Eva, at present acting loca Imanager at Dunedin, will fill the managership at Gre-ymouth. He will arrive on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Carter sail by the Niagara, the U.S.S. Co.'s new liner. The death occurred on Monday of Mr. William Howe, of Beach Street Hokitika, after an illness of six oi seven week's duration' Deceased was a notive of County Down. Ireland, and was 56 years of age. He leaves a wife and three sons and two daugn ters Mr. Chris Lansten me! with a nasty accident at Ruru on Sunday being knocked down by a horse and kicked, with the result tha the had to be taken to Brunner, where Dr. Usher found it necessary to stitch the wounds, twenty-two stitches in all being required. Mr. Lansten's many friends will wish him a speed recovery. Hon. W. Fraser, Minister of Mines and Public Works, leaves Otira at noon for Kumara and reaches Hokitika about noon on Thursday. The Minister will visits Ross on Friday and comes to Greymouth on Saturday. On his West Coast tour he will be accompanied by Mr. R. W. Holmes. Chief Engineer to the Public Works Department. Miss Constance Smith. who for thirty eight years has held the position, of lady superintendent of the London Post Office Savings Bank, and who has done probably more than an woman living to ' eradicate the idea ihat women are incapable of performing highly responsible clerical duties, has just, retired from her position! Miss Constance Smith entered tho Post Office Savings Bank in 1875. The authorities decided 1.0 try the experiment of placing a great part of the clerical work in the hands of women. The success of the experiment was n.ainlv due to the energy and organising powers" of Miss Smith. Under her guidance the movement grew until she. had under her a s r aff of 1400 women and was responsible for the accurate keeping of some 30,000 ledgers with the particulars of depositors' accounts representing the sum of about .£160,000,000. Writing to the "British Weekly 1 ' from Cannes, "Claucfius Clea-r" mentions Mr. Joseph Chamberlain among ■he famous people there. • "Mr. Cham berlain." he. says, "is passing cheerfully and painlessly through a period nf enforced rest. He lives in the \ Villa Victoria which is quite close to our hotel. The villa is a comfortable house, but its distinction ,is to be found in its very large and beautiful grounds whienrun down nearly to the sea. Mr. Chamberlain spends most of his time in the grounds, but he may be seen in the late forenoon or in the afternoon in a bath chair or driving in. his carriage. There is little change in his appearance. though \ pernaps he looks a trifle older." , Some interesting reminiscences have been related to the Lord Mayor of London in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Alexandra's land ing in Britain on March 7, 1863. "One of the escort on the- occasion 15 states! that his duty was to ride alongside the j carriage in which the King of Denmark, Brincess Alexandra and the Prince of Wales were seated, and :he was able to witness the very remarkable warmth of welcome that was afforded along the route, especially when, a halt was made at the Mansion Mouse, to allow of • the presentation' of an address by the .Lord Mayor. Opportunity was taken by two or three workmen to climb up behind the carriage and endeavour to shake hands with the members of the Royal party inside! Of course, the Officers of tne escort, both civil and military ,were about to prevent this excess of warinfeeling, when the -King of Denmark prevented them, interferinir, and heartily shook the nearest man's hand. His Majesty afterwards said it was the incident «hat struck- him most during that memorable drive.