PERSONAL ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 1 June 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

Miss F. Watson, of Gfantity, has joined the nursing staff of the Wellington Hospital. Mr. Doyle, son of Mrs.- Doyle, Queen street, Westport. was ,ffuard of the goods train which was- in collision with : the Main Trunk express near Mercer. • The ■Chief Justice (Sir Rbbert Stout). /is appointed ; act ah Deputjr- ! Governor of New Zealand white" the Eairl of Liverpool is away from: the seat of Government on. a visit to.; the Cook Islands. ■ The affianced bjride of the, £ite Mf^ McFarlane, clerk of the Court at -Reef^ tori* and -the sister .of, the deceased arrived from Christchurch on Thurs^ day evening- '".IJlie funeral took plac^ onv Saturday afternoon. Wide felt sym^ pathy is,feTt, with the sister and famr ily of tne deceased and with Miss Cavell in. their sad affliction. -^ The Rev. T. G. $rooke. . of Auckland, and ar orie \ime stationed at Gr<iymouth, arrived by the. express on Saturday evening. While in 'Greymouth Ac will be the guest 6f Rev. and l Mrs.- Ashcroft, Tainui Stueet. jt is reported that Mr. H. vF. ' Too-, gojod, formerly of Hokitijka.vvill be the Reform candidate tn opijose Mr. li. 'M L ilsittj the. sitting member for the Christchurch North seat. ":. The Westport News has it on good -authority: that there is every probability of Mr. P. J. O'Regan contesting the Buller seat in the interests 'of Labour^ Mr. O'Regan hais received very largely signfed requisitions - from all parts of the Buller district., with -a re-, quisition from miners/ - - , The following- were among the passengers: who left for Christchurch on Saturday morning: Misses O'Grady, l^arion, and McLeod; Messrs Hom!ann; 6'Eeary, Ablett. - VVtlspn, E. Ablett, .'McLennan, Paitnptt. StewaTt, Olson, Tennent, Armstrong-, A. Burt, F.. Armstrong, W. Goss, and L, M. Isitt, M.P. On Thursday evening a: the Sydenham Police Station, Mis. Baird,. \\\Tt of Constable W. R. Baird, was piesented with a colonial travelling rag for herself and a cheaue for her children. In making the piesentation, Mr G. E. Good, said the gifts were a small token of respect from a number of- Sydenham neople _to Constable Bajrd and family, on the occasion of his transfer to the West Coast after many years' service in Sydenham. Readers will regret to hear that Mr. .Webb was taken .suddenly ill ait/er speaking on Thursday last, and • was compelled to v cancel meetings at Te , Kuiti. He at once went on to "Rotorua, an4.\veate pleased to report that he is now much better, and in no dangei of having to. undergo an operation, as was at first considered probable by the doctor,. He is expecting to. take the platform a&ain this week-end.