PERSONAL PARS

Grey River Argus, 27 August 1917, Page 2

PERSONAL PARS

Messrs Gillon and Pearsan r 'of ,the lailway Department, are at present paying an official visit to Greymouth. The Defence Department ; advises that Driver E. A. L. Wickes (4th Ma-chine-gun Section) has been tranf§rred from hospital to the. base depotin France. His numerous friends; wil^jbe jlad to learn of • his recovery./ The sad news has been received that Private R. O'Brien,, brother- of Miss A. O 'Brien, head-mistress of the ; Cobden, School, died of wounds on August 20. Deceased, who was wounded^ in : the" fighting on the Palestine border, " lef€ New Zealand with the 3rd Reinforcements. He was a married, man, "with one child and his parents reside -..'at Blenheim. Miss O'Brien's friends in Greymouth and Cobden wilj extend to her th6ir sincere- sympathy on the loss of a second brother while in the ser- " vice of his King, and country. "/■' Mrs. M. Pctheridge, Cobde^ has "re-, ceived the following message frbna-.' lion Sir James Allen, Minister of Defence:—" Temporary Captain Fredier-. ick J. Foord .was wounded"; on August 14th. Please accept my sympathy tod hopes for a speedy recovery.'.* , t Captain Foord. who prior to enlisting, was employed as a . teacher in the. Cobd?4. School, went- away with- Hhe "Main Body and went right through the Gallipoli canipaign and the fighting \ip. France without a single day's illness. His many friends will wish: him 3 a speedy recovery. : '.' :' i Mr. Walter Leitch mine manager, r ,rior to leaving for Christohurchj was^ met by .the Blackball mine officials.' and friends at Blackball. At an interval in the programme Dr. Telford, on behalf of the mine officials:ana'frie,n.ds> ]>resented Mr. Leiteh with a gold watch as a token of esteem and, expressed the hope that the gift would help to remind him of the time spent in Blackball. Mr. Leitch suitably replied and stated that his position as mining manager had been bereft of many of its difficulties by the loyal attitude of all the officials wno had ; surrounded Mm from time to time. -A uicmorble evening terminated at midnight by the singing of "Auld Lang !syuc." ' . • •■