PERSONAL PARS

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1919, Page 3

PERSONAL PARS

Mr J. McCombs. M.P., returns to Christchurch to-day. I Nearly four and a half millions sterling is the value of the estate of the late Lord Glentanar. A cable states it is announced tha' Lord Reading has resigned the Britisl Ambassadorship to America. It is likely that Captain W. H. Hawkins, at one time M.P., for Pahiatua. will contest the Wellington South scat, held by Mr Robert Semple. Mr Gillies, Public Works Engineer, and Mr Young, Assistant Engineer, returned on Saturday, from an o cial visit to Karamea. The Minister of Mines, Hon W. D. S. MacDonald arrives here this morning from Rccfton. *£ultc a numbe: of local deputations will wait upor the Minister. At Recfton last week the marriage was celebrated by the Rev. Father Eccleton, of Mr Thomas Blackadder, t< Miss Ann Shannon. Miss M. Simp son was bridesmaid. Mr T. Dawson a returned soldier,- was best man. , A Wellington Press wire staees tha Mr A. F. Lowe, Clerk of the House t Representatives has beeui appoints, Clerk of Parliament, to succeed M Leonard Stowe who has resigned. JM F. W. Furnby • one of the Privat Secretaries on the staff of the ; Prina . Minister, is •• to fill the position >( Secretary to the Executive Council- an \ to the Cabinet (iri-sucession to Mr « A. Andrews who has resigned) utflt , Mi' Massey. returns ; -wlien a • perinanet appointment will be made. • i '~ -\ Many Greymouth friends will ,re » grot to learn of the death of Mr. W Herbert Perkins, eldest son of M " and Mrs W. H. Perkins of this towi 1 Formerly he was for many years i: '. the National Bank of Greymouth, an* * was transferred to Christchufcl where ho acted as accountant. ; H > was a keen footballer and crickete here, excelling in -both games. Hi ' leaves a. wife (nee Miss \ McDowell ' formerly of Greymouth) and ifa [ children— three daughters and tw ' sonsr-tp .mpurn the loss of a de.vote< ' husband and father.. . General syn pa thy is expressed for the relatives i ' their berea-veni'enfc^ ■ Th&- family an residing in Ghristchurch. •: .• : li- >.•!••-' .;:■: «../■;.• x\ . ■ ,: f i -.'.'■