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Grey River Argus, 19 June 1925, Page 4

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Nurse A. Brailsford, of the Gr< v River Hospital staff, left for Christchurch yesterday. Air and Airs F. C. Wade, who have been visiting Greyniouth, returned to Christchurch yesterday. Air J. Armstrong, of Runanga, who has been ou a holiday visit to Australia, returned yesterday afterndon. Air T. Spruce, of Dunollie, left yesterday bv the express on route to Australia. Ales AA. Cochr i/c, c,f Kiigour Road h’ft yesterday on a holiday visit to Ati o and. Dr J. C. Aloore. Alc-dical Superintendent of the Grey River Hospital, is confined to his home through indisposition. Air A. C. Bretberhm. South Island inspector of the Pub ’e Trust Office, is at present on a vi-.* Io Gr’vmo’.'th. md ill,, i to C 3 < 3 .i”< - h to.marrow. Air J. A. Shields, of the Greymouth Railway Staff, left yesterday on holiday leave to Invercargill. A cablegram from London announces that the late Sir Edward Sassoon left an estate valued at £488,343, on which the duties amount to £122,000. A press association message states that the Hon D. 11. Guthrie, has entered a private hospital and will not be able to be present at the opening of Parliament. Airs Alurray. widow of the late Air AY. Alurray, formerly Commissioner of Crown Lands for Westland, has taken up her residence in Christchurch. Air A. J. Cook, said to be responsible as secretary of the Aliners’ Federation for the idea of an immense labour alliance in England, succeeded Mr Frank Hodges in the secretaryship of the miners a couple of years ago. He is 40 years of age. and a native of Somerset. He worked in his early days as a collier, mainly in South AYales. and while at the coal face was elected to the National Executive of the Aliners’ Federation and the South AVales Executive Committee. He then became a full-time official, and made himself widely known among the miners. not so much by his ability as an organiser and administrator as by his propaganda speeches on behalf of an extreme policy. He is one of the leaders of the miners’ minority movement (a Communist organisation) and the movement for a Red International of trade unions, and is a frequent writer in Communist journals. He has been rather unkindly described as something of a slave to his Marxian rhetoric, and is not so strong in the councilroom as on the platform. Air Cook recently stated that while he was anxious on all occasions to avert a

stoppage of work among the unions, such a course was difficult to avoid unless the men received a living wage. lie has twice been imprisoned, once in 1918 and again in 1921, each time for his part in strike troubles. /‘This,” he said recently. “I regard as part of my education. Ido not believe in telling other men to do what I am not prepared to do my. self. ’ ’ Mr Truman. Railway Traffic Inspector. is paying an official visit to the West Coast. Mr J. 1). Wingham, manager of the New Zealand League team which is to tour Australia next month is to be the recipient of a public presentation ini the Municipal Council Chambers on Monday afternoon next. His Worship the Mayor (Mr W. H. Parfitt) will preside. A I.on don cable states that Messrs Angus (formerly of Greymouth) and Mason, of the New Zealand Railway Service, arrived in England after in. speeding the systems of South and J£ast Africa. Egypt, Italy and France. They are now undertaking a thorough investigation of the British s/stem. A London cable states that Stella Murray, the New Zealand contralto, singing at a concert at Aeolian Hall, before a crowded audience including Dame Melba had a most appreciative reception. s