PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 12 February 1926, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mrs T Pain was a p-Lsscng' r vc.-trr-<lay J’or Dunedin. Mr J. Starke left by yeslrrdav morning’s Irai-n for the North Island. Mr 11. \V. Kit ch ingha m rcluriu'd t 0 Greymouth bv last evening's express. Mrs J. Lyrhgoe leaves to-day on a visit to Timaru. The members of tlie Denis Keliou | Company left for Ashburton aboard .yesterday’s outward express. i Mr Wiseman, who has been a guest /at the Post Office Hotel, left for Christj church yesterday. i Ex Sergeant Egan, accompanied bv ! Mrs Egan, returned yesterday to Tim ■ mi. after a visit to Ihe West Coast. | Mrs Roberts arrived last evening on a visit to her mother. Mrs Vollicide. of G reviiioul h. Dr. T. P. Telford. District Health Of fii'er for Canterbury, arrived in Greyniouth yest.■rJi’v. Mrs T. Stapie" on returned to Greymouth last evening on a visit to relaAirs E. Gunn, of Wellington, arrived bj the Christchurch expiess last evening’ on a visit iu her mother. ( oust al. It Paddy, ot the Greymouth Police Foico, is at present relieving Constable Caiwell at Odra. Mr and Mrs ,1. KeaHug. It ft by the express yesterday un a visit to Dunedin. Miss M. Grams, who has been on a visit to relatives in Greymouth, returned to Blenheim yesterday. Mr and Mrs G. T. Moss are expected | to return from Christchurch by to-mor-1 Messrs 11. Chapman, District Traffic ! Manager, and P. King, Road Foreman ,

of the Railway Department, airived in Greymouth last evening. , Mrs R. Power, who has been on I visit to Wellington on account of Ihc death of her mother, returned tu Grey month yesterday. Mrs E. Gunn, of Wellington, arrived yesterday by the express on a visit to her mother, Mrs L. Lee, of Leonard Street. A Sydney cable states Miss Marjorie Hamilton, of ALelbol'rl!•. , , was yester-, day married to Mr Donald A. Sutherland, formerly Mayor of Auckland. Mose, K. ‘oiliver and I. Coakley I wore pessengers by the Christchurch express yesterday en route for Wellington. Advil? h: s been r.’>u!'.(d by Nurse Cnr.hiiig of the Grey Livci Hospital staff, of her success in passing her I t’lui - Nu«ses’ Exaniin.u 4 ioa M i\ M. Keenan. M.C C.. of Woodstock, Westland, the well known trainer, lefi fur Christchurch oy yesterday’s Mi" J. R. Hardie, Town Clerk of Palmerston North, returned to his home i yesterday, after visiting the West | Mr C. A. Turner, Chief Clerk of the ' Public Wrfrks Department, at Grey- I mouth, left yesterday on a visit to Wei-1 lington.

Mr A. Bennett, of the Labour De-' partment. who is al present assisting the Inspector of Factories at Greymouth, will leave for Nelson shortly. Master P. R. Sotheran, son of M r R. Sotheran, has received advice that he j has passed his cadetship examination. : He is at present stationed in Ntdson. i Lieut. A. J. Moore, of the Defence 1 Department, Greymouth. left on a tour of inspection to Reeftoil and Buller ■ districts, Vesterday. Air .1. S. Langford, manager of the National Electric Coy.., who is at present visiting Greymouth. returns to Christchurch by to-morrow’s express. | The Victorian State Premier, Mr Al- 1 len, and his wife, yesterday reached j Wellington, and proceed to the Dunedin ! Exhibition, and will afterwards visit Rotorua and Waitomo. A Wellington Press message states I I that Mr I). G. Clarke has been appoint- I ed as commissioner to inquiri* into cases ; | of hardship arising out of the opera- ; j tio'i of ‘he land tax laws. A Syduey cable states Mr Harry • Holland, Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, was yesterday an ? > tv-rested spectator in the New South Wales Assembly at Sydney during a lively debate. Police Lnspector Me I leveney, and "Id Kumar'.tr, and brother of Police Com- i missioner Mclleveney, has been trau<- I ferred from Wanganui to take immediate control of Auckland <’ity and Sub- ; urban police under the Superintendent. , Sub-Inspector G. Rawle, formerlv sta-' tioned here, and now of Auckland, has been ]>romotcd to an Inspectorship in immediate control of the Wellington City and Suburban police, undar tlie Superintendent. Thu death of the novelist f ‘luta (Mrs Kathleen Mannington Coffyn) is recorded in a cable from London. Formerly she lived for several years in Australia. Amoiig her publications wore “A Yellow' Aster,” “The Minx,” “Smoke in the Flame,”' “The Magic of May.” and short storeis. Mr Patrick Kealey, an old resident ,of Dillmanstown, and one of the min-

ing pioneers of the Coast, was found dead yesterday by Constable Fox, of Kumara. The deceased, who was 70, vears of age, had evidently expired! suddenly, as ho was found lying n tne ! doorway. Mrs H. Chapuian. District Traffic Manager, accompanied by a member of the Railway Board, is at present' visiting Greymouth. One of the mat-' ters with which he will deal is that of; I providing adequate shelter at the. wharf near the Watersides’ Hall, for passengers who there board trains. The reniaius of the late Mr IF. R. , sinieon were interred at K‘‘roro Cemeterv yesterday morn'ng. There was a large attendance, including representaV ives of the Grpv Returned Soldiers’ Association, and Grey Patriotic Assnci- , ■•timi. The service in Holv rHnity I Church, and at the graveside, was taken I by A ruhdoaeon Carr. The “ Last Post was sounded by Bugler M. Garth. Showing initiative and appli'-at : "n in her choice of a pr''fess : on. a Christ • hur.h pirl. Miss Dorothea Wild, of Hie Christchurch staff of the National Bank of New Zealand. Ims lately achieved d stiuetion after four years dmly at Canterbury Cnllepe. by gaining the first dipl'-ma in banking awarded ;t woman in New Zealand. () 11( . < f the fiv men nrssbvf f,, r n ver a couple <f nii'iilhs in the 'dago f i»i'ill* i nd region. Air ( harles Gre'’ Foxcr'ft, "f Auckland, was born : n GrevmouH). Be was the second male <d)ild born here, bring a brother of Airs Mclntosh, ven-., of Blaketown, and an

nnrle of Mr T. Alclntosh, cf Preston Road. Air William Deere, of the Wellington Municipal Corporation's Tranway Foundry Staff, and formerly of Greymouth, is at present here on n holiday visit to h ; s parents. Air and Airs John Deere. The genial “Bill.” who scare leaving here has boon prominent in Wellington rep. Rugby trams, is prime condition, scaling close on lit'l'hr famous Australian sculptor, M Bertram McKennall, arrived from Loi

I don at Perth yesterday by the liner Otranto, savs a cable, and after spending a holiday in Australia, lie proceeds t” New Zealand. “Gipsy” Smith, the evangelist, is also a passenger by the same liner, and vill v ; sit Now Zealand after a six months’ mission in Aus tralia. I A presentation was made on WedI nesday bv the local staff of railwaymen to Porter Earl, on the occasion of I his re' cnt marriage. The gift was prej sented < n behalf of Hu* donors by Mr Shiels, ami took the form of a complete set of k tchon alnm’nium ware. Messrs Condon and Henderson also spoke paying tributes t" the recipient s popularity ami good qualities. Mr Earl suitably responded. Inspect' r Eccles ha< received notice nf bis transfer from the charge of the Grevmouth to that of the Poverty Bay Police D'striet. be exchanging places with Inspector Dona’d C. Frazer, at n-csevt statiored at Gisborne. During I his stay here. Inspector Eccles has won the esteem of the whole community by his juilirious and courteous (’ischarge. | i , f his official duties, as well as his many 1 'dher good qualities nersonally. His successor. Inspector Frazer, is also J spoken of as a most estimable officer, r who l' :| s been equally popular in hm i-district.