PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 19 February 1932, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr B. Sloane returned to Christchurch yesterday. Mr W. Willoughby returned to Christchurch yesterday Mr T. Donnellan returned from Christchurch last evening. Mrs J. C. Pascoe returned from Christchurch last evening. Mr and Mrs D. Diedrichs (Kokatahi) left yesterday for Christchurch. Miss I. Williams returned from Christchurch by last evening’s express. Mr Girling Butcher, Chief Inspector of. Fire Brigades, is visiting the West. Coast. Miss Madge Kells of Cobden, leaves to-morrow o.u a holiday visit to Wellington Mrs J. O 'Brien, wife of Mr J. O’Brien. M.P., returned from Auckland last evening. Mis s Flora McKenzie arrived from Wellington on a visit to her sister, Mrs O. McLean. Mr A. W. Wright, who has been visiting Greymouth, returned yesterday to Christchurch. Miss Jessica Porteous, who has been visiting relatives in Greymouth, returned yesterday to Wellington. Mrs B. F. Grainge arrived from Wellington last evening, on a visit to relatives in Greymouth. Mrs E. O. Radford, of Hokitika, :i r\ rived from Christchurch last evening, and proceeded to Hokitika. Mr A. E. Tabb, who has bren spend- . ing his holidays in Christchurch, returned to Greymouth last evening. Mr E. Mosley, of the staff of the Bank cf New Zealand, Dunedin is on a holiday to his mother, Mrs Mosley of Preston Road. Miss Nora Kennedy of Totara Flat, left early this week for Wellington, on route for Ireland to attend the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Guests at the Albion. Hotel include: Air c. D. O'Shea (Auckland), Mr R. D. Benjamin (Christchurch), Mr R. A Ambridge, Mr C. D Bell. Rev. G. Knowles Smith and Mr T. W. Duff, Senior Executive Officer at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Hokitika, leave for Christchurch to-morrow morning, where they will attend the Methodist Church Conference. Tiie funeral of the late Mrs Isabella Anderson Dunlop took place yesterday afternoon, at the Karoro Cemetery. Funeral services at the Grey Hospital, and at the graveside, were conducted by Mr Ben.urd Fox*.

A Calcutta cable states that Miss Madeline Slade, the daughter of the late Admiral Slade, who is an ardent disciple of Gandhi, and accompanied him in London, has been served with a notice ordering her to leave Bombay immediately.

Mr L. K. Hodge, Pensions Officer Grey.mouth, accompanied by Mrs Hodge, leave for Nelson on Sunday, on annual leave. During Mr Hodge’s absence, Mr G. TI- Frater, of Christ- < hurch -will take charge at Greymouth. Mr Frater arrived last evening.

Passengers *hy yesterday’s Christchurch express included: —-Mrs J. Brislane (to Haw era), Miss M. Clark (Runanga), Mr L. McGla’shan, Mr A. IL McKane, Mrs F. East, Mr AV. M. Garth (to Wellington), Mr L. Hall, and Miss M. Hall (Runanga), Mr L. Michel (Hokitika), Mr A. Smith.

An Oamaru Press w-re records the tteath of an ex-cabinet Minister, Mr Everest Page Lee at the age of 69 years. Ifo was Minister of Justice in the last Massey Ministry, and was one of the best known legal practitioners in the South Island. His death occurred at Queenstown us the result of a seizure.

An official wireless message from Rugby states that the Prime Min; ster, who left the nursing homo on Wednesday morning onocAeded io Downing Street where he presided over a meeting of Cabinet. In the afternoon he left for Chequers Court where he will spend some days. D has not been decided yet where ho will spend the three weeks’ holidays, which his doctors have ordered.

A pre-war millionaire, a naturalised British banker, Edgar Speyer has died at Berlin aged seventy, states a London cablegram. He was a conspicuous figure in London social and financial circles and was made a baronet in 1906 He resigned all his English offices in 19,15, and asked Mr Asquith to revoke the Baronetcy. Mr Asquith refused, but in 1922, the Home Secretary revoked his naturalisation, on the report of the Committee on Naturalisation, which found that he had shown himself by act and speech disaffected and disloyal to His Majesty and to have unlawfully communicated with the enemy. Guests at Revington s Hotel include: —Mr and Mrs E. J. Golds (Torquay, England), Mr and Mrs G. Har- * vey (England), Mrs Bishop (England), Mr F. J. Kent (Christchurch), Mr ami Mrs McNulty (Christchurch), Mr B. B. Grange (Wellington), Mr N. G. Butcher (Wellington), Mr A. AV Cramp (Auckland), Mr and Mrs T. Armstrong (Christchurch), Mr D. M. Tombs (Wellington), Mr C. K. Gosquoine (Nelson), Mr T. H. Less (Reef- . ton), Mr R. Reeves (Christchurch), 1 Mr and Mrs T. Thompson (Balclutha’' i Mr T. P. Clark (Napier), Mr H. B. Clark (Napier), Mr R E. Clark (Napier), Mr L. Greenaway (Waikanae*.. Mt J. B. Thompson (Invercargill), • Mr T- R. Watson (Invercargill), Mr m and Mrs A. J. Polkinghome (Austra- ■ lia). & The funeral of the late Mr Geo. < Meadowcroft, of Blackball, was largely attended there yesterday afte*« 1

noon, when the last rites of the Anglican Church were conducted by the Rev. Mr Barker, of Ah aura. Wreaths were received from the following:— Wife and family, the Blackball Silver Band, Mr and Mrs Dransfield, Mr and Mrs A. G. Wootton, Mr and M rH Cochrane and family, Mr and Mrs John McNicol, Mr and Mrs Colquhoun, Mr and Mrs Kinsella and family, Mr and Mrs Montford, Mr and Mrs James Kerr, Mr and Mrs C- Flaherty. Mr and Mrs Nuttall, Mr and Mrs Mason, Mr and Mrs W. Bailey, Mr and Mrs Bowkett, Mr and Mrs Reynolds, Mr and Mrs Jamieson, Mr and Mrs Turk, Mrs /McDonald, Mr and Mrs Hutchison, Mr and Mrs W. AValker, Mr and Mrs Sheehan, Blackball School children, Mr and Mrs Freer, Mr and Miss Schafer, Mr and Mrs Davidson, George and Ray mo n Nuttall, Mr and Mrs Burt, Mr and Mrs Clark, Miss K. Stone, Mr and Mrs Albert Wootton, Mr and Mrs Tunstall, Mrs Wootton senr., Mr and Mrs Ivev and family, Mrs J. M. Parks and family, Mr and Mrs McGougan, Mr and Mrs J. parks, Mrs Dodds senr., R. Mountford and mates, Mr and Mrs Knowles, Mother and brothers, Mr and Mrs Dnmpleton, Mr and Mrs B. Baily, Mr and Mrs T. Turk, Mr and Mrs J. Nuttall, Mr and Mrs R Smith.