PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1934, Page 5

PERSONAL

H. Dodson ■ will leave thi: morning on a visit to Alexandra.

Mrs W. J. O’lieilly, of Kokatahi. a-ul leave by this morning’s express on a holiday to Christchurch.

. Mr B. McGillivray, fields Superintendent., Agricultural Department m visiting th e West Coast.

j Mxss A. Stobba, of Hokitika, u i lcay»» this morning on a holiday vis lo Uhristckurrh..

Mt -D- C. Milne, .Assistant-Haruuu' Engineer, returned yesterday iAum ■« nioipring tour of Canterbury atu Otago, lie was accompanied by M> AL.lne and family.

A Press Association message an nvunces the death, ol Air F. \\. akh oisun, ui Eastbourne, formerly Nc.\ Zealand Manager of the AatiomMutual .Life Association.

According to a London cablegra Air J. 11. ihomas has •officially i

formed Air Bruce that he is unain to go io Australia, owing to of Cabinet duties.

The death announced from byu Bey of Rev. Father i nonius Uvp« aged v2 years, the oldest priest i Australia. He spent a number u years in New Zealand.

tides is at the Albion Hotel include Mrs bm.th (Christchurch), Air 11. 1 Willis (Christchurch), Airs R. j

Johnston (England), Miss J. Al Johnston (lunguand), Air L. bintiu(Wellington), Airs Ai. Smythe (HuK tika), Air F. Thompson

A Rugby message states Dr Kendric Wulijn, the Dutch Prime Minister,, arrived ai London on Saturday for a visit of a, private nature. He paid a courtesy call al the Board of Trade to see Mr Bunciman, the president, of i. hum ne is an old friend. They had a short interview

The death occurred at the residenc 01 her daughter. Mrs T. AlcDoiiak •Stratford, of Airs Denis Dully, age 77 years, a former resident ut Gres

•mouth. Her husband predeceased he ly yeans ago. She leaves a famil t of three sons (.one of is Al W. H. Dully, of Bodily town), anil \e daughters.

The death took place at Wellington of Captain b. G. Stringer, aged 71, for many years Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine at Wellingtom Born at Seaforth. England, he first went to sea in sail. He joined ‘the. Union S-S. Company’s service in 1888, and th© Marine Department in IUU7.

The death has occurred at London •of Lord Strabolgi, whose seventy-year-old wile was sentenced in Jan nary for conspiracy and false pretences. Her appeal is impending. Lieutenant Commander Ken worth; (ex-M.P.) succeeds to the title. The lat e peer was 81 years old.

A quiet wedding was celebrated a: Hokitika on February lb th, the contracting parties being Coral, youngest daughter of Mrs and the late Air T. Hibbs, of Camerons, and Clifford, eldest son of Mr and AR/s Hende. ol Gladstone biding. The young couple later left for the bouth on their honeymoon.

A Capetown cable states tha Prince George, who arrived there a; a Lieutenant of the Navy, was tare welled at Capetown this morning ’u a Commander, he having been pi quoted during the interim. His vis to the Cape Peninsula has been a.-

tonishingly successful, and an equ reception is assured in all other po tious of the Union.

Guests at Bevington’s Hofei in elude: —Mr G. Harris tPerth, \\ Australia), Mrs ’E. Gow (Perth, \V Australia). Air J. A. Reeve (AucK land), Air and Airs E. E. Bailej (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs A. B Haywood (Geraldine), Mr R. K Roberts Air F. W Cooper (Christchurch), Mr and Mr R. L. Gillie (Wellington).

Members of the Greymouth Amateur Swimming Club last evening gather «d to make a presentation to Mr Alan Lane, in view of his approaching marriage at Ashburton on Wed nesday next. Mr N. W. Jones (President) said that both as an Executive member and swimmer, Mr Lane was a valuable member of the Club, and they all wished him success and happiness in his married life. He hoped that Mr Lane would not drop out of the Club’s activities, as he was a spout tliat they could ill-afford to lose, whilst besides, it wa© hard to get members to put their shauldei ♦to th*, wheel as Air Lane had done. Mr B. J. K. Griffen, in asking Air Lane’s acceptance of a suitcase as a small token of the esteem in which he wax held, said that Mr Lane s knowledge of swimming and advice in regard to swimming matters had been very helpful, Al-u Lune having been a Secretary of the Ashburton Club. Mr Lane suitably replied, and was accorded musical honours.