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Mr n. L. <le Berry arrived (ram Christchurch by yesterday’s express'
Mr H. Hogg was a passenger Inyesterday's express from Christchurch.
Mr H. J. Bignell returned by yesterday’s express from Christchurch/
M/’ Thomas Topliss returned from Christchurch by yesterday’s express.
Mr M. L. Hunt arrived Yesterday rom Christchurch.
Air F. Grenfell, Hokitika, returned yesterday from Christchurch.
j ca bl e g r am announced the of John Spencer Brunton, aged <6, flour-miller and racing man. ‘
Miss Jean Byrne was a passenger by yesterday's express from Christchurch.
Mr W. Rathbun, High Street has returned from Hanmer, via the I ewis Pass.
Messrs H. Myerscough, Telegraph Engineer, Christchurch, and Brent District Telegraph Engineer, Christchurch, arrived by yesterday’s express
Mr James Beban arrived yesterday from Christchurch on a visit to his parents, Mr and Mrs A. Beban Shakespeare Street.
Mrs E. L. Fitzgerald, wife of Dr. E. L. Fitzgerald, of Wallsend, will return by to-day’s plane from Nelson, where she has been a guest at “Wainui House’’ for the past month.
A London cablegram stated that J. E. Lovelock the New Zealand Rhodes Scholar and athelete had gained a Doctorate of. Philosophy-, degree at Oxford.
Mrs R. Kennedy, of Sydney, arrives in Greymouth to-day, after an absence of twelve _years, on a holiday visit to her mother, Mrs Lee. Leonard Street.
Mr. C. E. Cramond, Public Works Department head office, Wellington, has been transferred to the clerical branch, Greymouth, as an additional clerk. Mr. Cramond will take up his new duties in the New Year.
Passengers by yesterday’s express to Christchurch included, Mr. C. Hutchinson, Mr. A. Beasley (on return), Mrs. W. Hutton (to Christchurch), Mrs. W. O’Neill, (Runanga) (to Wanganui).
Further important staff changes were announced by the Chairman of the Auckland Transport Board, Hon. G. R. Mason, at to-day’s meeting. On the retirement of the present Engineer, Mr. De Guerrier, at the age of 65, on April 10 next year, the offices of Engineer and Manager will be merged, the position being occupied by tha General Manager, Mr. A. E. Ford, who has been in charge of the Board’s system since 1922.—Press Assn.
Appointments of four representatives on the Senate of New Zealand University have been made by the Go-vernor-General-in-Council as follows: Leonard John Wild, principal of Feilding Agricultural High School; Edwin John Howard, M.P., Solomon Netheim Ziman, retired Indian civil servant, and Doctor Sylvia G. de L. Chapman, daughter of the. late Judge Chapman.
Lieutenant Sir Standish O’Gradv Roche, Bart., R.N., who has been Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-Gen-eral since His Excellency’s arrival in the Dominion in April, 1935, left Auckland last evening, en route to England, to rejoin the Royal Navy. Sir Standish will be succeeded as Aide-de-Camp on Lord Galway’s staff by Lieutenant S. R. Le H. Lombard-Hobson, R.N., who is due to arrive in the Dominion within the next few days.— Press Assn.
The Prime Minister, Pvt. Hon. M. JSavage, leaves Wellington for Auckland on December 21, and will spend seven or eight days there, before returning to Wellington. “I want everyone to understand it is not to be an official trip in the ordinary sense,” he said. “Even the Prime Minister must have a let-up some time. I will always be glad to meet old friends and make news ones, but I want, so far as humanly possible, to forget about the affairs of State.”
On Saturday the death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Boyer, “Marholm,ss Waverly, of Mrs. uouglas Cowper Tennent, mother o£ Mrs. A. V. Oliver of Cowper Street, Greymouth. Mrs. Tennent was the eldest child of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Greenwood (Nelson) and eldest grandchild of the late Dr. and. Mrs. Danforth Greenwood, and Major and Mrs. C. Manners Gascojme, both of Motueka and Nelson. The former arrived in the sailing ship Phoebe, in January, 1841, and the latter, Major Gascoyne, retired from the Indian Army in 1857. Mrs. Tennent’s husband, of “Westward. Ho,” Marton, died in 1920. Her grandfather, Major Gascoyne, was a first cousin of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquis of Salisbury, and father of the present holder of the title, both of whom have visited New Zealand. The late Marquis was Prime Minister of England for 13 years. Mrs. Tennent’s maternal grandfather, Surgeon Donald Campbell, of the Fifth Bengal Light Cavalry, was the last child to be born ; in the ancient Royal Dunstaffnage Castle, Argyleshire, the hereditary seat of the Campbell Clan, in which the famou Coronation Stone was lodged for 300 years. Mrs. Tennent’s family has been noted foi- its longevity. Mrs. Tennent is survived by Mrs. lan Simpson, Woodville), Mrs. R. N. Todo (Invercargill), Mr. Percy D. Tennent (“Dunstaffnage,” Waverley), Mrs. A. V. Oliver (Greymouth). Mr. John G. Tennent (Hawera), Mrs. H. Boyer (Waverley), Mr. William C. Tennent (Hastings), Mrs. E. Oliver (Pleasant Point, South Canterbury). Her two brothers are Dr. Cecil Danforth Greenwood (Sydney), and Mr. Charles Greenwood (“Westmere,” Wanganui).
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Grey River Argus, 14 December 1937, Page 4
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