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Grey River Argus, 5 June 1942, Page 4

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* At the Christchurch Competitions, Miss Betty Glen won the Provinc a Sword Dance Championship.

Rev. J. McKenzie, Assistant-Direc--tor of the Missions of the . ' terian Church, is visiting the West Coast.

A Washington cablegram states that the War Department announced the return from London of erals Arnold, Eisenhower, and Ciaru.

Mr. M. P. H. Wills, of the signal and electric lines staff of the RaUways Department, Greymouth, leii yesterday morning on transfer to Ohakune.

An Ottawa message states that Mr. Leonard Brokington, M.C., at the request of the British Government, is going to London toi act as adviser on Empire affairs to the Information Minister (Mr. Brenden Bracken).

Combined Operations Headquarters announces that Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined operations, has - arrived in the United States, where he will consult representatives of the United States fighting services.—B.O.W.

The death has occurred at Nukualofa,' Tonga, of Mr. William Walker Cocker, aged 87 years. He was widely known in the ,Western Pacific as a merchant and planter. He was a son of Mr. Joshua Cocker, the first British Consul in Tonga. He is survived by a widow, on e son, and four daugh-ters.—-P.A.

The following are guests at the Albion Hotel: —Miss Burns (Wellington), Mr and Mrs Levante (Oamaru.', Mrs A. N. Lennox, ' Messrs J. A. Smythe (Oamaru), E. Shuffill (Mosgiel), J. Donoghue, G. E. Tollerton (Auckland), P. A. Sellars, A. J. Coveney, C. L. Hardy, P. H. Morey, G. H. McLean, C. T. Bishop, J. Clarke (Christchurch).