PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1942, Page 4

PERSONAL

Miss V. Manttan left last evening -v for Timaru. ’ ,■ 7'- i

• Mr. and Mrs A. Spivey returned from Christchurch yesterday.

Mr. B. Wylde left yesterdav on return to Wellington.

Mrs. J. Logan left last evening on return to Dunedin after' visiting ber son, Dr. D. M. Logan, of Greymouth.

Mr. D. H. Smith, of Blaketown, left last evening for Auckland to join tne Royal New Zealand Navy. Miss R. Norman of the teaching staff of the Cobden State School lert. last e_vening on transfer to South Canterbury. ~ Sir Reginald Dorman-Sriuth. Governor of Burma, has arrived in Britain, for- a short consultation with the Government. A cable from Montreal states that on Sunday King George or Greece arrived here from Washington for a three days visit, after which he will go to Ottawa. < Guests at Revingtons include; Mrs G. Silk, Messrs D. Gray, P. Buzzard, W. Keenlipidi, A. E. Christie, Mr and Mrs. Gumbley (ChCh), Mr. F. Anrews and Mr. H. Bridgman (Wgtn.) I Mrs. Mary Agnes O’Donoghue, of. Linwood, who celebrated her one hundred and first birthday last Aug1 ust, . died on Saturday at Christ- • ’ church. Mrs. O’Donoghue had spent ■ an adventurous life.

The funeral of Mr. Joseph Taylor, took place at Karoro Cemetery bn Sunday afternoon, there being a large attendance. Rev. E. O. Harding conducted the services at tlie residence, Cobden, and at the graveside.

, Advice has been received that Miss Seena Dowell, of the staff of the local Post Office, was successful in passing the Senior Entrance Examination conducted by the Department for Shorthand writers. Miss Dowell is a pupil of the Sisters of Mercy.

The folio wing are guests at the Albion Hotel: Mrs R. K. Rondel, Messrs S. Kirkpatrick. C. R. Raines. H. Jeffrey, L. J. Mitchell, H. F. Johns (Chch.), Chas Reid (Waiho), A. McLagan (Rangiora), P. J. Brown (Wgtn.)

Lord Glanelv was killed in an enemy air raid, on a south west town on Saturday evening, states a London cablegram. He had recently taken a house in the town for the Summer. Lord Glahely. who was born in 1868, was a Welsh shipping owner, and was created a baron in 1918.

To mark the occasion of his recent marriage Mr R. ’F. Wilson was entertained last evening by the management, staff and boarders of the Gilmer Hotel and presented with a dinner set. Best wishes were extended for the future happiness of Mr a(nd Mrs Wilson.

Mr and Mrs W. Haybittie, who today take over the proprietorship of the Railway Hotel, Kumara Junction from Mr T. S. Williams, were bidt den farewell bv the boarders, management and friends at the Gilmer Hotel, and best wishes were expressed for their future.

A Melbourne cablegram records the death of a once famous actor, Mr Bland Holt, at the age of 89 years. Half a century ago, the name of Bland Holt throughout the Australian theatrical world was one to conjure with, his tours of the main centr’tes in every colony being events of' universal interest.

Dr. N. F. Greenslade, resident surgeon at the Grey River Hospital has been' compelled, through illness to give up surgery and a special meeting of the Grey Hospital Board was held last evening to consider his resignation which was accepted with regret. It was decided to appoint Dr. Arnott F.R.C.S., London, as his successor.

News has been received by her parents that Dr. Florence Craig, who was at one time on the Grey Hos-' pital staff, made the supreme sacrifice in the fighting in Singapore. She received an urgent summons to leave Taiping (wnere she was Medical Officer) with a hospital convoy for Singapore, where she was joined by her two sisters. Dr. Thompson and Miss N. Craig. All three took charge of medical and first aid hospitals, working night and day under constant bombing. A couple of days. before the fall of Singapore they took charge of several hundreds of women and children who were evacuated from the island. Their ship, however, was bombed and sunk. The sisters were separated and landed on different islands, but Dr. Craig died of injuries she received in the bombing, and was buried on the island where she landed. The other two sisters got to Sumatra in a Dutch boat, but later were made prisoners by the Japanese. A wounded colonel of the Indian Army reported that Dr. Florence Craig never rested from morning till night. He said that he had never seen anything like it; She was at the service of anyone m/pain—Chinese, Indian, British or Malay. Her uniform was covered in blood. Dr. Thompson received a shrapnel wound in the hip when their ship was bombed but she in? sisted on helping with the wounded on the island. An effort was made to get a doctor from another island, but it was not possible and she had to carry on single-handed.