PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 2 December 1943, Page 4

PERSONAL

Messrs A. G. Favell and L. Walton, of Taylorville, will leave this week for a N.Z.E.F. mobilisation camp.

The King has appointed Lord Halifax as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, in place of the late Duke of Portland, states a British Official Wireless message.

The funeral of Miss Florence Berry took place privately yesterday morning at the Karoro Cemetery. Rev. P. Kirkham conducted the service at the graveside.

Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Fogarty of Greymouth that their son, Geoffrey, who is serving with the N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East, has received a commission.

Mr. A. H. O'Keefe, President of the New Zealand Public Service Association will leave to-day on return to Wellington. Mr. F. W. Millar, General Secretary, will leave for Chr.stcnurch to-morrow evening.

The guests at Revington’s Hotel include: Messrs V. S. Noton (Lower Hutt), W. D. Gadd (Westport), Mrs. M Potter, Mrs. R. Durham (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. Hurley (Wanganui), Mr. and Mrs. I. Woolf (Christchurch) . ■ , _ n Ijs

■ Mr. W. W. Allnutt, manager of the Wellington branch of the Union Bank of Australia, will retire on January 1, on pension, after 39 years in the company’s service, states a Press Association message. He will be succeeded by Mr. R. H. G. Connal, manager of the Palmerston North branch.

A British Official Wireless message states that Sir Charles Hambro has been appointed United Kingdom member of the Combined Raw Materials Board and head of the British Raw Materials Mission at Washington, in succession to Sir Clive Baillieu, whose resignation was announced m August.

The following are guests at tne Albion Hotel: Messrs P. M. Neville (Picton), M. Callaghan (Hanmer), J. C. Cherry, D. Jones, J. F. Stenberg (Christchurch), S'. A. Easton (Wellington), A. S'. Turnbull (Mataura), R°Dugan (Otira), H. Hungar, L. A. Griffiths (Stratford), C. N. Blsnop (Auckland), Mrs. H. Dudley (Waiuta), Gnr. C. T. Brown

Mr. Churchill celebrated his sixtyninth birthday on Tuesday. Messages of congratulation came from many parts of the world, states a London message. A Washington message said that the Secretary of War (Mr. Stimson), Mr. Wallace (Vice-Presi-dent), and Mr. Sol Bloom (Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee) expressed their congratulations to Mr. Churchill.

Mr. N. Martyn, of Marton Junction Secretary; of the Rangitiket Branch of the A.S.R.S., accompanied by his daughter, is at present on a holiday visit to the West Coast and is the guest of his sister, Mrs. T. Anderson, of Blaketown. Mr. Martyn, whose relatives were pioneer residents of the Blue Spur district (Westland) was prior to 1920 stationed here in the raTwa'y service. He leaves on Saturday on his return to Marton Junction.