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Grey River Argus, 16 December 1943, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr M. L. McGlashan, of Greymouth passed in pure mathematics and chemistry, section B.Sc.. in the recent University examinations.

Mrs A. Cameron, Murray Street, has been advised that her son James, who is serving with the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East, has received a commission.

A motion of condolence with Mr. and Mrs. N. McKn.ight in the loss of their daughter, was passed at last evening’s meeting of the Grey Electric Power Board. Mr. McKnight is a member of the Board’s staff. ..

The death has occurred of Mr Howell Young Widdowson, 0.8. E., a former Stipendiary Magistrate at Christchurch. He was Senior Magistrate in Dunedin from 1905 to 1922, and for several years in Christchurch. He retired from the bench in 1927.

Mi’ and Mrs J. Higgins, of Greymouth, have been advised that their youngest son, Kevin, has been commissioned in the Royal Navy. After serving in New Zealand waters, he went to England, where he served in destroyers, and later took a course at the King Alfred Training School.

Clifford Dalziel, a son of Mr and Mrs A. Dalziel, of Karoro, is this year’s Dux at the Grey Main School and wins the Watkins Medal. Colleen Gifkins, a daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Gifkins, of Threadneedle Street, who won the Seddon Medal this year, is the winner of the Watkins Medal for the first girl of the school.

The following are guests at Revington’s Hotel: Messrs Jas. Hutchins, G. R. Hunter, E. Hardy, C. W. Sherratt, Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Blockwell, Mr. and Mrs. A S. Taylor (Christchurch), Captain B. A. Norman (New Plymouth), H. Meads, Messrs L. R. Archer, F. C. S. Archer (Dunedin), Sgt. G. Haydon (Hariharik Mr. ana Mrs. I. E. Cooper (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Jacques (Blenheim), and Mr. A. Hill (Hokitika).

A London cable stated that leave to presume the death of Army Johnson, the airwoman, has been granted by the Probate Court, on or since the date January 1, 1941, when a plane she was flying as officer of the Air Transport Auxiliary crashed in the Thames . Estuary. The application was made on behalf of her executors, including her rather, who stated that she left Blackpool one morning for an aerodrome in Oxfordshire, although she was advised not to leave owing to the weather. Several statements taken showed that she left the aerodrome alone and the next heard was that a, parachutist was seen descending on the Thames Estuary, followed by a plane. Amy J’ohnson, before leaving, complained that something was wrong with the plane’s compass. Two bags belonging to (hen were retrieved from the water near the wreckage.