PERSONAL ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 3 August 1949, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr J. A. Roy, the sitting member has been endorsed an the Nationalist Party candidate for th & Clutlia electorate.

Miss M. Anderson, M.L.C., left by the air service yesterday morning fo; Wellington.

Mr C. Reedy, Railways Department left this morning on transfer to Arthur's Pass:

Mr F. E. Cox left yesterday morning for Auckland to take up an ap pointment as assistant coach to an Auckland golf club.

Miss Zita Farry, a member of the Hawaiian Revue “Rhythm of the Island” who has been the guest of Mr and Mrs C. K. Morel, left yesterday for Christchurch.

The funeral of the late Mr. Ashley Croudis took place at the Karoro Cemetery on Monday afternoon. The services at the Holy Trinity Church and graveside were conducted by the Rev. K. G. Aubrey.

The death occurred at Christchurch yesterday of Mrs Lillias Margaret Caldwell, wife <of Mr J. W. Caldwell, and formerly of Greymouth. She came here over thirty years ago when her husband Dined the staff of Duncan McLean Ltd. Mrs Caldwell is survived by her husband and a sister, Miss A. Buchan.

Miss Margaret Roberts, aged 31, was found dead at Whangarei yesterday, at the home of her uncle, with whom she had been staying for the past six weeks. Her body was foutfd hanging. She came to New Zealand in 1937. She recently had been nervous, depressed and homesick. —P.A.

Yachts and service vessels crowding Yarmouth harbour, Isle of Wight, were dressed in honour of the visit .of Miss New Zealand, Miss Mary Woodwi'.rd on Monday. Wearing a hat and two piece suit of soft astral blue, with white accessories, she received an ovation from the large crowd on the common to watch her crown Pamela Handerson, aged 18, as carnival queen of the town. Unable to ob'ain an official New Zealand flag, the members of the committee made their own. This formed the centre-piece of the colourful background to the open-air platform-

Guests at the Albion Hotel include: Rl. Hon. P. Fraser, Hon. C. F. Skinner, Hon. E. Tirikatene, Miss Mehaffey, Miss W. Weybourne, Messrs S. O’Dell, R. Cockerill. W. Monee,, S McLaughlin, H. G. Holland, G. Rolej (Wellington); L. Woods (Auckland): F. V. Field. S. Field (Opunake) George Roberts, J. J. Pollard, G. R Alien (Christchurch); A. B. Clark L. Gasson (Timaru); Mr and Mrs T. Heywood, Mr G. Clinton (Dune din).

Word was received in Greymouth yesterday of the of Mr John Pascoe at his residence, Devon St., Fitzrcy, New Plymouth. Mi’ Pascoe who was in his eighty-second year, was one of the early residents of Brunner and also lived for some years in Greymouth. He was a noted foot runner in his youth, winning, amongst other races, th e Brunner Sheffield Handicap in the late ’SO’s, when it ranked as one of the most important footraces in New Zealand He was the oldest member of the Brunner Druids Lodge. Mr Pascoe leaves a wife, a family of two daughters, Mrs W. Anderson (Blaketown) and Mrs F. Nicholson (New Plymouth), and three son s Albert Huntly), George and Robert (New Plymouth). Mrs A. (McDonald, of Ponsonby (Auckland) is a sister.

Chubby eight-months-old “Nooky” Stott “goo\-ed and smiled at a camera and >.tood on the palm of his father’s outstretched hand at Auckland yesterday'. He has been doing it since he was six months old. “Nooky” has not started to crawl yet. He only sat up for the first time a few weeks ago, and has shown no inclination to stand on the floor, but he was only six weeks old when he first sat up ° n h ;s father’s hand. To-day he seems perfectly comfortable as his father lifts him to a ceiling. The child weighs 271bs—about 61-lbs more than the average baby of his age. The family doctor says that “'Nooky” has a remarkably strong back and stomach musqles. The child’s father, who resides at Ponsonby', thinks that a natural sense of balance and confidence play an important part. An Auckland specialist said that he had not hitherto heard of so young a baby being able to perform such a feat. —P.A.