PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 7 November 1949, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mrs Jane Champkir., who would have celebrated her one hundred and seventh birthday on Christmas Eve, died in Ramsgate on Saturday night, says a London cable.

The Rt. Rev. Monsignor J. Long, parish priest at Greymouth, who is at present a patient in the Lewisham Hospital Christchurch is making favourable progress, and he is expected soon to be about again to attend the needs of his parishoners, who along with his numerous friends, wish him a speedy recovery.

The Albion guet list is as follows: Mi’ and Mrs G. Congreve (Invercargill), Miss Joan Marden (Lakemba New South Wales) Miss Gwen Glennister (Roseville New South Wales), Miss L. Jackson (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs J. .B Frame (Dunedin), Messrs N. Barry. .P. Lawrence, G. S. Clarke, Mrs Atkinson, Mrs Ford (Christchurch). Mr and Mrs H. Gallagher (Wellington).

Poliec Sergeant E. C. T. Broadley who came to Christchurch four years ago from Wairoa on promotion, has been transferred to Greymouth. Sergeant G. C. Donnelly, who was transferred to Chratchureh from Wellington on promotion in 1946, has also received notice of his transfer to Greymouth. Sergeant J. F. Mahon has been transferred to Addington in succession to Sergeant M. Hodgins.

Mr Philip Murray aged 62, a former Scottish miner, has been elected for his tenth term as president ot the Congress of Industrial Organisations. The C.1.0'. National Convention re-elected all its other national officers, except the Communist, Mr Ben Gold, of the Fur and Leather Workers’ Union.

Several clerical changes have been announced in the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. The Rev. Fr. J. S. O’Brien, parish priest of Kumara, left on Saturday on transfer to Darfield. He will be replaced at Kumara by Rev. Fr. E. T. Broshnan of Rangiora. Rev. Fr. J. O’Sullivan of Hokitika has been appointed to Rangiora. Rev. Fr. K. Conway, of West Meath. Eire, who has recentlj r arrived in New Zealand ,will go as curate to Hokitika Rev. Fr. B. Pearce, of Beckenham, has been transferred to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Christchurch his place at Beckenham will be taken by Rev. Fr.J. Kelly, who recently arrived from Eire. A Perth cable staes: Mr James Cook, a prominent artist of New Zealand and New South Wales, has been appointed Curator of the Perth art gallery. Mr Cook won the x'eith gallery’s competition last year. He is at present on a painting tour of his homeland, New Zealand. He was an official war artist, and' served With Australian forces in New Guinea. Mr Cook began training at Canterbury University College School of Act. In 1925 he won the first travelling artscholarship awarded in New Zealand, and spent the next four years overseas. Four years later he was back in Europe, painting in England, France and Spain. On the outbreak of the war, he joined the British Ministry of Information. —Press Assn.