PERSONAL ITEMS
Sir James Alien will return from this north by the express, train to-day. Colonel R. Heaton Rhodes, M.P., to in Wellington at present. He is to leav* for England shortly .to undertake the work of Red Crosß Commissioner for New Zealand, which he has been asked to do bv the New Zealand Bed Cross. Mrs: Rhodes is going with Colonel Rhodes to England. ■ Mr P. Hally, w'ho was .Conciliation Commissioner in Wellington before ' he joined tho Board of Trade, .has .gone to Christchurch to take over .the work of tho late Mr. J. B.:.Tttga, Co™] 1 ? 11 ™ Commissioner for the. South Island, who died suddenly, a few days age>. >Mr Holly's first tasks will bo to deal with two or three, unfinished disputes in Jnvcrcargill and Dunedin which Mr. Triggs had on" hand at the time of hu death. ■ • .■ . - . : " Lieutenant Guy Natusch, who.returned to New Zealand somo little time ago from the front suffering from a gunshot wound in tho right foot which necessitated until quite recently the use oi cn.tches, left Wellington- ' for Botorw. yesterday to undergo a course of treatS at the Government nstitation there for returned fore ho became a soldier Mr. Natusch was on'th'e staff of tho "New Zealand Herald" in Auckland. I Mr If. F. M'Cabe, who-recently underwent an operation at Davis Street Private Hospital, is making ■ satisfactory progress. The Wanganui "Chronicle"; announces the death of Mr. Edward Purser, who .passed away on Tiiesday.«t the WjdoW ago .of 78 years. The deceased gentleman was an old resident of Wanganui, having been the founder of tho well-known firm of, Purser's, Ltd. Mr W G. M'Donald, of the Board of Trade, who has been appointed by the Government to control the purchase and distribution of wheat* has .arranged to bo to Christchurch early next week tor he purpose of discnssing.some, detata or the new scheme with tho representatives of tho producers. Mr J H. G. Rowley, of Messrs. Rowley and Gill,'undorwenU serious operatibn yesterday morning at theßowen Street Private Hospital. The patient i» now making excellent progress. Mr. Frank Woods, of the Post and Telegraph Stores Branoh, who is going inKmp on November 20. was yesterlay presented by Mr. C. B, Mann the Controller of Stores, on behaf of th« staff, with a wristlet watch suitably inscribed. n ,The death is *5£ known settler of Southland, ;Mr. John Grant - Mr.-Grant >ns bornon• Jannarr I" 840. in'Edjnburgh, .Scotland, wher he was educated.' Ho,arnvea at Port ChalmVin 1660,: breeder of Ayrshire cattle and Clydesdale orseT and made frequent trips to AusX'with stock «f hi. own breeding and other select New Zealand stock Mr Grant was for many years a director of e Southland Agricultural and Pm oral Association. Ho had beer,l a. «*«*»»*'«" hibitor of stock and had taken many ir " championships "eluding a championship gained in Sydney, in 1901 with a Shorthorn bull.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 46, 17 November 1917, Page 6
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