PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15087, 2 June 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr J. Fitz-Gerakl, formerly Clerk of the Court at iselson, is now to b» district manager of the Timaru branch of °^-^ of -£ H. C. Cock, of the 'hv +fcV who retu™6d to New Zealand jby the Moana, reached Nelson on Saiturdey iiiormng. Mr T. Kippolite, of tho Croiselles, Ims been appointed as the representative or tne Maori race on the Nelson Repatriation Committee. y A Grejnnoutli messago reports the the >%yell-known mercnani. She! was for O'/ years a resident- of Greyniouth. Mr William Sloan, aged SO, one of the earliest Buller pioneers, died on Saturday after a brief illness. The many friends of Mr George Coutfs will regret to hear of ins deaiii which took place at a private hospital early yesterday morning. The late Mr Coutt-s came from Australia some 14 ,\ ears ao-o and his genial and kindly disposition soon won him many friends in the Nelson, Mavlborough, and West Coast dlsjtricts, on which grounds he represented Ross and Glendining- Ltd. ioy i the past six or seven years. Mr Co'utts j-vvho was 43 years of age, was unmarried, and his only reiathe in New Zeajland is a sister, Mrs Lewis, of Waima>te.. j his motjier resides in Melbourne. I " —"