SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 124, 19 February 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Diamond Wedding;- ; ■Jlr. and Mrs. Edward Bartley, of .Uevonport, two of the oldest residents of Auckland, celebrated their diamond iveddiug on Sunday last. Mis. Bartley is.the'dtet daughter of'Hio late Jlr. I' , . Rahlcoii, who scltlcd at Coromandel as far back as-183!), and she thus has been n continuous resident of the Auckland district for nearly, SO years. Mr. Eartley, who is a. iiative of Jersey, Channel Islands, enme tn New Zealand ni the ship .To?qVh Vlctcher -in'lSs4, and fur the- past OS-years has.-l'jpn a. wellknown figure in the conimunity. and Hiw service as a, militia-man clurinj; the Jiaori War.. Jh'. Barllev has taken a prominent part in musiciu matters; , having, joined, the Choral Society over Cfi re'iirs ngo. . He. has taken n.:i netivo-part iu. educational, matters, and, has been, a member cf 'tho Devonport School Conimittee for over 3(i years. Tn ISGfI he. took part in t.Ho'foundin.c; nf the .Auckland Arts So.-iety. Mr. and Mrs. Bartley wore married on February IC>, lßfii), Hie ceremony being iicrformod bv Die ICevV'A. Maccloiifiiil. Tlie diamond wwldinp; was celebrated by a largely-attend-ed family., reunion.. ' Tho Late Mrs, .W. S. Fitzgerald. -■ One. of Canterbury's early settlers died last week in Dunedin, viz., the wife of Mr.' W. S, ' rifsigfifald, .:!ate Inspector of Schools in Otngo. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald arrived in Now Zealand towards the end of 1862,. being then a. very young couple. The late Mr. F. Hay, of Pigeon ..Bay,, had smit a request to Dr. Uonar, thu Convenor of the Free Church' of Scotland, to send out fi"fully-qualified married teaolier to manage the boardingschool ho had started a few years previously, and which was then vacant, owing to the death'of Mr. Gillespie, tho first master sent out by Dr, Bonar, who was fortunate in. his selection in -.both cases. Mr.' and '"Mrs. Fitzgerald came out to fill , the position at short notice. Mrs. Fitzgerald, who also had an excellent training as a teacher, was specially suited for her future life. Hi the early '70's tliey -moved to Oainaru, where Mr. Fitzgerald was called to bo headmaster of the High School there, also a largo boarding-school. Some years later Mr. Fitzgerald was appointed rector o,f the Normal Training College in Dnnedin, i and later still became Inspector of ■ Schools in Otago. He conducted this important , .work: for <many years, but has now retired. In his earliest endeavours to assist iu the : progrdsa and improvement of State schools and all educational ficliemes,' he was always encouraged by his-sympathetic, .able.wife, .who'will bo 'much-missed-by''a Wide circle of friends. Sincere sympathy is felt for Mr. Fitzgerald and his family in their' fiorrow. Their eldest sons—twins—are both doctors; one, Dr. James Fitzgerald, practises'in,Dunedin, the other,) Dr. William Fitzgerald, iu Liverpool. Loth havo been' engaged in Army Medical Service 'during the war. There are, besides, two sons and two daughters left to mourn their loss.

Mrs. A. Gray was prevented by a ' severe' cold from attending tho meeting of tho Ladies' Committee nt the Returned Soldiers' .Club yesterday. Tho.E-cy.. C. A. Askoir, vicnr of St. and Mrs. Askew will leave for England this woelc. llrs. Austin Hny, of Christchurch, is at'present spending a holiday in Hawke's Bay. She is tho guest of Mrs. Angus, of "Kildonan," ifaraetotara. - Miss Ursula' , Elder is leaving to-day for 'a. visit'to Jlolb'fua , . ~;":' \,. ~ Mrs..-; Henry Hnll has. gone-to spend a holiday' in tlie''country and at Wa-nga-iuil.-- -,:-,-.:-T .-.:•-.-• -.---.- • Miss Beryl 'Barlo leaves to-day on a' visit to Mustifton. Whilst there she will be tho guest of Miss Marjorie Uaniells. .-'; / The Ladies'"'Auxiliary bf the Navy League provided the men who havojnst left on.a.minMweeping expedition with ■mino-sweepinsr gloves,-niostly provided by tho Picton branch. Lieutenant, and Mrs; A. L. Willis are - visiting: Auckland. '.Miss F. E. Konaldson, late assistant teiicher at the TimimrSouth School, has gone to Mnstefton,".where"she is to take up a position as nssistantteac'hcr at the. Sohvay Girls' College. Colonel D. and Mrs. Pringle, of Palmerstou North, are visiting Auckland. Sir Cecil ami Lady 'Moon, wlio have b&sn-residents of Diinedin"for the past ~hvp or. .three yews, are paying a farewell' visit 'to'..M,r. jiiid. Mrs.-ICitto, Bicoarton,' prior to 'their 'departure for l'iugland-by•'th'6"Ayrshire. 7 " . Nureo Pollard, of, Christchurch, is one of the nurses who have volunteorcd for epidemic work in Australia. Miss Olive , Boyne, of Palinerston North,, is leaving on Thursday by the Ru'aliine, for England, wlicre she will be married;to/Mr, F. W. Costih'Webb. Mrs. J. M. Gcdilis and her daughters purpose . visiting Botov.ua shortly. Mdlle. Antpnia. Dolores, the Frcnoh soprano, .sent, a wireless. message to her :manager,. ■Mγ. ]Junca.n..Npven, from tho '.Manulca , ''yesterday, roporting "All well, and looking forward , to our New Zealand tour and "the--renewal of many delightful friendships." Mdlle Dolores and party should, arrive, here on,. Thursday. Although'.' ii woman r.our.r'.'lior hns iieyo! , - Ikor K;i"«h(;f! in Vi'el'.irigfnn, AneU- . land has-tvn) ;in(! Chr.istelwreh one. J'n ■Auckland Mi.« Melville, .Vj*olifilnr .njil dencl o? thp Ci'ic Ler-i?u?. • .imt Tvlvs. U'Guii'e, vif.j o!' tho r.intliai! tendent-'of' tho-Auckl(in(l- ]To'--nilnl, : pro tho members, v:hi Ift in Clivisioliurch the honour lielovffs to Mrs. Ada W?'.ls. A practical exhihihion of boot rnpnirinj! was given to mt-inbers of tho iJnyno Women's .Ins.titulei, Braintrpn, by Lady I'otrr-, who'mil' patehw on i<);! uppers and soled and heeled (uvernl ■ pair* of boots mid slioec', doinc; ili.e 'work well. She Bnid that sir.ee the war r-lie liail re-paired nil her own footwear nml that nf hor. family. She rccnmineiuleii cobbling.-ns' ft very siiit.iblo industry for wmhen, Lidy Petre -fe Mio dn-ntl'jor of llic into Maioir.Roscawi'ii nnd. o! Lndy Mnrj'nivt ■Roscnwen'. }Wr Kusband. 'thi< Into Jnrrt Petro. died of wounds received in action ill 1015. ' . ■: Mi« Bartiell. th-opifleii lon'-lior r»f elocution in Aiickiciid, isi' a visiter hi. Wellington; •■■■ ■'■• ■ Miss noiona.Ciirspn, a nipiiilirr of Ilio J ChniitaiKjua imrly, at present in Wellington, i$ a Oonndian. nml urnuil of it. Rlio.is a nntive <if- Fretleriekslown, ■ in Kew Brunswick, and. has given her brains to the Chanta.nc|iin. moi-omont (so she, says) Iwciniseit ceomoil to be tlie only way in -which slin fun)'! "do her .liil" for huin«n<l,v. Mis? A T i:iMl:i ITmdnian; nnother flliaiitaukuan i<!)io'in ] M"oHin?l:on. comes from Pueblo. Cnlnnulo, but calls Portland'(Oregon) lior Jioiiiotnwn. ■ .