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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 4

■■As'tilfca'dynimomic-flcl, ainuirrJc'go is arrifiVgc^l 'l)et*ccn tlie'ReVj Stephen E. Gladstone, rector of Ha-wai-dcn, and Miss Annie C, Wilson,

of Liverpool. ' I'he' interest of! this formal announcement jvill be greatly increased m the eyes of" many .readers, if it. be; s ; upple\ncntecl with the romantic lit'le story of thfe first., noting,, told .by,.. a., c0-respondent, lliither more than,. two. years ago Mr .<s^adstp.ne .w.ent to Liverpool to assist at the opening of St. Jude's Church. Tiie house of the vicar Dr M\Meile, beii^g foil, he was compelled to ask a member of his congregation to euterain; ..tl^e Premier's' ; sou. This happened to be- Mi*' ,A'Yi)son, a. sur ; geon, ;no.te(l for bis strong Tory principles. The widest -political differences., however, present no ba.rrier to hospitality, and howl "'graciously its duties' we" y e fulfi'l'ecl ■by ; ;fcbe su.rgepn'a i. fair By- may : be guessed by the sequel. From the' meeting | which seemed so purely accidental, has sprung an attachment ■swbicb,w|ll link die-Frernier's-^a/nily. still closer to- ibis native town by transferring one of its daughters . >to\ r.he/pavsona ( >c house, which;? together with a stipend of £8000 a year, belonas to the lector 'of H&warden.v.