PERSONAL.

Otaki Mail, 26 February 1919, Page 2

PERSONAL.

The friends of Mr G. M. Lcihbridpe will be pleased to know that he is now making good progress after an operation which was performed on him a few days ago at Wanganui.

I Among those ritsiixiag hoia" di>c ho arrive short!;.- are:—€org!j. Horn CXauakais), privates W. Horrofcir aid ; J. Hooper (Levin), 0. Keats filanuJkau), Geo. Pepjß? ' ind J = ft £°S?ie* {Ofaki}. A quiet wedding was.performed at Otaki yesterday by the Bcgistrar 'Mr •T. TV. Hodgson}, whea 31/ Charles Morris, reinxned soldier, of Oraki, w-as » tiZtited ie holy bonds of icatrimonv to [iliss Charlotte Elizabeth Hseje:". ot I Te Horo. | ilr.s A. A. Bright and Mis* Valerie j Bright, of Otalri, accompanied by Mrs j JB. McDonald and Jlr= Hrdi o f Bevin I J South Island. The toni will embrace I lie Cold Bakes and all xh* towns 1 jit is hoped the trip wi!l be i smdrfferent of late.'. -. j A (jciei wedding was celebrated zx } Masteries on Saturday moraine, vrhaa ' Mr Sayaond' Lee. eldest son of Mr C. . ; W. Lse. of St." John's Eu). "IVanaanoi ? of Mxa Matiriee Kathaa, of HaS^^

Lieut-Colonel Guy Powles, C.M.G., D. 5.0., late of-Otaki, who was with the New Zealand Mounted Division .right through the Palestine campaign, has 1 advised his friends that ho sailed for . New Zealand from Liverpool by tho | Ajana on February 7. Ho should arI rive here about the middle of March I next. ' Miss Lunceley, of the Chautauqua | party, arrived from Auckland on Saturday, and will open her tour of the ' North Island in Wellington early next . week. Miss Lancelcy has just closed a long circuit, in- Australia, where she sang in over, fifty cities for the Australian Chautauqua system. After leaving Wellington, Miss Lancelcy will tour the provincial centres, and subs sequently will tour England. ! The many friends of Mr .T. ,T. MeI Grath, barrister and solicitor, of Weii lington, will regret to learn that he has been ordered into a private hospital to undergo rest and treatment for tho next few weeks. Mr MeGrath, it will be remembered, took a prominent part as a voluntary helper during the recent influenza epidemic. One-htmdrcd-and-onc and still hale and hearty. Such is the condition of Mr Robert Howe, of Gladstone, who reached this ripe old age on Friday last. On his birthday a fairly large surprise parly waited upon him, and were grtictly entertained by the old

man's vigorous views upon things of the day. Mr Rowe's mental faculties are as keen as they ever were, and his eyesight as good if not better than-a young man of the present day. He is -still actively engaged in running his farm, and enjoys the best of health.'

The Hon. A. L. D. Eraser died at (lie residence of his father-in-law, Mr W. Y. Dennett, Hastings, on Monday, a iter an illness extending over two years; aged 57. The late .Mr Frascr was burn at Kaiapoi, Canterbury, in ISH2, ami settled in Hawke's Bay in 1881. After sonic, years" service as a school teacher, he became an advocate in the Native, Land Court, and from 1899 to 1908 represented Napier in the House of Representatives. A few years ago he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council. During his Parliamentary career tho lato Mr Fraser made a particular impression on the House by virtue of his wide kuowledgc of Native Land Affairs. For years he was Chairman of tho Native Affairs Committee. At the outbreak of the war he took a

prominent part at Hastings in connection with patriotic efforts, but ill-health necessitated more than one trip to SytU noy in search of health, of which he hud been deprived for quite a number of years.