At the Lutheran Church, Halcomb*, last week, the golden wedding of Mr und Mrs Kreegher was celebrated, the couple having been married in Germany on September 20, 1873. The service was conducted by the Rev. Te Punga. The happy couple are still hale and hearty. They have eight soils, living in .New Zealand and one ,in Germany, and one daughter, and ! # also 26 grand-children. i It is rarely that footballers over the I age of 40 years are found in repre- | sentative teams, but the Maori repre- j ! sentetive team which travelled from i Tailiape to Mal’ton to play in the ! Maori Shield match included five ; players over the age of 40, and two ' of these each had a son playing in the • " same game. The only two tries scored j *by the team were by two players ; t over 40, one of whom turns the scale t at I6st 81b. | Addressed "Receive]- of Reverence, i \ New Plymouth,” a letter which re- . ceuily passed through tire Post Office there must have caused the postal | officials some serious thought as to i >' its intended destination. It was de- . .livered, however, to the chief clerk of • d‘6 Lands and Survey Department. . | who proved t’ne rightful recipient, j . f Perhaps -3s she result of the- slump all | the writer could pay the department •" • c : -mince.—Herald, j Archdeacon York and Mr F. E. Fair- ! ! weal tier, who (have just returned to ; j Rh'-iiliei.-ii from a trip to the South ; j Sea Islands, were privileged to take - part in the consecration ceremony at j the opening of a new Masonic Temj pie at Apia. Samoa. The ceremony j of consecration and the installation of | the first Worshipful Master of Lodge 1 Calliope No. 252 of the New Zealand Constitution, was performed by Most 1 Worshipful. Acting-Grand Master Dougall, of Christ,church, assisted by members of Grand Lodge and breth- ■ ren. *
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Otaki Mail, 3 October 1923, Page 4
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