PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 80, 11 April 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr F. N. Fussell, who recently went south to be present at his parents’ golden wedding celebrations, returned to Stratford last evening. Mr Herbert E. Lawrence, solicitor, of Dunedin, lias arrived in Stratiord, where lie intends practising his pro fession. , The accounts of the Duchy of Cornwall show that the income of the Prince of Wales, who is also Duke of Cornwall, amounts to £81,350 from that source alone. ' Mr Frank G. Magnusson, who re signed the position cf town clerk at Dannevirke recently, has been ap pointed secretary to the Hawera County Electrical Supply Company, out of 145 applicants.—P.A. Association.

Colonel Wolf, who met with an injury while inspecting a proposed site for a rifle range, has recovered sufficiently to be able to leave Nurse Hunt’s private hospital (says the Hawera Star), and returned to Wellington yesterday.

Mrs Charles M. Alexander, wife of the evangelist, who has resting in Australia after a serious operation in December last, has arrived in Wellington by the Moeraki. Mrs Alexander has now completely recovered from the effects of her illness, and she will take up her work with the mission party at once.

The Hon. James Allen will probably leave Liverpool for New York by the Cunard liner Caronia on April 19th. In Canada, the Minister of Defence will confer with several prominent politicians, and he will join the Makura at Vancouver on May 14th, for Auckland. He is due to arrive in the dominion about June Bth. While in London, Mr Allen recently spent a week-end with Lord Roberts.

Mr P. Keller, engineer in charge of the works at Whangamomona, was the recipient of a handsome presentation by the staff on the public works. Mr, Ferguson, in making the presentation, wished Mr Keller every success in his future life as a benedict. Mr Keller will leave in a few days for the West Coast of the South Island, and will return with the future Mrs Keller. Mr Keller will reside at Kohuratahi, where there is an army of men building bis new residence, says the Herald correspondent.

Mr W. B. Fisher received official intimation from London on Wednesday that his Majesty King George has conferred upon him the discretion of “Esquire of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem” in recognition of His long services'’ on- iA behalf of the Order. He is the fffst New Zealander raised to the grade of “Esquire” in the revived order of the Knights of Malta. Mr Fisher’s activities in connection with the Order are well known in both Wellington and Dunedin, as he has associated himself with others in promoting the various subsidiary institutions established by the Order, notably the St. John Ambulance Association and the St. John Ambulance Brigade. He founded the New Zealand branch of the latter institution in Dunedin about twenty years ago. The insignia of the Order which Mr Fisher is now entitled to wear includes the eight-pointed star sanctioned by Pope Pascal 11. in the year 1113;

A London correspondent writes under date February 28th: There were brilliant scenes at Ascot on the occasion of the marriage of Lady Edwina Roberts, younger daughter of Field Marshall Lord Roberts, and MajorHenry Lewin, of the Royal Field Artillery. Thousands of visitors assembled outside the quaint church of All Saints to witness the arrival and departure of the bridal cortege. Lady Edwina, who was escorted by her father, looked charming in a lovely gown of white and gold brocade, the train cut square, and the neck filled in with fine lace. The veil was of beautiful Brussels lace, draped over a wreath of small orange blossom, falling to the waist back and front. Her bouquet ol lillies of the valley and orchids, surmounted by a frill of Car-, riok-macross lace, with a silver holder, ingeniously constructed, so that it can be used as a flower vase, was the gift of the Pilgrims’ Club, of which Lord Roberts is president. On leaving the church the bride and bridegroom found an imposing cortege awaiting them. Their carriage was harnessed to a team of six bay horses, and three!of these were ridden by subalterns of Major Lewin’s battery as postilionsi