PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 11 September 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

ilrs Tuckey, wife of the Rev. H. E. Tuckey, died last evening, states a Wellington P.A. wire.

The death occurred in Wellington last evening of Captain Wheeler, formerly one of the best known master mariners in the coastal and intercolonial trade, aged 83. —P.A.

Dr. Climie, formerly Superior of the Redomptorist Order of "Wellington, has been appointed first Archbishop of West Australia. ,He left Wellington four years ago to become Superior of the Order in Perth ,and in 1911 was appointed Bishop of Perth, which until now has been attached to the see of Adelaide.

* The death is reported of Mrs Wiremu Te Whiti, at the age of 42 years. She was a member of the Ngamutunga tribe, being a daughter-in-law of the late well-known Maori chief, Te Whiti, and a half-sister to Dr. Pomare. The body will be remover to Urenui, where a tangi is to he held.

The death of Lady Lever, wife of Sir William H. Lever, who recently presented Stafford House, London, to i he nation, occurred last month, at Thornton Manor, Cheshire. Lady Lever, who was a daughter of Mr Crompton Hulme, of Bolton, was a clever woman, a writer of more than one play, and a very considerable traveller. A» recently as the autumn of last year she accompanied her husband to the Belgian Congo, and travelled thousands of miles in Central Africa, crossing the Equator four times, and on her return in March of this year she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

A pretty wedding wRs celebrated at the new Baptist Tabernacle, New Plymouth, yesterday morning, when Miss Constance Alvina, the youngest daughter'of Mr and Mrs H. S. Sanders (late of Stratford), was married to Mr Randoll Staples, son of Mr S. A. Staples, of Ellerslie, Christchurch, the ceremony being solemnised by the Rev. F. Hales. The bride was given away by her father. The bridesmaids were Miss Elsie Butcher and Miss Sylvia Penwarden. Mr Percy. Davis, of Christchurch, acted as best man, and Mr Clyde Penwarden was groomsman. After the ceremony the humorous guests were received by the bride’s parents at the wedding breakfast at May and Arfowsmith’s tea room's, Devon street. The happy couple then loft by train for Wanganui, where the honeymoon will be spent. Mr and Mrs Staples -will make their future home in Christchurch. ! reward of £lO9

As the wife of a former British diplomat, Lady Maodonell in her reminiscences tells the following story of Ileriiri 1875-78“ The Crown Prince, now the Kaiser, was a frequent visitor; he was then a fine young man with a strong sense of fun and teasing. He liked our English teas, ahd afterwards used to claim me for a game of draughts. In the salon there was a big window with a deep seat that he especially favored;'to this a small table was drawn up and fine battle ensued over the board. I shall never forget one occasion when be accused me of cheating. He was so apparently serious that I became infuriated, and, unmindful of bis high estate or my duty as hostess, I impulsively leant across the table and boxed his ears! His sense of humor and the satisfaction of having been so successful in working upon my feelings saved the situation. I received full punishment later, for ever afterwards when lie met me he used to cry, T know a ladv who cheats at draughts!’ ”