PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL

Major T. ,Sutherla.ia, of Mttnaia, lias been promoted to thg janli at Lieut;Colonel.

Mr. T. BeiirtitaeF) New Plymouth borough manage ia afe present confined to his home through ffidispesifeien. Mr. Jas. MctjbfjJj president of the New Zealand (jhi&fl returned from Wellington by itidil train last night.

The Crown Pi'feua at Japan received an enthusiastic welcome At Gibraltar on Sunday. The vvtfj'iiilpj were brilliant l ly illuminated.

Sir Edward Carson has accepted a judgeship in tfca Appeal DlviSionj though he will remain in the House of Commons until the Irish elections. The marriage of Mrs. F. E. Baume, of Auckland, to Mr. E. W. Kane, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, Wellington, took place privately at Rotorua the other day.

Cabled advics was received on Saturday that Mr, Mft-iMey and his party had arrived at Honolulu, All are well. It is expected .that Vancouver will be reached on May 0,

Father Dignau, of Hawke’s Bay, lias been appointed to the position of assistant priest at St. Mary’s, Manchester Street, Christchurch. He was for some years at the Christchurch diocese.

Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P. for Waitomo, was a passenger for Wellington by the mail train yesterday. He expects to return to New Plymouth on Thursday.

Mr. T. A. Melville leaves Kaponga to-morro\v morning for a. trip to Tasmania, where he will stay for a couple of months, visiting his people, after twenty-seven years’ residence in Kap’onga.

Mr. J. D. Mitchell, of Manaia, attained. his 81st birthday on Saturday. Friends celebrated the occasion by calling on him and presenting him with a gold medal. Mr. Mitchell is known as a breeder of draught horses throughout the Dominion.

Mrs. Heni Te Rei, a chieftainess of the Ngatitoa, Ngatiraukawa and Ngatihuia tribes, died at Otaki on Friday, aged 92. The deceased was present at the building of the historical native church at Otaki.

At last week’s Mayoral election Mr. B. Dive was returned as Mayor of Tanranga. The voting was: Dive, 479; B. C. Robbins, 386;. C. E. McMillan, 141. Mr. Dive was formerly M.P. for Egmont, and Mr, Robbins ex-Mayor of Hawera.

London capers just to hand contain obituary notices of Mrs. Florence Barclay, the popular novelist, author of "The Rosary” and other works, who died on March 10 at Limpsfield Court, Surrey, from heart failure, after an operation.

The death occurred on Thursday of an old resident of the Woodville* district in the person of Mr. Alexander Gordon. The deceased, who was eightytwo years of age, was born in Banffshire, Scotland, and came to New Zealand in 1865.

Old boys of the Wanganui Collegiate School entertained the ex-principai of the school (Mr. W. Empson) and Mrs. Empson at dinner in Wellington last week. Mr. and Mrs. Empson leave for England by the Tainui on May 11.

Mr. L. J. Bery, of Christchurch, has been appointed organising secretary for the New Zealand Newspaper Proprietors’ Association. Mr. Bery has been for some yearns acting part-time secretary of the association, but in future he will devote his whole time to the work. The headquarters of the association will be situated in Wellington. —Press Association. Cardinal" Bourne celebrated on Sunday the silver jubilee of his episcopate at Westminster Cathedral. The assemblage included diplomatic representatives of Spain, Austria and Belgium. The Pope sent his blessing. Mr. Lloyd George telegraphed that he hoped the Cardinal would long be spared to labor in the nation’s social life. Congratulations were received from all over the world.

The pupils of the New Plymouth Girls’ High School yesterday presented Miss Barr, the principal, who is leaving to take a position in Hawke’s Bay, with a leather writing-case and a small, handsome black marble clock. The presentation was made by Miss Meg Thompson, who, on behalf of the school, expressed regret at Miss Barr’s resignation, and wished her all/happiness and success in the future. In her reply, Miss Barr said she was sorry to leave the school, and would never forget the pupils nor the people of the town and district, who had been so kind to her during her term of office.

The marriage of two members of very welbknown Canterbury families took place at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Auckland, when Mis? Ida Ruth Studholme, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Studholme (formerly of South Canterbury and now of “Otaha”, Bay of Islands)*, was married to Mr. Douglas Deans,

sixth son of Mrs. John Deans, of Riccarton, Christchurch. The service was choral, and was conducted by the Right. Rev. Bishop Averill. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of lemon-colored taffetas heavily hand-embroidered in gold and silver motifs, and finished at the waist with a broad girdle. The tulle veil, embroidered in gold thread, was fastened - with a golden Russian coronet, together with leaves and orange blossoms. Two little children, Effie Diana Studholme and Austin Deans, carried the train, which was formed by the long tulle wedding veil. Miss Audrey Studholme was chief bridesmaid, and wore a frock of silk lace over pink silk, with a hy* drangea blue taffetas bands, and hat of ruched silver tissue with brim of transparent lace finished with hydrangea blue streamers. A reception was subsequently held at Mrs. Foster’s residence, Remu* era.