PERSONAL

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 62, 19 November 1881, Page 150

PERSONAL

— The following marriages hare been announced, since our last : — Leslie Stuart Gregson, eldest son of Captain J. L. Gregson, Victoria, to Harriet George, daughter of the late William George, Auckland ; James Branton Massey to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. B. Wadclel ; John Ward Wilkcs to Eliza Yates, late of Warwick, England ; Henry Pierce Birch to Eleanor Jessie Forgie ; John, eldest son of Joseph May, Esq., Mount Roskill, to Sarah Wilson, eldest daughter of Robert Bent, Esq., Waiuku.

— Mrs Olson left for Tasmania on Thursday. — Mr G. Eraser is engaged to Miss E. Watson. — Harry Birch has led to the hymeneal altar Miss E. j". Forgie. — Miss McNicol, of Waikato, was the belle at the bachelor's ball at Wairoa South . — Mr Craig, of Ponsonby, is said to be engaged to Miss M. A. Ross of Union-street. — Mr Shechan loses fifteen guineas a day while in Auckland. — Mr Michael Malavey has returned from the South to be married to Miss M. A. Watson. — Arthur Stretton has gone on a surveying expedition. Banjo ditto. — Alf Gilbert, looking handsomer than ever, has returned from a cruize to the islands. — Sir George Grey was at St. Paul's Church on Sunday. — A quadrille party, held recently in one of the outlying suburbs, ended in something akin to a free fight. — The detectives hint that many of the socalled burglaries have no foundation in fact. Ahem! — A Pakuranga correspondent says Mr J. Trust and Miss Mary Harris are to be married shortly. —Mr Slater, the organist of St. Mary's, is leaving at the end of the year in consequence of a reduction being made in his salary. — On dit that the charming Miss Lanford, one of the belles of Ponsonby, is engaged to be married to Mr Owen, jun., son of Mr G. W. Owen. — The Loch Dee goes to Canterbury this voyage, so the lady friends of the chief officer, genial Davy Wilson, will not see him again for a time. — Miss Naden, of Ponsonby, is to be married shortly to Mr Woods, the worthy secretary of St. Matthew's Choir. — A curiosity, in the shape of a veal and ham pie from boiled mutton, was discovered at the Agricultural Show lunch. — An engagement is announced between Mr William Farrell, of Onehunga, and Miss Rolands, of the same locality. — Tom Halstead goes home shortly to enter the Royal Veterinary College, London. He remains there two years, and then returns to Auckland. — Amalgamation of the races is the favourite solution of the native question at Ahipara. The local schoolmaster is expected shortly to marry a pretty half-caste. • — Dr Goldsbro', M.D., will shortly enjoy a well-earned fortnight's holiday in Christchurch. He suffers from rheumatism, and requires rest and a change of air. — Ned Dickey, of Waikato, is to be married to Miss Fanny Howard, of Onehunga, at the end of the month. Georgie Grey comes up to act as best man. — Mr J. Baker, of the Post-office, was married to Miss E. Hyde, of Wellington, on Wednesday, 16th inst. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride's sister in Nelson-street. — George Blaydes has been appointed choir master at St. Mary's, Parnell, vice Gooch resigned. The latter has since joined St. Mark's choir, Epsom. — Charlie Burgess was married on Tuesday last to Miss Swinnerton, the acknowledged belle of the North Shore. May you see your golden wedding day, Charlie, and be happy all the time. — The City of Cork fishing party were luckier than ever on Saturday, catching fish as fast as they could put their lines down. Altogether about 500 schnapper were brought home. — Mr Robert Tudehope was married to Miss Ada Bartley on Wednesday, 16th inst, the ceremony taking place at the residence of the bride's father in Nelson-street. This is Mr Tudehope's second matrimonial experiment. — Wednesday, 23rd, will be a red-letter day at Newton, for, in addition to the usual anniversary spree, the following teachers are to tie the knot, viz. — Mr R. F. Webster and Miss Potter, and Mr Hooten and Miss G. Potter. I — Captain Ashby writes to us that he hopes to be in Auckland Avith Mrs Ashby by the first week in January. The newly -married pair are coming via Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, and intend making some stay at each port. — Who was it started the canard about Ouida's death ? That estimable and frisky authoress is not only in the land of the living but hard at work, for Chatto and Windus announce a now novel from her prolific pen almost immediately. — D. M. Maelntyre, the well-known mining speculator and bachelor of many years standing, has succumbed to the charms of a blushing Otago maiden. Mac and his wife may be expected here shortly. — Tom Johnson, the proprietor of the Windsor Castle Hotel, Parnell, is a very old identity. He is an old man-o'-war's man, and pulled the stroke oar in the boat's crew that rowed Governor Hobson ashore when lie first visited the present site of Auckland. What changes that old man has seen ! —Prophet Wood, of the Thames, has a good deal of solid, dry humour about his old clothes. In a recent edition of his semi-occasional prophetic paper, "Enoch," he began a begging appeal to his readers as follows :— " Dear friends,— Silver and gold have we none, and darned few coppers." Oh ! those bawbees. — Another champion mean man has been discovered. He belonged to a Mutual Improvement Association, but only attended half the session. The treasurer had allowed his subscription of 2s 6d to remain uncollected, and when he called for it, the festive youth, with questionable honesty, scrupulously doled out Is 3d, but refused to give a penny more. _ — Some of the Newton " boys " held a winning ticket in a Southern sweep, and. are goingto marry upon the proceeds. The following engagements have been forwarded us (duly authenticated by the sender's name and address) : — Mr J. Rowe to Miss J. Matthews, on the first Monday in next month ; Mr C. Colgan to Miss Brewer ; Mr T. Craig to Miss Ross ; Mr C. Nicholson to Miss E. ftowe ; Mr J. Hobson to Miss M. Rowe j Jack Hopkins to Miss A. Tellis.