PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9161, 7 August 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr A. McLeod, of Masterton, who is on a visit to the OKI Country, has cabled to friends in Masterton that he arrived in London yesterday. It is stated that Dr McEvedy (vicecaptain of the English t'ontball team) will probably settle in Levin. Dr. McEvedy is a ISlevv Zealander by birth, and has been in England finishing his studies. At Kaivvaiwai, on Wednesday, Miss Winifred Constance Cundy, daughter of Mr J. S. Cundy, of Featherston, was married to Mr Arthur Thomas Benton, eldest son of Mr Thomas Benton, of, Feathei'ston. Mr S. Benton was best man, and Messrs F. Benton and G. Cundy, groomsmen. Misses I. Cundy, K Cundy, L. Cundy and J. Cundy were bridesmaids. The fun>ral of the late Mrs Tresize, of Pahiatua, daughter of Mr and Mrs R. G. Welch, of Dalefield, took place yesterday afternoon, the interment taking place at the Grey to ton Cemetery. The cortege was a large and repesentative one, being fully balf-a-mile in length. The burial service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. W. J. Elliott, of tne Carterton Methodist Church. The-pall-bearers were Messi'3 J. A. Ordish, Ed. Tunniclift'e, Gordon and McKenzie. Firemen throughout New Zealand will be pleased to hear that Mr J. G. Giloerd, secretary of the United Fire Brigades' Association, who proceeded to England a few months ago for medical advice, has received a favourable report as to his condition. In writing to a Paimerston North resident, Mr Gilberd says the specialist has informed him that his complaint is not serious, but he will require a lengthy rest, and will probably compel him to relinquish fire brigade work. He intends leaving for New Zealand with Mrs Gilberd on October 2nd. At St. Patrick's Church, Masterton, yesterday morning. Miss Mar garet Byrne was Received as a novice, and took the religious name of Sister Mary Josephine /vlphonsus. The carerr.ony was preceded by a procession, the candidate being attired in her bridal robes, and was preceded by a cross-bearer dnd two little "angels" (bridesmaids) dressed in white. Arriving at the altar, she was interrogated as to her vow?, and then retired to change into the religious habit in which she was received. The Very Eev. Dean McKenna, who performed the ceremony in the absence of Archbishop Redwood, preached a sermon appropriate to the occasion. The other members of the clergy present were Rev. Fathers T. McKenna (Pahiatua), Welch (Hutt), and Kelly. There was a very large congregation to witness tne interesting ceremony.

Mrs Eeynon Puddicombe (better known as "Allen Raine," the Welsh novelist), who died on June List in Cardigan, had bc:en an invalid for some time. She was the author of nine novels, the last one being "Neither Storehouse nor Barn," which was published recently. Writing with a knowledge of Wales and its people, its legend* and traditions, and telling her stories in a clear and simple manner, her works gained a wide popularity, and their total circulation has already reached about two millions. Mrs Puddicombe was born at Newcastle Bmlyn, and was the daughter of Mr Benjamin Evans, solicitor. Her .early days were spent in Wales, and she married Mr Beynon Puddicombe, of Winchrnore Hill, Middlesex, who died in 1906. Her first literary effort wa3 "Ynysoer," a story of fisher life, which won the prize at the National Eisteddfod of 1894 for the best tale of Welsh life and character. Three years later her first novel, "A Welsh Singer," was published, and has had a circulation of upwards oi:' a quarter of a million.