PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9645, 10 November 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr W. H. Price has been elected; secretary of the Martinborough Gun Club, vice Mr D. Byrne resigned* Mr Belloe, who has just died i'n> Dunedin, was for 25 years a settler of the Feiiding district, and kept the Empire Hotel for some years. She leaves a family of four sons and three) daughters, all of whom are married.' Miss A. MacEwan, a young lady who is leaving Hawke's Bay for missionary work in China, will take her departure from Wellington on the 12th inst.. to join the steamer Eastern, due to leave Sydney foe > ■ Hong Kong on the 20th. A Christchurch correspondent states that the accident that befel C. Jenkins when he fell off War Song in the Welcome Stakes on Saturday was of a much more serious nature than at first supposed. At the present the Wellington horseman is in rather a precarious coaj dition. Sir Francis Price, having disposed] of his Hawke's Bay property, intends leaving for England shortly." The Putorino station consists of thirty-two thousand acres native i lease, and was sold as a going concern, including nine thousand sheep and two hundred and fifty head of cattle, to Mr Patrick Patullo, of Dunedin. It has been decided, reports the "New Zealand Tablet," to tender a farewell, in connection with the silver jubilee of his or.ii nation to the priesthood, to the Rev. Dr Cleary on Monday evening, November 29tbi The Rev. Dr Cleary leaves Dunedin for Welliogton on the following morning, where he will join the lonic, which sails for Monte Video on December 2nd.

The death occurred yesterday morning of Mies Ada Sabina Gardner, youngest daughter of the late Mr George Gardner of the firm of Gardner and Sons, timber merchants;' of Masterton. the deceased v. as very popular, her kindly nature endearing her to all who knew her. The late Miss Gardner, who was twenty yeara of age, had been ill for about twelve months. She had been a well-known hockey player, having been a member of the old Glengarry team. * Mrs , Waterhouse, who died iri Hawthorn, Melbourne, was the relict of the late Rev. Joseph WaterhouseJj Mr Waterhouse was drowned in the wreck of the Tararua, on Waipapa Point, New Zealand, in 1881. His wife was a native of Hobait, and when the shipbuilding industry was a great source of .employment there, her father, Mr John Watson, was one 6%. the best knowii shipbuilders. Immediately after her marriage she accompanied her husband to Fiji. Iri those days wars were prevalent,, and cannibalism was rife. It was during Mr Waterhouse's stay in Fiji, and largely through his influence, that the noted Thakombau abandoned heathenism. Since her husband's, death Mrs Waterhouse had resided in Hawthorn. At the residence of the bride's parents yesterday, Miss Asenatti Laura Joy, - fourth daughter . and Mrs G. L. Joy, of was married to Mr Albert Donald,. 1 son of Mr and Mrs David -Donald, of Master ton. The bride was dressed in aD empire gown of cream satinBtriped voile, and,wore ,the orthodox, veil and orange blossoms,, carrying a shower bcUquet of white roses and carnations, Miss Bessie Joy and Miss> Mary Donald were the .bridesmaids,' and each wore princes" ibbes o£ white crepe de luxe with white net hats, and carried shower bouquets of pink sweet peas and cream rosea. Mr A. C. Williams was be it man,' and Mr J. Joy groomsman. The ceremony was performed ;,by Rev. A. Hodge. The bride's trave'ling dress was a grey tailor-made costume and a periwinkle crinoline hat.trimmed with black jet and velvet'ribbon to match. There was a large attendance at the wedding breakfast where felicitous speeches were made and good wishes extended to Mr and Mrs Donald for their future welfare. The newly-wedded couple subsequently left for Palmerston North, en route to Auckland, where the honeymoon is to be spent. A pretty wedding was celebrated at S. Mark's Church, Mangatainoka; yesterday afternoon, writes bur Pahiatua correspondent. The brida was Miss Susannah' Trengrove, youngest daughter of Mr-T. Trengrbve, who was charmingly dressed in a princess gown of satin pailette> with panel of embossed (silk filet, and carried a bouquet of Marcheneil

roses and asparagus ferns, the bridegroom being Mr James D. G. HayDurand, youngest son of the late Colonel J. R. B. Hay-Durand, Royal Artillery, England. The bridesmaids were Misses Grace Gardner and Eva Close, both of whom carried crooks of mauve sweet peas and maiden hair ferns, and three little dots, Lorna and Thelma Trengrove and Dulce Gardner, who were dressed in em-

broidered muslin, and carried baskets; of rnses and wore coronets. Mr R. Sutherland was best man, Mr T. Trengrove was groomsman, and tha bride was given away by her father,' As the bridal party left the church, Mrs Rombach played Mendelssohn's Wedding March. A reception was held subsequently at "The Pines,'.* the residence of the bride's parents.' Mr and Mrs Hay-Durand left by the evening train on their way to Rotor.ua, where the honeymoon is to be spent, the bride's travelling dress being of heliotrope Btriped linen, with hat to match and feather stoile.' Their future home will be at Manunui, in the King Country.