PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10177, 1 March 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL

Lieut. Braggins; of the Masterton Fire Police, left for the Hokitika Con-ference-yesterday...

The deaths are announced frpm Palnierston North of Messrs George Parr and G. A. Saunders.

It is stated that if he is invited "by Requisition, Mr John McLachlan (for""merl'y M.P. for Ashburton) will contest the seat rit the next election.

11 The death took place at Blenheim on Friday night, after a long and painful illness, of one of the oldest settlers of Marlborough, Mr Register, who was borne in Blenheim sixty-five years ago.

The Mayor of Gisborne, Mr W. D. Lysnar, is on his way to Wellington to attend a, conference of committees. set up.by different centres in tion with the: handling of frozen pro- \ duce in London. ' .

Mr Clement L. Wragge has decided to make Auckland his headquarters. It is liis intention, to take a trip to Tonga to see the approaching eclipse of the sun under tKe.most favourable conditions. !

Mr McNicol, the managing editor 'of the Dannevirke News, was presented with a silver tea-service by the staff of the paper on Saturday, on the occasion of Ms approaching marriage. Mr Farquharson, the third t , New Zealand Rhodes scholar, has been appointed petrologist to the Westralian Government, states a Dunedin Presa Association telegram.' " . ,

A Chri'stchurch telegram states that Mr Walter Johnson has resigned the position- of secretary of the Council of . Zealand Amateur Swimming , Associated, on account of the pressure of private business. Mr P. N. Rundle has been elected in Mr Johnson?s place.

The Hon. Captain Bailie, M.L.C., has just celebrated his /84th birthday. He has been' a. member of the Legislative Council since 1861, and was for thirty years its Chairman of Committees;. •

>:, On being asked ', by a representative of the Oamaru Mail whether he would * be a candidate at -the next general . election,"the Hon. T. Y. Duncan gave an assurance .that lie would offer his - services' te the electors of the" Oamaru * constituency again. He said that his health was better thari it had been for some time, and a few weeks with, a threshing mill by way of exercise had left him feeling very fit. t A pretty wedding was .solemnised in St. Jolm's on Wednesday last, hv thb Rev, E. Robertshawe, when Miss Mary Kershaw, second danejliW of Mr W. Kershaw, fbrmerlv of Eketahuna.'t.was married to- Mr Ottadini,'formerly of Herbert•vilje. ; , •,''■.. ""' '.,...;