PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 6 May 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr H. Mullins, of the MastertonPost and Telegraph staff, who has been spending two months' sick leave at Auckland, has returned much benefited in health.

A London cable announces the death of Mr Walter Savili, senior partner in the Shaw, Savili and Albion Company.

The Rev. E. C. Somervnie, homomissionary for the Methodist Church at Palmerston and Waikouaiti, died r.i the Dunedin Hospital on Thursday afternoon, as the result of injuries su - tained through a collision between a motor bicycle which he was' riding and a buggy at Waikouaiti on Tuesday evening.

Messrs Redmond and Donovan, who spent a pleasant day in the Lower Valley yesterday, leave for Hastings this morning, and will assist Mr Hazelton in the Home Rule meeting in that township to-night.

Mr Adam McPherson, of Mangataiuoka, has resigned his position as a Justice of the Peace.

Mrs Gillinghani, daughter of Mr Wachsmann, manager for Dalgety and Company (Gisborne branch), collapsed after undergoing a slight operation yesterday morning, and died.

A cable message received from Sydney last night announces the death of Dr. Cambidge, Anglican Bishop of Bathhurst. Death was due to heart failure. Deceased was the oldest Bishop of Australia, and was twice act-ing-Primate.

Queen Alexandra has, according to a London cable, reached London on her return from the Continent. Mr E. W. G. Rathbouo, a wellknown Auckland journalist, died in that city on Tuesday night. Last week ho caught a chill, which turned to congestion of the lungs. The deceased was for many years editor of the- New Zealand. Graphic.

Dr. Pomare, Native Health Officer, is resigning his position in six time to contest the Western Maori seat. His chief object in seeking to defeat Mahuta is to help the Natives in raising a higher sanitary and hygienic level. Pepene Eketone, who was defeated at last election, is also standing.

A very pretty wedding was celebrated in the Methodist Church, Carterton, yesterday, by tho 'Rev. C-.--H. Standage, when Miss Phoebe Butler, second daughter of Mr George Butler of that town, was married to Mr Robert Totty of Ashburton. The bride, who, was give away by her father, was aSired in a dainty gown of chiffon taffeta, with pretty pearl garnitures, amd was attended by the Misses O. Zillwood (chief) and A. Mansfield, as bridesmaids, both of whom were dressed in becoming white embroidered Empire gowns, with black hats. Mr Jones, from Ashburton, was best man, and Mr Phil Andrews, of Carterton, groomsman. The wedding of Mr Vincent Richards, of Te Wharau, to Miss Budd, daughter of Mr Oliver Budd, of Longbush, took place at the residence of the bride's parents on Thursday afternoon. The Rev. L. Thompson, of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Carterton, was the officiating clergyman. The bride was attended by her sister as bridesmaid, and the bridegroom by bis brother as best man. After the nuptial knot was tied, a large circle of relations and friends sat down to a pleasant wedding breakfast and the usual toasts were honoured. The bridegroom and his bride later in the afternoon left per motor car. for Masterton and then by train for Wellington, where the honeymoon is to be spent.