PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10282, 10 July 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL

The Rev. W. H. Speer, of Pahiatua. conducted the services at the Masterton Methodist Church ye.terday. A Q".)Mchurch telegram says that the statement that Messrs J. G. ELvl J. T. i)..u-a!l mil J. R. Brunt win contest the Christchurch City foar* m i the Opposition interest is officii iy denied. Ti io expected that a selection will oe "made wit-hm the next twr or thr-e clmvs . Mr Ji-hn Strjirg. o< Gleusicle, l.±:<sterton, ac; oh)|i ; >h'e ' by Mrs >iv ":,r and their '■ siiiigeic i'jv:ghter, leave fjr the Old Country on Thursday next The object of Mr Strang's visit home is to consult the liiost eminent Ei'.lish opticians concerning his eyesight, which has latterly been failing. It I is stated that Mrs W. Cooper will aci "oir.pany them on their trip. | Mr C. N. Baeyertz, who will jnige the literary competitions this week, arrives in Masterton to-day. IV. Bradshaw is also expected from Christchurch to-night. A Lpndon cable states that thv Duchess of Argyle is snffo. ing from acute laryngitis. The death is announced by London : cjible received last night, «-.f Mr Edward Decey, author and journalist Sir James Carroll is to he tt*nJ«>ied a banquet in "Wellingt jn in honour of his knighthood. Sir J. Kirk, secretary to the Ragged Schools' Union, has sailed from Loudon for Australia. During their stay m Masterton for <Lo competitions; Dr. BrnJs!vuv will be the guest of Dr. Archer Hoiking, and Mr C. N. Baeyertz of the Bex. A .-.■ Hodge. The friends of Mr A. P. Rawson, of Masterton, who is an inmate of the Lansdowne Hospital, will regret to learn that there are at present no signs of improvement in his condition. Mr D. B. Thompson, of Masterton, who has been for some weeks in the hospital at suffering from a bad attack of pleurisy, is in much the same state as when he entered the institution.