PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10448, 13 October 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The death is announced of Mr SH. Mirams, extCity. Surveyor of Dunedin, aged eeverity-five years. 'Mr Tom Mason, of Nireaha, ac■companiedby Mrs Mason;, leaves next... week on a visit to the Old' Country. The'death is announced of theßight., Rev. Dr. Oilier, Roman Catholic Bishop of Tonga, who passed away on; Sunday, September 17. Mr H: I. Hobden, a, vwell-known. chemist in Auckland; a,n,d>a prominent Mason, died suddenly in Auckland on Wednesday from apoplexy,' states. a • Press Association message. 1 Mr A. W. Hogg, M.P., is still very a poorly m health,, and has been granted*. 1 leave of absence fronr Parliament for the remainder of the session.

A presentation is to be made this afternoon -by the members of the Parliamentary Debating Society to Mr D. Heberiton, prior to his leaving Masterton for Ceylon, v •••'• ; •'

; The • death occurred at Nelson on Wednesday of Mr A. J. Lichfield, one of the tpioneers of the Wau-au district, aged sixty-seven years. The deceased, who was one of the first students of Nel von College, had served on a number of local bodies. '

Mesdames P. McLaren and W. Cooper, of Wairarapa, who have been \J on a visit to the Old Country, t were to •j| have left London yesterday on their ~*J return to New Zealand. "Mr John Strang and his party leave London on ;the 17th inst. *

The death wj?s announced in the Age yesterday of Mr John "Carr," formerly of Masterton. This was an error in telegraphic transmission. The • message referred to Mr John Yarr, who had been in the Napier Hospital for about twelve months. The lateMr. Yarr resided in Masterton for some years, and was employed by Messrs Bunny and Dolan, solicitors. He took an active part in local poli-. tics, and was for a time, a .member of the Masterton Borough.Council. He was subsequently employed by Mr B. J. Dolaii, solicitor; of Napier. , Mrs l c Yarr died about twelve months ago. J The death is announced, '■ at the age of seventy-seven, of Mrs Cameron', re- '" lict of the late Mr -Alexander Camer- " on, of Kaiwarra. The deceased, with her parents ■ (the late Mr and Mrs Hugh Morison) arrived at Wellington in the ship "Blenheim" in 1840. With • her parents she resided' at Morison's Bush for some years. ' She was theonly surviving sister of the late Mr John Morrison, of Blairlogie, and was well-known and highly respected throughout the Wairarapa. Her death took place on Wednesday at her son's residence at "Okar." Sheleaves a family of three sons and fivedaughters. The funeral takes place at Wellington to-day. ,

A quiet wedding was celebrated at the Methodist Church, Carterton, on Wednesday, when Mr Ernest Edward Osman, of Mastertcn, was united . to Miss Caroline Viddlerj eldest daughter ] of the late Mr Joseph Tiddler, of Wimbledon, Hawke's Bay. The Rev. C. H. Stamlage performed the <ceremony. The bride was given away "by Mr J. Johnson, and was attended by Miss Osman, sister of the bridegroom, as bridesmaid: The bride's dress wascream silk and insertion, and she wore the usual veil and orange blossoms and' carried a lovely bouquet. The bridesmaid's dress was white silk with hat to match, and she wore a handsome gold brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr George Gordon was best w man.