PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10511, 28 December 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

•)*• v :: Mr JobiyStrangV;of ■ , .Glenj»dey,.Mas7.i, ' "terton, waQi Mrs \Sirang <and' Miss .:Strang, readhed" Wellington yesterdiay bv the Manukut from Sydney. The :€raend's of Mr Strang "will be delighted to hear that the operation performed upon his eyes when in England was eminently successful. • The Prime Minister left; Wellingttoai. for'Christcuivi'oh last night. He . ; will return morning. Mr T. M.P., leaves for by the Oorinthic to-day. Mr James Bills, senr., who arrived •at Wellington by the ship Clifton 7Q years ago, died at Otaki on Sunday Mr 6. P. Skerrett, K.C., who has •been on a visit to the United Kingdom and the Continent, returned to Wellington yesterday, Mr and Mrs Alfred Caselberg, of Masterton, with tlheir two sons, who feave bean on a trip to England, re- . turned to Wellington by the Sydney boat yesterday, and reached Masterton last evening. Mr and Mrs W. Bunny, of the-Wai-.Taiapa-, returned to Wellington yts-. terday, after a visit to the" Old Coun--try. - Mrs H. R. Wood. - r is. tipen&ng tlhe holidays with her moth- • er, Mrs L.' St. George, of Msfstertbn. Adjutant Greene, formerly of Mas- ' terton, who is now stationed at Dau'nevirke, was 6n a visit to Masterton yesterday. According to a> Sydney cbntempor<ttry, "Mr W. H. Judkins has rallied considerably. He is restricted to the •use of crutches on account of local weakness, and there is no sign, of permanent- recovery frotri' r from which he is suffering; but he.is,' v - ~*ble-iVirioTe,about again l witiu less' difficulty.'; * , t *f£i"^; K ',\ I \ Aapfc of. ' - j?pto'*€ai?yle Irvjngf of" Roslyn; Plains, ' / ''lathei 1 of Wfit- Thomas Irving, inanoger ■ -cf the Greytown l)airy Factory, passed ttwfcy on Thursday liast, aged 81 years. Deceased was born in Ihunfriesshire,* " Scotland, where he wag brought.up to .forming. In 1854 he arrived in Victoria, where he worked on the digv < gtnga for a time before coming to New Zealand in 1862. The first,few years of hds life in Nelv" Zealand were de- ' voted to gold-mining. • Helwas present at the Gabriel's Gully rush and at SGartley and Riley's find. In 1865 he 'took up 120 acres of freehold and 90 acres of leasehold ait Roslyn Plains, in -Souithlarid, iand resided there-up' to the time of has death.

The wedding was celebrated at tiie Mastenton Salvation Army barracks . yesterday of Miss Mary Barket, daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Barker of . Mjadterton, to Mr A. Tongs, of Dannerirke. The bridesmaids were the Misses Carrie ancl Jessie Barker, and Mr 6; ..Barkeir, jimr,, was best,,nun. ; wading; ceremony ,wias peyfornie-il v of Wellington. 'Mr* ...'Ani jwho. were'the;. : r^cip^ ients of, a-iarge number' of TOluable . Presents, to tfiie esteem in theyare M&; by their many 'friends, left "by tihe afternoon train, for WeHingten, where the honeymoon is •bo foe spent. The future home of the • newly-<married couple is to be at Dan- ' nevirko. At the breakfast held at the residence J>f the bride's parents a very happy company gathered, and :Bome very neat and appropriate speeches were made. Mr G. R. Sykes. M.P., 6poke in eulogistic terms of the Jmde, who bad lived in his home for . some years, and wfhom "he regarded as • a fine type of a well-itrained and useful woman, and whom he knew, to he capable of undertaking the responsibilities, of her new estate with credit and success. The bride looked charm mg in a brown tailor-made oostuu e, with a cream crepbline hlat to match 'Several congratulatory telegrams were received from'distant parts wishing the happy .couple every success.