PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10595, 29 March 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr D. Buick, M.P., of Palmorstott North, is among tlio visitors to th«Masterton races.

Mrs Mattic Diddams, wife of Mr "W, H. .Diddams, manager of tho Bank of New ZoaJnnd at Greytown, died suddenly yesterday morning from neuritis.

Mr Finney, one of tho proprietors of tho Nelson Colonist, i» at present a visitor to Mayterton,

On tho 28th iast. (yesterday), thtv Rev. L. S. T. Sedgwick, rector of Dittridge, Wiltshire, sailed im New Zealand by the iCorinthic, accompanied by his sister. On arriving, in. Welliag;«n. Mr Set!^wick's marriage .nth Miss Phy. is K. lliddiford,, da>agnter al Mr* E. J. Riddiford, of the Hutt, -as.'! taKe place. On May 2nd the couple will return to England by thoN.Zv Shipping Co.'s steamer.

Mr ,;. G. W. Aitlcen IhaS'bee-v nsktd ,by deputation to become a> • candidate 'for tl.e- ATnyoralty of He' will give mi answer toM&y;

C.ip'i'.in .f .Email missioner at Rarotonga, Coofi'lslands-, is a passenger to- Now Zealand: by tho R.M.S. Aorangi, which is due to arnv© in Wellington late this evening', of early on Saturday morning:.

At Greytown on Monday, Mr Robert McKinnbii,, fourth son,off' Mr J'. Mo Kinrum, of Auckland, aiid formerly of Carterton,, was* mairriied" to Miss-Mary Nem'all, only daughter of the late Mr Robert Newall, of Glasgow; ScotLlivl.. The Rev. L. Thompson, of Carterton, •was the officiirtiti'g'' : ''minigfce"r: -v '''Th'<>'honeymoon will be spent in Wellington, a-nd the young; couple will later take up their residence- at Maurice ville.

At St. Andrew's Church, Carterton, on Wednesday afternoon, Miss Gertrude Lily Burnett, youngest daughter of Mrs Burnetft, of Belvedere, was married to Mr Arthur Hop-wood, of Palmerston North. The Rev. L. Thompson, was- the officiating clergyman,; and a re&jptibn- was held later .. at the residence of the bride's ivother The future residence of the harpy oouplo will be Palmerston North. Mr T. Bedding li/is been appointed secretary of the Eltetaliuna! branch of the Fanners' Union and also Secretary of tho Farmers' Union Show Committee.

Mr B. Fearon (Stratford) has l>eett appointed secretary of the Stratford A. and P. Association;'

The death occurred'a* the Palmerston Hospital t-his week of Mr John Menzies Miller, late of'Feilding and Awahuri, at tfcie age of 72. Mr Miller* after an, advjg&turous career on the goklneld»V started' farming thirty years wagd in, IB© Awahuri district.