PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10606, 12 April 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL

At St. John's Church, Wellington, ' yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Dr. Gibb officiating, Miss Louie Turabull, eldest daughter of Mr aaid Mrs T. Turnbull, "Wakefield," Oriental Bay, was married to Mr Arthur Cooper, eldest son of Mr Justice Cooper. The death is announced by cable of Mr Dacey, Colonial Treasurer of New South Wale?. .The oause of death >yas wube rheumatism. General Booth," of the Salvaiion Army, celebrated hls'eightyihird birthday oro Wednesday last. . up tSieir duties AS assistant toaclier and pupil -teacher respectively at the Miasterton District Hpjgh School on .Wednesday, Dr. Smyth, who is leaving Carterton, was given a social evening by the members of the Settlers' Club on VI ©dnesday evening.' There was a good muster of members, who all expressed t3i'e heartiest good wishes for the fut- I ure happiness and prosperity of. Dr. , and Mrs Smyth and their son. Mr L. Fisher, recently resident of Carterton, and who lately sold his business to Mrs McPartland, l as left New Zealand for Sydney. At the Methodist- Church, Carterton, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr J. S. Fawcett, youngest son of Mr J. G. Fawcett, qf Dunedin, was married to Miss Agnes M. Binnie, eldest daughter of Mr Binnie, of Dunedin. The bride was given away by Mr T. H. 1 awcett, and attended by 'Misses Carter and Fawcett (2) as bridesmaids. The ite-v • C. H. Standage was the officiating minister. A reception was held in the Firo Brigade ball* tho £ ou ", g couple left later for Palmerßton Isorth, where the honeymoon will be spent. Tlieir future home will fee at • Jic Lower Hutt. . ' At -St. Mark's Church, Carterton, 9 iv"Wednesday, Miss A. L. Stevenson, of Melbourne, was married to Mr Percy Ravner, of Parkvale. A reception was held at the residence ot the bridegroom's parents, and the young couple are spending their honejiiioon at Ilotorua.. Their future home will be at Park / ale. •Mr J. G. Wilson, President of tlie New Zealand Farmers' Union, is . to deliver am address in Eketahnwa on Wednesday next. '■ - Messrs F. W. Fish,-A/ J. Perry and C. /Davie have leftEketahuna on a holiday trip to Australia. ' Mr D. Miller, Chief Postmaster at Wellington, will visit Pa hi.Una on Monday next to inquire into a proposed new' mail service between Pahiatua and Pongaroa. Mr A. E. Mearns, of .Sydney,. has been transferred to the. Pahiatua branch of the "Union Bank of Australia. Mr Mearns succeeds Mr A. Vy. Chambers, who lias been promoted io Dunedin. The many friends of Mr John Alexander Grant, eldest soii of tlie late Mi Alexander Grant, of Burnside, Tafcapau, will regret to lea.rn of his death, which took place at Devon port, Auckland, on Easter Monday, in his 55th year. Tli-o lata Mr Grant, who was born in Hawke's Bay, and was educatefll at the Napier Grammar School, ' was for several years on the staff of ' tlie North British' and Hawke's Bay 1 Freezing Company, Ltd., and also ■spent some years in the Old Country. He was of an unassuming disposition, ' and was highly «sfce«nwed by a wide" ' circle of friends, many of whom reside 1 in Mastertou.