PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10675, 23 July 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr G. E. Sykes, M.P., V was present at'the. social- tendered Mr Esoott, M.P., at Woodviilie last night.

Mr H. T. B. Drew, a well-know". journalist, takes over the lease of the Manawat.ii Daily Times from Mr E. '.). Hoben'cn October Ist.

The death occurred on Thursday, evening of Mrs T. Hancock, at her residence in Auckland. Mrs Hancock, who was an old identity, came to New' ZsalandL in 1862, and joined her sister, Mrs BloomfieJd, senr., at Turanganui, the site of the present town of Gisborne. Times are troublous •

this period, a«d in November, 1868, the family narrowly escaped death in the Poverty Bay massacre, beingwarned of Te Ivooti's raid just in time' Later she went to Auckland, where' she married Mr Thomas Hancock, tho founder of .the firm of Hancock ami Company;'wJib died in'lß93/' <

"(A quiet but very pretty wedding 1 was solemnised-on Wednesday last at the residence of the bride's parents by the Rev. W. Woollass, of To Awamutu. when Mr Norman Dey, second son of Mr William Dey, of Hamilton. East, was united in nmtrimony t> Miss Gertrude Irene Ranby, secon r daughter of Mr and Mrs J. W. Ranby, of Konini. Ohaupa. formerly of Masterton an/1 Pa.hiftua. The bride, who wais given 'a way by her father, looked very smart in her travelling costume of navy blue serge with large blackhat. She was attended by her sister, Miss Olivo Ranby, who looked ,well in a cream e costume, while Mr GeofcoBiraie, of Hamilton, fulfilled the duties of best man.