PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 26 March 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

(Mr G. Harold Smitih } of Pahiatua. witli Mrs Smith, have be«in spending, a few days in Mastorton, * The engagement is announced ci Miss Ada Broadbent, of Carterton t<Mr G. Murphy, of Auckland. ' Mi* M. C. Keane } as&oeiato cdn. • of the Dominion, has accepted a sin - lar position on the ChrisrtcJiurch Pre r , Mr George Canton, at one tin,<borough overseer at Carterton, }ii:m been appointed captain of the Taumaruniui fire brigade. Mr Neil S. Campbell, of Masterto*. has taken over the Bel lev ue i ( A . and Gardens; at the Lower Hutt, ai 6> will take possession immediately. Mr Arthur Worboys, soil of ti\;< Rev. J. H. .Worboys, formerly it Eketahuna, was married at Palm. -

ston North on Monday to Miss Su. >h Hopwood. , Mr A. T. Ngata, MP. for the East-, ern Maori Division, underwent aoperation in a private hospital at Wellington a few days ago, but is making' satisfactory progress. • Mr J. Colquhoun, of Mount Bruc-\ Mastertoii;, for Londbn by the Orama, which sails from Sydney ;; -April. 9th. He intends returning by way of America.

•Bro. Alex, Donald, of Mastertoiij has been elected Foreman of Works in this Orange Grand Lodge of New| Zealand, whieih is at present holding its annual conference in Invercarg' . Mr Albert H. L. Smith, eldest son , of Mr ,L. M. 'Smith, of Masterton, and! formerly of Ashburton, was marri

at Wellington last week to Miss' Violet Rubina Billington, daughter of Mr Joseph Billington, of Masterton. At Westport a few.days back, ?.'r S. H. Oonder, manager of the MaF'terton branch of the N.Z. Clothing Factory, Tvas married to Nurse M. A. Brown, of the staff of the Westporh Hospital. Mr W. H. Graham, of ..the Christchurch Press staff, has been appointed to succeed Mr E. I) Hoben a& editor oi. the Ghiistelmrch Evening News.

Mr J. solicitor, of Dji'nedin, died at ihig residence, Forth* street, on Good Friday, in his 65tTv year. He was the second son of the late Dr Hi slop, and was born at Kirls: Newton, Mid, Calder, Scotland, iir 1848: He ••arrived-- here with his parents in 1856 in the ship Stra.t-smorr-. Ho was a'member of the firm of Hislop and Lai_n.g. .

The death occurred at; the Master-toa-Hospitalr -last Evening of Mr Hans Beck, at "the age of (55, The deceased" resided for a number o£ years in the Te Wharau' district,. where for son etime he followed farming pursuits. The deceased had suffered from hea.i disease, which wp.s the ultimate cause cf death." • ;

Mr E. C. Jack, Dominion secretary of the Farmers' Union, and one time of Masterton, who has been seriously ill, is now on tire road' to improve-' ment, but it will be some weeks before he can resume his duties. At a meeting of the District Nursing Committee, hei'd on Tuesday last, it was decided to transfer the headquarters of District Nurse Gates from Pongaroa to Eketahuna. A quiet wedding was celebrated at. tho residence of the bride's parents on Monday, when Mr A. J. Perry, son of Mrs Perry, of Kimbolton, Feilding, was married to Aliss Mary M. Davie, second dmuchter of Mr and Mrs J. M. Davie, old and respected residents of the. liongomai district. The bride .'was given away by her father, while Miss 0. Davie acted as bridesmaid and Mr H. H. "Godfrey as best .man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. 'H, A. Walke. of Eketahuna. Mr and JVlrs Perry left later for the nor.th on their .honeymoon.

Th? death is recorded of ATrs Carolina Emma. Burg-ess, .one of Wellington's ea;f:y settlers, the sad event taking nlace at the residence of her .son, Mr Walter Burgess, at Levin. Mrs Burwss. who was the widow of the late Robert Burgees, farmer,, of .J •'. sonville. was bom in England, and was a daughter of the late JVIr Petherick. She came with her parents to New Zealand in 1841 in the ship Aurora-, and landed at Petone. The death occurred at the Pahiatua Hospital on Thursday evening of Henry J., .Stevens, son of Mr H. Stevens, of IMangamutu'. The deceased jlad, who was only 17 yearn of age, was of a quiet- disposition, and a general favourite. At the' -recent school picnic, h#J at -Mangamutu. he was siu , ?-&» st fnl in winning a number of prizes'in the. athletic events, Th.a cause' of deatli was Mr C. Stevens, c p th? Pahiatua 'icstal staff, is jTbvother of the deceased. Mr William Wake man, an early resident of Mastorton, but fc.v many years a prominent settler of the FortyMile Busihu is at present on a. visit to Masterton.

A double wedding wa*> solemnised in Otaki on Wednesday la.st-. Mr (a Hugh Cockrell, of Wellington, son of Mrs Oockrell, an old and respected resident of Otaki, was married to Miss Nellie Judd, daughter of Mr Davidl Judd, well and favourably known on' the Coast, and Mr Percy Taylor waa married to Miss Lily Judd, Both of tho brides have-relatives in the Wairarapa.

A wedding in which considerable local interest was manifestoc.l was celebrated in St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, 011 Monday, when Mr J. Arthur KusseY, .second son of Mrs Godfrey Russell, an old resident of this town. was united to Miss Katie Annie Olliver, .second daughter of Mitt,id Mr.s George Olliver, "who are also old residents. The llev. H. Watson performed the marriage ceremony. in the presence of many Iriends. Jhe bride, who wa s Riven away I >y her father, was attired in a handsome •ilress of cream <silk voile, with the usual veil and orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were Misses Nellie Watson (chief) and E. Ollivor, tli o£ whom were jivottily dressed in cream silk voile. Mr R. G. Russell acted as host man. The present oi tho bridegroom to tlte bride was a haiitlsonic gold brooch, with pearl setting; to tho chief bridesmaid a hall-moon brooch «et with p?nrls; and to Miss Olliver a costly necklet. Mr and 1 s Russell left in the afternoon, ior I'almerston and Wanganui, the bride's goj ing-away costume being ol navy blue, I with hat to match. The young couple were the reeip vents of many valuable presents, and hearty good wishes for their future, happiness.