PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 April 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr F. R. Jamieson, of Carterton, ] has joined the staff of the Lands De- i partment in Napier. i A London cable records the death ' of Sir Clement Lloyd Hill, Unionist 1 M.P. for Shrewsbury, since 1906. ' Mr M. J. Reardon, secretary of the Wellington Slaugihtermen's Union, -Was a visitor to Masterton yesterday. .' ' "Messrs F f 0. Tumor and J. P. ( X»6wes are'leaving Eketahuna 'on Sat- j urily*- °B ft fish in « excursion to Lake , Taupo. The B« v Young, of th# Lsmsdo.wne morning en a trip to Chnstchurch. He expects to be absent about three weeks, "eMiJ D. Hamlyh, oi Napier, has heen appointed acting-chief clerk ats i the Masterton Post .Office. He will. 1 fill the posjtion until a successor to i Mr S. lender as Postmaster is appoint- i ed, f Mr 6. B. Sykes, M.P M proceeds to Wellington to accompany the Minis- : terial party in a special steamer tba + ' will meet the battleship New Zealand r~.<Mt its arrival at Wellington Heads ( to-fflorrow, The death is announced of Mr W. W. Smith, a well-known sheep- . farmer of Patutahi, Poverty Bay. The deceased was born in Dublin in 1839, and arrived in New Zealand in 1862. Mr Light-foot, manager of the Bank .-of New South Wales at) Carterton, with Mrs Lightfoot, left yesterday on a visit to Australia. During Mr l'ightfoot's absence, Mr C. H. P. Bawen will act as manager of the fciank. Mr. Edwin Johnson, of Ma-sterton, • received a cable from Sydney yesterday that ihis daughter, Miss Ethel Johnson, wlio left last week for the O'd Country, wag lying seriously ill in Sydney. Mr Johnson leaves for Sydney by to-day's steamer. At 'Greytown on Wednesday, Miss iLeila'Gertrude Gray, fourth daughter o£ Mr iH. L. Gray, formerly of Masterton, was married to Mr J. E. Raison, only son of the late Mr J. Riaison, t»f -Greytown. The bridesmaids were Hisses. Olive Gray aend Alma Judd, while Mr W. Gates acted as "best: 'man. : - ' : ;, 11m Rev. D. J. Muri-ay, formerly '"' '*rf -Masterton, but more recently of Dunedin, has been appointed to take charge of a new Methodist area extending from Foxton to Gisbovne. This jurisdiction will extend over more ground than many a 'bishopric covers. The rev. gentleman will also'be superintendent of the Feilding circuit, and ...it is there that -Tie will make his &• At St. Patrick's Church, "Masterton, yesterday alftcmioon, Mr Alexander Weir Long, -third son of Mrs Long, of this town, was married to Miss Julia Caroline Duggan, third daughter of tlie late Mr R. Duggan, of Marl-borough. The bride, who was given away by her brother (Mr J. ~ Duggan) was attired in a dress ' of charmeuse satin, trimmed with silk lace and chiffon, with the orthodox veil aend orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of white < phlox and maiden hair fern. Miss Francis Duggan, the chief bridesmaid, was dressed in white silk muslin, trimmed with embroidery, and wore a white felt hat. Tlie other bridesmaid (Miss Florence Duggan) wag attired in cream rsidianta, trimmed with lace, and wore a ' white mob cap. Each bridesmaid car- -'. Tied a bouquet 'of violets. Mr J L. Wixen- was le>est man, and Mr H. Long groomsman. The 'bridegroom'*, present to the bride was a gold bangle, -* and to the bridesmaids, brooches. Af"ter the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Father Harnett, a reception was held at the residence ' - • of'the bride's mother. The newlymarried couple subsequently left for the-N*outh on their honeymoon tour.