PERSONAL NOTES

Wairarapa Age, 1 April 1920, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr and Mrs Macarthy Reid, of Wellington, left last week for Sydney, en route to Japan.

Mrs John Bidwill and Mrs Roy Baxtou have returned to Featherston from a visit to Wellington.

Mrs L. A. Abraham, of Palmerston North, is staying with her daughter, Mrs David Collins at Featherston.

Tho death is announced of Mrs Denton, a very old resident of Wellington, at the age of seventy-seven years.

Mrs. C. C. Ramsden, of Cole Street, has returned to Masterton alter spending several months at Lya.ll Bay, Wellington.

Girton College, Cambridge, has just received £IO,OUO, to be applied during tho next twenty years, for the encouragement of researcn by women in mathematical, physical and natural sciences.—British Weekly.

A very pretty wedding was recently solemnised at the Church of tho Epiphany, Takaka, tho contracting parties being Mr Philip N. Sadd, eldest son of Mr and Sirs James B. Sadd, of Takaka, and Miss Irene Sowman, daughter of Mrs C. Sowman, also of Takaka, tho ceremony being performed by the. Rev. F, J. Paynes, vicar of the parish.

A private kinema show featured amongst tho entertainments recently provided for their guests by tho Duke and Duchess of Rutland at Belvow Castle. A professional operator was engaged for tho performance, which took place in the ballroom, and over 20,000 feet of film was put through. A similar performance was arranged for the entire staff of the castle.

Miss Helen Richmond, M.A., has been appointed by the Canterbury College Board of Governors, as the Canterbury College candidate for the Royal Holloway scholarship, tenable in England. Professor Gabbatt and other members of tho Board made eulogistic reference to Miss Richmond's abilities, and it was prophesied by one speaker that if she had tho opportunity of taking out the scholarship she would do credit to New Zealand. The Board discussed in committee the question of increasing the allowance for tho scholarship, which is for a two-year term, but a motion to fix an increased amount was lost. At the next meeting of the Board, however, the matter of subsidising any donations to augment "tho scholarship allowance, which previously has been £IOO per annum, will be considered.

Another of the pioneer settlers of the Eketahuna district passed away at Haunui on Monday evening, in the person of Mrs. Sarah Jewitt, at tho advanced ago of 87 years. Deceased was born in Lincolnshire and in 1574 came out to New Zealand with her husband and family in the ship Geraldine Paget. There was at that time a family of six girls and ono boy. A very sad experience was the death of two of tho girls on the voyage. Mr. and Mrs. Jewitt settled at Ohaka, in Canterbury, and later lived at Kaia poi and Harewood Eoad. They came to the North Island in 1893, and settled at Haunui, having lived there ever .since, playing an integral part in tho development of the district. Mrs. Jewitt was predeceased by her husband eighteen years ago, and since then has lived with her sons, Messrs E, and J. 11. Jewitt.