GOLDEN WEDDING

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The early days of the timber industry in New Zealand w^ere recalled by "William Lewis Luxford, of Mount Albert, who retains vivid memories of Wellington when the foreshore reached as far as Lamb ton quay. He celebrates the golden jubilee of his wedding to-day. Mr. Luxford was born in Wellington in 1854. He was the eldest son of Mr. G. H. Luxford. He attended a preparatory school with twenty-five others, and Sir George Hunter is tho only other survivor. In ISIJS ho went to England with his parents in the barque BaJlnrat, and for a time attended a school at Jersey. Later ho travelled on the Continent, touring France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Ho returned to Wellington in 1860. Mr. Luxford was for several years engaged in farming and sawmilling ventures in the Wellington province. In 1877 ho travelled to England in the first steamer of the Orient Line, the Lusitania, which made tho then record trip of 40 days from Adelaide to Plymouth. On this trip Mr. Luxford married Miss Isabella Gonzales, of Ondoonly, a grandchild of Guiaeppe Gonzales, of Milan, Italy. ; The; first two years of their married life were spent at Jersey. Eeturning to the Dominion in 1880, Mr. Luxford settled at Palmerston North. He was a member of the Palmerston North Borough Council for ten years, anH had several sawmills in Manawatu and Hawkes Bay districts. After retirement he lived at Hamilton, and lated at Mount Albert. There are four sons and two daughters. The sons are Messrs. J. 11. Luxford, the. Magistrate,. of Whangarei, F. W. Luxford, of Hamilton, H. B. Luxford, of To Kuiti, arfiX T. G; Luxford, of Epsom. The daughters are Mrs. J. H, Cubitt and Miss K. Luxford, of Auckland.