BIRTH.

Dobson— May 2nd, at Waimangaroa, the wife of Bey F. B. Dobßon, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Babhbtt- Lindsay— April 24th, at Upper! Takaka, by the Bey Mr Hallett, Alfred Henry Barnett to Agnes Mary Lindsay. Buokeridgb— Hamilton.— On April 18th, at "Mayroyd," Nelson, by the Bey J. B. Maokenzie, H«nry, the eldest eon of the late Henry Buakeridge, of Nelson, to Florenoe, eldest daughter of F. Hamilton. Dodson— Gils.— At St Peter's Cirarob, Olifton Terrace, by the Bey J. de B. Galwey, Arthur, youngest son of Thomas Dodson, to Beatrioe Mary, only daughter of Edward Gill, of North Terrace, Wakapuaka. Ellewood — Fbbnch.— April 15, at the Registrar's Office, Wellington, John Ellewood, of WelJington, to Mary Ellen third and youngest daughter of the late Jamet French, of Dovedale, Nelson. Gibbs— Mb ad.— April 24, at the residence of Mr William Gibbs, Motapiko, Frederick William, eldest son of William Gibbß, to Jessie, third daughter of Hubert Mead, both of Motupiko. Lloyd— Haldane.— May 1, 1695, by the Begißtrar, Lyell, Henry David Lloyd, of Nelson, to Elizabeth Frances Haldane, relict of the late Richard Haldane, of the New Zealand Police Force, Upper Matakitaki. Banktn — Staples. — April 17, at St Thomas's Churob, Motueka, by the Bey T, Johnston, Robert William Hammond, third son of John A. Bankin, to Edith Ellen, second daughter of Robert Staples. Tbask - Laing.— April 25, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, by the Rev James H. MaoKenzie, Arthur Francis Reuben Traßk, second son of Francis Trask, Mayor of Nelson, to Ada, seoond daughter of Mrs David Grant, both of Nelson.