PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 March 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr J. W. Eraser, of QuecnstowiT, ha s been appointed town clerk at Port Chalmers. Mr G. R. .Sykes, M.P.. will proceed to Wellington next week to introduce two Wairarapa deputations, to Ministers. Mrs Rogers, the well known Wellington vocalist, will be one of the contributor's at the Caledonian Society's concert at Carterton next month. I Sargeant-Major Thomas McCristell, of the permanent staff of the Territorials,* hag been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. His numerous Masterton friends will he pleased to hear of his promotion. A quiet but pretty wedding took place at St. Jarnes r Presbyterian Church, Wellington, February 18th, when Mr Harold Dissington Watson was married to Miss Daisy Boyne, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs D. Reid, of South Carterton. The Pelorus Guardian reports the death of Mr Peters, aged 75 years. He was one of the pioneer sawmillers in the Pelorus Sounds. He was the oldest Forester in the Havelock district. The yetera it. of the Dominion Rifle Association's, camp this week wil) most probably be Rifleman Dormer,' of the Akarana Rifle Club, Auckland. Mr Dormer, who is 74 years of age, came to New Zealand as a member of the 14th Regiment, and saw service in the Waikato. Br A. K. Newman, M.P., of Wellington, has intimated to Mr Sykes, M.P.. that he proposes accompanying the Minister of Public Works on his forthcoming tour through the Masterton electorate." Dr Newman is of opinion that Wellington representatives should be fully informed of the requirements and potentialities of the outlying districts. The death occurred at Waipawa on Wednesday, of Mr Andrew Gillespie. The deceased gentleman was a very well known.'figure in Thorndon, : Wellington, where for many years he was host of the Shepherds' Arms Hotel, in Tinakori Road. Since re- ■ tiring from the hotel Mr Gillespie took up farminsr in the Dannevirko district, and latterly i.;i the Waipawa ■ district.