PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 250, 19 October 1904, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Captain the, Hon. F. L Lanark «- Boutn yesterday by the Mararoa. n-?£ 2*i Ta ' lcmau - a welMeneWn Svdncy merchant, is visiting Auekknd, and is at present at the Star Hotel. 3lr E. A. .Eva, chief clerk of the Union S.S. Company; returned from a cruise round the Islands in the Xavua y s£ r ! who has been for some time i n the tc°rty. ar " VCd fr ° m NW **»»«* 7~ J£J?2fri p, styles - district traffic KHffi,? r S7 s at Gre died last night He leaves a family of 10 chUdrcn. His vnte died 18 months ago Sargood, Son and Ewcn, has been the refipient of a surprise box, containing a Mr Joachim, general manager of' the Wcstport Coal Company, who has been ? ne o£ hi * Periodical visits to A very pretty wedding was celebrated »* St. Andrew's Church at ten o'clock when Mr Dallon. traveller for Messrs Nathan, was married to Miss McLean, of Auckland. Br. McDowell : was presented last mghfc with -a silver-mounted pocketbook by the ladies of the St. John Am•balance Society, who have attended his lectures on '-Home Hygiene."' At the gymnastic and musical entertainment given by the pupils of St Mary's Convent High School, IWonbv. on l'ndoy night, Misses Kate Mahoney ami Ida Histell were the recipients of tho silver medals awarded by Profesaor Larrollo for gymnastic excellence. A pleasant function took place at Wnittiauku yesterday (Tuesday). when the Itev. W.,H. Corcoran, Puhoi. was presented with a flue pastoral stole and a beautifully illuminated address as a mark of the. high esteem and respect in which tho parishioners regard him. The pre- ! probation" was made by the Misses E C I Moore and Kathleen White. | Mr. Alfred HolHngg, the celebrated blind organist, -\vlio has been giving a series of recitals under the auspices of the Sydney Town Hall authorities, 'is to visit some friends in Invercargill next week, being a passenger to the Bluff by the Monowai. He will probably give some recitals in the colony before he leaves it for England. are requested to state that Mrs Nellgan has been informed that poiue of the invitations to her "At Home - ' ou Oct. IB have not readied the ladies and gentlemen to whom they were addressed. She regrets Mat such has been the case, livery care was taken that invitations Bhould be sent to ladies and gentlemen engaged in Church work, as well as to those who have called at Bishopscourt, but she fears that as accurate and complete addresses cannot always be obtained, some of the invitations* failed to teach tlieir destinations. A presentation was made to Mr.'AlbertCohen, of the Dunedin "Star," at AVellinglon, a few days ago, when the members of the Minis-try assembled in .the room of the Premier, and Mr. Seddon; on behalf of his colleagues and himself, prcscntetT the departing pressman with a handsome piece of plate, suitably inscribed. In making the presentation, the Premier expressed the high regard in which Mr. Cohen had always been held during all the time he had been representing his. journal. Mr. Cohen was ilso the recipient of a gold Rovereign:nse from tho members of the House. Sir rt'ni. Eiiswcll niadn the presentation. A faslrinnablc. -though private, wedding iook place at Harrisville, Huittly, on Monday, when Miss K. (Cassie) Harris, youngest, daughter of Mr L. 15. Harris, ienx., Wsa married to Mr Harold ii. 'Jingle, oldest son of the -well-known "uiekland bowler, Mr J. D. Dingle. The lowly-wedded pair left by express on an xtenidcd tour Ihnwgh the United States. .'he.road leading to the railway station vas decorated with triumphal arches. ;rccnery and bunting. A line of Streamrs, flags and Chinese lanterns spanned lio river, the inelegant proportions of ho puint even being concealed under a nass of graceful tree-ferns, nikau, and ! ags, wlrile the two landings were a lazo of colour. — (Own Correspondent.) Mr Juines Ctildwell, M.P., who arrived V the Sonoma and stayed at the Grand Lotel, left for Wellington und , the outh to-day, and returns here in time > visit llotorua before the departure : tho Ventura to Sydney, He i.s great- ■ interested in tho Labour legislation f this colony, and wants to see "its peration. Mr Caldwel] did not care to ! interviewed" at this stage, but in the >urse of a conversation an interviewer ora this paper had with him he said .at the judgment of the House of Lords i the. Free ..Church, dispute Was inevit)Jo and perfectly logical. The mixing the Free Church ami the U.P. coiigrcitions was aa impossible as that oil id -water, for nurny reasons, the eJiief rparontly being that the Free Church )es not refuse State endowment, and c U.P. does. The constitution- of any dy, he said, was drawn up to protect c minority as well as the majority, id vital points such as those could not varied, and unanimity was of course iposslble, IMr Cijldvrell is a Liberal d anti-C'linmberlain. He claims" that o proposal of the arch-priest' of prerence is impracticable. He is quite tisfied that the present Government doomed to an early death, and that is simply kept in power by the Tory rds.