GOLDEN WEDDINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 248, 19 October 1928, Page 11

GOLDEN WEDDINGS.

MR. AND MRS. W. L. LUXFORD

GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

Two residents of Taumata Road, Mount Albert, Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Luxford, celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding and received numerous messages of congratulation. Mr. Luxford was born in Wellington in 1854, being the eldest son of the late Mr. G. H. Luxford. He attended a preparatory school with about 25 other boys, of whom, as far as he is aware, Sir George Hunter, M.P., is the only other survivor. In 1865 Mr. Luxford went to England with his parents in the barque Ballarat, and was for a time at a school in Jersey. Later he toured France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. He returned to Wellington in 1869, and was for some yeara engaged in farming and Bawmilling in that province. He again visited England in 1877 in the Lusitania, of the Orient Line, which made the trip in the record time of 40 days from Adelaide to Plymouth. While in England he married and for the next two years lived at Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Luxford came to New Zealand in 1880 and settled at Palmerston North, and for ten years Mr. Luxford was a member of that Borough Council. He owned several sawmills in the Manawatu and Hawke's Bay districts. Upon retiring from business, Mr. Luxford lived at Hamilton for a time and then came to reside at Mount Albert.

There are the following children:— Mr. T. G. Luxford, of Epsom; Mr. H. B. Luxford, of Te Kuiti; Mr. F. W. Luxford, of Hamilton;, Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., of Whangarei; Mrs. J. H. Cubitt and Miss K. Luxford, of Auckland.

MR. AND MRS. JOHN TOZER.

On Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. John Tozer, of Nelson Street, Pukekohe, celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Tozer is the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Tozer, of Mahurangi Heads, having been born in Adelaide 81 years ago. At the age of seven years, lie came with his parents to New Zealand, and the family settled at Mahurangi Heads. When 21 years of age, Mr. John Tozer went to Thames, and afterwards was one of the first men employed on the construction of the railway at Auckland. He worked at the tunnel through to Newmarket, and also on the railway bridge. He rode on the first engine that ran through to Newmarket. On October 14, 1878, Mr. Tozer married Miss Elizabeth Came, of Matakana. They went farming at Maungaturoto, and in 1893 settled near Te Awamutu, where they remained for 16 years, after which they moved to Pukekohe, where they have ever since resided.

Mrs. Tozer was born in Bow, near Totness, Devonshire, England. She came to New Zealand with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Came, in 1859, on the sailing ship Excelsior, when seven years of age. The family settled at Matakana.

At the anniversary gathering, five children of Mr. and Mrs. Tozer were present, also 13 grandchildren. The youngest granddaughter, Miss Mavis Tozer, presented her -randmother with a bouquet. Many telegrams of congratulation were received by Mr. and Mrs. Tozer, as well as a number of presents.