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Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 4, 6 January 1897, Page 6

Friday will be the last day on which a petition can be presented attacking 1 the validity of the "Wellington City election. As yet none has been forthcoming. The Government steamer Tutanekai, with the Governor and Lady Glasgow on board, is to return to Wellington on the 21st instant. St. Peter's Church was well filled this afternoon, when Mr. E. J. King, junr., second son of Mr. E. J. King, the wellknown Manners-street music dealer, was married to Miss Kate Heffernan, third daughter of the late Mr. Joan Heffernan. The bride was dressed in white lustre, trimmed with silk and chiffon, and wore the usual veil and wreath. She was attended as bridesmaids by Misses C. L. King (sister of the bridegroom) and J. Finucane, both of whom wore cream striped silk crepon and hats to match, trimmed with chiffon and lilies of the vallej', and carried beautiful bouquets, the gift of Mrs. Ross and family, of the Hutt Gardens. The bridegroom's gifts to the bridesmaids were a gold brooch each. Mr. George Redmond acted as best man, assisted by Mr. L. T. King, brother of the bridegroom. The bride was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. Chas. Emeny. The Rev. A. M. Johnson, M.A., performed the ceremony, at the conclusion of which Mr.E. T. Moreshead (in the absence of Mr. T. Trimnell) played the* wedding march. A reception was subsequently held at the residence of Mr. Emeny. The honeymoon will be spent in the Wanganui district. The bride's travelling dress was of fawn trimmed with shot silk. The funeral of Mr. Hazelwood and the little girl Annie Craig, two of the victims of the drowning fatality in Evans Bay on New Year's Day, was largely attended j-esterday afternoon. The coffins, which were covered with wreaths, were taken from the Morgue in separate hearses to the Karori Cemetery, where the Presbyterian burial service was conducted by the Rev. Messrs. J. Paterson and Shirer, who made touching reference to the circumstances under which the deceased had met their deaths. A fire broke out at the railway engineshed at Grey town about 9 o'clock last night, originating in the chimney-stack, and ap-parently-being caused by a spark from the engine. Not much damage was done. Of the five unfinished games in the chess match pla} red recently between a team representing the Post and Telegraph Social and Literary Club and a mixed team from the Rangitikei Chess Club, the referee's (Hon. J. Bryce) decision gives each side a win, while three games were declared drawn. The local players therefore won the match by four points to three. The meeting-room of the Excelsior Lodge of Druids was a scene ot great animation last night, fully 200 visiting members, with their wives and friends, having responded to an invitation to spend a social evening. A splendid programme of songs, recitations, and dancing was gone through, the hall being prettily decorated for the occasion. Songs were given by Mrs. Foley and Bros. Hargrayes, M'Carthy, Whitehead, Barley, Carminie, Stott, Illingsworth, Bingham, Firth, Hegarty, and Harris, and Bro. J. Johnston gave a recitation. A plentiful supply of refreshments was handed round between the dances. Bro. E. M'Carthy was presented with a beautiful framed P.A. diploma in recognition of the manner in which he had filled the office of Arch-Druid. Bro. 0. Neilson occupied the chair, Bro. J. Flaherty acted as M.C., and Bro. M. G. Fischer presided nt the piano. The whole arrangements being in the hands of Bros. F. Jennings and M. J. Donnelly. The little steamer Kia Oro, which was built on the Clyde last )-ear for the AucklandThames trade, and which left for New Zealand, under sail, over six months ago, has not yet arrived. She was sighted on the Southern Ocean, on 2nd Doceinber, by the barque Chili. The domestic squabbles of a Karori couple, Mr. and Mrs. Spearman, occupied the attention of the Magistrate's Court for some time this morning, Mrs. Spearman applying for a separation order on the ground of cruelty on the part of her husband. The evidence of a number of witnesses showed that neither of the parties was possessed of an angelic temper. Spearman, it was stated, thrashed his wife—ou one occasion very severely — and she herself admitted that on such occasions she had endeavoured to protect herself with such missiles as knives and forks, cups, &o. As ono witness put it, both were hot-tempered —it was really six of on* and half-a-dozen of the other. Much unclean linen was washed during the course of the proceedings. Mr. H. S. Wardell, S.M., after hearing the evidence, addressed a few seasonable words of advice to Spearman and his wife, and allowed them a couple of hours in which to endeavour to patch up their differences. Ultimately the case was adjourned for a week. On New Year's Day a cyclist was picked up in an insensible state on the road between Norsewood and Kapua. , His head was covered in blood, and his machine, which had no brake, was smashed to pieces, his hat being mixed up in. the gear and torn to shreds. At latest advices he was still ingensibla*