PERSONAL.

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1925, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. .1 Bunit’acr. «'• Wellington, is on •» visit t o <> i 'yni'iiit h. yir i:_ ,\|. Sheedy, returned to Ciiris. thiiH h yesterday morning. Mi> .1. \\. Hannan left for Christ, ciini-h :'.nd Timaru yesterday. Mi. M. \. Thornton left for Christ. i hur< li l>y yesterday’s < xpress Mr Spender, a well-known English League player, is al present on a visit to Creymouth. Miss M. Parsons, who has been on ;< \ isit to Greyniouth. returned to t’hiis’- < ht.reh yesterday. Mr. E. Hanrahan, of the staff of the “N.Z. Tablet’’ is at present in Grey niotit h. Mrs Lloyd Hickman, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs M. Hannan. Alexander street, return-d to t’hrist- • hureh vest erday. Mr. W. Truman. Kail way Traffic In xpectur returned t » Christchurch yes. terday morning after paying an official visit to the West (’oast. M ■' and Mrs Spender, ,-f England, ar. rived from Christchurch yesterday, and arc the guests of Mrs E. Reid, of Blake I ow n hrv. Father M. shore, formerly of Grc'*mouth. and Auckland, arrived by yesterday’s express oi a brief visit, and ’villains till TiP'-dny next. Mr> E. .1. Smith, and her sister, Mrs Beresford, of Eketahuna. who hav** been the guests of M- G. R. Wylde. Smith street, left yisterdny morning for Christchurch. The Rev. Fathers T. Hanrahan (Ta. panui) J. Roche (Ht. Kilda’S Christchurch) ami Dr. Kennedy (Hokitika) left for Christchurch vesterday morn •«g. Mr. R. Hatch, \\h> acted as ollicial starter at the Greyniouth ami Rcefton Jockey Club’s autumn meetings, left left for Christchurch yesterday morning eii route to Palim rston North. j The Rev. Father.' Cooney (Lyltcl ton i Halve} ( llawar lea . ()‘ Hal - (Lincoln i Healey ami Joyce (Christ- < hur< hi ami Finnerty (Kumara) are gm.-ts at. St. Patrick’s Presbytery. Ah ssis W. Garth, T. Garth ami W Richardson are taking part in tin- rifle 4 hampionships meeting which opens at Greytown on May Ist. They ’eft for Ch list ch n r<-h. - a route 1 > 110- North II.:nd yesterday. Mr J. IL Davies, of Preston Road, left by the express yesterday morning for Wellington joining the s.s. Tainui at that port en route to England, sailing on May 2. It is Mr Davies’ intern tion of spending a considerable time in England ami the date of his return to . New Zealand has not yet been decided At the, close of (he social tendered by Ihe Willington L.R.C. to the visiting delegates to the recent Labour Parly Conference, Mr. Bolar, delegate for the Whakatanc County Branch, presented Mr. 11. E. Holland. M.P., with a beauti f uily.ca r\oil kauri tray, silver-mount cd ami suitably inscribed. Mr. Bolar (who is an East Coast farmer) in mak_ | ing the presentation said the members of his Branch offered the gift as a memento of Mr. Holland’s visit to their district ami a mark of appreciation of his effective work for the La bul.x movement. Mr. Holland replied warmly thanking the Branch through then delegate for their presentation. :i’*.d assuring them that both Mrs Hol land and himself would highly value their gift. A quiet but pretty wedding took jda«-c in Km>\ Church on Thursl.iy at 6 p.m. whoa Mi>s Charlotte Hunter eldest daughter of Airs Hunter of Rcefton. was married to Air. Ceci! Stobie, D.C.M., of Takaka, Nelson. The biide who was given away by Air. Elackad'L’r, wore a white voile frock w‘ih the usual wreath ami veil, and looked very nice, she was attend. vG by Miss Grace Lines, who wore •• Creel of shot silk amt m<q> tap. Ai r. A. Stobie was best man. The bride’s prest ut to the bridegroom was a silver mounted walking stick, ami the bride groen ’s present to Ihe bride was a string of pearls. 'The wedding was quite a military gathering, and included ’ .‘.plain Wallace, of Wellington, ami Sri nt. Rollcrson, D.C..M. Al r> Woods, sister of the bride was also among those puscut. 'The happy <<mplc l;ii<-r left by motor car on their honeymoon tlie br’ob wearing a shot silk die-- an ! fawr ovenoat. with <-rrj>.- hat.

Air. John Baty, son of .Mr and Airs J. Baty, formerly of Coal Creek, ami now of Christchurch, was married at St. John’s Presbyterian Church yester_ day morning to Miss Al. Kitchingham, second daughter of Air and Mrs 'l’. G. Kitchingham <f Marsden Road. The ceremony was performed by tin- Rev. T. N. Cuttie.' The bride wore white figured marocain. with a white veil mid wreath of orange blossom.--. The bridesmaid was Alia- Winifred Kitchingham, sister of the bride, who Wore heliotrope crepe-de-chine, with hat to match. The best man was Air. J. Graham, of Rotomanu. Miss B. Drake presided at the orgt.i' and played the ' “Wedding Mnr<ll.’ a : th" ncv.lv -married couple left the church. The bridal party was

entcrlaineil by the hridc’s parents lit llarl'-er's Tea Romus. Mr and Airs Baty left later by the Cbristchurch ex_ pres:' for the North Island, where th? honeymoon will be spent. The bride tr.-iM’lled in n dress of kingfisher blue velvet, and wore a blue and silver Ince hat.