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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 301, 8 December 1922, Page 6

The wedding of Miss Phyllis Adeline Spencer, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. P. Spencer, of Remuera, Auckland, to Mr. Douglas Stuart Hamilton, eldest son of the late Air. and Mrs. John Hamilton, of Invercargill, was celebrated at St. Mark’s Church, Wellington, on December 6. The International Anthrax ConnnisA decision to reduce the wages of general labourers in their employ by 3s per week, in u”ccr<iau< , e with tin Ari.'itrution Court ’s recent h'.vurd, was made by th-5 New Plymouth Borough Council. In moving to this effect, the Mayor (Mr F. E. Wilsou) said the council ha<i loyally abided by the award whatever way wages were affected. The motion was carried. The members of the Hastings Bowling Club assembled on the green yesterday afternoon to bid farewell to Mr. R. Moffatt, manager of the National Bank, who has been transferreed on promotion o the Te Aro branch. The president of the club. Mr. Pitcaithly, before handing Mr. Moffatt a case oi pipes, referred to the recipient’s sterling qualities, and wished him every success in his new sphere. Mr. Moffatt suitably replied. Freemasonry in Samoa is to come under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand (states the Auckland “Herald”). For some time past there has been a desire on the part of inhabitants of the group to form Masonic lodges, but the question of control has hitherto remained unsettled. Last week, however, a cable message was received intimating that the Grand Lodge of England lias approved a. proposal that, as Samoa is now being administered politically by New Zealand, under the mandate ul the League of Nations, it shall also be directi‘<l from the Dominion as regards Freemasonry. The Grand Lodges of Ireland and Scotland are also parties to the arrangement. Yesterday, about noon, Mrs. H. Taylor, of Frimley, met with a nasty accident in Southampton street, Hastings, after registering her vote at the Central School She was cycling over the railway crossing, near the gas works, ami the bum]) unseated her, ami threw her to the ground, as a result of which she broke her left leg. She was attended by Dr. Boxer, who, after treating the limb, dispatched her to the Napier Hospital, where tins morning she was rcmorted to be doing fairly well. Mrs. Taylor was not an expert cyclist, having only been riding for a few weeks, but the disparity between the rails ami the road at parts of this crossing, is such as io cause a considerable jolt to cyclists. Ono lady reentlv broke the frame of her machine in cycling over the rails.