PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 21, 6 January 1928, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. and Mrs Jackson, of Napier, also Mr. and Mrs. Climie, of Hastings, are holiday-making at Morere.

Mr. Marbrook, senr., of Hastings, is on a visit to his son, Mr. E. Marbrook, Lahore Street, Wairoa.

Mr and Mrs Colin Newrlck. of Hastings, left by car to-day for a tour of the South Island.

Mr and Mrs Harold Connop, of Woodville, left by car to-day for Dunedin.

Mr and Mrs W. J. Garnett left Hastings this morning for Christchurch,

Mr. G. Barton, of Wellington, and a former resident of Hastings, is staying at the Windsor Private Hotel for a week.

Mr. P. Tombs, the well-known musician, of Napier, is spending a holiday with his brother, Mr. S. Tombs, of Hamilton.

Mr. Donald Ross, of the Public Works Department, Wellington, who has been visiting Gisborne and Hast, ings. returned south this morning.

The engagement is announoad of Dr. E B. Jardine, F.R.C.S., of Wairoa, to Miss Nancy Stock, daugter of Mr and Mrs Geo. Stock, of Gisborne.

The relatives of the late Mr. W J. T. Anderson, who for some years was secretary of the Hawke’s Bay A and P. Society, were accorded * vote of sympathy from the members of that body to-day.

The Bishop of Dunedin has received cabel advice that the Rev. W. Harfiy Johnson, vicar of Rosalyn, Midlothian, has accepted nomination to the cure of All Saints’, Dunedin.— Press Assn.

Mr. and Mrs. Eves, of Havelock North, after camping some time at Morere, are proceeding to Waikaremoana, and thence take a round tour via Gisborne.

The engagement is announced of the Rev. W. G. Burgis, 8.A., M. 0., vicar of Cheddleton, and Mrs Harris, of Basford Hall, Leek, widow of F. C, Harris, 1.M.C., China, and daughter of Mrs Deans, of Riccarton. Christ, church. New Zealand.

The engagement is announced between Captain Herbert Alexander Macpherson, the East Yorkshire Regiment, of Headingly Hall, Leeds and Cicely Beresford, second daughter of the late Mr. A. F. Fitzherbert and Mrs Fitzherbert, of Nettleworth. Palmerston North. New Zealand

On Sunday afternoon, January 1, the remains of the late Miss Vera Eddy, only daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Eddy, of Thompson road. Havelock North, were interred in the Havelock North cemetery, the Rev. R. Waugh officiating. There waa a large gathering of sympathisers, and between 20 and 30 wreaths were sent. Six of the deceased'! uncles acted as bearers.

Mr. E. D. T. I-ewis. of Christchurch, ascended Mount Cook on Wednesday, accompanied by two guides, Messrs V. Williams and J. Pope. The party set out at 2 a.m. on Wednesday and returned e.t midnight the same day. They say the view was very clear from the top of Mount Cook, both east and west coast* being perfectly visible The death occurred at Christchurch yesterday of Mr Robert Reid, of Darfield. one of the best known breeders and exhibitors of English Leicester's and Corriedalea in the Dominion, at the age of 72. He waa vice-chairman of the New Zealand Sheep Breeders’ Association aad a past president of the Canterbury A. and P. Association, The pretty church of St. Mary’s, at Karori, Wellington, was decorated in pink and blue flowers by friends of the bride for the wedding yesterday afternoon of Joan, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Harper. The Hill, Karori and great-grand-daughter of late Bishop Harper, first Primate of New Zealand, to C. B. Beaumont Maturin only son of Captain Maturin, R.N.. England. 'Hie Ven. Archdeacon Watson, Vicar of St. Peter's, performed the ceremony, which waa fully choral. The retirement toon place on Batur. day of a well-known member of the police force, Constable C. H. Pratt, of Cavershani, where he has been stationed for the last eight years. Constable Pratt, who was a member of the Melbourne police force for about two years and a-half before coming to this country, joined the New Zealand police a little more than thirty years ago. He was first stationed in Christchurch and Lyttelton, and was then appointed to the charge of the Port Ahuriri station. After remaining there for between two and three years, he returned to Canterbury On Thursday last he was met by members of the force in the Dunedin South district and was presented with a silver-mounted umbrella, a Loewe pipe and case, and a tobacco pouch as a mark of the esteem in which he wag held by his brother officers. 7