PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mataura Ensign, 24 April 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

One of tne competitors in tlio vocaJ sojo at tho Christehurch competitions n-aa Miss E. Smith, of ChristcWch, a girl of 14 whom tho jud-, Herr Carl Sailer, declared was a conn;:- Melba. ■* 1 K - Campbell, oV Tiinam, v S^ r °, f r (iw - OumpbiJl, of tho -National Mortgage, Ltd. Gore, and Mrs C. Williams, Brydone, was married at Mlango Mission Chorcr, Nyassav, V„ , th Af>ri <''', «" l'o!,riiar/8, to Mr 1. C. L. Lyon. Tlio officiating clergyman,was Rev. J. A. Smith, of t.'e Mlango Mission CJiuroh. Miss Lid<i 1.1, nurse at tho mission, was bridesmaid and Air J. S. Millar was best man.__.lhe. bride, was attire,-] in an e.uiuisue dress of ivorv satin with veil ol old lace and orange blossoms. This being the first European wedding celebrated .in the church, it proved very interesting to the largo gathering of people of both races. Mrs Lyon's new ■iioino will be on tlio Chitakali estate of the. A. L. Co., Ltd. Alter the. uivlding Wi-enioiiy and nedding breakfast Mr ■an-d Mrs Lyons wvn, carried to their new home each in a "machiia." bv four stalwart natives. The bride's quartette. e:..;;ly won t,io race and were pleased w.th then- ae-!iiovcme.nt. Mrs Lyons Wiis tor several ytwrs a member of the teaching staff of tho Tima.ru Souih SCiIOOI. The passing „f ?,!,- (; (H) . Lindsay, who had reached tho age of 87 year's, at his residence near Milton en April •i ui-uctic-aily elo.se* the Lust link between tlio present generation and the first batch oi early s-.■fi.'ers who arrived in_ the Tokom::.;■!■ :ia district in t!ie early hi Dies. 'I ho hu,, Mr Liiid>ay, who wis a sturdy type of settler, was lwr.i ar Bothwell (Scotland) in 1826. He was married in 1847 and about fivo years later, : acting under the advice of Kev. !)r Hums, decided to mako his home in jiNow Zealand. With his wife and thiv children, on_o of whom was born at. seai. ho arrived in tho Dominion on March (i, 18o;i, in the ship Roval Alliert. Mr and Mrs Lindsay shortly after their arrival sei.hd at Tokomalruo. During the Gabriel's Gully rush in 1861 Mr Lindsay ,vas ■aitnicW there but met with indiifcrent success and returned to hit; lane. ids many years' iv-side-nee in Tokoiniairiro Mr Lindsay look an active part in tlio nublic iui'uir* of tlie district. He was a stockbreeder of repute and an ardent nionihvr of uho local A. tuid J'. Society and i<'anners' Club. It is. interesting to note that he was the first man to cut crop r ; on th« Tokomairiro with a scythe. In the early days ho occupied tho position of warden, clerk and treasurer of tKe Toko Hundred under tho Provincial Government. For a period of ,50 years he had been an elder of the Toko Presbyterian Ghuroh, being ordained by tlio late Rev. A. B. Todd in 1859. Mr and Mrs Lindsay celebrated their golden wedding in 1897, and Mrs Lindsay passed away 10 yercrs later. Mr Lindsay, who was redly the last of tlie original settlers of the' Toko district, had a family of 14, 12 of w_h»m, six sons and six daughters, survive their parents: viz., Win. (Miller's Flat). Alexander (Totara), Arthur (Herbert), Walter, George and Gavin (at present at .home), Mrs Craig (Maori Hill, Duncdin), Mrs It. Thomson (Milton), Mrs J. France (Gore), Mrs Craig (Caroline Siding), Mrs A. C- McKay (Balfour), and -Mrs T. M. Bruce (Milton).