PERSONAL.

Northern Advocate, 6 May 1916, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mrs Ganson, wife of the Mayor of '•uckland, returned to Auckland by he Manaia to-day.

Among the passengers by the ;learner train for Auckland, this morning, were Mr H. R. Cook and ..::• John Hall, of Auckland.

Mr J. E. Mackley, Westingbouse brake expert for the Railway Department, is at present in Whargarc, r,.ul will probably be employed here for the next two months.

Mr John Redmond, the leader of the Irish party, is among the wealthiest representatives of the Emerald Isle in Parliament. Formerly he was employed as a committee clerk in the Eriise of Commons.

The marriage is announced of Miss Annie Maud Wilson, youngest daughter of the lat e Mr J. 1. Wlilson, of

Whangarei, to Mr Arthur Armstrong, eldest sen oi Mr M. W. Armstrong, Maunu. The ceremony took place at St. Luke's Church, Remuera, on /,pril 2 1.

Several person have claimed the honour of being th e first European child born in Canterbury after the arrival of the first four ships on December 16th, 1850. The rightful claimant, apparently, is Mrs Margaret Neville, whose maiden surname was Wliitmore (says the "Lyttelton Times.") Her parents came in the Cressy, and she was born at Lyttelton on January 22nd, IS. 51 A copy of the Church records attested by Canon Coates, supports Mrs Neville's claim.