PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10427, 27 April 1897, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dβ. J. Somerville returned from Sydney by the Manapouri yesterday. Dr. Baldwin was a passenger to Wellington by tbe Tak&pmm yesterday. Mr. Grant, of the local railway staff, left for Wellington yesterday by theTakapnna. Captain Stenbeck, of the wrecked scow Pirate, arrived from Gisborne by the Waiham yesterday. Mr. C. P. Houghton, inspector of the Union Steamship Company, ie at present on a visit to Auckland. Messrs. J. D. Webster and Hazard, who are to take part in the Bieley rifle competition, left for Wellington by the Takapuna yesterday, en route to England. Mr. S. L. Jsmw, formerly in charge of the cable station at Wakapuaka, baa been appointed superintendent) of the Eastern Telegraph Company's station at) Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. Captain J. Beroech, late of the Flora, hie been transferred to the Tβ Anau, while Captain Newton, late of that ressel, goes to Melbourne to take command of the i.e. Liddesdale, and will bring her over to Dnnediu. During the absence of Mr. F. J. Townsend, manager of the Bank of Australasia, on bit holiday trip to the old country, Mr. Fred Ayree, accountaut of the Britbane branch, will have charge of the Duntdin branch of the bank. Mr. Stewart, the mining manager of the big Broken Hill Proprietary Company (Australia) is said to get a higher salary than any other mining manager in the world, receiving £3000 a year, with house, electric light, fuel, etc., equal to £3500 or over. Colonel Porter, who has been under treatment in Wellington for an injury to bie light—one of hit eyes having been struck by a branch of a tree as he was riding in the Poverty Bay district—has returned to his home in Gisborne. His sight has been completely restored. The old boys of the Ponsbnby District School intend presenting an illuminated address to Mr. B. Bailey, who has for many years been headmaster of the school. The address, which is a tastefully framed and decorated one, is at present on exhibition in tbe window of Messrs. Hill and Plummer, Queen-street. Ninety-four signatures are attached to it. A very pretty choral wedding took place in St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, last week, when two members of the choir (Mr. (.'. Dickinson and Miss A. Huetton) were the contracting parties. "The Voice that Breathed O'er Eden" and "Deus Miieraatur" were among the vocal numbers, and tbe organist (Mr. W, E. Taylor) played the usual wedding marches in his artistic style. On behalf of the choir, tbe Veo. Archdeacon Robinson prewnted a silver teapot and butter-dish to tbe happy couple.