PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Me. ' Hendebson, the Poultry Expert, has y- paid a visit to Momohaka, and lectured at New Plymouth on Saturday night. V : Mr. N. W. Pollard, for many years a .councillor in the Parnell Borough, and' who has in other ; capacities done good ' service for Parnell, has beennominated for . its ' mayoralty by Messrs. Thomas and Page. : Mr. E. T. Sayers, secretary of the New ■ Zealand Cyclists' . Touring Club, left . for > . Wellington yesterday. During his stay in i Auckland Mr. Sayers ';was (engaged in •' organising' work, t and added nearly ' 100 ' cyclists to the roll., - ' - We are,informed that Her. Excellency . Lady Ranfiirly has been graciously pleased to grant her patronage to the Presbyterian ■ X Nursing Association. Her Ladyship wishes ; the work, which she considers a splendid

A one, every success. r ;; Mr. G. F. Millars and Miss French, who were married at Coromandel yesterday ' (writes our. correspondent), were , the recii. ' pients of a' number of handsome present!, - J imonget which were two pieces of silver ~. v plate from the members of. the Coromandel .Brokers' Association, of which -the bridegroom is chairman.' The bridal party will spend their honeymoon at Rotoriia. ; ' ' The King of Tonga, it is announced, is at last on the eve of matrimony.'; For the past • two . years,'' says :- the .. South ' Australian Chronicle, the youthful monarch has been <V r , , despatching offers to various island; prin- - cesses. Once ho aspired to the hand of a '4 ■; beautiful Hawaiian princess who is now living in the British Isles, but the young lady ■, did .not! even. ; answer his Tongan Majesty's letter. Then he sought to marry - with a Samoan lady of high tank, but his advances met with no.response, and the '0m i disappointed potentate turned to Fiji for a V. /' fitting . mate :to share the ; glories of the l^j/a-.Tongan;. throne. But here, also, his ad- • I. 'vances were declined, and it is. probable , \ that His Majesty's choice has,now fallen ■ i \ upon one of the high-blooded maids of his . T own kingdom.

■•I • ■ •- - MISSING FRIENDS. ; .. t ; . The following inquiries for missing friends in New Zealand are from; Lloyd's Weekly of October 3:—• >■ ....... • Graves, Thomas Benjamin, left Millwall feteil for New. Zealand 18 years ago; nob heard of since. - Step-brother, Henry Charles, asks. Parents are dead., i.» * !.'•• . Bryant, W., last wrote home from Bide- -■ ford, Wellington; in August, 1890. v Sister ; • Emily is ill, and longs ,to hear. ' ■, ; Keesban,! Mary Ann, sailed in (the May, iffe-l Queen,' bound for . Otago, Dunedin, ih.1873. Father and brother William are dead her poor mother seeks her. Aceling, Edward,left Abingdon, r . Berkshire, ;about 20 years> ago, < arid was i ■ last heard of from New Zealand.- • Brother |g§|rfAlfred asks. ' M"»■ ' ' *• .'• '■ ■ ■■ .■ M