PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10901, 4 November 1898, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Major Pitt arrived from Gisborno yesterday by the Te Aim Sir P. 0. Fysh goes to London in December as Agent-General for Tasmania. Captain Hoigh arrived from Dunedin yesterday to take charge of the barque Auriga. Mr. Binnio, of Messrs. Gregg and Co., of Duncdin, is at present on a business visit to Auckland. ' Mr. Ti m. Anderson, the city engineer, who is at present very ill, was granted a month's leave of absence last evening by the City Council. An elaborate illuminated address from the citizens of Brisbane has been prepared, and is shortly to be sent to Sir Horace 'lozer, AgentGeneral for the colony. Owing to the sudden illness of Mr. Justice Stephen, Mr. R. K. O'Connor, Q.C., has been appointed an acting Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales at Bathurst. Father McGrath, of Young, New South Wales, has been presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns to commemorate the attainment of the silver jubilee of his priesthood. Mr. A. J. Bridgewater, chief bookkeeper at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, is leaving Auckland on Thursday next to join the staff of the Dunedill branch. Our Pokeno correspondent writes: —With much regret I record the death of Mrs Brooks, from tuberculosis, following an attack of influenza. She had been an invalid for many years, and bore her sufferings with exemplary patience. Much sympathy is felt for the husband, who is left alone in'his furrow, having no ,'amily. Mrs. Brooks was a niece of Messrs. J. and W. Dean, of this place. A marriage took place yesterday afternoon at the Grafton Road Wesleyan Church of some interest in Grafton and Pousonby circles, in which districts the contracting parties— J. X. Ormiston and Miss Jessie Mary Main, third and youngest daughter of Mr. G. M. Main (Herald staff) are well known. The pulpit and rostrum were tastefully decorated with white flowers and greenery, and at the appointed hour the church was filled with their friends. As .the bridal party entered the church, the organist, Mr. W. Caley, performed Lolien- > grin " Bridal March.' The service commenced with members of the choir rendering the bridal hymn, " The Voice that Breathed O'er Eden." The marriage ceremony was conducted by the Rev. W. Gittos, superintendent of the Wesleyan Maori Missions (uncle of the bride), assisted by the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Helping Hand Mission (brother-in-law of the bridegroom). The -bride was given away by her fatliei. She wore an ivory white corded silk dress, trimmed with chiffon and orange blossoms, with the usual bridal veil and wreath, and carried a beautiful shower bouquet. The bridesmaids were Miss Florrie Cooke (cousin of the bride), and Miss Clare Ormiston (sister of the bridegroom). They wore floral muslin costumes, over gold, trimmed with cream satin and gold chiffon, and wore picture hats, trimmed with buttercup ribbons and roses, and also carried bouquets of white and yellow. The bride was attended by her little niece, Miss Eileen Jones, of Bondi, Sydney, and Master Archie Tayler. The former wore a white silk dress, with white picture hat, and carried a basket of gold and white buttercups. Master Tay- , ' e ' wore a white pique sailor costume. The groomsmen were Messrs. A. A. White and U. ii. Main. The present of the bridegroom to the bride was a diamond and ruby dress ring, and the bridesmaids also wore handsome gold brooches, the <»ift of the bridegroom. On the bridal party leaving the church Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" was played, and the newly-wedded couple on their way to their carriage were greeted with showers of rice and pelted with rose petals. The bridal party and the invited guests drove off to tJie residence of the bride's parents, Arthur-street, Pon■sonby, where they were entertained at "afternoon tea." The presents were numerous and handsome. Mr. Ormiston (who / is traveller for Messrs. Jas. Wiseman and Son, saddlers, Queen-street) -was presented by the employees of the firm with 'a handsome marble clock, with, suitable inscription engraved thereon)' and] from Messrs. J. Wiseman and Son-, an elegant silver dessert bowl, and wedding gifts, also'from members of the family. '.Mr. and Mrs.'Ormiston leave for the South' 011 their wedding tour.