PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11148, 22 August 1899, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. T. Mackenzie arrived from London by the Papanui yesterday. Mr. S. Bernech, son of Captain J. Bernech, of the s.s. Te Anau, has joined the s.s. Otarama as fourth engineer. Captain H. S. Blackburne, the new nautical adviser to the Government, is a passenger by the Papanui from London. Mr. T. Brydone, manager of the Australian and New Zealand Land Company, left for Wellington yesterday' by the Rotoiti. Mr. S. H. Gollan, of Napier, was a passenger from London by the Papanui yesterday, and leaves by the Elingamite for Napier to-day. Mr. and Mrs. T. Varnom and family, who have been in England for the past two years, were passengers from London by the Papanui yesterday. Mr. James Green, who has been for some years manager at Vavau for Messrs. Forsyth, Schultze, and Co., arrived from the islands by the Hauroto, and left for Sydney by the Westralia last evening. Great preparations are being made in the circle of the Austrian community in Auckland. for the approaching marriage of Mr. Joseph Franich, of Princes-street, to Miss Katheline King, on September 6 next. This will be the first Austrian marriage occurring in Auckland, on which occasion both English and Austrian friends will be invited. The first and last banns "were pronounced in the St. Patrick Cathedral on Sunday last. Our Kaukapakapa correspondent writes: —A social took place in the hall on Thursday evening last, the occasion being a sendoff to Miss Merritt, who is leaving the district. The affair was quite a success, and a very agreeable time was spent. During the few months she has been in Kaukapakapa, by her genial disposition and kindness of heart, Miss Merritt has become very popular, and has gained the good wishes of all who made her acquaintance. Almost the first duty the new vicar appointed by the Primate to Mauku-Waiuku, the Rev. W. Webster, had was a wedding (a ceremony which has been few and far be°tween at St. Bride's, for some time), when he united in the bonds of matrimony Ellen, , the daughter of Mrs. John Wirth, with Mr.' | Murdoch, a resident of the Thames gold- 1 fields. The bridal party were met at the i church by a number of friends, and at the I conclusion of the service, were very warmly ! congratulated, and wished every happiness, ! and also had a large share of rice. The bride j looked very nice in a dress of cream serge and white veil. The bridesmaids were the two sisters of the bride and bridegroom, and they were dressed with good taste. An adjournment was made to the residence of Mrs. Wirth, where breakfast was laid out, and some hours of happiness were spent by friends and neighbours. The happy pair left for their home on the following day.— Correspondent.]