PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, 12 March 1901, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr W. H. Herries, M.H.R., arrived from Tauranga yesterday by the Waiotahi. '• The Rev. Dr. David Brace was a passepger to Sydney by the Mararoa yester- - a iVlr. Murray, of Kaukapakapa, was a pas- - Mr. Murray, of Kaukapakapa, was a pas- ■ ■ senger to , Sydney yesterday by the MaraMr E. Tregear. Secretary for Labour, was a passenger to Wellington yesterday by the Mr* Barron, Under-Secretary for Lands, left for Wellington by the s.s. Rotoiti yes-

te Mr Fraser, Sydney agent for. the New Zealand Press Association, was a passenger to Sydney by the Mararoa yesterday. . ./, Mr H C. Sigley, of the Nelson Boys Central School staff, has been appointed headmaster of the principal school in the Chatham Islands. . . Mr. Geo. Johnson, for many years with the late firm of Messrs. Hunter and Nolan, and latterly connected with the New Zea- . land Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, leaves for England on the 20th prox. on. a business trip. _ Captain R. G. Hutton, late of the Omapere, proceeds in command of the Hauroto a* far as Samoa, where he will be relieved by Captain Newton, of the Rotokino, Captain -ton bringing the latter steamer to Auckland, where he will be relieved by Captain R. M. Farmer. " ■ ~.••,' The . Athenseum states that M. Andre Siegfried, the'son of a distinguished French Republican.-Minister, is now writing a book on New Zealand. ;' He has already published an essay, reprinted from thel " Revue Politique et Parlementaire," which is well worth reading. Mr. H. H. Rice, late of the Dunedin Customs Department, who has been transferred to Auckland, was presented by his late brother, officers with a handsome travelling bag the other evening. Mr. Eyre, in a few happy words, made the presentation on behalf of the staff. Mr. Rice thanked the donors for their kind expressions of feeling. A very pretty wedding was solemnised at Christ's Church, Ellerslie, on March 6, when Miss Esme Eliott, youngest daughter of Mrs. M. W. Eliott, and granddaughter of ."Mr. G. Eliot Eliott, " Huntly," Dunedin, was married to Mr. Walter Cutten, of Dun;«din.;i The service, which was fully choral, ■was conducted by the vicar of the parish, the Rev. F. Walker, assisted by the Rev. A. G. Purchas. Miss Millie Hay ward presided at the organ, and played the "Wedding March." The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. Claude Purchas, looked charming in a lovely white "duchesse satin gown, en train, veil, and orange blossoms. She carried a magnificent shower bouquet, and wore a pearl pendant, the gifts of the bridegroom. She was attended by three bridesmaids. The presents were numerous and costly. Mr. and Mrs. Cutten left, amid showers of rice and roseleaves, en route for Okoiroire and Hot Lakes.

Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lincoln, of Weststreet, Newton, celebrated their " golden -wedding" yesterday. The marriage announcement appeared in Saturday's issue. They were married in the Congregational Church, Beccles, Suffolk, on March 10,1851. Mr. Lincoln is well and favourably known in this city, having been for many years connected with the Post Office, Auckland, retiring on a pension. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln arrived in the colony with four children, one being born on the voyage, on June 12, 1856, in the barque Chatham, Captain Cole, the late James Watson Bain's father and

sister, Mrs. Hosrg, with her son, Mr. Alexander Hogg, being fellow passengers. They have two sons and three daughters, namely, Mr. John Lincoln, of Tologa Bay, EastCoast, Mr. Noel ; Lincoln, of Narrabri, New

South Wales, Mrs. Slyfield, Mrs. Mears. Mrs. Tucker, of Whangarei, all of whom were present at the celebration of the " golden wedding," save Mr. Noel Lincoln. There were also present eicdit of the 26 grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln received numerous calls from their friends yesterday, who congratulated them ' on the auspicious occasion. The bride's cake was "cut," and portions handed round to the . visitors. The " happv couple" are 72 and 76 respectively. They received a number of presents during the day. As showing that the world is only "a big orange" after all, they received a visit from a lady who comes irony Mr. Lincoln's birthplace, Lowestoft, X* 'J?™ / gentleman who belongs to Recces, the town in which the couple got mar-