PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11642, 2 May 1901, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Messrs. Pennington and Stevens, chief officers of the Taieii and Botokino respectively, have exchanged vessels. Mr. J. G. Gow, travelling representative of the Department of Commerce and Industries, has 'left Wellington on a tour of the South Island, which he will begin in Marlborough. . ' . Mr. Harold Thomson, clerk at the Magistrate's Court, Auckland, who is leaving in orc.tr to commence practice as a solicitor, at Tnglewood, Taranaki, was yesterday presented by the members of the Magistrate's Court staff with a farewell memento.

Our Coromandel correspondent telegraphs : General regret was expressed by the many friends of Mrs. C. W. Skrine, when the "news was received yesterday of her death at Perth. West Australia. During the. time Captain and Mrs. Skrir.e resided in Coromandel, Mrs. Skrine was always willing to assist at. all concerts got up for charitable purposes. Pneumonia was the cause of death.

A young aboriginal native of the Lower Valley. Mr. Mitii Mikaere, leaves shortly to study electrical science and medicine at the Chicago University. He proposes to fcreak bis journey to America by a short star of two months or so at Sydney. Mitai Mikaere was educated at St. Patrick's College, and is a young man of great intelligence. He is the first Maori native of Wairarapa to go through a collegiate course of study. The am-iage of Mr. Allen H. Uther, 8.A., LL.B., eldest son of Mr. J. Uther, of Sydney, with Miss Edith Victoria Giiles, second daughter of the late Mr. Edmund F. Gilles (inspector or the National Bank of New Zealand) and Mrs. E. P. Truman, Wilson's Point, took place at St. John's Church, Milson's Point, on Tuesday, April 9. The ceremony was performed by the Rev, C. J. Byng,' assisted by the Rev. P. Livingstone. The church was crowded with-friends and spectators, and was beautifully decorated with lilies cosmeas, and palms. The bride entered the chinch on the arm of her eldest brother (Mr. Edmund W. Gilles), by whom she was given away. She wore- a white duchess satin, th.- court train from the shoulders being of brocaded satin. The bodice, of embroidered silk chiffon, had a transparent yoke and sleeves of chiffon ; her veil of tulle, with border of rose point lace, was arranged over a wreath ■of orange blossom, and was the same as worn by her mother. She carried an ivory prayer book, and wove a diamond and ruby ring, "gifts of the bridegroom. After the ceremony the guests, numbering about 150, adjourned to the School of Arts, North Sydney, where Mrs. Truman held a reception, t:nd Mr. and Mrs. Allen Uther received the congratulations of their many friends. The presents were numerous and costly, including several from England, New Zealand, Adelaide, and Melbourne.