PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11685, 21 June 1901, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Captain J. M. Hart, of Wellington, ar- , rived by the Moura last evening on a short ; visit to" Auckland. Mr. If. Parata, M.H.R., arrived from ; Tauranga, last night, by the Waitaugi, hav- i ing come overland from Rotorua. Mr. I), H. Bayldou, consulting engineer ; for the New Zealand Mines Trust (Limited), has resigned his position with that concern. in order to take a position at Hoinc. -"'"; Bayldon will probably have for i'.ngluna ■ by "the next 'Frisco steamer. Mr. Sim, so long known in connection : ■with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile , Company, and who has lain;.- occupied the ; position" of produce manager at the com- ] pany's Invcrcargill branch, has resigned that . post, to join Mr. J. M. Johnston in his I agency business at Palmer;:!on North. j A large gathering of railway men was : Lei'', in Wellington yesterday, to bid tare- j well to Mr. Hudson, late assistant manager I of railways, who has beer' appointed mana- : ger of the Tasiminian railways. Speeches : ■were made congratulating him on ins ap- | pointment, and wishing him every success. The Chief Railway Commissioner of New South Wales (Mr. Oliver) received from the i Duke of Cornwall and York the presentation j of a star:.' pin with an emerald set in gold, surmounted bv a gold crown. Mr. Harper, ( the chief traffic manager, received a silver cigarette case, with gold medallions of the Duke and Duchess. Mr. Conyngham, the petitioner in the famous Conyngham-O'Hara divorce case, is at present in Carterton. He is touring the Wairarapa disposing of cash registers. In conversation with a Carterton tradesman, : he is reported to have said that he intends I to reopen the now famous divorce case as j noon as funds permit. A very interesting wedding was solem- | :nised at'Waiheke on the Mi insl.. between j Miss Margaret Grace, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Gordon, of Awarur fJaj , and Mr. John Day, formerly of Wail-eke, but now of 'J'akatu. The Rev. W. Gray Dixon, M.A., minister of St.. David's Clinch, Auckland, performed the ceremony in the hall adjoining Mr. Gordon's lesidence which had been most artistically decorated with palms and flowers lor the occasion, an arch of nikau and camellias, from which was suspended a horseshoe of marguerites, being (specially noticeable. The bride, who looked "charming in her gray cloth dress, trimmed with cream satin and chiffon, with the orthodox veil and orange blossoms, was given av/ay by her father. Misses Annie and Lily "Gordon were bridesmaid.;, and wore gold brooches, the pi ft of the bridegroom, Mr. W. Council acting as best man.. After the ceremony Mrs. Cordon entertained hei guests, about 70 in number, at the wedding breakfast, when Mr. Gray Dixon in a few happily-chosen words proposed the health of the bride and bride groom. In the evening there was a ball, at which the dancing was kept up with great enthusiasm till the early hours of the morning. The large number of beautiful presents of which the happy pair were the recipients well mark the high esteem in which both are held by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.