PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11842, 20 December 1901, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. E. Hutters left last r evening by the s.s. Hauroto for Tonga.

V; . Mr. Sime, late assistant-purser of the 1 ,;Ovalau, 'was a passenger to Fiji by the Hauroto last evening, to join the Kia Ora ' as purser. . . . . The' Right Rev. Dr. Stuart, formerly :, Bishop of Waiapu, 'and now engaged in missionary work in Persia, arrived at Welling- j ton by the Monowai yesterday. -He has 18 months' furlough, which he will spend in ;• New Zealand. • A Timaru Press .Association • telegram states that Mr. T. A. H. Wing, M.A., . Cambridge, a'; present assistant in Nelson 'College, has been appointed first-assistant :in the Timaru , Boys'., High School. , There\ ; were: 13 " other." applicants. " ' . ,

i Our Thames correspondent states that Mr. ■' J. E. • Wearne. late manager of the Union "VVaihi mine, left Thames ■ yesterday for Auckland; en route to Wellington. < He was " accompanied by his daughter and two sons. I but one ' of . the • latter . returns to Waihi shortly.

Mr. J. R. Sykes:, of Messrs. Hesketh and; Richmond's office, sustained a nasty *, accident the other , day. While stepping on to: a ""bus his foot slipped, and he fell , Tinder the wheel, his foot being badly ■■ crushed, and his thigh cut. He will be confined to the house for some weeks.

• On Tuesday evening last Mr. Hodgson, of the Northern Boot Company, was invited to make a presentation to Mr. E. J. Osborne, of a silver-mounted pipe and tobacco pouch, on behalf of the clickers and machinists, as a mark of esteem in which Mr. held as foreman of the company. Mr. W. .. Long,, foreman in -the benching and finishing • department, was also presented with a silvermounted pipe by the operatives.

- Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. T. Hodgson celebrated their silver wedding, and a large number of friends were present at the .".At Home,"-held - in the afternoon, in the Kingsland Wesleyan schoolroom. The gathering ■was unique, friends being present who took part in the ceremony a-quarter of a century ago, in the Home land, also those who were associated with Mr. Hodgson under the same < employers in Darlington. There were also friends in attendance representing church, business, and social life. The Wcsleyan ' ministers of the Pitt-street. Grafton Road,

and Devonport circuits were, present, also Mr. Geo. Winstone (chairman of the Northern Boot Company), Mr. R. Walton (president of the Auckland Boot Manufacturers'

Association), and- various other representatives of the leather and boot trade. Numer- . ous letters and telegrams of congratulation ■ were received froir friends in various parts of the colony. ; Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson were the recipients of a large number of valuable presents, including a silver tea service -from the employees of the Northern Boot Company. Congratulatory addresses were given 1 by the Revs. Garland, Bull, Griffith, Chap-, man, and Pinfold, and Messrs. T. Webb, B. Kent, J. Gittos, and T. McMaster. Mr. Hodgson suitably responded.

A wedding of considerable interest ays our Wairna South correspondent) took place at Clevedon on Wednesday, r December " 18,' at the residence -of the bride's ■ mother, the contracting parties being Miss -Ada Atchison, fifth daughtei of the late Mr. Jas. Atchison, and Mr. Percy Tippetts, of Churchill, Waikato, late of Plymouth, England. The-Rev. T. Norrie tied the nuptial knot. The bride was daintily' attired in a stylishly-cut frock of . a creamy soft material, which was exceedingly .becoming, c tulle veil, and beautiful shower bouquet completed most charming costume. Miss Kate Atchison filled the role,of bridesmaid. She was prettily dressed in pink, carrying a- shower uouquet and wearing a massive' gold, bracelet, a gift "of. the bridegroom. The bride's • presents , were very numerous, an evidence of the .young lady's ' deserved popularity.' Mr. C. Atchison gave the bride. away, and Mr. A. Collie officiated as best man. The wedding breakfast was both' elegant and sumptuous, and the spacious diningroom was filled to overflowing with guests. The bride's - travelling dress consisted of a 'tailor-made silk serge, in colour a mixture of" pale blue and gold, . worn with .picture hat of cream tulle, ostrich feathers, and rosettes of narrow black velvet. ' The happy couple left, amidst showers of rice and good wishes, for Papakura,; where they intended to catch the train for Rotorua. ■ •? -y ;• ••'•' ••/ ; ■