PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11856, 7 January 1902, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

.Captain A. H. Thorpe has been appointed ■ chief assistant pilot at Lyttelton, at a salary of £300 a year. ; • : Mr. Aitken, Mayor of Wellington, dei clines to accept another term of office, i Several candidates' are likely to contest the ■ Beat. t ■ : " Miss Nortlicroft, daughter of Mr. H. ; W ; Northcroft, S.M., was a passenger to &vdney by'the Zealandia yesterday, en route for ' Scotland. ' ' .. Mr. G. E. Tolhurst, resident inspector V for News Zealand of the Union Bank of Australia, Wellington, is at present' on a brief visit to Auckland. . _ The Rev. Rutherford Waddell, of Dunedin,. passed through Montreal recently on his wav to England. He proposes to leturn to New Zealand by way of America. A Napier Press •, Association telegram states . that the Very Rev. ' Dean Grogan was last f night presented with a purse of sovereigns" and an illuminated address by ■ his congregation, on the eve of bis departure for a trip 'to America ,and Ireland, where he will spend a short holiday. A hearty ' welcome was at the same time extended to Father Grogan, who takes Dean Grogan's place during his absence. The dean leaves Napier to-day. The Auckland passengers who are leaving on I the excursion to the est' Coast Sounds by the Union Company's steamer Waikare will proceed to Wellington by i the s.s. 'R6toiti from Onehunga to-morrow. The following is a list,of those booked at ■ Auckland: —Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Young, s Mr. ' and Mrs. H. O'Fallon. Mr. ; and Mrs. A. C. Spring, Mr. and Mrs. Cave, Mrs. ".Graham, Misses Young. Graham, Priestley, .! Dr. Hundhausen, Professor Hein, Messrs. |j W. C. H. Esdaile, Ingram-Clarke, J. E. S Astley, T. Montgomery. : i . The courteous manner of Nonstable Rock, .V q and the'faithful way in which lie has peri formed his duties has caused many am ell | : ;l business people and residents to regret his i''departure from' that suburb. At last *, night's meeting of the Parnell Borough Si ( Council. Mr. W. Thomas referred to Con- : stable Rock's transference to Huntly, and j !'-' moved, " That this Council , wishes to ex--1 press its satisfaction at the faithful manif ner in which Constable Rock has carried j' | out,his duties during the time he has been . stationed in Parnell." In doing so Mr. i Thomas spoke very highly of the officer's j' work in the borough, and his remarks were • i supplemented by Mr. A. S. Briggs and His Worship the Mayor (Mr. Hugh Campbell), both of whom referred in complimentary terms to Constable Rock. . It was decided ■ to forward the resolution to the constable, and a copy to the Inspector of Police. , if Our Rangiaohia correspondent writes — v A wedding which excited a great deal of interest took place; here on Tuesday last. - The contracting parties were Mr. James '• 'Cruickshank and Miss Emily Bertram. The ceremony took place at St." Paul's Church, the . officiating clergyman ' being the Rev. J.' Latter. _ Both the bride and bridegroom are well known and highly respected in the district. - The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. A. J. Bertram, who for some years was organist of St. Paul's. The popularity f of the contracting, couple was evidenced by the large attendance at the church, and the large number ■of presents they received. { . The church was nicely decorated. The . usual showers of rice were liberally spread ! over the young couple as they'left the | churchy A large company was entertained \at ~ Craigton" after the ceremony, and , I - 1 te IP the afternoon the happy; couple left . j for Cambridge, where they will spend the b early days of their honeymoon. HHI-'''