PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11953, 30 April 1902, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tub Rev. W. Slade left for Wellington yesterday by the Takapuna. , ■ ; M Colonel Pitt, M.L.C., was a passenger to Wellington yesterday by the Takapuna. Mr. Duncan Clerk, who has been on a prolonged visit to Europe and America," ■ ,j'*returned by the mail steamer/ Sierra from San Francisco yesterday. Mrs. E. W. Alison and Miss May Alison, of -■" Lochaber," Lake Takapuna, were passengers to Sydney by the mail steamer Sierra last night on a holiday trip. Mr. Cinquevalli, the famous juggler, was :| a; passenger from San Francisco by the mail steamer Sierra yesterday, and leaves for Napier by the Elingamite this mornfag. ; :'■■ ,y Mr. Archibald McCosh Clark was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court , of New Zealand by His Honor Mr. Jus- \,; tice Conolly yesterday, on the application of Mr. Baxter. * Miss Priscilla Verne, the variety artiste, f ; , who has been touring in China. Japan, and r , the United States, was a passenger from San Francisco to Sydney by the mail { r steamer Sierra yesterday. Dr. J. C. Bradshaw has been appointed , lecturer in music at the Canterbury College at a 'salary of £200 per annum. He ~ • is organist, for Christ Church Cathedral, / : . * and recently arrived from London. ■ ' The Timaru Presbytery has sustained ■ * the call by the Trinity congregation to the ,*; ,' Rev. T. Stinson, 8.A., of Ireland; also a call by the new' Presbyterian Church to 1 ; the. Rev. R. Jackson, and a call by the ':.-.*>. Fairlie Church to the Rev, Dr. W. 8. ; ' Black. In each case the appointments ft : ' were accepted. ' •'•' . Considerable excitement pervaded the little settlement of Tararu, ■ Thames, on »- Tuesday, April 22, on the occasion of the marriage of Maria Edith, eldest daughter of Mr. F. Challis, Tararu, to Mr. John '-, "i Noakes. now of Waitekauri, but formerly of Uundaroo. New- South Wales. The ceremony took place in the Tararu Anglican Church, the Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan of- ;;;, ficiating. The little church was crowded * to excess. Mr. Newton, headmaster oi Tararu "school, presided at the organ, and after the ceremony played the "Wedding ~" March," During the service the well- ! v'";-■; known wedding hymn, "The Voice that ;V Breathed O'er Eden," was heartily sung by the assembled congregation. The church ": : was nicely decorated for the occasion by the teachers of Tararu Sunday-school, of which Miss Challis had been scholar and ,;; teacher for many years. The bride looked :.. exceedingly well in a cream Irish poplin, «. trimmed with satin and silk, and orthodox veil and orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were- Misses Winnie and Evelyn Challis, while Mr. Herbert Noakes supported the bridegroom. After the ceremony came the «r— wedding breakfast at the residence of the bride's parents. The Rev. W. 15. Scott (Waitekauri) proposed the health of the . ; newly-married couple. The bridegroom re- ', sponded, and then proposed the health ot the bridesmaids, on whose behalf Mr. 11. Noakes replied. Dr. O'Callaghan, in a felicitous speech, toasted the parents of the happy couple, after which, amidst enthusiasm, Mr. Newton proposed long life and happiness to the prospective brides and bridegrooms. Shortly afterwards the newly-married couple left for their honey- ! moon, which to to be spent at 'J.'e Aroha, I previous to settling it, their new home at j Karangahake. Mrs. Noakes' travelling dress was of brown costume cloth, trimmed ! with brown satin. She wore a lovelyj brown velvet toque, relieved 'with pink. I The bouquets carried by the bride and I bridesmaids called forth many tokens of approval. They were the work of Miss I , Alice Noakes, and consisted of lycopodmm, r cosmea, and chrysanthemums. There were j V v a large number of ornamental and useful I presents, amongst which mention must be I :;. made of the presents from Tararu Sunday- I ;. school to the bride, and from Waitekauri ;; Sunday- of which the bridegroom' ;,.;- lias been superintendent. The scholars of i ;, the first-named school presented a beau- ' tiful silver and cut-glass jam dish and l ;, , butter knife of electroplate. The Waite- I ;•; kauri scholars presented a lovely silver- , mounted oak biscuit barrel to Mr.' Noakes, ? * »maU mark of the esteem in which he is held. The bridegroom's presents to i.he bride and bridesmaids consisted of hand- - some gold brooches. j