PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12055, 27 August 1902, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

— , Miss Pettit, of Wellington, has been appointed matron of the Wellington Hosmtal Mr. Heuare Kaihau, M.H.R., was a passenger from New Plymouth ,by the Ngapubi yesterday. -.■ ■•■' ■- 1 ■ ■■ Judlje Butler, of the Native Lands Court, was a passenger from New Plymouth by the Ngapuhi yesterday. Captain W. Worster, . late of the Tekoa is in command of the.s.s. Wakanui, which arrived from London yesterday. Mr Aldred, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Timaru, ; has been/. promoted to be inspector for the -Middle Island, and leaves Timaru next week. Mr. Hamilton, of the Westport Coal Company's Denniston staff, has arrived in Auckland to take the duties of branch manager for the company. Mr. Brown, the retiring manager, goes to the West Coast 10 assume the position, of assistant manager of the Denniston Colliery. *. On Monday afternoon, at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's warehouse, >at , '<■ , Chelsea, Mr. W. ■'■ Simpson," who was Recently married, was. presented by . bis fellow ;V" employees with a-, silver -, cruet-stand and salt-cellars, as an indication of the esteem \ ~'; ' in which he is held. Mr. Wallace made the presentation. '■" T Our Thames correspondent writes:—Mr. Walter McDermott, who for. many years lias been a member of what is now the Thames Battalion Band, but who is leav-

. „, iu u nana, miu »»««■ — - hie" for West Australia, was on Mondaj ' evening presented with fa'' Gladstone baj and an address f from his fellow bandsmen as a mark of esteem. '> „ . The Rev. Father Grogan,, of .Napier formerly of Wellington, recently made* visit to America, and is now in Great ; Britain.' In-a letter to a friend, in JS.ew Zealand, he said he' found no new development in regard to the relationship between capital and labour in the United States. People live in the States at such a pressure that whole masses ■ of the people obtain no pleasure from life. ~ A very pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral. Parnell, yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Cuthbert Rutherford, of Canterbury, was married to Miss Sylvia Cull, daughter of. Miv Albert. Cuff, of Auckland. -The interior of the church was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and the bride, who was given away 'by her father, was' attended by several bridesmaids. The marriage ceremony was conducted by the vicar (Canon Mac Murray), . who was assisted by the Kev. W. M. Du Bieu (vicar of St. Thomas'). As the bridal party passed up the church, the wedding hymn, "The Voice that Breathed O'er Eden" was sung, and after the ceremony the "Wedding March" was played. A large number of guests were subsequently entertained at the residence of the bride's ■ . parents, where the numerous and costly wedding presents were on view. It is very gratifying to be able to record from time to time the successes attained by young Aucklanders in literature, science, and art. Information : has just been received from London that Mr. G. \V. Allsop, of this city, has obtained his full m;:'.-;;^ : i degree in architecture, and has been admitted an Associate of the Royal Institute of British ; Architects. Mr. Allsop is, the youngest son of Mr. George Allsop, of Upper Queen-street, and was a pupil in the office or • , Messrs. Mitchell and Watt, architects to the Auckland Board of Education. He attended the classes at the Auckland Technical School, and whilst there passed with credit the South Kensington examinations. Mr. Allsop then went to London, and attended classes at the Polytechnic in Re-gent-street, and was . subsequently appointed assistant-architect to the Malay Government. The climate there did not suit his health,' and he .then determined to return to London, in order to attain to the distinction which is the subject ot the above pleasing reference.