PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13214, 27 June 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

:, —— Professor Brown was a passenger to the "fx<, ' Islands by the Manapouri yesterday. " ' . Mr. Justice Cooper left Lyttelton for Wel- -- < lington last night by the Mararoa. '''';- c ; " " The Rev. Mr. McWilliam arrived from jdhs J Whangarei last night by the Aupouri. §V-' 1 Mr. F. Mander, M.H.R. tor Marsdcn, left for Wellington yesterday by the Rarawa. ;; The Rev. L. Isitt left for New Plymouth yesterday by the Rarawa, en route for Wellington. ■ Mr. A. Davis, of Messrs. L. D. Nathan - 1 and Co., returned from Fiji by the Moura fast night. Signor Bragato, the Government viticulturist, was a passenger from New Plymouth c- yesterday by the Rarawa. — The Rev. Joseph Clark, of the Baptist .Tabernacle, returns from Gisborne by the / » Tarawera to-morrow. (' 1 . __— r; . The Rev. M. Sutton, returned to Auckv- . land by the Moura from Fiji last night from a holiday trip to the Islands. :. Mr. G. Turnbull, of Palmerrston North, who.has been on.a, visit to the Islands, returned to Auckland by the Moura from Fiji : 1 V last night. Captain Knox-Niven, Mr. 0. Rutherford, - .Mrs." G. Potter, and Miss Robertson Scott, |i" j of India], were passengers to the Islands by ■fe' tho Manapouri yesterday. (jli'r;; " §jj£ Amongst the tourists at present- in North;*iiern New Zealand in the care of Messrs. Thos. Cook and Sons are: Mr. A. Graham, ;*, of Winnipeg, U.S.A., and Mi. P. Heystick, (*'{, of Rotterdam,' Netherlands. fe'-,: ■; ' ■' .. ■ Li- Dr. J. S. Purdy, formerly of the Hutt, ■X' ■ . Wellington, is now in the Egyptian quaranP-- tino/,service, and has lately been engaged f' , " in examining pilgrims returning from Mecca. S ■ Dr Purdy expects to visit New Zealand •' ( next month. . Si ' The Rev. Father Treiucey, of Stratford, f§||Js - - celebrated his silver jubilee as a priest on ||tV •" Friday last, and was presented with an adpfVvf dress by the pupils 01 the Convent School ' and vestments by the Sisters at New Ply- ' mouth and Christchurch. i .. v ■' ' !'■■■■!■ ■■■ . ,The Hons. E. C. J. Stevens, C. Louisson, |r; : and H. Feldwick M.'s 8.C., and Messrs. C. Si i . Lewis, C. A. C. Hardy, G. Witty, D. $ --j Buddo. C. M. Gray, Allen, H. R. Reid,' J. v ■ McLachlan, R. Heaton" Rhodes, Barclay, P. £ Laurenson, A. S. Malcolm, M.'s H.R., left' Lyttelton for Wellington by the Mararoa last night. ' ■ . ' ; i, At the last meeting of the Clutha. branch J,-"- <', of the Farmers' Union, it was stated that a i goodly sum of money was in hand for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr. J. W. Thomson, cx-M.H.R. tor Clutha. It ; was'stated that this should take the form of an illuminated address, and that any surv plus should bo divided between Mr. Thorn* son's two daughters. HW*- Lady Innes, widow of Sir George Long Innes, formerly a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has married in flpif!, Paris M. E. J. Biard d'Aunet, late Consulj ■ General for Fran of in Sydney, and is now llfiS'i living in Paris. Lady Innes, a daughter of < the late Mr. John Smith, M.L.C., of I Bathurst, married the late judge in 1865, and wao left a widow in 1896. .' V- .v.; — , iv; • I Mr. ' Geoffrey Mathias, manager of the ft 1 ;;. Union Bank of Australia, Limited, Ashbur-ton,--having been granted extended leave of " r *' absence, owing to ill-health, Mr. W. G. - SVamce, manager of the Stratford branch, K - ihas been appointed to take charge at Ashs burton. • Mr. Leonard Deane, who has been ( acting . accountant at that bank's Christ1' ■ ' ,church and Wellington branches, will take ' j|§fs charge of the branch at Stratford. ! Mr. J. L. Woodlock, who has just been ; tjfej:)' s retired from the service at.the Mental HosS|iS| at- Avondale, ■ having reached the. age ' f limit., was 29 years and three months in the 1 Pf! service. For the last 26 years he' has ( held V- the position of charge night attendant. He ' '. " ' - joined the service under the late Dr. Thos. : < Aickin in March, 1877. Before leaving the i staff presented him with an elaborate rock- ' . ing chair as a mark of their regard ajnd ' esteem." Mr. Wood lock retires with a well- 1 ' earned compensation.

. A pretty weddine took place at St. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, on Monday last, If the contracting parties being Mr. Chas. § Stewart, formerly of Auckland, but now of IV. Dunedin, 'and Miss Jessie Hally, second , daughter of Mr. Jas. Hally, solicitor, of |!f| Cambridge. The Ven. Archdeacon Willis I■'.1 ■'. - performed the ceremony. The bride looked f" ■ j - charming in a dress of white satin. The nIW bridesmaids i were the Misses Alice and life ''' Kathleen Hally, sisters of the bride, Mr. I J. H. Stewart, brother of the bridegroom, : being best man. A reception was after- ? wards held at the residence of the bride's "I' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart subsequently left for Hamilton, en route to Invcrcar- ■ gill, their future home. Wf'S..'■■ : '■ • v ":■ __________