PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14566, 31 December 1910, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Bib Matthew Datjxs, ex-Mayor of Melbourne), is visit tig New Zealand.

Mr, and Mrs, Dexisham, of Melbourne, are staying at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mcdintock, o£ Wellington, are staying at the Central Hotei.

Mr. E. Bam ford, .Registrar-General of Deeds and Land, is at present on a visit to Auckland.

Mr. A. E. Evans, of Birmingham, is on a visit to the Dominion, and is staying at the Central Hotel.

Messrs. C. Heighton and W. Rashbury, of borne, arrived by the Tarawera yesterday, "and are staying at the Star Hotel.

Messrs. A Baker, of Carisichnreix, and W. Tait, of Invercargill, have returned from Rotorua, and are staving at the Star Hotel.

Amongst the visiters staying at the Central Hotel is Mr. F. Hiies, of Manchester. lie arrived by the Kaipara yesterday.

Mr. Ceo. Wilms, junr., of New York, and Mr. ,T. Hooker, of London, arrived front the South yesterday, and are staying at the Central Hotel.

A Press- Association cable front London announces the death of the Rev. Robt. Henderson, for many year? pioneer Presbyterian worker in Victoria.

: Amongst the visitors at the Star Hotel lire Messrs. A. James, of Wellington, and N. urr, of Dannevirke; also. Misses D. Thruston and S. Smith, of Gisborne.

Mr. T. Makayama, of Yokohama, is at present staving at the Star Hotel. Ho intends visiting Rotorua, and will then ]nake an extended tour of the Dominion.

The visitors at the Royal Hotel include Messrs. W. P. McKenzie (Wellington), A J. Rashleigh (Eketahuna), A. J. Thompson (Wellington), and E. J. Harvey (Blenheim).

The Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, of Ash burton is paying Auckland a visit, after a lapse of 14 years, and is staying at- the residence of his father, Mr.. Edward Bellhouse, Pentland Avenue, Mount Eden.

Mr. T. G. Dewar, who represents the New Zealand Government Tourist Department in Queensland, is at present on a visit to Auckland, and is staying with his parents at Ponsonby. Mr. Dewar has been a resident of Queensland for over 26 years.

Mr. J. Hill. ex-Lord Mayor of Bradford, and Mr. Horsfall, member of the Chamber of Commerce of Halifax, paid i\ visit to tbe Mayor of Christckurch yesterday. _ His Worship subsequently escorted the visitors over various municipal institutions, the destructor, the tepid baths, etc., and drove them round the city.Press Association.

A pretty wedding took place at St. Mary's Cathedral, Painell, yesterday, when Mis:; Vera Lewis, third daughter of Mr. Bernard Lewis, Devoaport, was married to Engineer-Comm.'inder Victor de Paris, B.N. The bride was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. Hector Pierce, ' and the bridesmaids were Mies Phyllis Lewis, Miss Bessie Worth;worth, and Miss Dorothy Pavitt. Engineer-Commander D. W. Cleave, of H.M.S. Cambrian, was "best man. Canon Mac Murray performed the marriage cert-cony.

| jr - The Rev. Richard James Hall, M.A.. who T\\ succeeds the Rev. W. Jellie, as minister of J',/ Jh© Auckland Unitarian Church, arrived fe 5 It Wellington by the lonic yesterday. He reaches Auckland by the Main Trunk exp • press to-day, and takes up his duties on lift Sunday. Mr. Hall is a young minister of ' ' peat promise and scholarly attainments, Ijfev laving exceptional gifts as preacher. A patr?e of Ireland, Mr. Hall was educated jffs |t Queen's College. Belfast, and at OzjpV-- . ford, of which latter University he is a 'v y. graduate. He has been minister of the I' Ansdell Unitarian congregation since its ■0% formation in 11308, and wan very popular •;'/ ' there.

| r v" The. funeral of the late Mr. Woodham 'look place yesterday afternoon, a large ~-i}.number of friends of the deceased being £ * present. The itev. W. H. Beck officiated. - ':4 . Before the coffin was lowered a small ~..'" wooden casket- was - placed • upon it, and -"lowered into the 'grave. The Rev. Beck H; • explained that the casket contained the ashes of the late Mr. Woodham's beloved i daughter, who had diad some time ago in IN " England. In. order _that tie- remains ,might be buried in New Zealand, her body was cremated, the ashes placed in a £ ... casket, and brought to the Dominion, and, 111 with the body of her father, buried at O'Neil's Point Cemetery.