GOLDEN WEDDING.
■••• ■■ - .■-•.■'-'-'■'.>' - .. - ■ ■■><■;; MR. AND MRS. W. BENNETT . '•, •'"-.,":••..' "v ' — *■" '■■ ••-.' ■■:■■■■'■':■■:s ' * The golden wedding ?of Mr. and Mrs* '■ J W. Bennett, \ of-••' 55, Elizabeth ~-; Street, VO- -- Albert, wis celebrated last Satur-. day. Married at Wolverhampton, Eng- t . land, in 1873, Mr.- and Mrs. Bennett a -.'' few years later came to New Zealand and . took up residence ;at ' Polhiil Gully,,Wei- . lingtoh. ■ Later they, removed.' to Carterton,'and then ■■< Greytown North, and Feildirig. "During the; last 25 years* with" the exception of a short residence in Aus-« V • traiia, they have presided, in Auckland*'. J?pur sons and $w6 d.v,!g?iCH>rs, all mar-*-' ried, ana 20 / grandchildren; were * repro-i sehted^at 1 the ceremony,' together \ with • brothers , and sisters of the couple. During their- early residence in the • '";■,, Mr. Bennett took an active part ,ip rail- 7 way bridge. construction through th« ■Forty Mile Bush, and later was for sams years on the Coromandel goldfields. He '■■ was also employed loh machinery '/ erection ■■%?% at the sugar mills at Fiji.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 8
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160GOLDEN WEDDING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 8
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