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New Zealand Mail, 21 February 1901, Page 50

An interesting wedding was celebrated in tliis city on the 14th, when Miss Leah Aloeller, fourth daughter of the late Air Philip Moeller, was married to Air William John Poetz, the representative of a, leading firm of silverware manufacturers in New York city. The wedding was a quiet one, owino to a reeent bereavement in the family, Trooper John Aloeller having died pf enteric in South Africa. A eheerful incident in connection with the marriage, however, was the -unexpected return of Trooper Robert Moeller in the Karamea in time (the Tarawera having been unexpectedly delayed for half an hour) to wish his sister and her husband good-bye on their honeymoon trip in the South, and all happiness in the future. On Lord Roberts’s return to England ha was cordially welcomed at every town and hamlet he passed through. At one small station where the train stopped for a few minutes a great crowd of country folk had assembled to greet him, and standing right in front of the station was a barefooted youngster viewing the Commander-in-Chief with the eye of a critic, whilst ibdtween his lips was stuck the inevitable cigarette. He was puffing away quit© complacently, neither joining in the cheering nor uttering one word!. Presently Lord Roberts leaned over to the gentleman with whom he was travelling, and he in turn leaned out of the window, and 1 addressing the precocious youngster, remarked: “Do you know what Lord R-oberts said just now?” “Naw,” replied the boy. “Well, he said he hoped that cigarette would make you sick/ 5

The prizes won by competitors at the sports recently held at the railway picnic grounds, under the auspices of the Alarist Brothers’ Schools Old Boys' Association, were presented on the 14th. The Rev Father O’Shea presided. Prior to the distribution of prizes a short musical programme was gone through, the following contributing items: Air R. Whittaker, “Rolling Tide”; Air C. Gamble, “Only a Leaf” (encored) ; Mr J. Flanagan, “The Bugler"’’ ; Air H. AlcKeovvcn, “Lily of Laguna' 5 ; and the Rev Father Maloney, a coon seng. Tho principal prize for presentation was the challenge cup, to Air P. O’Connor, who scored ten points out of a possible thirteen. The challengecup also bears the names of Air C. Gamble, 1898, and Air IT. McKeowen, 1899. and has to be won twice in succession or three times at intervals before becoming the property of any person.

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