SOCIAL AND GENERAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8732, 19 February 1890, Page 5

SOCIAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL. The biennial election of members of the Harsur Board resulted in the election of the foliwing gentlemen :—Dunedin City, Messrs mliam Dawson and John Carroll; Port Chaliers, Messrs E. Q. Allen, Andrew Thomson, and |ohn Veal; Mornington, Roslyn, aud Maori till boroughs, Mr G. M. Barr; St. Kilda, South Junedin, and Caversham, Mr Hugh Qourley Who defeated Mr W. VVardrop at the poll) ■ forth-East Valley and West Harbour. Mv w! Sarclay (who defeated Mr Green at tn« poll); )unedin Chamber of Commeroi, M. Joel. Mr Charles C.Kettb has intimated to the Goerument his acceptance of the office of Di.it.-ict judge and Resident Magistrate for Now Plyiouh. Mr Kettle is a native of Dunediu, hapin;; jeen born at Littlebourne on the 4th June 1850. In was educateri at Nelson O'oll.-ge, and subsujuently at tbe Otsgo Hiijli School. He was jctioled to his lite brother-in-law, Mr Jnuics Jacassey, with whom he entered into pn:'U>erfiip on being admitted « barrister iuni solicitor \i July 14,1873. Mr Kettle has won universal (:spect and swpeem, and while his frieuds vjili pugratolate him on bis elevation to the bench, j'oeral regret will 1» felt at his departure. jMr J. 0. Brown, M.H.Pv, who bw been nngerously ill for the p.-.st two week.s suffering ( rom erysipelas, is now pronounced by his pedical attendant, Ur Blair, to be out of janger. j News from Samoa state 3 that Mr R. L. Stevenson, the novelist, hfis been then; for some bonths, and, finding the climate agreeing jfonderfully well with him, has bought 400 acres If luud, and intends to build n house.

j S. M. Dalgleish, clerk of tha bunch at Cromtell, has been promoti-.d to iha position of resi|eut magistrate aud wnriten ah- Nasi'by. Mr Jiawson, late second clerk at Oamaru, takes hfc glace.

The Gazette notifies that 0. 13. Rawson, R.M., hut been nppoiiited district judge of Western Ofcago, vico 0. D. R. Ward, resigned. Mr ami Mrs George Lumsden, of Invotcargill, calibrated their goldou wediHiij; last month. Mr

Luiusden aud his family, it may bo mentioned, left Edinburgh for Victoria in 1853. After seeing a good deal of goldfields life Mr Lums;)en luft Geeloug for luv«rcar K ill iv 18G1 iv the ill-fated steamer Oscar, wbioh ivnn wrecked iusiilc H\o New River He;uis, but I'urUmately no lives were lost. Since tlieii, besides carrying on business, air I/Uiusden has taken a very activo part iv politics and municipal «(Fuirs. 110 is now iv his 75th year, his wife, being ono year older. They have four sous, four daughters, and 12 grandchildren living.

Mr aud Mrs William Nichol, oi' Outraiu, celobrated their goldeu weddiug on Friday, We learn from the Advocate that tho couple were married on tho Mth .January 1810, at Loch Broom, Koss'shiro, Scotland, ft hoy arrived iv tho colony 35 years ago, and have brought up a large family of five sons and seven daughters. TJitre ha.s only been ono death iv the family, that of their yuuugest sou, Robert, who died about six years ago. Tho rest of the family are married aud prospering. The descendants of these two old and rospi-sted betters are as follows :—Bows and daughters, with their wives and husbands respectively, 22; grand-children, 62; giTfit grand-chil run, 15 ; making a grand total of 99—a1l well aud doing well.

The following appointments to the Comniis'

sion of the Peace are gazetted :—Max Heurich Behrcus, Cromwell; John Walter Brindloy, Dunediu; George Chewinga, Mcao'ourn; Samuel Mead Dalgleish, Naneby; William Donalason, Neuthorn: Johu Kdie, Crookstou; James l'inlny, Kttinpdon ; Hugh Gourloy, Dunedin ; Dr Frederick Truuy King, Seaelitt; Arthur Buckner Kitchener, Dunbank ; Andrew Leoe, Dunedin ; George Skinner Lintolt, Oamaru; James Sloane MitU-r, Ohafcton ; William Murcott, Hauipden; \V;!lmu Eric Reynolds, Hyde; Alexander Sligo, Duuedin; William Tilly Smith, Macetow.i; William Thomas Tnlboys, Cromwell; J. W. Thomson, Uintou; aud Koberb Wilson, Cavtr-

Mr H. M'OuHoch, who retires on a pousioti after a quarter of a century's service ns R.M. at liivcreargill, was, on the 20th' ult, tho recipient of nil address from tho local bar, Mr T. M. Mne.'.ouald, Grown prosecutor, acting as spokesman, boro testimony to tin; ability, uprightness, and impartiality of Mr M'Cullocb. judge Ward, whose duties as diat.rict judge here have been taken over by Judge Rawxon. was a'so the recipient of au address, which ho duly acknowledged, his Honor remarking that farewells and we'eomea between him and tho bar had been so frequent that they might aluiost bn said t.i bavj exhausted the subject.

B. Stagpoole, an old Criojeftn veteran, who also saw servico during the latter part of the Iniiian mutiny, and served during the last New Zealand war, died at Wellington on the Ist. He was a member of the 57th Regiment, and as such was present at the storming of 'I'itokowaru's stronghold. Hia death was somewhat sudden, and was due to a seizure of Indian cholera, a disease which he contracted while in India, aud has since been subject to periodically. At St. Joseph's Cathedral on the 12th hist, a number of young ladies received the habit and took the vows of St. .'Dominic Tho interior of the cathedral was tastefully decorated with flowers and evergreens, aud there was a large

attendance of the public to witness the ceremony. The Most Kuv. Bishop Morau, assisted by Fathers Lynch and M'Kay, presided over the ctremouy; and Father.! O'Donnell (Darfieldi, Mulvihill (Hawera), Burke, Hunt, J. O'Neill, and P. O'Neill were also present. The music of the professional service was very impressive, and at its conclusion a special "Te Deura" was sung, followed by the benediction service. Tbo two young ladies who received the habit of the order were Miss Amelia Eissenhardt, of Greymouth, who will be known as bister Mary Scholastica; and Miss Helena Carrol), of Dunedin, who will be kuowu as Sister Mary Agatha. Both young ladies were richly dressed, Miss Eissenhardt wearing s>, moire antique and Miss Carroll a rich brocado silk. The novices who made reliiu'nus vows were: Choir sisters—Miss Angela Warren (Sister Mary Josepha), Miss Crofts (Sister Mary Thomasina), Miss Grenall (Sister Mary Frances Do Salis), Miss Ada O'Connor (Sister Mary Benigna), Miss Rita Murphy (Sister Aiary Dominica); lay sister, Miss Euright (Sister Mary Angela).