PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14715, 24 December 1909, Page 8

PERSONAL.

_ Mr R. H. Webb, solicitor, of Wellington, is on a visit to his father, Mr Herbert Webb, of this city. At Victoria House, Christchurcb, on Tuesday evening, presentations were mado to Mr ,J. White, prior to Iris departure for Dimodin. A pair of brushes, mounted in ebony, and enclosed in a leather case, wero prosonted by the assistants in the dress department. A ease of pipes from the heads of the- various departments was also presented to Mr'' White*. A complimentary dinner was recently tendered to Mr W. :C. Walker by exaccountant student pupils. Mr A D Speneo, F.1.A.N.Z., presided, ail d i„ voicing the sentiments of those present enlarged noon the good work done bv Mr Walker. During the past three years' two of his students had come out ton in the examinations, and the percentages'obtained by his pupils w«e almost invariably Mr Walker suitably acknowledged the comiplnncntarv remarks. Mr W. 1). Campbell, Tinmni, , v | 10 ; s studying for the legal profession, has received word that ha l, as pa?sc d the first section of the solicitors' examination. Mr Umpbell has not yet been studying hiw lor 12 months, and lie has siu»cWded in doing what a great many students fail to to-nanislv -to pas? this examination at the first sitting. Mr Campbell was a ion-, afwt, and was for some- years editor of the iimaru r o st oral tho Timaru Herald, ajid wa« a candidate for Timaru at the last general election. Ho is « £0 n of Mr Ronald Campbell, of Chortsey. A marriage of unusuid" interest in scholastic cirees was celebrated in Ml Niints Omtrch yesterday (says our Inwrr-argilJ correspondent) by the ?4 Mr fr.vmbum before-a large assembly of gruesls a,„l Wends The contracting partic, w w Mr (V.. E. Thomson, M.A ' Miss Mary AVbbb, M.A. The- bride wo was given away, by har brother, Mr J. R Southland Wirls' High School, and ,-e----sijrnod in nixler lo assume the rx.sit.ion of lad} Principal of tho Girls' High School at Stratford, a position which she rolinqj.Bh«l [only a few weeks before her marnge. Mm Webb s record i„ the primary and secondary schools and in the university >s crowded with .honours, and as a teaehcr . T1,0 "l 90 ?. 1S probably one of the most distinguished scholars (hat has passed Wl!-Vn 0 ( l7ni ™ rs!t -V .of New ZeUnd. ns class 1n near y every subject, that he rook, and w nen ho graduated Master of Arts, wit,i first class honours in languages, „otT ICta , a ,'? TOnl tlwt "•■HI Probably not be c<ii.ali«l for a great, nia.ny years. Mr ], na - Ini)do i nnsuag(l - , j peeial study, and recently prided to laris to pertect h,s knowledge, of French At I hmmsi % °f tho French capital. At the present time Mr Thomson is a ecm-er ,n languages at tho Otago Uiii1)0i ". t of view of learnTIL , '-° ~11!,a" c 9 bol ™en Mr ,v,t;,c ,, on^. bridesmaids were Miss il.il. T- ?"■"? Co!C ''»"<' Miss Thomson, file the bridojrroom. was surported by his best man; .After the cere'mony the guests were, entertained at (lie raidmro of Mr J. R. Webb, «d in the ritomoon Mr and Mrs Thomson left for tho Lakes district, Tho presents wore numerous and beautiful, and came from friends of tho bride and bridegroom in all parts of New Zealand.