PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 66, 26 March 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr W. V. Wilson, accompanied by Mrs Wilson, returned to Stratford last night, after a fortnight’s holiday in the south.

Inspector Wilson, of Wanganui, passed through Stratford last night,, and is paying an official visit to Whangamomoha.

Mr G. L. Cook, a former resident engineer at Stratford, was on a visit here yesterday, accompanied by Mi G. T. Murray, who is to take over Mr C. J. McKenzie’s duties, when the latter leaves for Wellington. I)r. Hutson, an old Stratford School boy, and son of the Rev. Hutson, who until recently was Pastor of the Stratford Presbyterian church, has been appointed House Surgeon at the Tailiape .Hospital. , There were three applicants for the position. Dr. Hut* ,soi|, who fpr spme months has been pctfng r superintendent of the Wangan,u| Hospital, is at present in Strati. <i i • vi i 1 ' The bounty Council,, Borough Council, and Chamber of Commerce are banquetting the Prime Minister and Minister for Public Works

oh the occasion of their visit to Taranaki next week, and the invitation has been forwarded. The Ministerial

tour includes Opunake, Inglewood, Kew Plymouth, Stratford, Manaia, and Hawera,,

'The Dunedin correspondent of the Ashbtirfon Guardian states it is ruipOured that Dr Chappie intends re-? signing his seat for Stirlingshire in favout of Mr Robert McNab, who is abotit to go to the Old Country. It is stated that Dr. Chappie has found British politics to be very expensive, ' as apart from an election campaign, he has had to contribute large sums tc the party funds. It is said that up to the present the total cost to him amounts to £7OOO. Dr Chappie and Mr McNab have large mutual interests in New Zealand, and it is presumed that Dr Chappie will return to the dominion to manage them.

1 The Rev. Mr Bandy, who has accepted a call from the Dunedin circuit to the Stratford Methodist circuit, was married yesterday. At the farewell to the Rev. Metson last evening, the Rev. Reader stated that he knew Mr Bandy personally. Stratford’s new minister, he said, had a splendid record, and had served the whole of his four years’ probation in ■Jhe district from which he came. It was not usually given to a probationer to do that, but Mr Bandy had done such good work that it was found unwise to remove him. Mr Bandy leaves Dunedin with a record of which he might be proud, and he comes to Stratford to continue the high traditions which he has established in his first charge. Though personally unacquainted with Mr Bandy, the Rev. Metson stated that he knew Mrs Bandy very well. She was a very fine woman, and would make an admirable minister’s wife in every sense of the word.

An interesting event in the history of Tangiwai was the marriage of Miss Elo Syme, only daughter of Mr Geo. Syme, Jun., of Syme, Ltd., to Mr G. H. Hobbs, of the mill staff, on Wednesday,' March 19th, a correspondent writes. The wedding service was performed at the residence of the bride’s parents at Tangiwai, by the Rev. J. E. Parsons, of Taihape. The bride was attended by Miss Annie Hobbs, sister of the bridegroom, and little Miss Ruth Vesper. Mr W. Syme, brother of the bride, was groomsman. Miss Amy Norton officiated at the organ. The wedding breakfast was laid in the Tangiwai Hall, where about sixty guests assembled. Mr and Mrs Hobbs left for Auckland, where the honeymoon is to be spent.