PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13590, 21 December 1907, Page 4

PERSONAL.

■«- — Colouel Duvios, luspector of Neiv Zealand Forces, and Miss Daviea arrived in New Plymouth last night. Mrs E. Kennedy, formerly proprietress of the Inglewood Hotel, who recently returned from a trip 'to England and Canada, is paying a short visit to New Plymouth, r .vr - r At the close of 'gh^fireaking up core--mony at the CenSraf School on Thursday tho members of the School Committee and teachers were entertained at a sumptuous afternoon tea given in tho Gymnasium by the girls, of the 6th Standard in honour of Miss Mi Crawford, waoyi&i&a^ft£o be.tnarried. The. headmaster (Mr Dempsey) presided., After justice;" hW'b^eil^one; to the; spread provided by the girls, Mr Dempsey, on behalf vof the teaching staff, presented Miss Crawford with a silver sugar basin, cream jug and tongs as a token of their esteem and good wishes. „H o referred at Jength to the recipients lon£ «6nW3ction with the. school, first as a pupil and then as a teacher, and,.ta her excellent record in both capacitiis. r/ ThG-Rev. S. S. Osborno (deputy chairman) followed in similar eulogistic terms. Miss Black, 8.A., on behalf , of the t^achers» . also j made a few appropriate" remarks s pressive of regret at losing Miss Crawford. Mr J. Harvey, who is taking Miss Crawford away from the school suitably acknowledged the gift and good wishes. The chairman of the School Committee, Mr F. P. Corkillj, also, spoke. A hearty vote of thanks was' accorded to the hostesses. * ( ' The Hon. J. A. Millar passed through New Plymouth on his way to Auckland last night. The Hon. G. Fowlds is expected to go north by to-night's boat. Mr F. Hemingway, Town Clerk of Stratford, left on a holiday trip to Auckland .last jnjgittir 'ju> . - » ;< Mr G*l "If. Ryan, of Hawera, wellknown in New Plymouth, has passed the solicitor's final at the University examination. ' The Patea Press reports that "a. quiet wedding was celebra^ed^pn Wednesday, at the residence of Mr Thos. Johnston, Alton, when Mr Geo. Tippins, of New Plymouth, was married to Miss Dulcie Olivia Johnston, daughter of Mr and M>rs Thos. Johnston, Alton. Tho Rev. C. A. Stewart officiated. After a sumptuous breakfast, which was partaken of in a. large niraq*«b*oto tfoe Ifettn* fMi«T Ifgjlie Cfarey^(PJf£|a^fiirtertained ,f fhty gttests by 'singing several' songs, also rendering selections on the piano, whicjj were ,enipyjd. tkr< Thfi bride and bridegroom' leW By tffe^afternoon" mail train for their home in New Plymouth,; with the Ijesih w^b.«;s of their many friends. ' "'" ' 4 •'"*"♦ Mr J. J. Pope, who has been on a visit ttfJttta'GW Country, returned to New Plymouth last night. Speaking to a Herald reporter yesterday, the Rev. F. G. Evans, Vicar of St. Mary's, said he was very pleased to find that things \n connection with the parish had been carried' on so well by the Rev. Mr Brocklehurst during his absence. % . " '" * '~' '"*' >■'"'■•■><-