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The funeral of the late Mr Gordoff Stewart will leave the Masonic Lodge, Bannister street, at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
Sir James Allen, High Commissioner, gave a farewell luncheon in London, to Dr. West Watson, Bishop elect of Christchurch, and his wife, who sail by the Rotorua.
A former minisaer, the Rev. C. -R. Taylor, now of Wellington, will conduct Sunday,’s services in connection with the Diamond Jubilee of tho Greytown Methodist Church.
The two New Zealand boys to be sent Home for training at the Sandhurst Military College next year are Gunner Geoffrey Hardwin Heal, eldest son of Mr S. C. Heal (Island Bay), and Cadet C. Shuttleworth, of the Nelson College Cadets. They will leave for England on December 5, and will undergo 18 months’ training at Sandhurst, after which they will be attached for six months to the British Army before returning to New Zealand to join the Defence Staff. A quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Matthew’s Church on Thursday, the Rev. W. Bullock officiating, when Miss Elizabeth Mary Nagel, daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Page, (Pleckville) was married to Mr Victor Stohr, son of Mr and Mrs Stohr (Wellington). The bride wore a frock of fawn ga bardine and pretty blacn hat, and carried a shower bouquet. Mrs H. H. Scharnweber, sister of the bride was matron of honour, and wore a frock of shell pink silk and picture hat, and carried a shower bouquet. Mr A. Stohr acted as best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at ths residence of Mr and Mrs H. H. Scharnweber. Mr and Mrs Stohr left later by train en route to Nelson. Colonel C.. E. R. Mackesy, C.M.G., C.8.E., D. 5.0., died suddenly at his home, near Whangarei, yesterday morning. Born in Dublin in 1861, deceased was the son of Captain E. B. Mackesy, of the 97th Regiment. He was educated in France, Switzerland, and Germany, and was a first prize winner in general athletics on several occasions. Colonel Mackesy spent several years in the United States before coming to New Zealand in 1891. For 20 years he was a volunteer and territorial officer, and he left with tha Main Body in 1914, in charge of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, serving abroad for 5J years, during which several times he commanded the N.Z. Mounted Brigade. Colonel Mackesy was Military Governor and Administrator, East of Jordan, as liaison officer with the King of Hedjaz. He was nn accomplished linguist. One son (Lieut. Harry) was killed on Gallipoli, and two other sons and a second wife survive deceased.
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Wairarapa Age, 21 November 1925, Page 5
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