WAIPUKURAU.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 4232, 25 July 1901, Page 2

WAIPUKURAU.

(Own Correspondent.) The “ welcome home social ” tendered to Trooper Hector Simpson was held in the Town Hall last night and was a great success. There were about two hundred persons present, the hall presenting a very gay appearance. The decorations, which consisted of flags and bunting of all descriptions and flowering wattle, looked exceedingly well and patriotic. They were the handiwork of a committee of gentlemen. The ladies’ committee attended to the supper table which presented a very handsome appearance, being decorated with flowers of all descriptions. During the evening Mr LeCocq welcomed the guest of the evening and the visitors, Dr. Godfray, Corporal Klee and Troopers Bone and Hobson, in a very stirring and patriotic speech, Trooper Simpsou suitably responding. The first dance “ The Trooper’s March,” was a lottery, all the ladies contending for the honor of dancing with the hero of the evening, the successful lady being decorated with a handsome red, white, blue and kharki silk sash. Messrs F. Bailey, W. Adams and T. Ashton performed the onerous duties of M.C.’s, and Miss Jones and Mr J. Bailey played extras during the evening. Mr R. McDonald Scott, the third son of our well-known townsman Mr R. Scott, and brother of the late Trooper Scott, was married to Miss C. Scott, of this town, on Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony which was celebrated at Mrs Trestrail’s private residence was performed by the Rev. T. McDonald. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr G. Grant, of Ormondville. On Tuesday night the happy couple were presented with a handsome silver teapot by the teachers and choir of St. Andrew’s church, both Mr and Mrs Scott being members of that institution. The bride and bridegroom left on their honeymoon by the evening train. The late Mr D. S. Fleming, whose funeral takes place to-day, arrived in Auckland in the fifties, and shortly after came to Hawke’s Bay, arriving in the same vessel as Sir Donald McLean. He was first engaged on the late Mr Grant’s run, Burnside. He shortly after went into the sheep farming business, grazing his sheep at Te Aute till he took over the Boar Hill property in 1863. This property he named “ Flemington.” He was married about 28 years ago and leaves a family of three sons and four daughters to mourn their loss. The deceased went in extensively for breeding purebred stock, in particular black polled-Angus cattle, the Flemington breed being well-known all over Hawke’s Bay. A great number of wreaths have been sent to deceased’s late residence, coming from all parts of the district. The Rev. T. McDonald will officiate at the grave.