GREYTOWN NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5563, 19 February 1897, Page 2

GREYTOWN NOTES.

(brum Our Own C'ornsponient.) Thursday. A wedding was celebrated at St.' y' Luke's Church yesterday, when the Rev. A, V. Grace united in matrimony Mr L. Humphries, youngest sou nf tho lute. Mv \V. Humphries, of this town, to Miss Alice Work' man, eldest daughter of Mr W, Workman, also of Groytown. The lii'idu was giv«v, away by her father, anil was attended by Misses Alice Hobley, Connie Cameron, Olive Humphries ami Annie Workman as if, bridesmaids. Mr L. Zilwood acted as best man,

Friday, played hern yesterday afternoon be- A tween teams representing the Stan- * ihri slnS mill the W.F.C.A. itaff, " and after a ploasant, contest resulted in an easy wiii for the Staiidaiistaff ' liy 59 rnn« on tlie two innings, the * scoi'Q ht'ini/: Standard first innings ■ dQ$ second 72; N. Madseu making top in the first with 10, and H. / Madsen Sfi and (J. Nicol 17 .i iu the 'second tob the'highest' ' • scow, W.F.C.A., first innings, 9; wid innings, 34, In the latter iwniiigs R. A.-Scott made 16, and I/. ■St. (Wo, 7, ; .. For the Slankri lloretpu and A. Nicol did the,.bowling... J, Koi-shaw and J. tiasel-.C our[f trundled for the WM, , Aft%ooii/itea,. was p'rorided and -1 ' them was a deal of "chiackine during the match.. , /■"

An impromptu : meeting' of tte Greytown Borough ' . Council was called to arrange about, the opening of the Matarawa Bridge, MtWtiffo' I/' was not a quorum present,; nothing v £ definitely was decided.-;'iiA.telegranA J was read by the Mayor -from theW: Hon, J, MoKenzie stating,'he wotlldl' open the bridge 'on-Triesday : next.'' A meeting wilt be' called to-night'to : : get in to, th ; matter of ! celebti'Hnfr:: • 'the opening, itsd' it is jiii'deflt6od $ there *will be' a Sort .of pionic'-aiid ' ■' that the bridge tvill be opened on • Tuesday. ." >•' i r •*