PERSONAL ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 14007, 19 December 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr J. G. Li Hewitt, S.M., is about to leave on a visit to England. ■>

Mr G. R. Sykes, M.P., is on a brief visit to Wellington in connection with his Parliamentary duties.

Mr R.'Miller, the recently-oppointect headmaster of the Cole Street school, was prior to leavihg Berhampore entertained and made the recipient of a valuable present from the teachers and staff of the school.

The death occurred at his home in Otago yesterday of Mr H. Clode, formerly teacher at the Te Wharau school, and •latterly on the staff of the Wairarapa Age. Deceased was 20 years of age. of the lungs was the cause* of death.

Mr G. K. Taylor, second son of Mr Godfrey Taylor, sif Pahiatna, who for the past three years has been engaged in the Wellington office staff of the Union Steam Shipping Company, has received word of his promotion to the position of assistant purser, and joins in that capacity s.s. Maori this week.

A pretty wedding took place in St. Andrew's Church, Martinborough, on. Monday, of Miss Stephanie Katrine Nicholson, elder daughter of the late Mr C. Nicholson and Mrs Nicholson, of Martinborough ,to Mr Matthew Dunn, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Dunn, of Whakataki. The bride' was given away by her brother, Mr E. It. Nicholson. The bridesmaid was Miss Stella Nicholson, and the best man Mr H. J^jfrfiffiths. ' ? At the Roman Catholic Chi^y-' c -&t Masterton yesterday, Mr WilliatPffenry .Warren, second son of Mr and Mfs T. K. Warren, of Gisborne, was married to Miss Frances Siemonek, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Siemonek, r.f Sol-* way, Masterton. Monsignor McKenna ofiiciated. The bride, who was given away by her father, was tastefullydressed in white crepe de chine, with hat to match. The bridesmaid, Miss LUy Siemonek, sister of the bride, was ■dressed in frosted voile and white hat with streamers. Mr Jack Siemonek, a returned soldier, acted as best man. The bride's present to .the bridegroom was a Lset of military hairbrushes. His present to the bride was a gold bracelet and to the bridesmaid a gold broofth. A reception was afterwards fcaM at the residence of the bride's parents. The presents were numerous and costly. The •happy couple left in the afternoon for Christchureh, the luide's travelling dress being a navy blue costume.

Mr A. D. McLeod, who won the Wairarapa seat at the general election, was born in, 1872 on his father's station at Whakaponi, and educated by private tutors, there being no school within 20 miles. With his five brothers he took on all the pioneering work of clearing land of scrub and rabbits. At the age of 23 he purchased the Kai Kuri property, and there remained for close on 20 years. He now owns part of the Hautotara, which with his brothers, he purchased and cut up into a number of farms. In 1896 he became a member of the Featherston County Council for the Pahaoa Hiding, and some seven years later was elected chairman, a position held until last month, when he voluntarily retired. Mr McLeod became a member of the Wairarapa Hospital Board when it was first formed, and still holds a seat on that body. At the last election of the Wellington Harbour Board he was elected for the Wairarapa Ward in conjunctron with Mr C. E. Daniell.