PERSONAL ITEMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 49, Issue 15053, 7 December 1923, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr Horace Hunt returned to Wellington this morning.

Mr W. Uren, formerly of Masterton, left England yesterday on a visit to New Zealand.

Mr C. P. R. Armstrong, of “Maungaru, ” Masterton, has been elected a vice-president of the N.Z. Cocker Spaniel Club.

Senior-Sergeant A. S. Bird, of the Petone police, and father of Mr A. Bird, assistant master at Pahiatua District High School, is to succeed Sub-Inspector Till at Auckland.

Mr Andrew Bold, of Lansdowne, was the successful applicant for the position of foreman-carpenter to the Wellington Education Board. Mr Bold will be located in the Wairarapa.

Mr T. R. Barrer, of Masterton, left to-day for Picton in consequence of the death of Mrs Barrer’s father (Mr J. A. R. Greensill). Mrs Barrer only returned from Picton on Wednesday night. Mr. J. Kirwan, of the Dannevirke post office, the well known Rugby exponent, and a member of the Hawke’a Bay.Rpmfurly Shield team, has received notice of his transfer to Auckland.

The .Mother Superior (Mother Joseph), of St. Bride’s Convent, and. Mother Gertrude (Pahiatua) will attend the provincial Chapter of the Brigidine Order at Randwick, Sydney, on December 27th.

Dr. H. T. J. Thacker, formerly Mayor of Christchurch, who, with Mrs Thacker, i son a world tour, will leave England for the United States on December 12th by the Berengaria. He will stay for about a month in Los Angeles, and will leave San Francicso on January 25th on his return to New Zealand. Dr. and Mrs Thacker will arrive in the Dominio nabout the middle of February. Henry Ford is easily the most popular man in America. No man was ever more popular amongst labour people; they regard his money as being _ absolutely clean, and Ford’s opposition to trusts has enshrined him in. the hearts of all labourites. It seemed to be the settled opinion that Henry Ford will contest the Presidency, and when he does every party will receive him with open arms. .

ill- J. Vigor Brown, who is visiting , Melbourne with Mrs and the Misses Brown, met with an accident some days ago, severely spraining both ankles and - breaking a small bone in one. It will be some weeks before he will be about a°aiu without the aid of crutches. Mr Brown, with liis family, was . visiting the residence of a former resident of Napier, and when leaving at night met with the accident. In the dark he stepped from the verandah, thinking it was level with the ground, but he misjudged the position and stepped down some distance, suffering the injuries stated above. A bint of the impending retirement of Mr F. Bakewell, senior inspector of schools in the Wellington educational district, was dropped by Mr T. Forsyth -- at yesterday’s breaking-up ceremony of the Teachers’ Training College, lington. ‘ ‘ Perhaps he is with us for the last time,” said Mr Forsyth, when calling upon Mr Bakewell to spfak. “And I want to say that the good feeling which exists between the board and the inspectors is, due to Mr Bakewell m rno small measure. I can assure you, too, that with him the teachers have always had a fair run.” “Thank goodness, I shall soon be out of it, ” remarked Mr Bakewell, amidst mirth. He had nothing to add to Mr Forsyth’s remarks-—Mr Forsyth had said everything that there was to say. Much sympathy will be felt for Mrs T. R. Barrer of Renall street, Masterton, iu the death of her father, Mr John A. R. Greensill, of Brooklyn, Pieton, which took place yesterday at the age of 83. Born at Haulbowline Island, Cork, where his father (Major Greensill) was Commissary Ordnance Officer, Mr Greensill was educated for the army, but owing to ill-health he came to New Zealand in 1856 with his bro-ther-in-law, the late Hon.,. Captain Baillie M.L.C. Some time later Mr Greensill took up Arapawa Island, in the Sounds. He represented the Sounds on the old Provincial Council, and was one of the very few survivors of that body. He was for a time Mayor of Picton, and was instrumental in obtaining for the borough the beautiful Victoria Domain of 500 acres. He was also probably the oldest lay reader in the Dominion of the Church of England, having served in that capacity for 61 years. He wa-3 a cousin of the late Earl Roberts. Of the old Marlborough colonists none will be remembered more kindly than Mr Greensill.

A very pretty wedding was celebrated* in the Gladstone Church on Wednesday, when Miss Effie Nellie Foreman, second daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Foreman, of Gladstone, was married to Mr Edward L. Wakelin, eldest son of Mr and Mrs E. L. Wakelin, Carterton. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dainty dress of white maroeain, with veil and orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet of roses and asparagus. The bridesmaids, Misses Maud and Nellie Foreman, wore frocks of pink eharmeuse satin trimmed with marabout fur, and carried bouquets of sweet peas and delphinium. Mr Norman Foreman, brother of the bride, acted as best man, and Mr C. G. Wakelin, brother of the bridegroom, was groomsman. The Rev. R. Young was the officiating clergyman. Miss Hogg, of Masterton, presided at the organ. After the ceremony .a reception was held in the Gladstone Town Hall, where a largo number of guests were entertained. Later in the afternoon the happy couple left by car for Rotorua, where the honeymoon will be spent. Mr and Mrs E. L. Wakelin will reside in Masterton.