PERSONAL ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 July 1925, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr H. L. Bowden, assistant town clerk at Palmerston North, has been appointed town clerk at Takapuna.

The Rev. E. P. Blamires left Masterton by the express train this morning for Napier. He is due in Gisborne on Sunday. Mr R. Arnst, formerly world’s sculling .champion, is a visitor, to Masterton for the gun-shooting matches at Solway. j, : A cable states that Eric Liddell, the Olympic record breaker, had a, stirring send-off on leaving Edinburgh, to work in the missionary field in -ijhinq,;./Undergraduates at Edinburgh University drew his carriage to- Waver Joy Station, where Liddell led the crowd in- singing the hymn, “Jesus Shall Reign..’? ' i At St! Luke’is -Church, Greyt-own, onWednesday, Miss Vie. M. Duff, third daughter of Mrs C. F. and ‘the late H. W. Duff, of Grey town, was .married to Mr W. C. Ci-ook, third son- “of “Mt and Mrs H. Cook, of Morison’s-Bush, Greytown. The ceremony was ~ performed by the Rev. -G. H. Dent (Palmerston North), -assisted by the Rev. C. K. Moir. Mrs.Heaney presided at the organ, the service being fully choral with choir. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr G W. Duff. The bridesmaids were Miss. M. Duff, Miss M. Murray and Miss M. Cook. Mr A-riki Juty was best man, and Messrs L. Duff and C. Stringfellow were groomsmen. I At St. Mark is Church,’ Carterton, on Wednesday, Miss. Ethel Swinn, fifth daughter of Mr® G. Swinu, of Park-v-ale, was married to Mr Charles Martin Larsen, third son of Mr aud Mrs L. lLarsen, of Mauriceville North, writes bur Carterton-, correspondent. The bride, who was -given away by hex' brother, Mr- A. ‘G. Swinn, was charmingly attired in cream silk, beautifully embroidered in beads. She wore the usiial veil and orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums and maidenhair fern. Miss Mary ■ Swinn- (si-ster) was chief bridesmaid, and Miss May Larsen (sister-of the bridegroom) second bridesmaid. Miss Swinn wore -a blue maroeain dress and grey hat, and Miss Larsen flesh-colour-ed crepe de chine and white hat. Each carried bouquets of japoniea daphne. Mr Owen Larsen was best man, and Mr Chas. Swinn groomsman.. .-After a reception at the residence .“•‘of the bride’s mother, the young couple left for the north, where the honeymoon will be spent. The: bride’s travelling dress was a nigger brown coat frock, with hat and shoes to match. Mr A. E. Whyte, for 23 years-secre-tary of the Wellington Racing Club, died -early last night in the Bowen street hospital, where he had been lying since June 18th. He was .54' years of age. Born at Hollytown, near Glasgow, on September 22nd, 1871, the lat-e Mr Whyte was educated at Merton College, England. In 1889, at the age of eighteen, he arrived in New Zealand, joining the staff of the Colonial Bank in Auckland. During his eight years of service, first ■in the , Colonial. Bank -and later in the Bank of New Zealand, Mr Whyte was transferred to the -South Island, and off resigning his position in the Bank of' New Zealand, he entered business as a stockbroker at Dunedin in 1897. In 1902, upon his appointment, as secretary." of. the ; Wellington' Racing Club, Mr,Whyte took up his residence in Wellington,, For many years he had' been prominent in the business of the city, and at the -time of his death he was 'managing director of the Victoria Laundry Company, a director of the Commercial; v Uniqn Insurance Society, aiid secretary of the Golden Bay' Cement Company. As a young man, Mr Whyte, represented the Auckland, province oh tie football field. He was for many years a prominentgolfer, and was at one time well known South Island cricket circles.