NAPIER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XXII, 30 November 1895, Page 681

NAPIER.

Dear Bee, November 19. We are about to lose the services of Mr Arthur Sidey. who is giving up his position of teller in the local branch of the National Bank to start business in Dunedin on his own account. Mr Sidey has made a host of friends socially, and his loss will be severely felt, but hopes are entertained that he will succeed in business. He has lately become engaged to Miss Ella Hall, of Napier. Mr Faufax Fenwicke of the Colonial Bank, is to be made manager of the New Zealand Bank in Napier, whilst Mr Sommerville will be appointed to some other town. The event of the week has been the HORTICULTURAL SHOW, which was held in the Gaiety Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. The magnificent weather enabled the members to make a grand display, and the general opinion of visitors is that, the exhibition of flowers was by far the best Napier has yet produced. The collection of roses was large, and attracted a great amount of attention. The ferns on exhibition sent by Messrs Colemin and Tiffen were universally admired. Many bouquets, sprays, buttonholes, and gaily-festooned epergnes added to the beauty of the Show. Messrs liman, of Wellington, and Lyall, of Maraewakaho, were the judges in the general classes, and Mesdamen J. H. Coleman and Randall awarded the children’s classes. Miss Florence Carr carrying off two prizes. Mrs Parr displayed great taste in the arrangement of her exhibits. Afternoon tea was provided on Wednesday by Mesdames Coleman and Nairn assisted by the Misses Watt and Nairn. On Thursday Mes dames Wood and N. Pierce presided at the tea table. During the evening music from Clarke’s band enlivened the proceedings. Among those who visited the Theatre on this occasion were Mesdames Yates. McLean, Tylee. Nairn, Bower, Orinond. Williams, Carr. Bennett. Walker. Wenley, White, M'Leod. Clo*e, McVay, Coleman. Rhodes, F. Williams, Pierce, Margo'iouth, Bowen. Dixon. M’Leod. Laurence, etc. The news of the death by cancer in the throat of the Hon. J. N. Wilson came to hand to-day by cable advice. He was senior partner in the old legal firm of Wilson and Cotterill. and he practised in Napier for upwards of thirty years, and was Provincial Solicitor and Crown Prosecutor in Hawkes’ Bay. He was highly respected, and the various lawyers’offices were closed on Monday afternoon as a mark of respect to the deceased gentleman, who till lately was a member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand. Polo, cricket, and tennis are in full swing, and each Saturday the VARIOUS SPORTS are well patronised. At the latter courts the present New Zealand Champion. Miss Hilda Hitchings, is practising with a view of competing at the coming tournaments at Wellington. Mr H. Parker, of the Empire City, is spending a few weeks in Napier. He is spoken of as being a likely winner at Christmas in the tennis world. ODDS AND ENDS. Mrs W. R. Blythe has returned from Sydney to nurse her daughter, who has been taken ill. Mrs Hartley left for Christchurch to visit her mother, whose deaji occurred a day or two after her daughter s arrival. Dean Hovell has returned from Gi«borne. Miss Birch has returned to Christchurch. Miss Nellie Mundy, from Christchurch, is paying a visit to Mrs Charles Palmer. Mrs J. W. Carlisle is on a visit to Chrisichurch and Dunedin. Mr and Mrs Lelievre have gone to Wellington, aho Miss Miller. Miss Watkis is on a \ isit to Auckland.

Gladys