The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-08
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Old Country, has been appointed Pro-
vincial of the Marist Order in New
Zealand, in succession to the very Rev.
DR.. Pestre. He will retain his petition
as head of the TIE Arc parish. The
/ office of vicar general has been con-
ferred on the Very Rev. Father Lewis,
for several years administrator of the
thornton parish.
A large and fashionable congrega-
ton assembled at st. Marks Church,
Darling Point. Sydney, on December
IT, to witness the marriage of Lieuten-
ant Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard, r.
N, H. NJ S. Royal Arthur, second son
of the late Inspector General ]. Ber-
nard, r. N, of Charleville, County
Cork, Ireland, to Miss Ida Marie Giles,
/ only daughter of Mr.. A. w. Giles, OF
Darling Point, Sydney. The church
was beautifully decorated by girl
friends, and blue jackets from II. NJ. S.
Royal Arthur lined the pathway from
the gate TO the church. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Willoughpy
Flower, M. A., rector of St. Mark S.
The bride was given away by her faith
ct, and wore a handsome dress of
white satin duchesse, entirely covered
with an overdress of chiffon and lace
insertion. The bodice had yoke and
sleeves of lace, and the toilette was
completed by a coronet wreath of
orange blossoms, over which a tulls
veil was arranged. She also wore
pale blue enamel and diamond pend
ant, and carried a beautiful shower
bouquet tied with white satin ribbons,
with H. NJ. S. Royal Arthur stamped
in silver.
DESTROYING STAMP DIES.
WELLINGTON, Dec. To-day I had
a call from Mr. j. Davis, who has re-
sided in Samoa for twenty-seven years,
and has acted as postmaster for the
past fourteen years. Mr.. Davis was
first appointed postmaster in 1885 by
the Consuls of the three treaty ports
of Great Britain, America, and Ger
many, who We're then governing the
municipality of Apia. A year later he
was appointed by King Malietoa to
act as postmaster for the whole of the
kingdom. During the time he has
been acting in that capacity he has
seen revolutions, civil wars, and no
end of internal disagreements. He
knew Robert Louis Stevenson, and saw
many Consuls come and go, yet
throughout the different changes he
continued to act as postmaster, and
| only closed his Office at the end of
February last, when the Germans took
ever the island of Upolu, on which he
resided. During the time he was post
master he designed his own stamps,
and received the moneys collected for
| lhSiA SolC.H AhcSc were
in Wellington, and were forwarded
through the New Zealand postal de-
partment. Some of them are now rare
and valuable, notably the BLACK Err
ror" stamp on which was the picture
of King Malietoa's head. Unrortu-
nately this stamp was first printed in
! black, and as the Samoans are not
! black-skinned, this was regarded as a
sort of reflection upon Malietoa, and 60
a change had to be made. Another
/ valuable stamp is the one with Pro
! visionaP' printed diagonally across it.
1t is an historical stamp as it was
printed by authority of Chief Justice
/ Chambers while the country was in
an unsettled state after the last war.
Mr.. Davis mission to New Zealand is
| IN connection with the late Samoan
stamps. He comes down to Yelling
to see the dies officially defaced. and
! this act, which will be performed to-
morrow morning, will close his long
connection with the Samoan postoffice.
/ Mr. Davis informs me that Dr. Solf.
| the new German administrator. is liked
Dy all nationalities and so far has
! been successful in his rule. Mr. Kuntz,
i a wealthy German, who bought Ste
Venson's house and the Vailima estate,
is spending thousands of pounds on tina
property. The house is being added
TO and beautifully decorated inside in
! white and gold The grounds are also
4 being attended to- and six OF seven
japanese gardeners will shortly be i'm
ported to put the garden in order.
The Americans are busily engaged in
completing the naval station at Pango