SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 69, 14 December 1907, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

•Tho "Kia.- ' Ora' I '.. 'centre- of the '.Girls' Realm Guild' is holding a handkerchief fete and garden party'this afternoon ..at the residence of ;Mrs... T.,W. Hislop, Salamanca, Road, at-3.30. The mombers have collected a. 'great number of beautiful handkerchiefs for sale, '..one.'member alone, having collected between .eighty, and ninety. They are to; have.' a stall for, the sale of homc-madq' sweets, another for flowers, and Aunt Sallv will add her,charms to the scene. A ladies' string hand .will-provide music, and the 'sixpenny ticket of admission includes a coupon tor afternoon tea.- If the day he as fine as usu'iil/I advise nil- my' readers, to go up to Salamanca; Road, if only for the sake of admiring .the/ view . and-, buying handkerchiefs.:'lf it rain,,:'it ..will' be.. .well ;.to take an umbrella and buy . hnlf-a-dqzsn handkerchiefs to console and cheer the Girls' Realm Guild. The toy 'competition- strikes one .as being-. particularly"-'' good. This .is- the: stritomont ..of the- Secretary .competitors.' .must y _ .bring 'a • iiew. toy or toys, -costing the. sum of 3d. (neither more nor less 1 ). Each must be marked with' compotitorV name, and an-'account'showing how the.3d. is.made up., A prize Will be'.'given ..to' the competitor bringing most value for the. money, i All toys will be.the property! of,'the. 'Kai Ora' Centre wbich will-present'them'to the. Dis'-; trict Nurses for distribution.'',: - '.;.'.. ■:Mr.;and. Mrs.- John ,Cotter,'..with their daughter, Miss Grace-Cotter, have returned to Greytown after an;extended lour abroad, lasting'.very nearly vtwo-years'. - While in India they, had' the. .great; good .- fortune, to see, a gra.hd roview, under General Kitchener, of,-the. whole of the, army iii Indiana. .most . gorgeous. and magnificent sight—one rarely seen and, never to be forgotten. .From there they went;on: to China, and paid a long visit to Japan. ' Fascinating though '■ it is to travel and see.the.great things.of tbe.,'.wor!d, it is always good to. get bnck to'one's, own,' partiular corner V—home! • ':.'■' ,-,:•■; Miss- Dbrothv Lethb'ridge;-..third daughter of.'Mf. F. Yv Ijethbridge, .M.P., will .lie. married, to Mr'.> George Taylor by'the.Rev. .Geo. Bud.d, at the Presbyterian Church, Feilding-, on.-.Wedncsilay after/io'on '■ next. •_.. '. ' . X meeting.'of 'the'committee;of. the..Society,for ;tlie; Protection of Women -and Children was held in'the Society's' roonis/Willis Street., yesterday', afternoon, . The "members present'".we're:; Mrs.' A". R. AtTcihsoh . (wdio .'presided^.;,Lady Stout,. Rev. Mother Mary Joseph St; Aubert, Mesdames Hoby, 'Fell. Bracher; Darvall, and .''Evans,' ,'A. case ;of alleged cruelty was reported, and is being investigated, "it, was reported'that since the previous'.meeting .two''Court cases had been satisfactorily settled. A : number _of • cases were dealt with. and.to. sub-committee was appointed' to deal; with the instruction of mothers in the preparation and use of humanised milk.' Homes are wanted for; infants under, the care of the Society.'

/■Mrs. Kebbell, of .Te Horo, ...incoming..to. town tordnv'to spend .a few-days in town before .Christmas:: Mrs. Kobbell will stay' with her '.'sister Mrs. Goring Johnston. '.-.'.;.-■' : Miss .Fanny Cargill, of Dunediii; and Mrs. Mason arrived Yesterday from..England,.and went oil .to.'.Lytt.clton by. last ..night's:.boat;. On, their way .from •Eriglflrtd.'they spent;sqme time.':in.;.Canada, imperially.,:in, 'Qnebco; • and had a .d'eliglitfiirtrip. •;•' ;.' ':. ';'-'. '.Mrs.' G. M'Gre'gor is •staying : at the RoyalOak Hotel. .•'". ' ;v.. : '. :;-v;', ( '•',".;., ■•'•' ', Mrs." who ,has recovered I from her' illness','' intciirls' to . remain in town for some time,-and. her.'family ,:is' coining down Unlay 1 to join; her.'•: ~-.' ! -~'...' '.'.-■ ...By the latest 'English, mail, news was'received that' Miss Maude AVilliams had gone tO'lnteriakcriYto join -Miss Ellie •Williams, who was'!staying:there. ;>■';; ■>:■ ..;■ .'■ ■• • ,'• There is' a. general, migration' froni Wellington, at presenf. Mrs. T. C.■"v'illiahis and 1 her daughters';arc.going to. Auckland for a- prd : longed stay. ,iuiss Wiley; leaves next week for a two months': visit to Auckland, and Mr.; and Mrs.. AV. Gibson are going- up soon after.' ■' ".' ''. ' .:' ';' ''■ ;■' ' .'Mr. .mid Mrs:'C. Major arrived, in town, by the. cypress, last nighf.' ! .' . ...'..