SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

fNolicies ,of, Epgagsmtats v and"; Weddlßgs.-' . When '.reports -it weddiDgsV apd.,; aiinouncfr ■rnents of- eftgagoments; are sont to J "Dominlcs" for,- publication, ,the, name- and. address iof 'lhi sender should be onclosod,'not for publication, .bnt .as an evidence of ftood fsltli. Otntrwlso tlia ■ announcements cannot bo rnbl|ihed.l . St.Sohn Ambulance -Fair. » ' ' Mrs., Firth, : who;has had a'grcot deal of work to : do "as seoretary (of i thb Sfc.; J6hn, .4jnbulance' < Fair Committee, will most . unfortuiiitoly aiot ' bo able.t/rbb; present at the'opening,'to-doy,'nor ; inaeed?fiir;;s"6^J(ilifajtfflQke?mmfag'to)h catoh a tram S&totday, .jwhentshe slippedtt ahd,faU; : cuttirg.ono'c>f her faip9S-,very,6overa!y,-.so that sheJ.haß;'beefl otdored lo'r some tlays, .iThMeV-iVho'-kiiow 'how, i?ar'd 'Ifrjj Firth has forked, to polvp th'o tMaar.ja'isnMrfSs will reause the disappointment that,- meaiis. 'te;hor. : : Eth'U'.Nathan,'v'ftho'has''bee(i''aci;, nig as assistant will' tiike 'over' Mrs. 'Firth's "duties; and she asks; air-;tho stallholders__to..baiiii. tbeir.'jtacM thisl afterhotmnotlater , will play thjs afternoon and; ovoning. ■

The Back-blicks iMother. , J v , - The Canterbnry, Women's Institute -has forwarded to tho Government' a letter oil the tibjeet of the .difjcultrcs: of mothers wiiojo ehildren aro born m ontlpißg country • districts (reports the Chratehnrch. "Press-") -.legislation hannß.'.brought about thfr exfans- .■ jtion,: of s the,< nttregirtirtd: niirto, and the' new v type, of trained maternity rnifsa -not being sufficiently plentiful totrea?h AUtha farthest corpora of the Dominion, the following-pril effectsvhave' arisen 'Serosal :of'ehila-fcoa'ring;(2) ntho ftiotttal anguis'itiaßd.idistress Of- theißrosptc- . .tive Diotheriwho is.vwithout,fnll attention may ; ireact: injuriously ion; tho •child; :{3). dificnlties 1 and-worncs attendant on child-birth often' Lays effeots en n. wcmnnVinental'and ■-.physical ihealth, itheTtby rwfekeaiaiher iDfln£;enca;over.h& ,'family, t.irhioh.iresults'in neg- ■ ■lceted-,cluldhe(>d. /:The letter, The establishment of St.v Helens maternity hospitals iximoonntry .towns;,\(S); Statersnbsidy .to'matemlty nursosatteudms cases -in outlying 'country ,: districts; (3) ; St&tfV oonus to. l tho mother on the Jurth'of each>:ohrtdt(sobject:td'i certain' condinshs). v * t ' Social at Maiterton. ' fiAt.-Knoi: Hall, -M/ieto ton;< on -Friday night, ..there was;a .large > gathering; of.',tho: congregation, when Mr. and Mrs F. W G M'Lcod ■ were a-farewell,social. 1 The' 'A.>.T< Thompson, .8.A.,; who occupied .the ohair, r spoke apyreclstirelj of the work done for the church by Mt ind Mrs MOeod, awl,', on .-behalf, ;of tho membersvi of -the; eongrera'tion,prcfOT.lfld then? .wifch-.tokena of «stoem.. Messrs-' sea;",'Wfflgate, , '''.Sutfoh,' and . Gordon followed with, appreciative .'Speeches, .vind Mt. MTWod respondid for -himself atu*"'his Mjnfe..-. <Durrnj£- the, evening songs wero rendered by Mssas 3V'll Gregor and M. M'Kewie, . u Messrs.,lVJ.'HuriiijJ. Grajyß. J * Yonng, and r;3j^'{Av^T.'iploraq^ slogan, ana Mr.iS. Jt.: Wilsinrjiiato soloi' by' ,Wwm6 Jones and H. H'Grcgor. He-i'freshments:lw«:,,distnbiitcd''by-..]Membera:'of: tho choir,' and; .proceedings ■■■: closed Hvith the company fringing; r Duncdln Collectors'';' s"^5"^' 1 ' ' '-•;;!lJl»vi)uii3din ladies - are: apparently ilmd to /■boat - at soolleoting,. onnHoepital tyearr .they - hadi j ila3i«s -hard} t ut work t all -day,luring tho sii .) the. gold, Slid thecoiper from-tho pockets passers-by.' year: tSe/ .■.mean to. have man? .more"work?;Sj' and- to ask ■ each a shorter tormrof duty,- as-there, was r.*'J«A»g ;that -.the.-honT9 ? spent ;on?,dnty lapt ,;ycu£, were -too;long. 1 • Decembor: 4 is ,ths 'date ra|>pjinted; for -. eofleotingjii-and .'.-theyj-.cannily . reokoftv.that there 4 wili be more ready cash ;;early, i in;tie.rinont^!iihan'-a-'-little , .:later-.' on. *. , c isister-in-law-of :"sfrSi Seddolu is visiting Wellington. rr. : ■-, Mr. - and. Mrs.' "Wilson,.: of., Bulls; with . Mra are ,Tisitiiig Kotorua. MrS. and.Mifts rEldsr ilcavo .ta-morrowfor a manth's visit t<> Botoraa. i 5'.-' staying/with, Mrs.. ■ David 'Nathan, 'to Greyinonth " . - '-IhoJioncrars-board, -.which-iis being .-placed'in v the .'Wbmen Stodents'iiHosti)!'for :tho, puriiose -of' :;recprding 'tho- achievements-of-hostel- stndonts," tißtto bo.nnvoiled,ty;her Exfellcncy XAdy;Plun : jjket on Saturday, Novembor 29 tj ' f > Miss Binsted, organist of St.-- Ink'e'VAnglican ; 'Chnrchj.Avondalei Vfho is about~-t9"be marriedi.to -Boliard, member'for i!-Bden,'.was-on'Wednesday: the recipient:of sov- ; eral presentations from th 6 congjegation, choir, i - and . Bible - class •; in appV eoiition.: if tho 'services iighe haa rendered-aß^fjrgaifistjfoT.at^nmbor-of Ij- .By the lonic, which is sexpeoted i'to arrive llfiomo time this afternoon, .Gertrude' Mills,j'daughtfir; 6£ Sir.JatdSs.Mills, niandy. wlrtie she has been) for some years. - Mies' I Dlla Cooper, daughter, of Mr. • Justtce , Cooper, 1 nho .has Tx»r« at, 1 . Homo for two: years, arrives by tho saine-'boat. —