SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding at Lepperton. >■ -'irSA celebrated- . Tuesday, Decepaber 23, • when. Mr. W. A. ;; Brown, ;'headmastei',;of;;\the ■>.Sciiooliv-iWas:■•marriedto s-'Miss : Jame ;'4 .W!nglii;jyoM'g(BiviWn'gh&r '.of ?'Mr.-Thos;; ; : ji;Ti[nglit;vone ■ '6fcthe';oidest.'Mttlemin'*the; mi Lipperton'district:", TheiEev.iFi 'T. Eead ;t offioiated, and the church; was: decorated , : ]}by ,;.fnendßv.ofc, the bride; who ''has :beeii 'J; organist's for "a ; number: :of y ears." ■ • Miss ...uElsie. of • Mildhirst, .was -chier bride6maid, and little Loris .Wright,; niece v jf'6f: ; also';attended.v .The: bride-'-i: groom -was. l supported ,• by: his .brother; Mr. i! Allan Brown; as best .man;- -. Miss G. ■ Hall: l' played the. ''"\Vedding .-March."'- ' A :large ;i ;■ number., of J^iiestswire M,entertained-;:.. tQ .' ;ibreatfast:'.by :'Mr." arid Mrs; ;;Wright; : - tKe; .' tea.^< wnce'3r6m;?the':;member s ,ofiiitKe".'Methbdist^Churqli,.inkstand;^'and .case: ;;-''pf'"-afferaoqri"i;teM^qri^^fr.tim.ttefscholars of the lepperton Sohool; . ' '. •' Wedding at Raetihi.' , i :Tlie in.' St; Jqin!s . iChurch, -Raetihi,,, took. ptace .tbere /last :iiTtiesday,: ; wlieii * .i:,daughter of Dr.: Tatton. of :Ohakune,;-was ::;;:miOT^ft6-'Mr.;'A:rthu'r;;Hdwar,d"jßoyes, v of Foiton.- The bride, .who was given a\yay : :;;.:byv.hei;;father, ; ; wore... ; " and skirt.'.srfl'artly. braided, and: blue, silk' ' : - Nellie' Stewart' bonn'et, ;arid she ,carried:'a ;K : b^utiful ; showerib6uquk'of: ch'odce .'white • flowers. The.bridesniaid, Miss'. Ailcen Fir- ' man, *sore -a frock of white-muslin \vith : . pictiire ivhat^'of: .blue^.'silk!:;'':'Mri:vStarit<jri', ; ' ot.Palmerston,: actedas iWreriiony; was:. .by! the; vicar; of' ibe .parish,; the Eev:: 0; i M.'- Stent, M.A. ;;;".'rhe:,Kirvice, was:fully ichprali'Mrs.*.'But-;. 'ler,'-.organist,, presided i.at'S the: .organ,: .arid :.V;;i)layed;'tlM.?WMdi^:.^arffi?;M':,the.r.bridal i : ..::>party;;ieft^tbe;;ch'urcb,?whicb', , w ibeaii-",' lifnlly decorated. , \ Holidgy-Making. , " , •. Mr. and : . Mrs. .Winder,:::, with.;.their.' , nui""house,'-i ,; Woodlands,", during -. -.the (Siristmas - and:- New * Year^■'holidays,'/at; VHV'»iiiioh-;'^pl^sant ; ? , •;: tieen: entertaining a> good" deal.On '-New, v Year's:Day,'among the number of:visitors . sssembledvisero Mr. and 'Mrs.-A. .Harding (.Sshhuxst), ,vMr." ■:Maurice Harding, iMiss I; ;Wil!iamson ; (Feildirig),'Mrs.: Orr ;burg),sand^her;sriiall-;daugh'ter,':D6ris',; ; :Mr." I'eter-'Heyes- (who 'drove: out- Mr„ !Stuart. ; Seddon and Miss Constance :Mprice),'.-Miss :' Iforia .Mackay,. and'othersl'- tea. ■^>aa'served on' the verandah,"from..which. ■ delightfnli. ~thei ?i ,; '&tbrillittt.^nli^t3>li4V.wi|ft.T^tly : rty-; <1 -riad gay- holiday; folk;: <while , out: beyond--.liti^e;s£eamers ß . :t'ie. blue , water.'' : Croquet . "was played- on , tie .la'ira below the : terrace, if -"VTOiii^'^loam'-*^6ntes.ts;r-T»iiig.V.fo"iiglit;''^---;Tiie i iiiaidrity-';of the guests wore ;snbseqrieril.ly,' .. .eatertained fat tea ,; by.'-Mr. ,r arid -Mrs. : Windter,- and':witli music, ■ amateur • paluir, •S'- |S6^ii'etcCs\^l^ v eT«cU^-vwas : ;"wliil6dj-. awiiy.;' ':ri!o'st'rigreeably,'. the party: up' until & late hour. /N ,

"Brother 'Possum." "The.story told'by a Dnnedin'paper of . m ':opossum which mado . its - way., into ;;tlieV<iity,'?r€callS; : ; . who has been camping across the: harbour tliat, during'the-night; she-and\her chil-Nd^n^^werejimnqhj-ibdtheredtiby.;a ■' large v;.:oi)ossum;'wlnch': ; persisteritl^hM^ te®t.-' It would come , during -tho -■ night,., :i:£ aihd roamiaround inside, breatliine s heav,-': ; mishi:for- hours up ,andi:downK.the ; ;ndge- ; wile,- very succfi9sfully: preventing them; •••• '. from'Bloeping.:.,Ne.yer ; friendly enough'to' !..v : • let itself' be-'caught;>'itvevideqtly..loved' . . . biiing:near them, arid made' itself such .a , - 'tW;.'plea9nTe's;;of.,oamping'i ; ; Jvy : oiity were; : outbalanced i ; 1 by.^?' the • ..memoryi of :,the, opossum's: company.; People; from otljer towns can-. tell; of -'stray oposgums wbo; havo.;disturb'ed. their' -rest, . aiid.ifrom Auckland,, comes.-a story., of 'an. ;■^.:v. f :opc^'um' : 'which ;'UMd',: to: spend,: its.'nights; 1 .climbing-.in a'nd out.of .the'pjien.window? V : : ;; .of :-a-house;'. while';the ;ihhab!taiitsiW '' ■ take choice of-sleeping in a ehut-up'' rooiii .oy staying awake to chase'-the unwelcome - . Tisitor-'out: again.- . That', opossum even-. '. . . .tt^ly.;and;sti'angely died.. ; ■ _ ',The - Wellington -Trained IJurses' .Asso- . ' ciiition- has"'had 'its own-clubrcom for [; > theT ASckland; . -tHurses'have; now' opened,'a new clubroom- .': ' in-Bayncr'siß-aildingsj' Wollcsley ;Street;. .. .-The -death is announced of .Mi's: ! 'lTarry Sinclair, ,ir of ;Manaia,-. who -was the first white to ;:sßttie.;'ori:; the ; Plains.^.'>'J" ; : Mrs;' Margaret an ' olil /and i-.-V!.:. rw^cted;'-rVsident..;;of;; ; .Auckland, ■i'' v Thursday,?agbd';73, her.llate'-'reoideiice,; Deceased was tho widow'-Of. the; to-lay will be private. ■ ' ; . .'Sir'Joseph'and',L : ady .Ward,.witli. their' lnvercargill. . ' '•. ; jfrs.";>AJviHardmg,;pt;/JSite :.'% ; AsMurEt, ;'; 5 acc'ompim^; : : ;;iheir^ :, so Maurice, : jand :.MiM:'WilliM»n', ; :of;;'Eei!d-'' : ; -. : for-' the ; • : CEristmas and Kew .Year holidays, -are .:'-;S' : ;<''to'H^'.-^- : ttftK«w^.OcMdeniittiHotel. ; .Tli«'; fimi' car, 'by" the' agency ef .which' they are; visiting: all-the-lMauty .spols around Wellington.', .- r-MrrVand*iMrsV,'W';sMckliarti:Pitzh'erberti:-;■>''•iV.;" visiting: New;. Plymouth. V; . ; h Chief-Detectivc : M'llveney. and; Jfrs. . M'llveney, are .visiting.'-,Ghristchurch'.;; ? ■ ' ; - Mr. 'A.-E. de'Lacey,' fourth son of the- -- 'i'late- Mr. A. Hi de Lacey, of>. Carterton,- • - was'married ,at'--Takapau;, Hawke's-Ba.v,' on : Wednesday; to ..Miss Amy ••Paget,- -.. . daughter of Mr. • Thomas Paget,-of that town. > . • Miss Pascoe'-is visiting- Mrs. "Norman '; Ja'nies,.at Masterton: .' .. ... Mrs. W.- H. Boethara gave a large and most enjoyable party on Thursday at her i; grounds ;yat;';''Tonset^''; v "tdiliV'ivS-

Girls 1 Realm Guild! in •yLondonviD""connec-tion(witH-.tiie-Girls-Realm; Guild,--contri-; buttons .-for ; • which -.' were ■ recentiy, ; \senfc Home \by; th<i j guild girls: in -wa,^. dppued .in --London on; November Tlxe .Lpndon\ correspondent ;.of " a.': .• Christ-. ' tiijg-Vjust ';\before;;,theweutv>;said ; tbe bazaar. ;.was" on ' a 'most ambitious' sciile/ ; Eachi stallholder • ana .all; the -; assistants ■" are ' tobe r ;dressed-/ to ,re- 1 .present -a - : figure.:from <V;^ famous artist; .-while '• a •;number.- •• of .:weU-kriown;;ladies-.are.'und6rtaldng,a;; series -of, tableaux /ofthe henoa'-'theTtitle, ;tHe Grand' Picture leaux^Bazaar.'-.. ThereMs ;to : be 'an . Aus-', tralian -stall >.bresided'<6yer^.l^ girls nine, duchesses,* •. eleven v mawhionessesl/.; more, tlian'7'thirty six vyiscountessesiare-'.. among • those.'.who have # promised tlieir • assistant,;:{osay j nothing; .of large .numbers-of pother/ titled r'people and; leaders in • society/..' The >work of; the.Trust ; Fund every ;effort''is;:bein^ : :made to 'ensure :tho sucoessV. of '-.the. coming -bazaar,] 'which,;is on.a-more': ambitious: .scale > than' .any of its .successful predecessors. A' • >.: