SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Genera! Synod. ; ; The Primate. and lira. Nevill,, who. arov coming up . for ' .the.' meeting, Cof.'the General Synod, which . opens -on - Thursday, are. to", be * the • guests of Bishopand Mrs.; Wallis, the - Bishop; of "Waispu' and Mrs..vAyerill, will-be -the -guests : of . the Rev. A. ;M.; Johnson, Vicar of St. Maries; and-Mrs; Johnson. • The Bishop of Auckland nnd Mrs.-,NeKgan- 'will -stay*- at' the Itoyal.;Oak.' v ■ Valedictory, > '

I -.A. delightful; afternoon ■; tea - was -given , atj.Qodbor^-rooms on Saturday afternoon;, ! asj, a' farewell: to Miss. Petersen; who' is shortly;leaving'. her;;:pbsitidu v at Messrs. Kirkcaldie >aijd -Stainsto • be Musical; 'items' were' rendered v by Misses Lissack and: Gosling, MessrsC: Proctor; •Denniston, • and ,v ;Barry. :< Mr. F.;Proctor; presided,at: the piano. -' Among the • guests : were Mr. andvMrs.:Page, Mrs." Warbur-ton,-arid others.- • Kitchener and . the Nurse. Miss :• Gould:• { lady' superintendent of theand}, the mother"'Army < Nursing ;bisters .were- present'by special invitation at the review of . cadets by 'Lord Kitebener in. • the • Sydney: .. Government •: * House* grounds. 'At^the conclusion, of the review Miss .Gould: and. the :siste*rs: who had been nursing, in :the.;war.;in\ South 'Airica. were Iby .' Brigadier-General: Gordon; to ; Lord - Kitchener, r who asked ' several ; questions • relative to 'their vwork 'aid He expressed; great | .with-;;the. .'methods-of the A.A;N.S., -and congratulated.?'them on \the "fact- that everything - pointed to their : being "quite rcady, . whenwanted."

; S. J H. • Ifyors and her. Kttlc aattghter aresfayingfor a weekortwoat Bolle Vuo GnfderL l .;, Lower Hntt. ''

Miss 3?nijy ' Varnliani, Vh'o arrived .from' lastweek,is -.viHitiiig' her : : grandmothor, llrs. S. v JI. Maxttm, at Greytoira.

Mrs. > Ingles; and ■ '>lier ioMldren,'■ /who fravebaeu spending, same time. at Mrarfei, returned at the end of;last woek to'the Wainrapa. Mr: and Mrs.l H. C. Kctrmson: have r&tnrned to their Tiomo in Mcsterton, after rfajingVat;;Mnritai; for "the -holidays. .., •. V Mr.: and Mrs. .H. H. Rayward,. who, ■with large! party !of : friends, camping' at. Mnxitai>, during:' the,past (irea' ireofcs.' retimicd to Welliiigton yes;t®rdayi ;■.. and i Mrs.; P. "W. Frajikland,'of •Foxfem, with v them youngest j son, - will leave Auckland by {he .Navua to-morrow ■ for Fiji, -where' they; will- tranship to tie Maknra,' for America.'. They will spend several -months in tho U-nittxl States.'-; • ' Mrs. Fitchetti who since her : return from England;; hasbeen staying at. Say's Bay- Bouso,' leftlp-st nig r lit far. Bimedin, where Dr.' Fitchettattends'the TJriversity i Senate.;: ,Ou Saturday ■ afternoon ■ . Mrs. ! Fitchett, entertained Mrs. -501f,..; from Samoa, with - lady. .Ward,. Mrs.: Focke, Mts. Enssell, Mrs.• Cohen, and 'a few other-guests-at taa at 'Day's' Bay House.- ■ Mr. and Mrs. IL von Haiast left last. - ! ~ v . Mother Mary Anbert is; viaifing: Airok-, land, .where;■ die; is;making-.-preparations- | for opening .the. foundling home ,in-Bob-, to Street, .which-is. to be. iiown:as the St Vincent'Foimdtmg Home. : - i 1 ■ Mr..-and- Mrsl ■ Gillies,- .'from Tinrara, are: coming up to Wellington this ' week. Miss Beatrice Day "is now in Sydney where slia is playing in the Bojal Divorce. , Later she goes to-the ..Blue Moon-, turns -with : her . eon, who has been ordered to leave-school: for ' a year, and livo in: the'.open air, •oh account •of his iealt Miss Amy Castles has. reicmed, ■ undm.' date: November 6, a letter from .Messrs. Wright .and 'Blinn, a firm of solicitors, of Oklahoma . City, U.S.A., requesting her : :to' ' make -.infjuixies . as to; the. whereabouts of - a MissiAfvis -Fay.. Miss Fay is heiress; to;, an estate -in- tho city, of . Oklahoma, /valued.- at 75,000.-;:dpllars,'.;v.pwihg>.to' ;the; ;death : of. Mrs.- 'Maggio Bay-Harrison. It is . stated, .iMiss , Castles says,; that '■ she * is; sonmwhere-iiiiiAustralia,. joined 'a,theatrical company—probably .under- aSi. assumed .'name. ' • .. :v 4 ';: