SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 723, 24 January 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Pahiatua Wedding. :' A : -wedding which occasioned " considerable interest in Pabiatua was solemnised in .tho. Methodist -Church on Saturday morning; when' Mr; Herbert 0; Johnson, third, son .of "Mr. 'J. T. : Johnson, of Napier, was married to Miss Selena Bottomley,; third 1 daughter of Mr. G., Bottomley, a;,veryV.old resident ; of 1 Pahiatua. Tho bride, who wore a pretty frock of white silk-embroidered muslin,; trimmed - .with lace ; and. insertion, ' wore a': bridal wreath and veil,; and', carried: ; a' : shower-bouquet. She was given Vaway bjr her. father. - Miss Charlotte Bottomley (sister of the : bride), her bridesmaid., wore; .a; frock-ofwhite silk muslin: (-'-v green. Mr. W. Bot-. I tomley.'.-acted Vy i.best ' man. The service ' was '■ a■' choral.: one, the church was decorj'afed- for:,the' occasion.- The Bev. W. H;. Speer,/officiated,;, and ' Mr. W. .A. Boasley presided ; -at tha organ. At - the .conclusion.;of,/. the ceremony,. Mr.- J. -J. Boagleyv; secretary of the; trustees of the church;''handed to the bride and • bridegroom a- handsome -morocco-bound Oxford Biblei '• as this was" the' first: ■ marriage celebrated in'the now church. A reception .was subsequently held at the residence.. 'of./.the : bride's parents, and Mr. and -Mrs. Johnston left by the afternoon train-for Napierl.: Their .future" home .will; -bo in Pahiatua. : . . Hospital Appointments. - Miss. Inglis M'Lean, of St.- Helen's Hospital, : Christchurch,: has been -'appointed-' to the'; matronship: of the ; Cambridge Sanatorium,'. ' ia' 'place of • Miss Eocfifort,' who resisted. - . Miss . Peiper, '. matron 'of St. .'Helen's Hospital, Auckland, is to -' take.-,;: the, matronship l 'of • St.-Helm's;' .Christchurch,' .and-Miss Ludwig, sub-matronCt • Christchurch,- is 'appointed matron at . Auckland. .'V;-;. v v'Cj-" /* j ■' The Victoria League. v . Miss Talbot, general se.:retary of the Victoria 'League, who is now:-'.visiting Australia, was expected to; /reach Wellington' this . month, ..but she/has found so : much more"scope .for work. in. Australia'than she had expected that she will not : leave forVNew -Zealand;- till the: end of January, and " will first visit; the soujh, arriving- in . Wellington at; the: end m February. or beginning of- March". Charity Entertainments. -/ /. Mis. W. r r.;Wood,:who some time back organised a highly. successfulchildren's 1 fancy dress-ball in aid of the funds of the proposed Old; Men's! Home, intends,.to ■work upa&otker' dance of a 'similar. kind to take', place: early ,in the winter, but nothing will be ■ dono in - tliis direction until after tho All Nation's Fair,:>which 'is-being 'arranged by -the Mayoress (Mrs. ;'J.- :A;/'Nash),' and which • is; to' be held next month, - in 'aid of a fund -to provide a consumptive' annexe for- women at the l Palinerston 'Hospital. :Tke various committees in connection wiUi tho Fair meet every/' week, and . tho ;. fathering,: - which will. tak6 place on the;show grounds,,pro-; niises. to be " a great success. *

: Mrs." Chap man,' the wife of llr. Justice Clmpraan,'and her, troj,daughters, 'are -at present ,in Wellingt3ti. • .' '■ vMissVPartridgeiis/visiting Christchurch; . Mrs.' Howard Kichmond, from ' Aucklandj is visiting her ; _raother, . Mrs.' llactavish... - -Is, 7'• "■ •Vr '• 7 ;: Miss S..Boagley and Mr. H. Johnston, -whose wedding took place 1 at Pahiat'ua on guests of Mr. .and 'Mi's. J, J. Boagley,''at it, Mtclieri'-' tea,' : given 'in ,' thett''. honour. ■

, 'A: small: afternoon-; tea was" given last week at tho", residence ofMrs. Flench, Mount Pleasant,' in honour -of Miss K. Familtoit (North Otago) . and Miss Dick (Dunedin). Tea. was 'Served ! in the diningroom, . which: was. decorated with cactus, dahlias, and mignonette.' : Songs wero sung 'by -.-' tho. various-. guests,'' and '. Mrs. LaurensonV'-' pianoforte; i' were much appreciated,. .'.' ; ■

The, dance ,'giveii' at • the club-house ■ at Heretaunga- oil -Saturiay; /-.nighty' proved mostenjoyable. ■ •'; It was .'attended :by a number of people' who ' have - been'-.' spends ing. the week-end at their jhouses, or with their friends at Hierotannga,. and ...by several ol tho officers lioru H.M.S. Challenger. .