SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 857, 1 July 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Wedding at St. Mary of the Angels.; A pretty wedding took place yesterday et St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street, when M{. David Strickland, eldest son of Airs. Strickland, of Newtown, was married to Miss Kathleen Collins, daughter of Mr. Charles Collins, also of Newtown. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Venning, S.M.,i assisted by Eev. Father Herring, S.IL, whilst the nuptial mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Venning, S.M. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a beautiful frock of Batin ninon, trimmed with silk lace and chiffon and embroidered panels. She also wore an embroidered veil and wreath of orange blossoms, and carried a shower bcuquet of hot-houso flowers. The bridesmaids, Miss L. Strickland (sister of the bridegroom) and Miss N. Collins (sister of the bride) wore pretty princess frocks of Indian muslin with embroidered panels, (rimmed with Valenciennes lace and 'Insertion, and largo black hats, and they carried bouquets af pink and red camellias, autumn leaves, and maidenhair fern. Mr. Jas. M'Cusker acted as best man, and ill'. A. 0. Hurdock was groomsman. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at Godber's, in Cuba Street, when & number of guests were present, including visitors from Auckland and Blenheim. The Eev. Father Venning proposed the health of the brido and bridegroom.

A Wellington Wedding. On Wednesday afternoon a pretty wedding took place at No. 7 M'Kenzie Terrace, when Miss M. Jacobson, second daughter of the late Mr. H. Jacobson, of Reefton, was married to Mr. William M Gavin, of Wellington, the Eev. Evans performing the ceremony. As it was a quiet wedding, only the-relatives and a few intimate friends were present in the house, where the marriage was celebrated. The bride wore a green tailormade costume, with a reseda green silk hat, trimmed with silver. She was attended by her sister, Miss. Mav Jacobson, who wore a brown tailored costume, and a pretty green hat. Mr. Perry fulfilled the duties of best man. Mrs. Kater, sister of the brido, was also present, _ and woro a brown coat and fikirt, with a mauve toque. > The bridegroom's present to the bride was a handsome gold, brooch set with diamonds, and to the bridesmaid a gold bangle.

Wedding at Otaki. A pretty wedding was solemnised at tho Methodist Church,. Otaki, yesterdav, when Mr; Leslie Herriek Atkins, the . popular soil of Mr. J. Atkins, of Manakau, was married to Miss Helen (Nellie) M'Cleland, daughter of old Otaki identities. Tiro bride was gowned in a nice dress of chiffon taffetas, with the usual wreath, being attended by two sisters as bridesmaids. Mr. "Day" Anderson was best man.

The Children's Pageant. A meeting .of the Children's Pageant Committee was hold yesterday afternoon in Mr.- Petherick's otiice, when the reports received showed that all preparations were progressing satisfactorily. An olier to prepare a souvenir booklet was received from Mr. Isaacs, and it was reported that the music for the programmes had been prepared, ami satisfactory arrangements had been made for the ball that is to follow the pageuut. The booking opens on July 6. A Girls' Tea.

A pleasant girls' tea was given by Mrs. Hervey for Miss ■ Lena Collins, who is here on a visit from Christchurch, when about twenty guests w.ere present. Mrs. ilervey wore a white blouse with green skirt and Miss Collins wore a tweed costume. dark furs, and mauve hat. . A competition caused much brain-worry, ,! s - J'.erguson. of Christchurch. eventually winning the prize. Fortune-telling, a recitation by Jliss Thane, and a song by Miss. Amy Webb filled in the time.

Obituary, . Aiiotner old colovj;', has passed awvy in the person of Mrs. Janet Itenner, of M Failane Street,- Wellington, widow of the late Captain p. W. S. Itfenner. She at , Dumfries, Scotland, on inly iq-i i'-w *' as lll!>n 'iei! in London in 1001. Eighteen months later she accompanied her husband to sea (he then being engaged m the China tea trade), but two years aiterwards she came to Nelson in the ship Queen Margaret, and thence to Wellington, later on Mr. and .Mrs. Kenner, mth then- family, removed to Sydney tor a few months, but the clim'aie not agroeini! with them, they once more returning to New Zealand, settled in Wellington. Although of a retiring disposi-' will; '"any friends in Wellington and other New Zealand ports She leaves a family of five cms—Mr" beorga fieimer, manager and editor of "the Marlborough Herald'; Jtr. W I] Ken ner, chief; postmaster at Gisbornc; Mr. Joseph B. Benner, cabinetmaker, of Wellington; Mr. John Benner. ot the Jamelorce Company, of San Francisco, H nil ' and -rf r - Ko,)ei ' t Charles Keimer of Ihoinson liros., shipping a-'eut- of this city In addition, Mrs, itenner is mourned by twenty grand-children am! four great-grand-childreu. Her interment will take place at 10 o'clock tin's morning at the Sydney Street Cemetery.