SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 927, 21 September 1910, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Colden Wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. C. C Sheppardj- of Ponsonby, Auckland, celebrated their golden wedding oil Friday last." They were married on September 16, 1860, by the' Godfrey Ashwin, at, Holy Trinity Chnrch, Bristol, England, and came "to New Zealand thirty-fivo years agbi''■•■ They were entertained at the Oddfellows' Hall, Renall Street, on Friday evening , by members of their family and old friends. The toast of ' 'Th 3 Bride arid . Bridegroom" was humorously proposed: by Mr. James Stichbury, and spoken -to by Messrs. D. J. Wright; James Robinson, George. Fell, B. Armiger, and Mrs. H. T. Garr'att.-,.-: Amongst the' company Tjrero five sons,' a daughter, and 24 grandchildren, of the old•,couple. ■■"■'.'

For Girl Scouts,

■AH kinds of useful things are taught the : Girl Peace; Scouts,' not the least among thorn being a knowledge of.how to.cook. ,On Saturday afternoon they were present at a cooking demonstration given -for. 'their benefit by. Mrs. Macarthy. at her homo in . Boulcott Street: •:, This ,is only . ' one of a'. series ■~"■ of .instructive'/ . lesson's which are to .;}■ be : given - them; ; by various ladies who:are interested.in the organisation. Afternoon tea -brought a very pleasant'arid; practical afternoon to a close. .Mrs. Kane was also present, and assisted in the entertainment of the iGirl. Scouts.

A Bridge Evening,

■'.' Now. that summer is-coming bo very near to us, with .its loug hours ..of daylight and-its many amusements for out of doors, bridge is beginning to lose a certain amount 6f ; its charm. ■; Already some of the many little bridge clubs that have been farmed all over. Welling- 1 ton are bringing' their ..pleasant' weekly, gatherings to a close,. '.'On Monday : a most;' delightful: bridge/evening, , the winding up of.-a series,'was. held at'the hbme : of; Mrs.' Henderson, of .Karori,who very ..kindly lent her house for the 1 occasion to players. ..Between fifty and sixty were present,.and bridge was played.-up'• to -ten.'o'clock;"the winners eventually proving to be Miss Old and Barclay. ' Supper, was served in 'the.dining-room,' and thT'rem'airider' of' the' evening was' spent in dancing.; The winners of the, series\of evenings' held ,byi^the, club \ were^ and, .Mr. Davfes.' .. ; -"' .?' -.■ ■"> ■■ ,' s :■" ; ~:;

A Presentation.

' At .the Petone Drill Shed 'on 'Saturday, iir the presence of the ■ committee and children of the .Petone branch of the Children's Pageant, Miss. Armit TVas'....presented' with, a setVof silvermounted toilet articles by the parents' of the Petone Daffodils.; Mrs. Clement Kirk, in .making . the presentation, ex-; pressed the': gratitude. :of , the parents for/ the time: arid trouble bestowed : by Miss Armit in, training the children.. A hearty' round of, hand-plapping was given by the children as Miss Armit thanked them, for their present. Ball at Pahautanui. The annual .ball' of the • Pahautanui' Hall Association took place on Friday, and_ proved- to be a most enjoyable affair.: About leighty couples i were present,: and dancing, was kept up till the early hours ; of the morning,! delightful music being. supplied, by" Piatt's string I band. The ' hall : was : very prettily,:': decorated with nikau palms, cabbage tree heads, -and. masses of. lilies. : Guests were present from Wellington, Porirua, Lower Hutt, and Petone,, and were most hospitably attended to'by the committee.': . , ' -■ About Mr. Lloyd-Ceorge. A lady who has spent, several years m England, in writing to a friend in New Zealand, speaks very bitterly of,Mr. Lloyd-George, and his Budget. ' It' is not. the, monied 'people, the American and African millionaires who have no stake in • the country, ' upon whom the burden of taxation will fall, but upon the yery best claßs that is to bo found in the British Islands, the old, old families who /.have ;'possessed their .estates for generations,';and who in very many , cases are fully alive to their responsibilities. .: ; They- .have looked after.their.tenants and their people in almost a ■ fatherly way, have assisted them -when in trouble, and now, because they have the land and': not .the money, they are .forced by thisi' wildcat 'taxation to- give. up' everything* They are of the very best class that a conntry.can possess, imbued with the very, spirit of England,' and now they aro being driven out to make way for .Jews, for rich Americans, and others, who have no stake in the country, and care nothing about it either. In England,'in Scotland, and in .Wales, even in the part of the country from which Lloyd-Georgecomes, the, feeling is very bitter indeed against him, not only by those who .are being dispossessed, but by those who have served them, and who have lived upon their lands. Class has been sot against class, and feelings have been stirred up throughout the: length and breadth of the country to which it has happily long been a stranger, Mr. Lloyd-Georgo has set the example."

Mr. and Mrs. Guppy, who havo been spending somo days at "Woodlands," Maranui, are returning to Bombay via Sydney on Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. -Binks, who have been paying a visit to Wellington, return to Eotorua'at the end of the week.

Mrs. G.' Denton and Miss Edith Denton are the guests of Mrs. J. Mitchell, of the Lower Hutt.

Dr.. and Mrs. Webster, who havo been visiting the Wairoa pa and Napier, returned to Wellington on Monday.

\ Miss M. Cuddon, who has been visiting relatives in Hamilton and Napier, intends leaving for Sydney this week, bno is at present staying with her sister, Mrs. W. Anderson,' at Oriental Bay.

Mrs. Elder, of Waikanae, left for the south last evening. :

-For some time past the children of the combined Mount Cook Schools, under the tuition of Miss Helyer, Miss Craig, and Mr. Bary; have been busy rehearsing the operetta "Princess Chrysanthemum," which is to be held in the Opera House this evening. Nono of the- performers are over fourteen years of age, but all are most anxious to play their part in the general .movement of providing the working boys' of Wellington.with a pleasant,, comfortable home and place of recreation.