SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

i fcnnis, Club' Opening ,'.'■.''■■ summer weather, with : its I Song-, hours- of daylight, Tisjvory close at \y lhana, people, aire beginning to bestir them-, I: teelTes'ahd to suihmpu up energy for theiri'lfavoiirite'outdoo'r games. vTho tennis peo- \: rale- are'.always,' ve3y:-keen, and .seize the (■"■ Earliest".'opportunity V--,'6f-.. 'opening ■ their, i Icburts;::'On "Saturday • afternoon -the.'Wellington: .Club ; began- its';season and,: were :ifortuiate '■■ in' having'la-particularly good j'jdiy/'for'-tho'commencement;- -Tea :waSr f given;by:;,the ; .-,president's,wife, Mrs. (Dr.) f : P£otog, :< and' a : largo mumber of ; ibbth 'players'-and onlobkors were present.. j?.:'(imbng;tnem were' to bo,seen Mrs. Goldie, '■' Mrs: -Beeves,Miss."Nunneley;-Mrs. Brown, ).'■: Webb,'.'Miss Wil[/UaSS'SMf. 'and; : Mrs. A;: Holmes;; Miss' 'vffresizei 'Mis.''. Travers, Miss, Van. Stayeren, !>■' pliss MTlellar, and< the ; Misses'Aprnore.(?)..'.

•: v-'iVT •>» ,-V Opening, of Rowing Season. : ■ • : ' .'.At'i last ; 'tho «; weather lias been.v all t/i^Vvy:coWd ; -:-'he\V,d^r€d:i- i iipon'.."-tho''' oc-«sasion.;'-of , ;ih«V opening -of " the row- -■': ttag' . took ..place ' on' .> Sati the hearts ■ of. the rowing men-rejoiced.exceedingly". 'So fre-fluently^has-it oither'rained-or blown a. > 3itirncane when '.;the- special day >;lios ' ar-; j a-ived ..that.. ns v .they.' look : fordaylight in ■- She' morning -so have -they come to look, f' tapoiiiit^a'g " a:, cei-tiiinty r .that ; -thp -weather [('■will 1 !i sheds lioked.'.Tory gay;: with all .the ■buntf . fing y that;-was draped:. about, '■ inside ! and; '.*:' lout, 'and .a. string band' played.- inspiriting! (muscat intervals during .the afternoon. [TeawaVprOvided and; thoroughly-enjoyed.- . '(SeTeralvraces took -place during' the after- : (noon,, and watching' tho scciw from the ! ibalconv one could not help thinking how I sehairmuig l the scene was with the light ' tacing 'boats, skimming through the calm npater,iwhile?'iOw < and again ia' l large boat I'-: [filled; with brightly-dressed-girls,; and men [ 15K.whitojand blue, j would > put .off. .from the ; ! skids; and soil off'into the, distance. Now. li.Vßnd.agaiii a few stray'gleams of'sunshine j --teuldibreak. out. from/the greyhess/.ahd, | binning up the sails, the brown boats, the I Glinting- water," and a far-off steamer. I,j a;pioture' that_niany people lingered ,'Bv«r and'delighted in., ~ ; ' Obituary. !■ Thero-passed>awav. -at.v''Greonbrae," • Sea - View-Terrace,- Northland, on«Satur-, (day-morning,' Mrs. \V. Todd, wife of Mr. 1 Williams Toad, overseer of the printing '■ department: of i .The ' Dominion. . The def- '-ceased 1 lady, who was : the 'youngest daugh- ■ /ter of Mr." William Johnson, of Lerwick, fe; (Scotland; v .was ;'of a kindly [ disposition, fl- land wis greatly esteemed .in -her ; circle .of - ; . Sho leaves three eons, , two : lof .whbm are'in Australia, and' atDarwevirke. .. .:

P V OiS*elialfct\bf fancy:-:dress 'skating carnival, f, Mr. Amodeo.'.tiesecretary,' wishes to thank } -:iliadr-Ward,'Mr.' C. Haitland;! and "Mr. H. :S'.v^TisVfor''ta , eirVkmd.iervicesiiii jjudg-, ;■.- lag 'v-'tlie acoih'JetitioiiST' 'Me&Vs.;- ' ff. ;FuUer, ; and! Sons 1 "for 'their'kindness in L.placing^.the.rink at the disposal of:;the !!: teomiiftiee free:''of:ohaTge[;'the:attendants i .(who,- gave -their services. > ;most''freely'; ,: the I'-.'ifDiiioii Steam.Ship Company; and the Gor- ! lpdratioh.'.'for.'the'*;flags : which they. ~so f. Sredy lent ; them, for decorations,. and-all: ■'.': jthose:'- who \ assisted,{in v theVafrangemehta r" &liioh,w;eremade:for the event. : :■,, ;

sCho sale' of/work organised for the. IBoys belonging to tho< Y.M.C.A. by. their ■ imothors .'and sisters, for : the purpose of ttsHfiiiig funds to assist them in extending ;thewoTk of their'branch-of the-.associa-tionj.'was ■ continued - on-' Saturday, after-' moon, and did excellent business. Alto- ■ gethcr.it is calculated- that the cross .sum ' )of '£50, ha s: been'-'taken; a .vefy,>atisfactory ; ; it. is realised [that : the ealo of work was'quite an unostentatious venture. 1 -Mrs. 'Parsons was a passenger .by tho JTaraweraj which' arrived in Wellington Son Sunday afternoon. . - . ";. Wellington'' on ;-Pri-:-j3ay night for tho South/ . ; .. Mrs. Laidlaw,. from Central Otago, is ■ ffle;'; giiest of. Mrs.'■ '■ Charließichardson,: •Solwyn. Terrace, Wollinston. ' The.final evening: of tlie Willis Street Bridge Club was held at Mrs. Salmond's, , Kelbu'rne,', on PridayJ last. The' highest : scorer, for' the season- was .Mrs.Charlie. ,>Bichardsiorii' the.:,Tunner-iip;,being her "sis•rtwyMrs. Oscar Kember. ; y"j\.v- ; \•' ■ Mr.- and Mrs. Norman Beetfiam, of "Highmore," Lansdowne, • are-, motoring, ■through to llanawatu on Monday for a prolonged visit to their son, Mr. Harold Beetham. 1 • ' Mr., and Mrs: 1 D. Donald, of Lansdowne, hfrlo .have/been-absent 'in'.Sydney' for, the' jpast six .'months, '.are.• returning : by." ,ithe Ulimaroa- on Wednesday. Miss Ruby Gower' is' r alsb ; retiirning by the same rb6at. ; :,y. : >' s Mrsi A; J. Cooper, of Lansdowne, Mas- , Jtertoni'left for.'Palmerston North on Wed.nesday, to attend the. Royal' Academy and . Itoyal; College of Music examinations, held thereon Thursday; The examiner was Mr. Hadley. ■ Mrs. Cooper, who was self--taught, succeeded'in passing the examination by 154. -Mrs. Cooper, was formerly a uupil of Mr. A. B. Wallace, Masterton. . .