SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 960, 29 October 1910, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

-Ambulance-Saturday. / To-day is Ambulance Saturday and'/so.: yaluablo:is'the'.work, done • 1»* • the .'si#, ciety that, it will surely be' tho wish of everyone to assist it;in lire, ho' matter hbw small.','Thei'e have been, of' course/ very ,many .calls upon; the' public purse of lateXbutVsti.il, -. a' little; f.i'din' everybody" affds up so .' en-1' Qpuriygingly at the end:'it. the day, andreally' does, not'mjan.jiuch'. heavy. ■ deprivatiohs to th'e who gives. . iA Wedding. .'! ■■ ■ , A quiet wedding, ,but one in which' considerable!.interest was;, taken, '.was celebrated, ihvthe.'.-lYebb Streot Primitive Church, morning, when Miss Dimond wasimarried to Mr. Mark: Smith-, -of; Wellißgtbn. ■ Tho .ceremony 1 was' ppiformed ,ty:.the. Rev. : J. Cocker, of: Auckland. , reception was afterwards held : . at/Mr. James Godber'S room, wliore ;iii)ogistio speeches refer-, ring to. Mii;;'afld Mrs. Sihitli were made by . the , : J. ;'Cocker, ■. J. Dawson, . W! S: Pottar,' Staff-Captain Roy, and Messrs. ; Hcbertson, Hewnct, and /'Sadler. ;Mn:;/ntl, Mrs. Smith.have booked 'their-\ passages on the . which sails-in'Jlarch,' when they will, make a tour of :ho: world. ;.. . , '

An Afpimjn Tea./ i . , A post cujoyable little .'afternoon tea ' was jiven in the strangers' room of the Piorter -Club ;yesterday afternoon by Mrf. ,(Dr.) W. J. Anderson for. her two •/_ - BisersivMrs.'"Wright (Napier) and Miss . .Ci'dden;. (Sydney), pvho 'are at "present -Kir guests. .'Always restful and com- - j&rtable lpoking, tho room, looked, par- . 'y iiqularly attractive 'with • bowls' of gueldor, roses.'and vases of pheasant's eye ,;f narcissi placed about it. : Mrs. 'Ander- / ; son wore a dress of black fisher net . ' over . white silk, with a . white - feather boa, and large black ,hat,- with-\vhito osprey plumes. 'Mrs. fright, a black and . white dress/ trimmed with.'' insertion I and black velvet, 'and black hat, -.with;.''roses.-, Miss: : Cudden,' a ; . pretty heliotrope striped frock, and a ' large black: and-white hat. Among those present were Lady Mrs.'- H.';B. Bridge;. Mrs.'/Ogilvie-Graiit; Mrs.'. Mitford, Mrs. Kane, Mrs. Aston; Mrs; . Rcid, Mro. Smith;'' Mrs.' 'Campbell',' Miss Myers, Miss; Holmes, and Miss Kane. >

College Garden Fete, This , afternoon'the garden fete, organised by' the members of tiio Wellington College .Old .Girls* . Association, takes place in the college grounds. For months past. they ■ liave j been ."'busy working' and . planning all sorts of pleasant; things'for . this fete and-given fine. , weather.; an -'exceedingly pleasant time should be spent by all who at- ■ tend it. The' Japanese display of. dancing by' over one hundred children in costume ought'to be very interesting ■ as well as the' gymnastic display by ■-. Mr. Harrison's pupils. In the eventing there will'-be,, an .. entertainment given,-;and the grounds will be -lighted up. -The Executive xommitteo consists of the Misses Ballinger, Prendeville, 1 Atack, A. Halley, Lyons, Maudel (2), . Pollock, :Fruhauf, Gibson, C.'■ Stewart, and Hobday,., while - ■ the Misses A. ' "Holmes and.,V. Zehrab fill the responsible position of joint '

St. Paul's Sals of Work. ' -.-The annual sale of .'work in connec-tion.-with St: Paul's Anglican Thorndon, will be held; at 'the Sydney , Street Schoolroom on Tuesday and Wednesday noxt. . The sale will be opened on Tuesday, afternoon. at 2.30 o'clock, by Mrs: Wallisj and on. Wed-nesday-aft eriioonbyMiss Coates. ;The ,- musical arrangements will be in the hands of Mrs. Quick, , Mrs. Dean, Miss Beauchamp, and 7 others. Besides the usual "stalls, Christmas tree,' and' bran, tubs, there, will be side-shows' in the , evening by 'Messrs, Hugh : Webb and Hubert Hamilton, and another' feature,will bo the short pieces provided by -members. of the Wellington; Mounte-' -«- bank Club. Mr., Lampen and Miss Ogborno will contribute "Diamond .cut Diamond,',' Mr. Bentley Russell and Miss Molly Marshall, "The Deceitfulness of Riches," and an impersonation will be given- by Mr.' Brookes. : Thanks ' aro due to Dr.-Izard for his valuable help 'in arranging.for the dramatic items.*, . The sale -is 'in.'aid of the Sunday School and ' the - ,St. ; , Paul's . building fund. Provision, will . also bo made ... for .-. njotor-car rides. Contributions of goods for the stalls will be gladly received at the school-room Sydney; Street, on Monday afternoon, . October 31, and on Tuesdav morning, November 1. Further particulars will be found in our advertising columns. An Obituary. After.a long illness, the death of Mrs. W., J. Spencer occurred on Monday last. - The -deceased lady - arrived in Wellington with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Bromwich, in the Duko of Edinburgh, in 1873, and has resided in Wellington ever since. She leaves a family' of three sons, four daughters, and eight grandchildren, the; sons being Messrs. William, Harry, and Thomas Spencer, all-of Wellington, and the 'daughters Mrs. C. Lawton, of liarori Road, Mrs. C. Tester, of Blenheim, and the Misses Edith and Annie ■ Spencer. Mrs. ;H. Woolcott,' of Hankey Street, is. the only surviving sister.