SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 962, 1 November 1910, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

St. Paul's Bazaar. Very complete arrangements are being made for St. Paul's annual.sale of work to bo held in the Sydney Street Schoolroom this afternoon and evening, and also on Wednesday. All kinds of novel and. useful article's will be offered. for sale, among them being some handsome Oriental wares and art'goods. An. interesting programme, has. been arranged for .. the evening's entertainment. The stalls and those in charge of them are as. Produce: Miss Greenwood, Mrs. Shirtcliffe, Mrs. D. Anderson, and helpers. Jumble stall: Mrs. Warren, Mi's. .Burton, and-Mrs. King. Book stall: The Misses King. Work table: Miss Johnston, Miss Barrand. and Miss 'Rowlands.- Basket, ware: Miss Mestayer. Art stall: Mrs. Larnach, Mrs. Harty, and Miss S. Brandon. Flower stall: Miss Phillips, Miss Chitty,> and Miss Aitken. Tea-room-. Mrs. •Walker, and Mrs. ,W. Blundell. Cake and sweet-stall: Mrs. C. Richardson and Miss Christmas tree: Miss 'Powles,; Miss Jones, and. Miss Tavendale.. '. " . ; ; Grand Carnival.'' ,- : A 'general meeting of the various com.'mittees ihat ..have matters in hand for the' .forthcoming', grand carnival to bo .held in' the-Newtown Park on Saturday next ''was held at -the residence of Mrs. T. G.Macarthy yesterday, afternoon, and ■was'largely attended. The chair was occupied by-the'Rev. Van Staveren. A considerable-amount of important business in connection with the side-shows 1.-was,-transacted,-.and..various other details, more or Ipss.'iniportant, brought up Tor -final settlement; It was decided, at the instigation .of Lady Ward, that a supply of- half-crown block tickets should 'be issued,'-which -would enable tho purchaser, if he. or she wished, to attend the beauty show,' the baby show, -Punch 'arid Judy, tea'kio'sk, the vaudeville entertainment; ; and:- Aunt Sally, without having to .hunt 'about for the necessary .tickets for each' attraction., The baby show will be in the charge of lady Ward, assisted ;by Mrs.. Kane, Mrs. Cqrrigan' and' Mrs. Izard." Messrs. Qollin' and Co., the .agents for.vMellin's. Food, have presented a'cup for .the best baby, and to. avoid difficulties tmvpri'ze will be decided by popular 'vote:;'. A very attractive feature of the side-shows will be a vaudeville entertainment generously. provided by Messrs.. Fuller Brothers., .Mrs. Levvey -is.- to arrange .'.'for': the':., fortunetellers. Dr. Izard and Mr. HarcusPlimmer will have the interesting task-of arranging matters in connection with the beauty show,., which promises ,to be a great success, and Mr. Benson will be in :charge of Punch and Judy. • Mr. Crombie was appointed manager of the,side-: shows; with' a. committee to assist him. in final arrangements. 'The Singer Sew-' ing Machine Company his given a Singer Sewing machine,-"td be ''ruffled for, andan- exhibition of ;sewing will be given upon the grounds. A final meeting .will be held on Thursday. ~ , . Death of a Pioneer. Still another of our early pioneers has passed away.. Mrs. Peter Johnson, of Garrett Street, who arrived in 1865. in the ship Wild Duck, and who' has siiice T.e'sided continuously in this city,' died on Saturday last alter a few months' illness at the age of 71. Deceased, who was of a retiring, but kindly disposition, was held in,high esteem.by those, with whom she. came in contact. The surviving members of her family are five daughters and three sons:" Mrs. T. L. Barker,. Lower ■Hutt; Mrs. C. N. Pedder, Feilding;;Mrs. ■J.-S. Munro and Mrs. A. F.'Laurenson, Palmerston North; and Mrs. R. E. Rivett, Wellington; and Mr. W. P. Johnson, Iquique, Chile; Mr. C. F. Johnson, Ohakune; and Mr. A. L. Johnson, Wellington. ..:..'... Another Pioneer. "The death occurred in Masterton on :Frid'ay night of Mrs. Pearson, relict of the late Mr. Henry Pearson and a very old resident in the district. Tho deceased lady who was a native.of Dohaclqney, County Down, Ireland, came out to relatives in Auckland in the ship Golconda in' the early.'sixties with the late Rev. Dr. Boyd Field and Mrs. Field, whero she married the late Mr. Pearson, well known in Auckland musical and business circles. In 187 C she-first came to Masterton and has lived there for the last forty years. Her only son Mr. Samuel Pearson is in business in Wellington, and her daughter, Mrs. Barclay, lives at Waikanae. The lato Mrs. Pearson was of a very kindly disposition and was for years a prominent worker in the Anglican Church in MasteTton. Owing to ill-health she had lived a very retired Hie for some years, but her experiences of life' in the early days in the colony were very interesting to hear. .;:■■■ .. Miss Kathleen Akers (Palmerston North) is the guest of Mis. Norman Matthews (Lower Valley). Mrs. J. T. Glover, of Athol Crescent, is spending a fortnight at- Bellovuo Garden's, Lower Hutt. ' : Mrs. J. Perry .(Malum), -who has been spending some days in Wellington, returned to her homo at the end. of last ■week.' . Mrs. Oscar Monrad (Palmerston) has been visiting her; mother, Mrs. Alfred Matthews, at Wairongomai. Mrs. Wolff left for Auckland on Saturday, after a visit of some weeks spent with her daughter, Mrs: Burns (Carterton). Mr. and Mrs. A. Hannay (Lower Valley) have been spending sonib days in Wellington, and' intend leaving early this week for Palmerston. Miss Beetham, of Ellerslie, Auckland, arrived in Hawera on Friday to take up the position of district nurse in succession to Nurse Hall. : - Miss Wright (Wellington Terrace)' left | by the Maori for the . south last night i on a visit to friends in Timaru.

St. Mark's Salo of Work. The annual salo of work iu connection with St. Mark's Church will be held in tlio schoolroom on Thursday afternoon and evening, also Friday evening of this week. The committee has decided that bo raffles or competitions will bo held. Mastcrton Notes. The Mastertou Tennis Club opened tho season on Saturday last at tho. pretty grounds in Bunny Street. The courts "looked a picture," and.were in splendid form for play. Afternoon tea was provided by tho Indies of the club, and was greatly cujoyed by the players and their friends. Owing no doubt to its being a race day, and also to.the rather unsettled appearance of the weather, the attendance, was not quite as largo as is usual on tho opening day. There were present Mrs. J. Perry, Mrs. Francis, Miss Holmes, Mrs. N. James, Mrs. Foley, Miss Wolff, Miss Eobieson, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Bunting, Mrs'. S. Noble-Campbell, Misses Gawith, Miss Sellar, Miss "Williams, Mrs. D. Casolberg,. Miss Mace, Miss" Perry, Mrs. P. Cook, Misses Gray, Miss Moore, Mrs. H. Donald, Hiss (.lower, Messrs. Gabites, Francis, Carley, G. Mawlcy, Aitken, - Foss,' Bee, Perry, Foley, N. James, Bunting, Gray, Moore, Boddirigton, Sheet, Gordon, Gawith, NobleCampbell, Langdon, Smith, HandNewton, Eov. Dean MlCenna (president), and others.