SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 980, 22 November 1910, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Weddirig. A pretty wedding was celebrated in St. James's Presbyterian Church, Newtown, on Wednesday, November 9, when Miss' Alice Goodall, of Greymouth, was mar;ried to Mr. David John Jamieson, of Oamaru. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pretty white silk dress, trimmed with lace and pearls, and the customary veil and . orange blossoms, and carried a lovely shower bouquet of cream roses and fern leaves. She ivas attended by. three bridesmaids, tho chief of whom, Miss Elsie Little, wore a cream silk,frock and heliotrope and.white hat, ; and carried a' bounuet of heliotropo clematis. Tho two small bridesmaids, Miss. Aileen O'Brien.and Miss , Lenore. 'M'Gfegor (nieces of- the bridegroom)' wore cream silk frocks threaded with heliotrope ribbon, and carried baskets of cream roses. Master Archer M'Grcgor acted as page boy, and carried a crook. Mr. Thomas Goodall, of Greymouth, acted as best man. The bride's present was a handsome watch and chain, and the bridesmaids received gold brooches. The bride's mother woro a black costume and a black hatj with white ostrich plumes. The reception given by the bride's parents was-held in the New Century. Hall, .whore about, one hundred and fifty guests' were entertained. Y.M.C.A. Anniversary.

At the concert which is being given in the Town Hall this evening to celebrate the anniversary of the Y.W.C.A., his Excellency Lord Islington has consented to "preside';' and' Lady Islington will kindly present -the -prizes gained in tho recent flower and cake competition. Besides an admirable concert programme, in which a feature will be the choruses, nrranged by Mr.. Parker, Dr. Finulny. will speak about the work done.by the association. The members. of the: association are not making any appeal to the public for assistance in getting the hostel which is so needed till. March in next year.

. Their, Excellencies, Lord nnd Lady Islington, have consented to be present at tho entertainment to be given in the Town Hall by the ; Navy League, for the visiting squadron. A most interesting programme has been'prepared. Several of the officers and their wives are expected to be present. • . . , ;.. ': ■ ■■■ .-;. Mrs. Colomb -is staying at the Grand .Hotel.: . ■- ; . . Miss Bright (Miki-miki), who las been paying a week-end visit to -. Wellington, returned yesterday. ■ -. Miss Treledven, who has recently resigned from the Valuation Department, by the, offic a .paHmetft with a silver bowl and ail oak-'.' 'tray, - •■' ■ ■ Mrs. .p'.Cqnnqr hos-.beeii .spending a few days with Mr."and Mrs! A. Marton, Lower Valley., ... . Mrs..Percy Hulmo returned to Blenheim after several weeks spent in the Wairarapa.and.on the.Coast.. : : .. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Logan returned from a visit to Dunedin on Sunday, and are returning, early this week to Napier.. ' i Her- -Excellency, Lady Islington,, accompanied by Miss Stapleton-Cotton and Captain: Shannon, left Lyttelton by tho Mararoa last evening, and are due in Wellington .this morning. ■' A-' students' concert is -being given by Mrs. Ernest Qneree in the Masonic Hall, Boulcott Street, on Wednesday evening. Miss Rene Qneree, A.M.C.M., will play during the evening. . Miss N.. Dick bus come up from the south for.-a, ; few, weeks' visit to Wellington, and is staying with her mother. . The teaching staff of the Wesloyan Education Trust free kindergarten schools iirWellington, under Miss H. G. Schmidt, tho.head teacher,-is making elaborate arrangements for a big display at the Town Hall;, on December 10. There aro now about two ■ hundred children on tho rolls of tho three schools, and they are all tiny children' up to six ' years of age. They came to school to play, to learn tho discipline of plaj ; .' The . schools j' have proved a great boon, to busy mothers in the surrounding district, and the object of tho Town Hall festival.ie to give tho public. some idea of the way in which tho -little ones spend their days at ■. the kindergarten. . .