SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

w.C.T.U, ■ ;■■■ There was a usual monthly meeting of tho. W-U-T-U\,. which was held in the r6omS:;]ast.' 'Friday afternoon. ' .Mrs.. Jsiti presided. Regret was expressed ..it' t!w 'departure of Mrs. Whitcombe, who is leaving'fcr.Duit-, edin. Mrs. Whitcombo' has been indefatigablo iu the cause'.of;+eihii,erancev;arid, will bo. greatly mlsse^.^ijiXrfey^ield^Uadj 1 " Mayoress of j\ckou/,gayo;;a,mast : intcrpsf;' ing' aildrcs?, and after the* usual business was transacted new .members were ."enrolled. , „ „ .■ Floral Display. On Friday evening at F.iilford's Tlall, Brooklyn, a grand floralC«i?j)layi>aH,!givejii. by tho scholars of tiie.'Brofikiyir Metlioilist'. Sunday School, n-sisk-.l by iriemlr-, Tho floral march was a feature, di' the evening, ' each child repre<euiing . a flower. while the figure children were very to watcjv.: Another item 011 the. programme was a; dialogue (in seasons, performed : by : :thoy eldeKgir!s;:ijf the school. The tableau'-ofti'JJsaitrJiin'diy' Light," by Miss Elsie Bessflt and' Miss Winnie Hm-wnod, was .w»U'premß-ciii as also were their other-tabh-aax. ' In the. interval the J'.cv. .1: !!. Clark thanked; thoso present for their support of the effort to build an-infant clas.-room inr'the school, and also compliitient<M.£M-ft, .•oiiU Mrs. Wilton on the manner in which they had trained tlie children.' :Une . the attraction's was the playing of;M I>e 'M issipiv: Band. Other items,whic4;^ ated were the singiiig ham and Miss Collins. "a miieimer so'o .by Mr. White, nnd a Bassctt. The programme concluded.' with a tableau by the scholars. Belated Wellington Again AVellington\li'n'si-b'&i'frj<'fi behind: other cities in this time in regard ."to mals. A on Friday the home;, for. animais .el ected iu Christehurch by tlie. bvirticJi'' of tlio Society for. the .I'ri-v'e-ii'icn- of Cruelty to Animals,'was The homo is designed for iho-aeeo'mmada-. tioii of paying patient:.- as ;>yeU ~a« lemporarily lost or .such. as dogs, eats, ond sayfbii;l Jt-.i 11'..*. 1 jpv/in-i hospital also where , surgicSP'c'asSsStfK;be': dealt with under uj)-t<i , -dat , e?'!.;eon\liti.ons; , : In Wellington we have, e, lethal, chamber for the lost, and else. Our Girls' Branch of the Victoria League. The usual for 111 iglt 11 v ; 11.>»tie.g of Our Girls' Branch of held last evening, Mrs. Cerl'-s presiding. Miss Holmes read ail int. ..V,in;: paper dealing with Keats, and poems wore 'read by somo of tho At tlie next! meeting a debate will' bn .held as' "to whether domestic :■ training-'' for '. girls, should not be made compulsory. In Times of Stress.'' " ; Lady Campbell, the '..wife .01 tiie late Sir .101 111 Logan Oauiphe!l, : ; li'avl;:.lieeiu o 116 of tho refugees vvho. escapedMo IthcrjiillS..' at Nainoe Tal (India), where.. all were'; shut up for. many rmbntHSSiMfit-,-:. i)i.£ Mutiny was partially''iquellpd-.V'. 'Their,'; marriage took place .at- Meeni.t. • The First House in Auckland. Tho first house I>iii 1 iiVJ;iVu'cklJiri<l was.'. Sir John's home, and it still stands 011.'; its original site in the head of Vulcan .Lane;ways •m.Atfcll:--. land exchange. It ago by Sir John aiulvlns' par tilt r,. ,Mi'.\ Brown, and, as the i 'vfathfjr , 'o|.i'';Vuckl'oiid ; ' often afterwards related; (looked' upon in those '^q'iute.'v' ! a • mansion. Tho timlior. wiis.pit-sawn.heart of kauri, and was carried ..by the two builders on their backs t'roiu the ixnieh. to tho site on which ! ;.;th(;'i! b-.iuklihg was,' erected. It was only ,a'. two-i-ooniett : ]iOiise,: but it was tho very first. to J:e built, aril when Sir John iiioved;'^ whare to "Acacia tlie.o.rrcrisirjn' was deemeil to be indeed. a n:o:iiorabiexmc. The house has been i a ;TOntinuo'is : accMipotion ever since, nnd is/to-day ;ocrupi«l: by one of tho ('ainplie!;-]C!ire:ifrie:l employees. The as^swind;. apparently, as the day tage was built, and the. que-tion. tui'cs whether, ill view cf the. n:-satiations- attaching to it, the littlo ;?buiUl_tngC«lfoul(l ! : not be secured and relic for the city. bears strange contrast;S:and?-marks wit h great emphasis the diftevence between the old and tho new. For, it .is • now surrounded by the finest . :,of; Auckland's" buildings, ..and'ns.'Jclireetlyb.yeiy'. looked by the city's -talle-f sky-scraper —monuments of the woLHtei;tul progre?S cf.; tlis city in a lifetime. . ■'

Mrs. F. J. Byder, ICa.kanfcKS.tafi.qG, pier, fiawke's Bay, to her mother, Jl'rs. I)Vrt'ii;''o? klc:g]r, Otaki. Mr. C. P. Ecform party, -Mrs.;Lindejropn, /.and 1 family are at preseEt;sta,ying.a|''thc , ''Occi- ! ; dental Hotel. Commander and Mrs. Stopford, who have been staying at.'K«hilw.orth.:..{or ; ..:the ; . past few days, leave ; (o-day. o)i a short visit to Government House, where they, aro the guests of theirrEi.celleii.QieS 'iEprd' and Lady Islington. ; Mr. and Mrs. Bristow aro pivir.s a danco this evening. ... MRS. ROLLESTON;,. Hair Specialist (qiial. London and Paris); is;reconime'n'ded for the Permanent Cure ,o.f' 'ali:..Scali> AUinenfs and the most Effective-Treatment; for tho Growth of Hair. Shampooin.!;, Hairrtressing, Electrolysis (perinanent. '.removal of superfluous luiir),... dip. U.S.A. Face Massage, Combings Made 1." P, grans' formations, Switches, ;.efe ' «5Q Lnnibtoif. Quay. Telephone ■

M:r>\ Jlvn.i:y 0 rnjd : 1)0!' I ill jo. Wit a lid ji.V'B slny'i njr ;yt l\ pn ii \vt>rf ii. '* .orl'K'ii' t'luM't? •;» ro :\i;r. du.iih•r.io, iMJ',, unit Sly. mill .M:iv, <Vli;tjnuu.u« Al.i-* P. : TJari:li:ii Jvns .eqiv.q. on. \i visit 1o A.iic'lcuuhl. anil is felasvi-i'Ssj villi Mrs, Jrlui (kid. Tlii eonc.erfc oj' ilip nineteenth *e'a j . scfii or fire VSWHttglbh, i.icideriafet t.iik.e;s ■ |>lar:p i.'ii Hip Svl!iii'V S.lr;;o.t S'clwotuqoiii .mi Tliur.-ihiy. Mi?s Sliitw, Cns'sage* TTa\ri;p's K:\v. is vi-iiliiii; .Mr.?. Bhoc'e.-. ClirMehuieh. Tl.c Itch.. JL iiT. .Myei'i',. who has t alien : oyer ip.v' (lie: .s-ssion tiio rp.-idem'o of -Mr. : iiiSil Mrs. Lan Duncan, ill Hob.squ St.fc.it, vyeiii into oecuna'iiyn, on Saturday;. - Mr. afi.d Mrs. 0. E. Slatlunn fDniicdiri), are iii town ami aro stny'i.iis: at BaimoraK' M.if.j . Yalia'nco .(Otaiiiiab): _ lias ken ■spending' a fqjv .day's in Wellington, the guest 01' Miss. Cliaiiners. A im&firi'ff.ot'ftlie. Council c-i tlio Girl. ..Scouts'. is -fa.' ho .Qflelcl. in .Mii.. Boyd, Gdriick'siTOonVsi reathwstb.nl.a'Hd Panama. 'StlSeK liext. . Mrs. Gilra.r (Clixistcli'.irch) has como up for the marriage of I)r.' Gilroy to Miss Coopsr, and 'is tlio guest of Mr. Jw.;tico t'oopoi'; ' l)r,. Oilrav (Xapier) is fctayiuy with Dr.'ami M.rs. £w'art. '.■■■ sMrsii-.'Na'pipV;.(Aiic!dand).imcl .Mrs; Anderson ..(ClirMehmjcli)' ai'.o guests' of'"Mr. ' and -Mrs. Bristoiy: '■ , Tvh'b.' ■■lias been- visitin* Mrs. 51. ;G. :Kean'o. left llv. S'iio Kai'\ra; fpt'. Aiiclilaiulji where she will bi the .guest of lier sister, .Mrs. Ciumtrej' Woodward. ■■■'■? ■ Mr.. .Malcolm, M.P., and. Mrs; Malcolm arrived in Wellington osi Sunday from '■ ■■■■■ v : ; !: Mr. oiu! Mrs.. K. Giy:i4topliers; who. rooenfly. returned to Xeiv Zealand 'from California, hi:vc nc.«\settled in Stivtford. vr (Wansanii'iV is in town for. the .marriage of Miss: : .Bri.stow; a;u! is .-laying with her mother, Mrs. Yenno'd. . '"'■Thq..;raarriase' ...of; -'Dr-.v Miisom, d'ii'e: fime of Wellington, but i:ow of AijicK-: ■J a lid' a'xi'cly i'Ss; -rv ' tif kcs : . "place"'. •r!.t-; Awkiaml o:i July 2;). . . ' X :■ Mrs. D. JHl.tnn is visiting Mrs. Handy-" siiio (Xapi-'j). ■.■ i 0 Mi?s Xaneajrow (rjirisiehnreli) ; .is-' vi=-: ilhiz Weiliiigtoii; and ii tlw (.'Ui'jt of :Gil.lpii; ~;. \. '■ ■: ;■ ' ivies?agejsiStesvtli?'t;. Mis<. I.Kiif-thy. .Mili iV, of Uie lrorniithjie. l'nblie .Sehoo! (.Siiiith Ausiralia) has-been, aivai'ilod ■ *•} i'b.ii'f ] i'-.ii' bUji-'] i i'l 1' ioi i"--i is- :-.t ii c' !: i i'iof . Me.ith's 'XCinp'ii'e. : Biiy es-ay coaijieli'^ion;.' 1 '"':" V V ■ ' M:<*.. Ainuri Xev.ille (Blenheim). :;.:Mf?;; Bruno!i iWaii-riillui). ami Mr. !.!.• Ciirij-er; ra'r'p- -/guc'rtls-"rof:.;' Ms:: JiistieK .CdoiHT..'' '■' '. ". )y: ,'J'he. Mi-.'e-; (Cbii-tchiucii) are C/jVi'iEivenJ ' C . I. is's; ."I {o=.i I i a; : - B'li ckl i!.h'.nav li 4" s '■ K.i V-^ I V- r^":: collilililnental'y .runcc-rt iu...th'.; ''lowu ltall last .oveninjr, !< to sin» ''at' ,\: w Plyimsiilh :Ens;hm(K' : .• : 'S!io : '*projltxi:..Sycl'lie vVi t'i-.qhi' AiieklitmlUiii ■ ..Moivday iu>xl, oiid wij! iiieve llie; pari oi i;i s a in "l.eiior.Krin" with Sydney f-iilhafin'onie Society (lii'.dyr Mr. Bradley). V' ' ' !