SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1533, 31 August 1912, Page 10

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Indignant Women. Tlio following resolutions were passed at tho Codslablc Street Rooms in connec- 1 tion with the Women's Christian Temper- ! anC9 Union: 1 Tho members of tho Wellington South ] W.C.T. Union protest strongly against any legislation increasing the number of totalisator permits or the publication of totalizator dividends. Iu view of tho tact that tho great evil of gambling amongst our men, women, and youths, is bo fostered by this State-liccnscd betting machine, wo earnestly urgo the Government to submit the question of its retention or abolition to a referendum of tho : people. The members of this union express their indignation and sorrow that the majority of the members in tho House of Representatives ■ refused to grant to a , very largo majority of tho electors of this country any reduction in tho iniquitous handicap imposed upon them in licensing matters, and wo hereby pledgo ourselves not to vote for any candidate who supports tho three-fifths majority, and to induce others to follow our example. Acknowledgment. Tho matron of the Wellington Hospital acknowledges the following gifts with thanks:—Flowers: Mrs. A. fc>. Powell, Otaki; Hiss Eileen Frost, Feildir.g; children of Te Aro Stato School. Illustrated papers: Mesdames B. L. lCnox (Karori), liaise, Mr. Young, Miss Vare. Children's clolhos: Working Guild for Children' 6 Hospital, Mrs. C. H. llaraerton._ Books, toys, and rocking horse: Mrs. ICoch and Trinity Methodist Sunday Scliool. Old linen: Anonymous. Dolls: Mission to Seamen's bazaar. Scrap book, flowers, etc.: Girls' High School and Miss Pringle. Contributions of old linen will be. gratefully acknowledged, Feilding Notes, Miss Insolli/Hjimilton) is the guest ot Mrs. ' Mrs. Cotterqlkha? gone..to-Wellington. Miss returned from StratforilV Mr.- and Miss Corfo have gone to New Plymouth, Mr. Corfo having been transferred. from the local branch of the Bank of New Wales. , Mr. and Mrs. W. Monckton (Otaki) are on a visit to Feilding. Tho many friends of. Dr. and Mrs. M'Allum will greatly regret (o lttar that tho doctor has had to relinquish his practice owing to ill-health. Dr. Guthrie, of Lyttelton, has taken it over. Miss Kir lon provided afternoon tea at the golf links on Saturday, when a large number of players took advantage of tho glorious weather and were present on tho links. Among the players were Mesdames M'Phorson and Miles, Misses Wyatt, O'Halloran, Burrcll, Haybittle, Moore, and Daniells. On Tuesday night a most successful children's fancy dress ball was held in tho Drill Hall, in aid of tho Parish Hall debt, Quite two hundred cfhildren took part, and every dress was so well carried out that the judges, Mrs. Levett and Miss Hcrdman, had a most difficult, task before them. Among the audience were Mesdames I rules-Jones. Barton, Millar, Miles, M'Pherson, Gillespie, Adkins, llagffttt, Knyvett, Dormer, Gordon, Elliott, Pickering, and others. The mechanic students of the Technical College are holding their first annual dance on September 11, in the New Century Hall, Kent Terrace. Every means is l>eing taken of insuring that a most enjoyable evening will be spent by those attending it. The chaporones aro Mesdames La Trobe, Johnson, Grahatu, M'Viears, and Robinson. The committee comprises Messrs. Johnson, Eariislwv, Meyers, Abel, liirkland, Scott, Colley, Robinson, and Thompson, with Messrs. C. Thompson, G. Dixon, and H. O'Neill a3 joint secretaries. Tho Misses M. and E. Oakley Browne aro holding theaunual break-up of their dancing classes in tho New Century Hall, Kent Terrace, on Thursday, September 26. Tho chaperones aro Mesdames Jellio, Galvin, Steplions, Thompson, and Bonthorn. Mr. and Mrs. John Duthio (junior) left Wellington' yesterday on a brief visit to Napier. Mrs. O'Rourko and Miss O'Rourke, of Otaki, and Miss Gertrude Hurley, of Manakau, are on a visit to ICimbolton, and are staying at "Lyndore." Mrs. and Miss Mountford leave Wellington on a visit to Aucklaad early next week, and. from thore go on to Wanganui. The report that Countess Elconora do Cisneros, the operatic contralto, is not coming to New Zealand is not correct. Her concert tour of the Dominion is to commence at Auckland on Saturday nest. Miss Adelaide Bruce, the Sydney contralto, left Wellington last evening for Christohuwh and Duncdin, where sho intends to give concerts. 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