SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1615, 5 December 1912, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Feilding Wedding. Yesterday morning, in Wesley Church, Feilding, (writes our Feilding correspondent), the marriage took place of Mr. Lsslie,.of Feilding, and Miss Olive Nellie Hart, of Makiub. The ceremony was performed by tho Rev. A. B. Chappell. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore an empire gown of white taffetas silk trimmed with insertion and pearl embroidery. Miss Hilda Hart (Bister), and Miss Frances Herson (cousin of the bridegroom) were tho bridesmaids. Mr. Stanley Matthews was the best man, and Mr. Wilfred Henson groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. Hart afterwards entertained a large number of relatives and friends at their residence, Mafcine.

Martinborough Wedding. A wedding of considerable local interest took . place - in St. Andrew's Church, Martinborough, on Wednesday afternoon, when 1 Miss Lucy Hibbord, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. •C. Hibbord (ilartinborough), was married to Mr. Charles Smith, ninth son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith (Taumarunui), The church was prettily decorated by the bride's friends, ami the Ecy. E. T. Wynne Bond officiated, the service being fully choral. The bride, who was given away by her father, was gowned in a robe of white silk taffeta with draiped tunic of lace, and veil and orange blossoms. She carried a bearatiful .bouquet, and her only ornament was a. brooch of amethysts amd moonstones, the gift of Master E. and . Miss. C. Martin. • Sho was attended by Miss Jessie Hibberd (sister) as chief bridesmaid, and Mifes Euby Cunningham (niece of the bridegroom). The bridegroom's gifts to the bridesmaids , were, respectively, a gold pendant set with amythyst and pearls, and an enamelled silver pendant. Mr. E; Maguire was best man, and Mr. E. Hibberd (brother of the bride) groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. Hibberd afterwards held , a reception at the Oddfellows' Hall, where tho usual speeches and toasts were honoured. Tho bride and bridegroom left per motor-car for , Masterton, en route for Wanganui, where the honeymoon is to be spent, the bride's going-away dress being a saxeblue costume, braided and buttoned, with hat to match.

Anglo-New Zealand Wedding. The marriage of Mr. Esmond Morton, Eoyal Engineers (son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Sinauer, London, and grandson of the late Sir Benjamin Benjamin, Melbourne), and Gwendoline Onslpw, daughter of the late Mr. Arthur Nathan, Auckland, New Zealand, took place in London on November 14. Christmas Fancy Fair. A Christmas fancy fair was opened in Wesley Hall yesterday afternoon by the Hon. F. M. B: Fisher, M.P. It was organised by a number of enthusiastic workers for the purpose of raising a sum of money to be devoted to the addition of a new infant schoolroom to the Sunday School in Aro Street,, which, it is estimated,- will cost about The hall and stalls had been effectively decoratedj and the latter were furnished with a great number of useful and ornamental articles, suitable for gifts at this time of the year. The fair will be continued tins evening and on Friday evening, and for each night enjoyable- programmes of entertainment have been, provided.

Madame Kirkby Lunn will b> the guest of members of the Pioneer Club at an "at home" to bo held to-morrow afternoon at the Club rooms,- Lambton Quay.

Mrs. G. W. Barltrop returned to Wellington yesterday, Via Sydney, from her visit to England. She was mot at , Sydney by Mr. Barltrop, who returned with her to Wellington. Also travelling by the same steamer were Mr. J. H. Lowe and Miss. Lowe, Miss Pilcher. ■

Mrs. T. Q. Macarthy and Mrs. Rutter TCturnod to Wellington yesterday from a visit to Sydney. '

Mr. and Mrs. Penney and the Misses Penny' (2), Mr. nnd Mrs. Adams, and the Misses Adams (2), and Miss Mackay (all of Blenheim), arrived in Wellington yesterday by the Maunganui from a visit to Sydnev, and are staying at tho Occidental Hotel till they leave for their homes. Also staying at the same hotel are- Miss Groves (Masterton), and Miss Fulton, Mr. and Mrs.-Coyle (Sydney), and Mr. and Mrs. Shettey (Auckland).

The District Nurses of the St. John Ambulance Nursing Guild are giving their annual Christmas tree and tea for their child friends and acquaintances of the district on Wednesday, December 18, in St. Peter's Schoolroom.

Captain and Mrs. Estcourt arrived in .Wellington from the south iyestcrday.

Princess Clialota (daughter of King George of Tonga) left Auckland by the Tofua on Tuesday for Nukualofa. The princess is the betrothed; of Prince Tngi, who, it will be remembered, visited England for the Coronation. The Princess Chalota will return after the holidays to complete her education in Auckland, as sho is only about 15 years of age.

Mrs Palmer, who has been staying , with Mrs Fairbairn, Occidental Hotel, leaves for Melbourne to-day by the Maunganui.

The .variablenessoorf r Wellington weather is a prime factor in causing , roughness of tho skin. Wind and rain join forces in this fell work by making tho complexion coarse and chapping the hands. The ravages of unseasonable weather may be combated by the use of Mrs. Eolleston'e Complexion Creams, which are imported from leading ■ houses in France, England, and America-, and 60ld at Bs. Cd. per jar. "La Cigalo" is a leading French nongreasy Faco Cream. An English preparation, "Massieno" is a successful complexion beautifior; while for removing bluckhcads and skin blemishes, the Virginian Massage Cream is also a great favourite. Free advice is given purchasers retarding their complexions. Mrs. Eolleston, 250 Lambton Quay (opp. Economic).—Advt.

A Dedication Service. A dedication Service in connection with a pipo organ which had been presented to the church by Miss Marsden, was conducted by Dr. Sadlier, Bishop of Nelson, in St. Barnabas Church, StoJco (Nelson), last Sunday. During tho service the Bishop iilso unveiled and consecrated a lovely stained window, representing "Faith and Hope," erected by Mr. Jas. Marsden in memory of his lato mother and.her youngest daughter, Mrs. Mary Eleanor Mnrjoribauks.' The Bishop was assisted throughout by the vicar of the parish, the Rev. A. J. C'arr. Obituary. Tho death occurred at Karachi, India, on August 3, of Mrs. Alice Jean Turner, wife of Mr. Stephen D. Turner, British Representative, Los Bela State, Baluchistan, and second daughter of the lute Captain George Macpherson Grant, Dilkusha, Grantown-on-Siwy. Mrs. Turner was a niece of Mrs. Peter Clarke, of Mataura. , A Lonely Paradise. Tho lot of the wives of traders in the Islands formed the subject lust week ot a brief chat between a "Daily Telegraph" representative and Mrs. J. H. Davies, who has just returned to Sydney from the New Hebrides, where her husband, n manager for Messrs. lCbrr Bros., at Tongoa, was murdered by natives on the island of Epi last month. "At our station," said Mrs. Do vies, 'we wero considered a large community, because we were only 65 miles away from Veila, and our house was a comfortable home right upon the beach, and with a beautiful fruit garden. But there is a sense' of isolation, nnd my husband was always so nervous of my becoming ill. There 6eems'something fatal in being too happy," she added , pathetically. "We often used to say that it could never last. Wo had such confidence in our cwn servants that' when Mr. Davies vra.3 away I used to sleep with the front door open upon the verandah, while tho house girls elept away in a little hut, dead, for all they would have heard if anyone had attacked me. I was riot even nervous when Mr. Diiviee went, to Epi, for he got on so well with the natives; but I think that they meant that he should never come back, for early on Friday they came back (he had only gone out in the I'.orning) and told the people on the coast that he had dropped dead. That cculd not have been true, for whea they brought him in next day the body was limp, and he had not ceased bleeding. The little girl who washed him—an Australian aboriginal who spoke perfect English— told me that thore was a great bruise ■upon his eye, another upon his head at the back, and I think his neck nas broken. When found, iny husband had just taken a bite or two of his lunch, ■so that does not look like a man who would have had a fit. He was sucli a bip; fellow, over six feet high, and a great athlete. Ho was a native of South Wales, and held the hundred yards championship formerly. Tho boys must have attacked him as he was sitting down, I thinlt. "It's a lonely life for whitu ironien down there; but if you ore fond cf tho beautiful—and we were both devoted to it—there is mujch to draw you to island life. Our home looked out upon the straits, and in the early morning the now was lovely. Wβ used to just run down and into the breakers. I had only been thoro for about three months."

"And you will again make your homo in Sydney?"—" Yes. I was n. r.uree formerly, and followed my ptofession for eight years here, although 1 am by birrn a New Zealandor. While I was in the islands my medical knowledge was' sought freely, and I had always a number of natives coming to have their pores dressed or some ailment dosed, '('hey are a fine people, but the blood feuds make things difficult, n-nd as a home lor white women it is a life of anxiety. At Tongoa, however, there' is very little fever, and the climate all the while I was there was lovely. I had just escaped the hrrricane season, but it cannot bo very bad"- at Tongoa, as the house we lived in has been there for ages."

A Successful Student. Mr. Charles Schilsky, the examiner for Trinity College of Music, ...who recently visited New Zealand, writing to Mr. Leon Cohen, the Wellington secretary, says' lw has awarded the Governor's medal for the current year for piano playing to Miss Elsio May Mnuson, of the Inyercargill Centre. Miss Manson, who is years of age, obtained the full 40 marks for her pieces, making a total of 90. Mr. Schilsky suggests that in future the medal should be given to a higher candidate—either an associate or a licentiate. He considers Miss Kathleen Levy, of Duncdin, who took her A.T.C.L. degree at the age of 15, the most promising pianist he has heard in the whole of Australasia.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Strang (Palmerston North) returned to New Zealand yes■terday by the Mauiiganui from a visit to Australia. They were accompanied by Mrs. Taylor Young, sister of Mr. Strang.

Mis 3 Morrison, of Woqdside Private Hospital, Auckland, is visiting Wellington and is tho guest of Mrs. T. E. Corkill, Oriental Bay.

The date for the closing of nominations for the Canterbury Croquet Association's tournament, to be held during Christmas week has been extended until December 16.

Mrs E Powell, with Miss Powell, Havelock, Marlborough, are visiting Wellington, and are staying at Miss Malcolm s, Murphy Street.

Mr. Norman Campbell, chief officer of the Ifnion Company's steamer Tofua, was married to Miss Elsio Bray, of Dovonport, Auckland, on Saturday last, at the bride s residence, by the Rev. Father Furlong. The Tofua was decorated with bunting on Saturday, in honour of the occasion.

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The Rev. Alfred Waller, vicar of St. Paul's, Southend, has allowed neither postmen nor milkmen to come to his door on Sunday for a quarter of a century. The household cooking is all done on Saturday.