SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2492, 21 June 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A Golden Wedding. Mr. and Airs. Thomas Wills, of Onehunga, celebrated their golden wedding on Friday., they having been married ou Juno IS, JUGo, at Onoliunga. Mr. and Mrs. Wills arrived in Auckland in the month of March, 1805, on tha ship liombay. For many years Mr. Wills, ivlio was apprenticed to the sea on tho barr/no Lima, of Dundee, in 1553, was captain and owner of several vessels trading betweon Onehnnga and Wainkil. Conorous Donors. Mrs. Moorhouso wishes to thank tho many friends o£ St. John Ambulanco for their very generous response, in the ways of gifts for tho various stalls— jumble and jewellery. Owing to tho numerous anonymous donations received, Mrs. Moorhouse finds it impossible to reply to individuals as she would like 10, and asks them- to be good enough to accept this intimation of her appreciation of their generosity. A children's operetta, entitled "The Rose of Joy," organised by Mrs. A. Birss, of Carterton, in aid of the Woundod Soldiers' Fund, and staged in Victoria Hall on Friday evening, proved a great attraction, arid drew a packed audience; and the juvenile performers proved a oredit to their trainer. The proceeds from tho concert are as follow Door sales, £20 35.; sale of tickets in hand, £16 25.; sale of reserved seats, at extra 3d. each, 15s. 3d.; "Please Give M© a Penny" duet, £4 ss. 9d.; auctions, £14 los.: sale of sweets, £G: total, £63 Is. Thore are still soino tickets to bo accounted for. Mrs. George Didsbury and Miss Didsbury left on Friday on a three months' visit to Auckland, Nurse Welch, of the Wellington Hospital staff, and sister of Mr. Kemblo Welch, of Masterton, has been acceptcd for service abroad. A wedding cake which was sold by aucition in Napier under instructions from Mrs. F. Moeller realised over £200. which is to l>e devoted to the Hawke's Bay Wounded Fund. I'ts. Jlathewson begins her winter sale to-morrow morning, and bargain seekers will find much to interest them at her well-known establishment on the Quay. As Mrs. Mathewson does not believe in carrying over goods from one season to another, she lias made preparations to dispose of her entire stocks of costumes, hats, coafe, "blouses, evening wraps, underclothing, and other goods. Of special interest are the costume bargains. What is described as one very fine range, with long military coats, will be sold at the low price of 495. Gd. These smart siyts were recently opened, having been part of a belated shipment. They are said to be the newest styles and to constitute remarkable. value./

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Enlisting Clerks and their Substitutes. Tho question of how tho places on tha clerical staffs of Auckland business houses, of thoso men who havo enlisted for military servioo are to be filled is beginning to claim the attention of tha heads of firms (states a writer in tho Auckland "Herald"). To meet tho deficiency and to permit others to join the army, a banking institution has decided to fill its vacancies by women as stenographers, typists, and operators of calculating machines. One of the reasons for this step is that in other parts of the world, notably in the United States, Canada, and Franco, large numbers of women are employed by the' banks in these capacities, and have given entire satisfaction. What Wellington Thought of War. ( . How ono of our great soldiers, the Duke of Wellington, thought of ivar is 1 best illustrated by his owu words, * spoken to Lady Shelley just after tho ; battlo of Waterloo. "1 l'.opo to God," he said, "that I have fought my last battle. It is a,bad thing to be always fighting. While' in the thick of it I am too much occupied to fetf anything; hut it is wretched just after. It is quite impossible to think of glory. Both mind and feelings aro exhausted. I am Wretched even in the moment of L victory, and I always say that nost to , a battlo lost the greatest misery is a battlo gained." The Luro Of Old Jewellery. The fascination of the Old Jewellery, Stall at the Town Hall Bazaar is quite . out of proportion to the modest dimensions of this bright little centre of activity. The fame of the bargains to be obtained ill watches, pendants, rings, and all sorts of valuable silver and goldwaro has spread, and those who attend the Bazaar at night frequently experienced difficulty in getting near tha aotive littlo coterie of energetic saleswomen who quote such alluring prices. The afternoon is really the best time for those who wish to avoid .the TUsh, aud moreover there is always a bettor chance then of first in the field for some new attraction just offered for sale. Fresh gifts are pouring in all the time; but as the Bazaar closes tonight there must be a wholesale clearance at almost any sacrifice. It is a great opportunity for tho enterprising bargain-seeker. Mrs. F. Jefferd (Gisbome) is staying in Wellington. Mr. Jefford is in camp at T'rentham. Miss Couys (N.Z.) is at the 7th Stationary Hospital British Expcdi-. - tionary I'osco in France. '.Hit At Christ Church, Woburn Square; 99, London, on April 24, Mr. G. K. R. Tot ing ton (Mercer and Freeman of the Oitj beof London), eldest son of tho lato Mr reo Charles Stevens Totton and Mrs. Toi,' Jal ton, Parnell (N.Z.), was married to to Miss Enid SI. Springthorpe, only daugh/' el ter of Lieuteuant-Colonel J. W. Spring-'' <i thorpe, M.D. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. J. Wilr.'id I'ow. tress. There were no bridesmaids, but the best hian was Lieutenant J. Totton. A reception was- held after the ceremony at the Russell Hotel, where the guests were received by Mrs. Pewtressj aunt of the bride. "SYDAL" (Wilton's Hand Emollient), "Before using 'SYDAL' shaving •was a misery. Now I shave in comfort and en« joy it." "Can't beat it, old man. Jlj; wife recommended me to use it."—Advfc,

■ i Cifts to thß Ambulance and Red Cross. The committee of the St. John Ambulance and Red Cross (Nathan's Buildings) desires to .acknowledge the following:—Timothy's money-box, £2 3s. 2d.: Mrs. Hales, 55.; Mrs. Foote, 10s.; also Miss Kutli Holloway, 0 pillow slips; Montague 12s. eye bandages; Miss .Wilson, 1 Balaclava; Miss R. Martha lit, 1 pair blankets, 1 mackintosh sheet; Miss Harkness; 1 Balaclava; Mrs. IS. Muir, 2 pairs sox; Mrs. N. Kirkeaklie (Levin), 4 pairs bed sox, 2 face-washers; Miss M. M'Taggart (Lovin), 6 f ace-washers; per Miss Stewart (Levin), 3 pairs bed sox, 3 facewasliors, 1 llauiiol bandage; Girls' friendly Society, 25 bandages, 9 cards safety-pins, 1 Balaclava; Miss M'lmies, 20 pillowslips; 110' name, 1 pair bed sox; Owen Ernestine and Dorothy Hadfield, 2 face-washers, 3 Balaclaa'vs: Sirs. E. Had field, 2 pairs bed sox; Ella Brown, 2 face-washers; Miss Flossie Greig, 1 scarf. 17 tins boraeic powder, '1 facewashors, 6 cakes soap, 1 tin cigarettes, 100 safety-pins, 24 eye'• bandages; Mr. Stewart, book shop (Feilding), 1 phonograph ; J. M. H., 2 pairs bed sox, 2 pairs slippers, 1 pair day sox; Mrs. Hickey, 1 scarf, old linen; Mrs. Firth, 8 caps, 2 pairs, sox; Sirs. A. Seed, Lo Lew, W. Gorrie, Mrs. J. Gorrie, 2 tins cake; Mrs. Hanson, 7 caps, 1 muffler, 3 pairs culfs, 2 pairs bed sox; "Mater," old linen; M.M., 1 doz slips; Mrs. Lowe, old linen, 24 fomentation flannels, 15 hot-water bottle covers, bandages; Lower Hutt Nursing Division, 9 Nightingales, 48 roller bandages, 1.3 face-washers, old linen, lint; E.M., 2 towels 1 njufl'ler; Mrs. Mills, 2 Balaclavas, old linen; Miss Hall, 1 muffler ; •Mrs. Jonness (Hutt), 19 handkerchiefs; Miss M. Adlvin (Levin), 3 Balaclavas; t 3liss Stewart (Levin), 1 packet; Miss ? Nell Maudcsley, 6 face-washers, 9 eyo bandages; Mrs. J. It. Esson (MangaI weka), 4 Balaclavas, 3 pairs slippers; Sirs. J. D. C. Crewe (Mayoress, Pahiatua). 5 Balaclavas, 14 pillowslips, 1 pair blankets; per Mrs. Dr. Young, 11 Balaclavas, 8 day shirts, 24 pairs bed sox; Mrs. Crosby, 1 muffler, 6 pencils; per Mrs. D. Guthrie (Feilding), 5 dozen towels, 45 pairs bed sox, 16 bed shirts, 2 doz. face-washers, 7 Nightingales, 6J doz. draw sheets, 10 pairs day sox, 1 belt; 4 pairs operating sox, 1 Balaclavas. 1 muffler, 9J doz. many-tailed bandages, ]2{ doz. triangular bandages, 43 .V roller "do., 12i doz. gauze do., 2 doz. flannel do., 27J doz. surgical sponges, 15 bags old linen, 1 set mosquito nets, 6 eye bandages; Marton Patriotic Workers, i cases for No. 2 Stationary Hospital; Mrs. Hickey and Hendry, old linen; Lower Hutt Nursing Division and Young Maids' Club, District High School, 14 sheets, 32 pillowslips. 31 face-washers, 104 handkerchiefs ; Mrs. Miller, eyo bandages; Mrs. Kittson-Thomas (Blenheim), 2 featherpillows ; Mrs. E. Y\ . lloore (Kekerangu), 4 feather-pillows; per Miss Morris. 17 face-washers; Miss King, 12 pillowslips; Girls' Patriotic Club, 12 ■pillowslips, 6 pairs bed sox; Miss S. iLangdon, 1 pillow slip; per Miss Morris, mufflers; no name, 12 face-wash-ers ; Mrs Garrow, 3 Balaclavas, 2 pairs i sox; Wairau Women's Political Reform League, 7 feather-pillows, 3 small pillows, 9 cushions, 1J doz. pillow slips; 1 quilt, 1 pair blankets, 3 pairs sox, 8 Nightingales, 1 pair bed sox, 8 pairs pyjamas, 1 rus, 1 scarf, old linen; Seamen's Social Club, 140 roller bandages, 10 triangular do., 12 doz. swabs. Miss M'Cormack, the Trent-bam candidate for Carnival Quten, i isits Masterton. to-day, and in the evening a concert will be giveni to further her candidature. Mrs. W. Huine (Featherston) retunifed to the Wairarapa on Saturday from A brief visit to Wellington. Among the Chrjstcburch nurses selected for service abrcad, and who (will be leaving shortly, are Nurses •Tucker, Sogers, Haste, Abbott, Besiwick, Metherell, Munro, Anstey, Erjvin, and Walker, all of whom, with the exception of Nurse Walker, have been trained at the Christchureh Hospital (states a southern exchange). Used though New Zealand is to earthquakes, the one that occurred at Avezzano (Italy) last January has a special interest to many people in this ccun- , try because of the fact that ths Rev. Mother Mary Joseph' Aubert, who happened to bo in Rome at the time, applied to the hospital authorities' for ■permission to assist in nursing and looking after the injured. . Tn-jre wore fifteen thousand of thes9. and many left for Rome in the lope of succour from people who were vnore fortunate in escaping such perils. It is a wonderful record of public a.id private service that tho Reverend Mother has piled up in tho many years of her life, ar.d New Zealand owes much to her labours among its distressed atid unfortunate. When His Grace Archaishop Redwood left Rome for Genoa en route for America, Mother Aubert s'as stiil there. Fragrant Violets. — Large supplies arriving daily. Send your friendß an Artistic Posie of Violets or one of our popular Violet Boxes, packed and posted, is., to any part of the Dominion. Miss Murray, Vice-Regal Floriste, 36 Willis St. —Advt.