SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 14 August 1915, Page 10

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

, ANSWER, TO INQUIRER. "Feilding".—(a) The* couple must Wave been resident in tlio district in which the marriage is to take placo three . days beforehand. If one or otilior live in different' districts, and it is inconvenient to observe tlio residential qualification, each may apply to the Registrar of their respective districts and givo the necessary notice obtaining two certificates authorising the marriage, (b) Tlio marriage must tafco platjo between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Soldiers' Room Fund. ' Tho treasurer of the Soldiers' Room Fund acknowledges tile following donations:—Mrs. James Allen, £5; Mrs. Cleghorn, ,£2; Mrs. Birch (Marton), £2; Mrs.. Allen Gardiner (Havelock North), £1; Mrs. liardiviclto Smith, £1. Also the following: Large lamp over doorway of club, Mr. 6. Dennison; cigarettes, Mr. J. Brodie; £ doz. toasting forks, Sims Hardware Co.; large hymn book, ; lent by Miss Jean Wilson; brcad-cutter lent by ; Sirs. Moorehouse. The monthly subscriptions are as follow. —Mrs. j. Kirkcaldie, £2; the Hon. Sir James.l'rendergast, Sirs. Chapman, Mrs. Shirtcliffe, and Mrs. Massoy, £1 each; Mrs. Herdman, Mrs. Joseph, Mrs. H. L. Nathan, 10s. each; Miss Eagle, Mrs. E. Had field, Miss Gresson, Mrs. C. B. Russell, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Samuel, Lady Gibbes, ss. each; Mrs. Williams,' Mrs. Gould '(Napier), Mrs. Higgie (Napier), 2s. 6d. each." Horetaunga Military Hospital, The matron wishes to • acknowledge with thanks the following donations: — Mrs. Menzie3, socks and mufflers; Military Hospital Guild, cups and saucers; Comforts Depot, fruit, fish, 1 cake, and eggs; Mrs. Gibbon, papers; Miss .Webster, papers. Educating Lord Kitchener. ' "Men are apt to belittle women's work," said Mrs. Parker, Lord Kitchener's ' sister, speaking at the Ladies' Park Club, Kmghtsbridge, at a meeting to explain the objects of the British Women's Patriotic League. "Even my brother, wiken I said I was going to belong to the league, said, 'Oh, well, I don't think it will do any harm.' Si'nco then lie has improved by gentle Influence. He has seen some of the good work done by the league, and he has been very good about it. "I don't see'him very often," sho added l , "but I rub.it in when I do." Mrs. Parker lived for many years in New Zealand, her husband having a farm in North Otago. Worth's London House Closed. Worth's has closed its London-house owing to Englishwomen's economies, states a Press Association telegram from London. Tho marriage took place at Carterton on Wednesday of Miss Elsie Rosina King, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward King, of Carterton, to Mr. William Henry Murch, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Murcli, of Feilding. Miss M. Eagle was bridesmaid, and Mr. B. Murch best man, A' debate on tho subject of "Is America's attitude towards tho war justifiable?" will take placo at the Y.W.0.A., Fowlds's Buildings, Manners Street, on Saturday evening. The,j debaters are from tSio Victoria. College, and the subject should call forth an animated discussion. All - interested, are invited to attend. The Rev. A. E. Hunt, who has lived in New Guinea for 15 years, will give a missionary address at the Y.W.C.A., Fowlds's Buildings, Maimers Street, on Sunday at' 4.15 p.m. A collection in aid of the Y.W.C.A. Foreign Work Department will be taken, and. all girls and young women cordially invited., "A dance was held in the Mitchelltown Schoolroom last Wednesday even-, ing| tile proceeds of which go to tho prospective Boys' Crioket Club, whioh i is being formed in that district. Tlio music was supplied by Mrs. J. W. Steel, and Miss D. Nation. Tlio dance will be' repeated on Wednesday, August 25. : Tho drawing of the- Old Girls? raffle (which ■ was postponed from their concert, hold in St. Peter's Schoolroom), took place, tho.prizo (a canary) being, won ]>y A< Knapp, Wellington South. Miss E. M. Leslie, from Feilding, and Mrs. W. H. Nelson are staying at Mrs. Facer's, 36 Hawkestona Street.

The War Seal. The latest deviec used in 'Auckland for raising money for the Patriotic and War Relief Association's Funds is a ivar seal, sold at a halfpenny, which', it is suggested, should bo used in connection with' correspondence, whether business or private. The war seal really serves a double function, for, in addition to augmenting the funds available for tho wounded and other sufferers by the war, it acts as a very effective advertisement for,the fund, Tho idea is very simple. Every time j'ou write a letter you seal it with a receipt for a kindly thought for the wounded. Every time you affix a seal you send along a 'quiet intimation to the recipient of your letter that you are doing your little sharo in the continued support of tho fund. Tlio' War Seals Sub-committee 'of tho Association reports that in less than a week it has dispatched over £300 worth of seals to the various Mayors throughout the province. Mrs. K. N. 0. Kenrick, of Boston, U.S.A., arrived in Wellington from San Francisco on Thursday. Sho has since gone to Auckland, will return to Wellington after touring tho north, and 1 then go on to Australia. Mrs. Rolleston and Miss Litchfield havo received at 47 Molesworth Street, parcols of clothing for the British and Belgian Relief from Mrs. W. F. Massoy, "Pukera" (Feilding), Reynolds and Kinvig, Mrs. R. C. Kiiivig, 47 Bidwill Street, Miss Kirk (Christ-church), Mrs. Curtis, Ladies' Patriotic Committee (OrmoridviUe). "Nydia Bay," Miss Joseph, Hobson Street, Mrs. Medley, Mrs. Blakeley (Petone), Kliimdallah Girls, Patriotic Fund, Mrs. Falder (Petone), "Tailiape."A meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and' Children was hold on Friday afternoon, Lady Stout presiding. Present were Mesdames G. Ponsonby, G. Winder, D. M'Lareoi, and A. A. Corrigan. A large' number of cases which had been investigated were reported upon, and others were being attended to. Tho following subscriptions were acknowledged:—George Doughty and Co., 10s. 6d.; A. W. and F. C. Brailsford, 10s.; Miss Dcntice, 2s. (kl.; Mrs. H, Lcckip, ss. . Tlio marriage took place on Wednesday at the residence of tho bride's parents, Geranium Hill, Tinui,' of Mr. Ernest John Southey, of Castlepoint, to Miss Catherine Jessie Dillon, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dillon. The ceremony was performed by the' Rev. D. B. Ashcroft. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin (Martinborough) left for Sydney yesterday. Mrs. H. E. Gibbs was also a passenger by the Moeraki for Sydney, and Melbourne. On Saturday last - 1 most enjoyable dance, by which New Zealand's .wounded will benefit to the extent of £5 155., was held by a committee of Public Servants in the Railway Social Hall, Waterloo Quay, and on special request a similar, function will he held early, next month. A pioneer of the Kimberley district of Canterbury, Mrs. John Brown, wife of Mr.' J. Brown, died at her residence,; Hagley Road, Lower Riccarton, on Wednesday. She was in her eightieth year. The late Mts. Brown was a sister of Mr. Donald Coutts, after Whom Coutta's Island, Kaiapoi, was named. She arrived, with tho other' members of tho Coutts family, at Lyttelton'in 1861, by the ship Rea Salvia, and was the last surviving member of that family. After her mamage to Mr. Brown, the latter took up,' 50 years ago, the old Thornside farm, in the Kimberley district. When the Burgess, Levy, and Kelly gang was operating, Mrs. Brown was living on the West Coast Road, and the desperadoes called at her house for food.. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had a family of ten—eight daughters and two sons— all of whom survice, except one son, Mr. John Brown, of Burnside, Mayfield, is the surviving son. All the daughters are married, and most of them live in the Kimberley district. Colonel Malone, who was killed in action, was twice married, first to a daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Penn, by whom he had four, sons (all of whom, as already stated, have joined"the Now Zealand Expeditionary Forces), and one daughter, who is now doing Red' Cross work in England. His second wife was a Miss Withers, who, with lier three young children, is now in England. (Continued on next page.)