SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2608, 2 November 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

To Welcome the Returning Soldiers. As a result of the meeting which was called by .the Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) in her room at tho Town Hall yesterday morning a large committee was set up to mako arrangements in connection with the welcome which is to be given to the sick and wounded soldiers who are returning to Wellington to-day from tho front. Several monetary subscriptions were received, and several promises of donations of cakes, scones, sandwiches, etc., for the morning tea, at which they will bo entertained in between the speeches. The committee members are as follows: —Mrs. Luko (president), Mrs. Massoy, Lady Ward, Mrs. Joseph Joseph, Mrs. M. Myers, Mrs. Jacob Josopli, Mrs. Moorhouse, Mrs. L. Blundell, Sirs. Tripp, Mrs. Findlay, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Fitchett, Mrs. W. Nathan, Mts. Duthic, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Townsend, Mrs..' Shirtclift'e, Mrs. Crump, Mrs. Murphy, Miss Coates, Miss Joseph, Miss Sidey, Miss Townsend, Miss Veitch, Miss Fraser, Miss Bock (secretary), Miss Clark (treasurer). Eketahuna Queen Carnival Contest. In the Eketahuna Queen Carnival contest, which concluded 011 Saturday, Miss Hilda Beresford (Alfredton) was elected with 307,1220 votes (£2560 3s. 4d.), writes an Alfredton correspondent. Miss Doris Lowes, with 168,468 votes (£1403 18s.), came second; Miss Jessio Mason, 96,027 votes (£7OO 4s. 6d.), and Miss Grady, with 31,903 votes (£265 17s. 2d.), came third and fourth. Countess of Liverpool Fund. Contributions received at tho Town Hall during the past week by the Mayoress's Committee of the" Countess of Liverpool Fund are as follow: —Mrs. Clapperton, 2 balaclavas; Mrs. Giblin, 1 pair bed-socks ; Mrs. Harrison, 1 pair socks, 1 pair slippers, 1 face cloth; Miss Meadowcroft, 30 face cloths; Mrs. Bairstow, I pair hand-knitted socks; Mrs. M'lntyre, 4 pairs hand-knitted socks; Mrs. W. H. Gaisford, 1 pair handknitted socks; Mangamahoe Patriotic Workers, per Miss S. M. Pitcher, 3 towels, 5 pairs socks, 3 balaclavas, 3 writing wallets, 2 pairs mittens; Mrs. Christie, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Welch, 2 pairs socks, 3 balaclavas; Mrs. Bremner, 2 pairs hand-knitted socks; Linton School Knitting Club, 14 balaclavas, 15 faco cloths, 2 pairs hand-knitted socks, 5 pairs mittens; Mrs. H. Gilmer (senior), 5 pairs oed socks, 6 pairs socks; Mrs. Proud, 1 balaclava; Jean Reid, books; Mrs. Colqtihoun, 2 pairs socks; Mrs. Sivers, 1 cholera belt, 1 balaclava; Miss Bright, books and papers; Excelsior, papers; Clydo Quay School Patriotic Sewing Club, 31 bags, 4 scarves, 3 pairs bed socks, 6 pairs hand-knitted socks, 6 pairs mittens; Sirs. M'Lean (Daniel Street), 1 leather waistcoat; Mrs. Cormack, 2 pairs bedsocks; Miss Dustin, 1 pair t,ocks; Mrs. Collet, n5 pairs socks; Mrs. Welch, faco cloths; Mrs. Veitch, balaclava; . Miss liamach, 1 pair socks, 1 balaclava; Miss Scott, 6 pairs socks; Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs. Walker,. 2 pairs socks, 3 balaclavas, 2 pairs mittens; Mrs. Anderson, 2 balaclavas, 2 pairs socks; Edwin Morgan, 1 scarf: Allies' Guild, Petono, parcels for lonely soldiers; H." E. Wethory, 2 pairs socks; Olivo and Doris Hercock (Hamua), 11 handkerchiefs, 1 bandage, 12 bags; Mrs. Beaglohole, 1 pair socks; ~o Name, 10 bags with soap, 2 "housewives," 7 jug covers; To Aro School, magazines. Mrs. Stewart M'Clelland and Miss Gladys M'Clolland left yesterday on a visit to Auckland. The senior championship of the Wellington Ladies' Golf Club has been won by Miss Madge Tweed, who defeated Mrs. Webster in the final. In the junior division tho winner is Miss Naomi Mantell, who won from Miss Wylio in tho final. Miss Violet Warburton returned to Wellington last week from a visit to Whareania. ' The death occurred on Sunday at her residence, Wadestown, of Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Lowe, wife of Mr. E. W. Lowe, resident secretary in New Zealand of the A.M.P. Society. Tho deceased lady, who had been in bad health for somo time past, leaves 0110 son and. daughter (Mrs. Hart, of Wellington). The flag on the A.M.P. building was flown at half-mast yesterday as a mark of respect to the lata Mrs. Lowe. Mrs. W. F. Massey and Lady Ward have accepted office as vice-presidents of the New Zealand Women's National lleserve.

A Letter from Anzac. SI Tlio honorary secretary of the Mayor- j| ess' Committeo of the Countess of 0 Liverpool Fund (Mrs. A. Crawford) |jj lias received the following letter from r| the trenches at Anzac, dated July 30. || It reads as follows: —"Your parcel of 0 socks and handkerchiefs to hand a few j| days ago, and you can't imagine how p much they were appreciated. It'stheso i little attentions that bring us so near j to 'The Long White Cloud,' and just | ;it present, we arc rather a long way > away. It was a rattling good idea j the boracic acid in the socks, too. Wo $ are getting quite used to shells and- | 'noises, 1 and consider ourselves quite ? 'old soldiers,' especially when we realise | that wo have been 'heroes' for about 5 one year now." i Children's Sale of Work. j The sale of work which was organ- ! ised by six little girls, the Misses Mar- I jorie Hayes, Frances Ilhmerton, An- s drey Bellett, Tni Caldwell, Tippic \ Frengley, and Isabel M'Lonnan, and ; held on Saturday afternoon at Mrs. j Hayes' residence, KaTori, realised tho very satisfactory sum of £16. Tho ohildreu have held this sale of work j every year for the past three years, j and each time the proceeds have grown s larger by about £0. The weather condi- | tions on Saturday were by no means ideal and, as there were other appeals claim- j ing the attention of Wellington people ou that day, the children might well \ lie delighted with the results of their 5 effort. ~ The money is to he handed over to St, Mary's Homo at Karon. Mrs. Lawford (Dannev.irke) is visit- | ing her sister, Mrs. Garlick. ft

Mrs. Shirtcliffe was "at home" yesterday afternoon to a largo number of friends, who took the opportunity of saying farewell to Miss ShirtcliSe and Mrs. Donald Robertson, who are leaving on Saturday by the Turakina for England. The occasion was quite an informal one, and Miss Shirtcliffo, whose marriage is to take place shortly after lier arrival in England, received many and most cordial good wishes for her future happiness. Mrs. and Miss Massey, Mrs. George Massey, Lady Ward, and the Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) were among those who were present.

Mrs.' Innes Jones, President of the Feilding branch of the St. John Ambulance Society, has been unanimously elected by the committee to represent Feilding at the conference to be held at Government House on tho call of Lord Liverpool.

Miss Hilda Hitchings, who is at present in Christehureh, has received word from her sister, the well-known actress and elocutionist, professionally known as Miss Bello Napier, that 011 tho evening of one of the recent Zeppelin raids in London, sho had been to lier Bridge Club, and came out just too late for her motor bus. She remained talking to her friends and suddenly they discovered that the Zeppelins had arrived, ana wore bombarding tho city. One of the bombs fell on the very motor bus that the New Zoalander had been so disgusted at missing, smashing it up and killing and maiming a number of passengers. Miss Bello describes the Zeppelin as so far up in the air that it' looked like "a lighted banana." The British aeroplanes couldn't bomb, it for fear of the bombs hitting London below. The anti-aircraft guns' missed it, but the searchlights would light it up every little while. The neople were told to take to their cellars. Instead they took to the streets to see the air ships and the battle with them.

Miss Maysmor loft Wellington yesterday on a visit to Auckland.

The Empire Floral Fete and Art Union organised in connection with St. Anne's, St. Patrick's, and St. Francis' Church was continued in St. Anno's Hall, Newtown, last 'evening, and again there was an excellent attendance of parishioners and friends. The chances which were offered by the art unions for securing some most desirable articles were freely availed of, and the attractions to be seen upon the stalls also found many purchasers. A very pleasant- entertainment programme bad been provided,. and was contributed to by the Wellington .South Orchestra, the girls of St. Anne's Schools with physical drill, Miss Kathleen Reese, a Spanish dance; the Misses Lily O'Leary, Eileen Thurston, Elsie Phillips, Reese_ (2), Olive Clark, Doris Hoskins, Kathleen Harvey, and Kitty Kernandcr with-an Irish jig; the boys from the Marist Brothers' School (Hawkestone Street), Indian clubs; Miss Ngaire Williamson, a solo dance; and the Marist Brothers' Boys (Hawkestone Street), with class songs. (Continued on next page.) '