SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2895, 6 October 1916, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mayoress's Entertainment Committee Meeting. . A meeting of tho Mayoress's Entertainment Committee and those taking part in to-morrow's arrangements in regard to refreshments at' the Basin Reserve was held in the Mayor's room at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There |,vas a good attendance, and matters in connection with Saturday's fete were satisfactorily settled. Tbo committee will be very glad to receive' contributions in the way of cakes, 6concs, sandwiches, etc., for that occasion; Accounts were passed for paymerit, and the Mayoress and,:.her committee wish to thank the' 'following donors of money fox the purposes ot entertaining soldiers, both returned and departing-.—Mrs. Yates, Mrs. G. W. Russell, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Townsend, Mrs. W. Nathan, Mrs. M. Myers, Mrs. J. Hutchcnson, Mrs. Stott, Mrs. Salmond, Mrs. L. Blundell, Mrs. Moorhouse, Mrs. J. P. Luke, various officers, Mrs. Kirkcaldie, Mrs. Duthie, Sirs. Shirtcliffe, Mrs. Dutton, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Sidoy, Miss Allender, Mrs. Balcombe Brown, Mrs. Muter, Mrs. Shirer, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Ciicson, Mrs. Watkins, Miss Anderson... Welcoming a Nurse. Otaki turned out en masse on Monday to give a hearty welcome to Nurse Lewis. Wbeu tho ''Little Nurse" step-: ped off the train in her khaki costumo she was received with rousing cheers, and deluged with flowers. The chairman of tho Patriotic Society, Mr.. W. B. Smith, made a speech of w r elcome. He said Otaki people had followed Nurso Lewis's career with much interest; they had heard with anxiety of her campaign in Belgium, of the evacuation of Antwerp, iand her return to the Old Country; how she had voluutsered for service in Serbia, and had gono through the anxiety and strain,of a long term in that typhus- ; infested country. She had had a memorable career, had been wounded, ■ broken an arm, and passed through trials and hardships enough to kill many a strong man, and yet this frail little- woman had been spared to return'.to them, and was.now in their midst looking fit and as well as ever she did. Old friends and new. had gathered to express their appreciation of tho splendid services the "Littlo • • Nurso" had rendered, and to welcome her homo again. Open Coif Tournament. 3 The Miramar Ladies' Golf Club is 1 holding, an open tournament on Tuesday,- Wednesday, and Thursday of next week. There are a good many entries

j from the local club, and many aro ex- . pectcd from outside clubs, including i Nelson and tho Hutt. As the whole of j tho proceeds aro to go to the Christ- ; mas Gift Fund, it islioped'that i iuterost will bo taken in this touniaj inent. The links are in perfect order, I and, given fine woather, the meeting I should ho most enjoyable and success- > ful." Miss M. Wheeler, lion, secretary, j will bo glad to receive names of those ! wishing to compete. Entries close to- ] day. ' Tho Miramar .Sewing Guild has con-'-tribnted £25 to the Red Cross (Mercer Street)J?unds and £25 to the Countess 1 of.Liverpool'..Parcel Fund, the sum of. ; £50 having been the result' of.; theI guild's recent efforts to benefit patriotic , work. The Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) has received the sum of £2 from Matron Brooke, of the Trentham Military Hospital, for the Parcels Fund for Soldiers. . The wedding took place at the Soldiers' Club, Fcatherston Military Camp, ! on Tuesday, of Miss Winifred Lonsdale, of Wellington, to Corporal Ernest Luks, •j Auckland, of B Company, 19th Rein- , forcemeats. The bride, who was given '! away by Dr. A. E. Palmer; chairman of ]', the Fcatherston Patriotic Entertainment Committee, was attended by her 'sister, and the host man was Corporal Hardy, of the samo company as tho . liridogroom. Chaplain-Captain. L. B. Neale, assisted by Chaplain Gilbert andtho Rev. Mr. Hunt, of Wellington, performed the ceremony. The marriage' took place at Napier on Wednesday of Miss Hilda May Herdman, fourth daughter of Mr. J. Hcrdman, manager, of the Carterton: I gasworks, to Mr. William Scott, of ; Palmerstpn North. Tho ceremony took place in the Napier Cathedral. Mr. Mark Cohen, Mrs., and Miss Cohen have returned to Dvuiedin from ' a visit'to Napier. Miss Agnes Segrief, Miss T. M'Enroe, Miss • Watkins, and Mr. Hiokmott leave to-morrow for Napier, where they are ■ to aesist with a concert which has been organised by Mr. Keenan for the bene r fit of tho Catholic Chaplains' Field Service, Fund. Miss Watkins is the . accompanist of the little party. • j. Hostesses at the Soldiers' Club, in Sydney Street during the coming week are as follow: —Sunday, Mrs. W. Nathan; Monday, Mrs. Macarthy Reid; j Tuesday, Mrs. Bristow r and Mrs. Moss; Wednesday,. Ambulance Ladies ; Thurs- ! day, Mrs. Bucholz, Mrs. ,Wheeler, and j Miss Lukin; Friday, Mrs.-. J. M. Richardson and Mrs. A. R. Meek; Satuiv I day, Khandallah Ladies.

I Heroines at Home. The almost inoredible devotion of women who arc engaged on war work is illustrated by an incident which occurred in a munitions works near London. A woman more than forty years old started training at the works. During her second week some machines were temporarily out. of order, and the foreman, not knowing that the woman was a learner, asked her to put every pressure on her own machine to increase the output. The average output was 160 shells; on this particujar day the woman learner turned out 405 shells, all ofwhich passed through the gauge. She; worked continuously for seven and a ■ half hours, oxcept for half, an hour's mterval for tea. The rcault was that she disjointed all the fingers of her right hand, which, had to be strapped ■up for some days. The woman was formerly a member of the "Daily Express" Nursing Corps. The Dean of Peterborough, preaching at a war anniversary service : at Peterborough, said that there had been, heroism at home as well as in the trenches. .. ..;.'.' "Only the other day," he added, "a stranger employed on munition work in this neighbourhood, who was known and distinguished for the zeal with which he worked on day and night shifts week in and week out, hecame so exhausted one day that he was carried out and died, alone and away from his friends. Ho gave his life for his. country." Rod Gross Appeal. A meeting of over fifty ladies was held at the Red Cross Tooms, Mercer Street, last evening, • iii ' connection with the "Our Day" Red Cross Appeal. Mr. F. W. Mantoh presided and made a. stirring appeal for assistance for the field' day, to bo held on Friday, November 3. Every 'lady present immediately responded, agreeing to assist in every .way. Stalls were arranged and allotted as follow i-r-Government Buildings, National Reserve;'Kirkcaldie and Stains',. Mrs. Gibbons; Post '• Office, Mrs.. Waters; Stewart,. Daw-' son's, Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Manton; Boulcott Street,""Catholic

Guild; Winder's • Corner,-. Mrs. J. 'P. Luko;; Veitch' and' Allan's,"Mrs. Rowntree; Courtenay Place, ' Mrs. -'Waymouth; Newtown;' MrsJ M'Lareii; Kclburn, Mrs. Nathan and Mrs. Corrigan. It was agreed that stall-rholders would do everything in their power to furnish .their stalls with goods, and the public aro requested to donate flowers, sweets, or-any.other saleable goods to assist this worthy movement along. Soldiers' Entertainment, • 'Soldiers of the Eighteenth Reinforcements and their friends were entertained in the Town Hall last evening by the Mayor and Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke), and! thoir Entertainment Committee A largo number of. tho men were present and a very pleasaufc evoning was spent with music and dancing. • Flags and flowers made the big chamber ..look very bright and' attractive, and on this' occasion more floor space was given over ixr dancing. Songs were sung by Miss Segrief, Miss M'Enroe, and Mr. Tony Wood; Miss Segrief,and Miss M'Enroe sang duets, Mastor Ben O'Brien played violin, solos, and Miss Mario Fix - recited!' Needless "to' say "the "programme,' which-had been.arranged by Miss.;Se.T. grief,. ... much : appreciated-. ■ The Mayor, Mr. Luke, welcomed "the sol-, diers on their arrival at, the hall. Mrs. Firth,' hon. treasurer of the Wellington Women's Red Cross Committee, acknowledges", contributions ' from the following;— Mrs. -J. A. Macdonald, £3 7s. 6d.;Hastings Red Cross' payment for material, £50; Mrs. Rose, 2s. 6d.; lnglewood Ladies' Patriotic Club, £10 Is. lid.; Fitzhorbert Terrace School Red Cross, £2 10s.; County of Egmoiit Women's: Guild, £5; Picton Red Cross, payment pattern, 25.; E.M., £1 Is.; Mrs. Joseph, 10s.; Marjorie and Florenco, Is. 6d.; Miss Blyth'e, 25.. 6d.; Miss Skcrrett, £1; N. Riley, 55.; Miss Lamb; ss;; Mrs. Hosking, £2; Mrs. W..,Nathan, £5; Mrs. Tripp,

£3. ; ■; ■ ;; " : ' .' • " Tho Kelburn Croquet Club lias been granted permission to use the same portion of Kelburn Park during the coming summer.as was used last year,' and upon'the same terms, and conditions. ~-, ...... .. \V.r.'"-....:' .';'';', .' The .secretary, of .the. Soldiers' Gramophone Fund-acknowledges with thanks the sum..of:£s:re.ceived "from.-Mrs. L. W- Bourke, Wireless Station, Kaitaia, proceeds from tho sale of beads. -. The members of the Lady Liverpool Committee in -Masterton have this week purchased, packed; and dispatched one hundred Christmas gift parcels to tho Wairarapa soldiers in Egypt. ' '_ " On Wednesday,last at St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street,' Miss Elizabeth Conuell, of :G'lyde Quay; Wellington, was married to Mr. Thomas Inglis, one of the'best-known men in .the motorbusiness .in Now Zealand. 'Mr. andMrs. Inglis .have left oh a'motor tour of the North Island.- ".;.'■""■■ Mr. Thomas Reading, who died at Petone on Wednesday, was an old resident of tlie'district, having been en employee of the railway shops for tho last'thirty years.- Ho had-heeii ail--ing for some time, hut his death' occurred suddenly from heart failure. Ho leaves a widow and throe daughters" (Mrs. B. Hancock, Petone; Mrs. R. Apps. Wanganui ;'and Miss Rose Heading, Petone)." ,",.' .".. ... Cable, advice has been received by Mrs/ (Dr.)' Clay, of .Wellington; that.her 'brother. . Chaplain G. 'C.. Cruickshank who left hero with., .the ,14th Reinforcements, had' been wounded slightly in France, but was progressing favourably. ' .

All Ladies desirous of having a New Costume made l>y J. T. Lewis, Tcathcrston Street, will lie interested to lenow that his long-expected New Costuriie Cloths have arrived, and are now ready, for inspection.—Advt. Comfort for your little eon.—Boys' Summer Hats, in-washing material, from Is to -3s. lid., in, pedal, chip, and Panama straws, from 45.. 6d. to 14s. Gel. Geo Fowlds,-Ltd., -Manners Street.—

•A Heroine of Loos. = Mile. Emilienno Moreau, the young French school teiich'er, known throughout France as tho "heroine of Loos," was to-day the recipient of unusual honours at tho British Embassy (writes the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on July 29). Wearing deep crepe—her father and 'brother were both killed at the front —Mile. Moreau was decorated by Lord Bertie, tho. Ambassador, with the British Military Medal and the Cross of! St. John of Jerusalem. Lord Bertie expressed his • admiration of Mile. Moreau's conduct at Loos on September 25, 1915, when our troops were under the enemy's fire. During 24 hour's,"in tho 1 midst bra 1 violent boni;bardmeht, she did not cease to aid in removing' British." wounded ;to','hor' fiEUfefS' ho'us6j":wliich"_sho" converted into an- ambulance' station,'and' "tnere gave them 'every possible attention. Lord Bertie pinned bot hdecoratdons oil. Mile. Moreau's corsage. _ The young girl was so moved that it was with-difficulty.' that ..sho .found words to express her thanks.. • Mile. Moreau, when decorated by -the Ambassador, drew 1 from' her pocket another medal, which, sho pinned by the side of those she had just received. It' was the French Military Cross, which she already held. . Mrs. A. M'Connell, of Havelock North, is visiting Hastings, and Napier. .. ' .; Mrs. ' Edgar Holmwoud (Masterton) •is' visiting Wellington. • ... Miss .Leila; Mills,. • having resigned her position- as masseuse at ; Nurse Everett's Massage Institute, left : on Monday for Hanmer Springs, _• where sho is taking up a similar, position.