SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union. The annual conference of the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Ui.ron opens to-day with a Communion Service at St. John's at 10 a.m. At 11.15 the conference opens in St. John's classroom, the rcil will he called, the minutes of the last conference read, notices of motions, homo missions, and the Traini ing Institute will bo discussed. After lunch the Conference Committee will bo constituted, and at 3 p.m. the annual meeting will be held in St. John's Church, when tlie Moderator of the General Assembly, the Rev. E. M. Ryburn, M.A., will preside. Professor Hcwitson will give an address, a collection will be taken for conference expenses, and the dosology will terminate tlie proceedings. At 5 p.m. the annual tea will be given in the Y.M.C.A. Hall from 6to 7 p.m. An organ recital will be given at St. John's, and at 7 p.m. the Foreign Missions Assembly will be held. The annual report contains many interesting items from no fewer" thaii 228 branches, all situated in New Zealand. The Wellington report gives the officehearers as follow: —President, Mrs. Uorric; vice-presidents, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. M'Caw; lion, secretary, Mrs. Falconer; lion, treasurer, TTlrs. Allan; box secretary, Miss Cochin. The conference in Auckland was attended by two delegates, and the programme mapped out for the year was: (1) To strengthen the home base; (2) to increase membership; (3) to support the Training Institute. The branch meetings have been carried on successfully, and many interesting and useful addresses given. The Wellington P.A. comprises 14 branches, with a membership of 404. The Maori Mission has been assisted by parcels of clothing and medicines, which have been sent to Sister Jessie and Sister Alison, and also contributions amounting to £62 2s. lid. To the Home Mission the branches have contributed £86 3s. 5d., vith a special gift of £12 12s. for a Christmas purpose. Good contributions have also heen sent to India, China, and the New Hebrides. The sum of £4 os. was given to the Training Institute, and the total amount contributed by branches for the mission fields was £264 12s. 2d. The literature report was satisfactory, but regret was expressed that more mission study was not done, and that circles should be organised. The Red Cross Shop. The lied Cross Shop Committee acknowledge, with thanks, donations of home-made goods, flowers, and other saleable things from the following donors:—Miss Nellie Neavo (55.), Mrs. M'Morran, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Campbell, llrs. Townsciid, Mrs. Mayor, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Parsons, Airs. Vossclcr, Miss Myers, Mrs. P. .Myers, Mrs. J. Myers, Mrs. Fernandez, .Mrs. Veitch, Airs. Dixon, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Shortt, Mrs. Haughton, Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Scott, Sirs, allrrowcr, Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. Keith, Mrs. AVood, Stokes Valley School, Mrs. Soworby, Mrs. Tucker, Miss Dimant, Miss A. Mac Andrew, Miss M. Mac.-Vndrcw, Mrs. Walton (I'aromata), Jobnsonville Ladies, Mrs. Keesing (Hawke's Bay). Bazaar in St. Thomas's Hall. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool opened the bazaar in aid of the debt extinction fund of the' Baptist Church at Berhamporo yesterday afternoon in St. Thomas's Hall, Newtown. There was' a good attendance, and during the evening the Salvation Army children gave an excellent little programme. The.stalls were all white, with a pretty pointed facade. Many of them were festooned with trails of lycopodium, decked with posies. The Alpine lounge was very pretty indeed. In front was a pink and white lattice, entwined with pink almond blossoms. Inside were temptingly displayed all kinds of cooling beverages, which were most popular, as the day was such a warm one. The bazaar will be open agaiuthis afternoon, when the admission is free, and to-night, when 6cf. will be charged. At 8 o'clock the Salvation Army Band will play, and an excellent variety entertainment will be given by the "Purple Courtiers," under the direction of Messrs. M'Keon ami Peek. '
The stall-holders were:—Sweets, Mesdames Blackburn and Tomlin and the Misses Bolt and Tomlin; brantubs, Mrs. Herrickson and tho Misses Elsie Wilson, Lydia Bolt, • and Rita Williams; flowers, Mrs. Gleed and Miss Tomlin; fancy goods, Mesdames Thompson, Harmans, and Miss Blading ; tea rooms, Mesdames AVoolley and Keen and the Misses Frascr, Marshall, Harmond, and Bates; Alpine lounge, Misses AVilcox, Lindsay, and Woolley; clothing, Mesdames Bott, Conway, and Nelson; riroduce, M.rs. Cullen- and Miss Tomlin; art gallery, Messrs. Howard and Kirk. A V.A.D. Hospital. From "Somewhere in England" a young lady whose homo has been given up as a hospital since tho beginning of tlie war writes in the following cheery strain:—"Our little hospital is nourishing. Our twenty patients keep us pretty busy; they arc quite wonderful. Never the slightest rule broken, and they all help us in every possible way. At tlie present we have three Canadians and one New Zealandcr amongst, tho others, and by their behaviour they certainly do credit to the colonics."
Red Gross Effort. A lied Cross Day will be held on Friday, December 8, at Miss Tendall's tea rooms, l'eathcrston Street. The function will be opened by the Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) at 10.3U a.m. Mrs. Walter Johnston and the Misses Coleridge, who are in charge of the fancy still, will have .many useful Christmas present for sale. Mrs. Nicholls will oe in charge of a well-stocked stall of home-made sweets. The Misses Phyllis Nicholls and Marjorie Houghton will have the cake stall, and will have a good selection of Christmas • cakes, which are for sale on the lied Cross Day only. Miss Cooper and Miss Moss will have the flower stall.' A fortuneteller will be in attendance, and duimg the afternoon musical items will be rendered by .well-known Wellington performers. Ices will also be on sale. A shilling admission will be charged both morning and afternoon, tea being included. Lunch and evening tea will be served as usual, the proceeds going to the fund. Miss Temlall'will be' very J grateful for donations .of butter and I eggs, which may be left at the tea room. In the evening, under the patronage of Their Excellencies the Karl awl Countess of Liverpool, the Mayor and Mrs. Luke, there will bo an entertainment in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall. _ Mr. H. E. Nicholls, so well known in Shakespearean circles, has arranged a reading of Sir A. Pinero's "Dandv Dick," a verv amusing comedy. Miss Marjory Nicholls will recite "The.Bed Cross Bloke," and an orchestra is being arranged for. Cakes, flowers, and sweets will be sold during the evening. Reserved scats are 25., box plan at the Bristol on December 1, and back scats Is. Soldiers' Dependants' Christmas Party. A meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the room lent by tlie Y.M.C.A. with regard to the 1 Christmas party for soldiers' children. Apologies were received for non-attendance from Mesdames Muir, Coleridge, audi Bates. Mrs. Chatfield was in the chair. Miss Ilotheuberg, the honorary secretary, reported that the use of the Town* Hall had been granted for December 9. Mrs. C. D. Richardson and a small sub-com-mittee were making bags for sweets. The New Zealand Natives' Association ladies were giving the tea, and Mr. Arnold, of Willis Stret, will lend his shop as a depot, where gifts or subscriptions may be sent. Mrs. Chatfield reported that offers of assistance bad been received from the D.I.C. Mr. Didsbury had written to her offering the proceeds of Miss Campbell's dance recital on December 5. The offer was gratefully accepted. Also that Miss Kennedy had offered the proceeds of her concert. The honorary treasurer, Jlrs. Gibbons, reported that Councillor Frost had promised to obtain and erect the Christinas tree. Already the committee had over £20 in hand, and about 200_ dolls, which various people bad promised to dross.. Second-hand dolls, if nicely dressed, would also be very welcome, so girls who have grown too old to pla,\ with their dolls will know exactly what to do with them, it was also proposed that tlie elder.girl guests should each ho given a silk bag with a pretty little handkerchief, inside it, and ladies are .asked t« help make these bags. Mrs. Porter, ol ; the- Women's National Deserve, reported that she had received, offers of help in the collecting of tojj,' and the dressing of dolls from Karori, AVadestown, Khandallah, Hataitai, Kelburn, Minimal', Seatoun, and Johnsonville. A Cuardsman's Narrow Escape. A young officer of the Grenadier Guards, writing to relatives _ in New Zealand, says:—r"l was wounded iu the big charge made by the Guards on September 15, and got a nasty wound in my right hand, which was practically blown to pieces, but fortunately the doctors have saved what is left. A shell fell into the trench, killing my servant arid two of my men, and blew me over to the other side of the trench. Next morning, none the worse, I was able to take part in the advance. A German threw a bomb at me; my revolver was blown to bits, my belt (containing cartridges) was blown right.off me, and the cartridges all twisted, and yet I was only wounded in the risjht hand." He adds: "Two of our cousins have, been killed, and most of the men I know have been either killed or wounded." Concert at Trehtham. A concert was given in the Y.M.C.A. Institute at Trentham last night by a party which was arranged by Mr. and Mrs." H. F. AVood, of AYcllington. An excellent programme was given, which included items by -Miss Nellie Simpson, Miss Ethel Churchill; Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mr. W. Goudic, Mr.- AV. Crawford; Privates Holloway and Exton, and Master 'Winston M'Carthy. Miss Caddick was the accompanist. Encores were freely demanded, tlio audience showing the. keenest appreciation of tho artists' work and their kindness in travclling'to Trentham to give the men in khaki a treat. "
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