SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2984, 23 January 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

At the Races. Visitors who havo come to Wellington recontly for tlio races must bo impressed by the delightful wcatlicr which has been our portion. Surely no more ideal conditions for a day spent out of doors could have been imagined than ']) yesterday. As a consequence, there S was a record attendance at Trentham; " train after train went out simply overflowing with' people in tlieir brightest 61 and lightest array. Every motor and ° taxi in the town whirled towards Tren- ■" tham, through an over-thickening „ cloud of dust-, through tho Beautiful valley whore the liluo ribbon of the Hutt River threaded its way. Tho sol- £ diers again, officers and men, appeared in great numbers as guests of tile . Racing Club. During tho latter part of the morning the heat was intense, ° especially in tho moro crowded parts " of the grounds whoro Jio breeze could a make its way. Tho Trentham Band was prosent in full strength, and con- & tributed much to everyone's enjoyment. " o Red Cross Shop. u Miss Cooper and Miss Moss havo ar- j, ranged to sell cakes as well as flowers to-morrow at tho Wellington Red Cross Shop, on Lambton Quay. They j havo l/ad many promises, and will be g glad' to receive more from those who wish to assist tho Rod Cross. It is intended to try and organise a special cake day on Tuesdays at tho shop, to- j gether with flowers. Last Friday tho v New Zealand Natives' Association wore in charge, and their takings amounted j to £4. . 'This was a disappointing amount to the promoters, who account- } ed for tho small sum by tho absenco f from town of many of tho associa- ( tion's members. The buyers wero numerous as visual. Next Friday the , Spinsters' Club will stock tlio shop j and will bo in charge. There will bo a ] large display of good things. Tho shop will bo opon on Thursday to re- ( ceivo any contributions that may bo • sent for tho next day's sale. ( Mrs. Kircher and 'Miss Drake, of • Soatoun, will be in charge of the Red ■ Cross Shop, Woodward Streot, to-mor-row, and will havo a largo assortment of cakes, flowers, sweets, etc. Mr. Justice Sim and Mrs. and Miss Sim aro staying at the Hermitage, Mount Cook. Mrs. Matthew Holmes and her little ' daughter, and Mrs. Rawsoit are staying with tho Misses M'Loan, Ardgour, Canterbury. Miss Yso Bremner, of Wellington, who has been spending a holiday with her sister, Mrs. Christophers, in Wairoa, is visiting Napier,, and is tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Vigor ;Brown. I Miss Geraldino FitzGcrald arrived ! from Christchureh last week, and is now tho guest of the Misses I), and M. i Greenwood, of ICelburn. Mrs. Hunter-Brown, or Nelson, is tho guest of tho Blisses Greenwood, , Wellington Terrace. | Miss M. Bowon is staying with Mrs. > L. Stowc. Tiuakori Road. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wells, of Wellington, aro visiting Hawko's Bay aud ITaupo. Miss L. Tilyard, who has been staying with Mrs. T. H. Lowry, ofOkawa, for some time, has been appointed tho nursing staff of a transport. Miss . Tliyard intends to take up nursing either in England or France. ■ By tho birth of a daughter to tho . Hon. Bertram and Mrs. Foljambe, tho Earl of Liverpool becomes an undo for the first time. Mr. Bertram Foljambo is one of his younger half-broth-ers, and has served in the war in the Army Signal Service and on tho General Staff. Nurse Steele, of the hospital ship Slaheno, wEo is a (laughter of Mr. Montagu Steele (Auckland), is a. member of a fighting family. Her brother, Captain Steele, was tho first Now Zealand officer to bo killed in France. A second brother, Lieutenant Steele, is at present lying wounded ?n an English hospital, while a third brother has been invalided homo to New Zealand. One sister is a nurso'm France. —,1

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