SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3029, 16 March 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A Golden Wedding. On Wednesday in Auckland the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farroll, of Ponsonby, was celebrated. Mr. Farrell arrived in Auckland from Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1863, by Vno ship Queen of Beauty, and married Miss Elizabeth Lyons, who came from tho same neighbourhood in Ireland. Mr. Farrell was for many years a member of the Auckland City Coimcil. Ho also represented the council on the Harbour Board and tho Hospital and Charitablo Aid Board. _3lr. Farrell is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also held high office in the Orange Order somo years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Farrell have four sons and four daughters. The eldest son is Mr. John Farrell, for some time Mayor of Grey Lynn, and now architect to the Auckland Education Board. The other sons are. Mr. Charles Farroll and Corporals Robt. and Ernest Farroll, both of whom have been wounded in tho defence of tho Empire in France. A Romanoe of the War. A Press Association cablegram Salonika states that General Sarrail, the French Commander-in-Chief, is to marry Mademoiselle* do Joannas, a French nurse .at. Macedonia.' Obituary. Her tho Duchess of Connaught is dead, aged 57. Tho late Duchess of Connaught was, before her marriage to the Duke, the Princess Louise Marcaret, of Prussia. Women Food Inspeotors. Tho cabled news that two women hare been appointed as food inspectors in London, with tho object of ascertaining the domestic aspects of voluntary rationing, gives rise to the thought that their position will be anything but agreeable, as housekeepers will be likely to resent the "intrusion," states an 'Australian writer. The two who havo been appointed are certainly well able to judgi 'questions of household expenditure. Mrs. Pember Reeve is well-known as the wife of a former Agent-General toj Now Zealand. She has made a studj of living under poor conditions, anc has published tho result of her observations in a book descriptive of the tcrriblo fight with _ poverty that goes on side by side with lavish expenditure in London, under the title ol "Round about £1 a week." Mrs. C S. Peel writes tho cookery articles ir tho "Queen," and has lately mado ; special studjr of war-timo cconomy, f topic on which she has both written and lectured within tho last tw< years;

War Fofld Flower-beds. Sir Alfred Mond, tho First Commis- j sioner of Works, is sotting an example to local authorities in dealing promptly with food production in parks and open spaces, statos the "Daily Mail." With the King's approval ho has given instructions for the grounds of tho Convalescent Home for Officers of the Navy and Army, at Osborne, Islo of Wight, to be planted with potatoes. Before tho war thoso portions lof tho grounds open to tho public, notably the Swiss Cottage gardens, wore a blazo of colour all tho summer.. Very littlo gardening has been done since, but the decision of tho First Commissioner of Works cannot fail to bo an object-les-son in the uso of idle ground. Married by Wire. A marriage ceremony performed over 1200 miles of telegraph wires with two telograpli operators acting as proxies, recently united Privato B. J. Linhart, of the Missouri Infantry, stationed at Laredo, Texas, and Miss Ruby Swartz, in her homo town of Butler. Preliminary to tho wedding the officiating clergymen in Laredo and Butler entered into a telegraphic conversation to ascertain tho official standing of each other. Tho bridegroom, accompanied by the Rev. C. W. Cook, appeared at tho Laredo office of the Western Union Telegraph Company for tho unique ceremony. At tho same hour Miss Swartz, accompanied by the Rov. E. M. Talbot, arrived at tho telegraph office in Butler. Tho telegraph operators handled messages direct between tho two places, embodving the full marriage service' of the Episcopal Church.

The wedding took place quietly in St. Patrick's Catfepral, Auckland, of Lieutenant A. Gro'svonor Mabeo, of the Twenty-seventh RefiiTorcements, to Miss Catlireno Amy Juckes, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Juckes (of Manurowa). The ceremony was performed by Chaplain O'Doughcrty, of Featherston Camp, and Miss Mollio JucKes attended her sister as bridesmaid. Lieutenant J. Craig, a returned soldier, was host man.

E. G. Marshall, of tho N.Z.A.N.S., has reported for duty at Trcntham Camp.

Mrs. Norman. (Dunedin) passed through Wellington yesterday 0 n her way to Sydney.

A pleasant concort party, conveyed by Mrs. Sehoch, official visitor, visited Porirua Mental Hospital on Tuesday night. The party consisted of Mesdames Gardiner, Phipps, Cosgrove, Misses L. Martin, Barrett, Dixon, Yoyonne, Gibson, Messrs. Phipps and Cuthbert.

Pioneer of the natural parting. Incomparable and real triumph over nature —the Milsom Toupee, which can be parted and arranged in any 6tyle, is worn by many yet is invisible to all, and is the masterpiece of this establishment, defies the closest scrutiny as its parting gives one the impression that each hair is actually growing from the wearer's