SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3063, 26 April 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Patriotic Gako Room. ( Tho oommittcß of the Patriotic Cako Room acknowledge with, thanks gifts , of home-inado cakes, sweets, subscriptions) etc., from the following donors: ; —Mr. and Mrs. Firth, Mesdaines Sraittou, Holmes, J. Campbell, F. P. Wilson, W. Gavin, Findlay, Anonymous, Finch, W. F. Ward, A. W. Young, G. Fulton, Isaacs, B. L. Taylor, Misses Saunders, Nation, Wheeler (2), M'Kellar, von Dadolszen, M'Menamcn, Camoron, Didsbury, Clayton. College Old Girls' Association. At the annual meeting of tho Wellington College Old Girls' Association tho attendance was very gratifying. The annual report, which was read by tho retiring secretary, Miss Dora Pope, gave a conclusive outlino of the year's work. The meoting received' with regret tho resignation of Miss, Pope, and accorded her. a hearty vote ■of thanks for her enthusiastic work. Miss E. Anyon read her report on the Literary Club's activities. Both reports were adopted. Miss Lai Martin was elected secretary for tho-year, and tho committee consists of Misses I. Bull, D. Pope, E. Anyon, M. Willcocks, M. Still, N. Moncrieff. H. Norton, E. Wilson, P. Spencer, and J. Sutherland. Miss J. Forsyth was elected secretary of the Literary Club. Last year tho Old Girls' Association took charge of the Soldiers'- Club on the fourth Monday in each month, and the new committee has resolved to continue with this' arrangement. Tho secretary 'or any member of the committee will bo pleased to hear from any old girls interested in this patriotic work. Women's National Reserve. At tho request of. some of tho Herhamporo ladies, Mrs. Porter, organising secretary of the W.N.R., attended a most enthusiastic meeting of women on Tuesday night in St. Cuthbert's. Churchroom, Berhampore, and explained fully the constitution, aims, and objects of the organisation. It was unanimously resolved to form a branch in Berhampore. Mrs. P. C. Watt was elected president, Mrs. Allen secretary and treasurer, and the following ladies wero elected on the committee: —Mosdames Philp, Christie, Edwards, Harris, and Gleed. It was decided to hold a general meeting of all members on the fourth Friday in each month. The committee are making inquiries about a euitable room, and this will be announced later. Mrs. Watt's address is 23 Chilka Street, and Mrs. Allen's_ is 13 Milton Street. These ladies will give all information to intending members.

On Tuesday evening tho Wellington Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas held a practice hi tho Willis Street classroom. Different matters and letters were discussed, and first aid bandaging was dono. : ■

The ladies of the Miramar Sewing' Guild took £11 last Tuesday for. cakes and flowers.

It is possible that the Hon. Sir James Allen, Minister of Defence, may speak at the reception given by tho Hon. Division of the Women's National Reserve for the motTTers of soldiers and sailors in tTio Concert Chamber this afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Lysnar are spending a few days in Napier on their return to Gisborno from a visit to Wellington.

On Friday the Central Branch of the Women's National Reserve will bo in chargo of the Wellington Red Cross ehop. They have inade great preparations, and the day promises to be most successful. There will be, as usual, all; kinds of country produce, home-mado cakes in abundance, sweets and flowers, honey, jams, chutneys, and fruit. Needlework will be a feature of the sale, and there will be many charming fancy articles. Two swords and a rifle—presented by Captain HallThompson to raise money for the Red Cross—which has seen great service in this terrible war, will be auctioned at the shop at 11 a.m. 'As a rule there is an animated and busy crowd in the room' at that time, and it is hoped that this novel way of making monej for our siok and wounded /will have a good response. Men -will life very welcome, especially those who support and sympathise in women's work for the Red Cross. \ At the Oroua County Council the chairman, in presenting tho half-year-ly balance-sheet, stated that the Gov : eminent auditor had complimentec Mrs. Harding, tho county clerk", on the promptness and accuracy ' with which it had been prepared. Mrs. Harding is taking her husband's place as_ county ! clerk while he is away on active ser- | vice.

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Sightseers in Khaki. The soldier sightseer has become quite an institution, in London. Khakiclad platoons mako tho grand tour of tlio town daily, personally conducted, amid tho historic sights of the metropalis and most avid of all are the Anzacs and the Canadians. "Men on short leave from tho - front with only a fow hours to spend in_London' aro particularly keen on putting dn as much timo as possible in being shown round," said one o£ Messrs. Cook's representatives to a representative of the "Daily Mail." "Wo arrange horse-brake tours for them.ivnd make a-moruing and afternoon of it, driving them around to all tho principal sights. I find that the most popular items on the programmo are, curiously enough, of. a 'monumental nature —tho national Valhalla in "Westminster "Ibbey, Olivor Goldsmith's tomb bcTiTnd tho Temple Church—and the Dogs' Osmctiwy in Hydo Park. Of t&ese three perhaps the last is tho most fascinating to them. Old London and the houses and stroots mado memorablo by Charles Dickens are another great attraction. Scores of tho Anzacs whom I have shown round know Dickons by heart and can quofco him far bettor than most Londoners. One of my passengers recently was a Maori whose familiarity with 'Pickwick' was astonishing. . He was very anxious to make a tour of investigation along GosweTt Road and to find the house where Mrs. Bardell and her immortal lodger had _ their amorous adventures. He received a shock when he got there and found nothing tnf£ tramway lines and ferro-concreto."