SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 95, 15 January 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wetitling at the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church. Lieutenant R. D. Rnyle, fifi,h son i;f Mr. Jas. Boyle, of Wellington, and Miss Edith Spicer, of Wellington, were married yesterday morning at Kent Terrace 'ftrenbytorian Church. The brido was attended hy Miss .Nancy Hume as bridesmaid, and the duties of groomsman were carried out by Lieutenant J. Brown. 'Che bride was given away by her father, and the Rev. Dr. J. K. Elliott was the officiating minister. Lieutenant Boyle, who was a member of the commercial staff of Thk Dominion prior to his enlistment, has seen extended service in Franco, and returned not long ago as a convalescent after being severely wounded. He is to resume military duties a few weeks banco and subsequently will again proceed to the front. Sydney Street Soldiers' Club Dance. Subscribers holding blue tickets are reminded that the first for this year of the weekly dances arranged by the Sydney Street Soldiers' Club Committee is' to' be held on Wednesday evening. These dances, which were inaugurated towards the end of last year, proved very successful, and it is expected that they will continue to grow in popularity. Standardised Boots, The lirst supplies of Governmentcontrolled boots for ' civilians—about 1,000,000 pairs—were to be put on the market about the middle of December. All these will be for men and youths. AYomen's, girls, and children's boots Tv-ill follow a week or two later, states aii English correspondent; The standard boots for women and girls will have neither high "eels nor embellishments. They will test feminine foibles in footwear as nothing has done in the past; they will be of an essentially common-sense character, neither artistic nor ugly, with common-sense toes and common-sense heels—about an inch and a-half high. There will be no cloth tops or fanciful touches, but button-up as well as lace-up makes will be provided. Like all thß other_ Gov-ernment-controlled boots, they will ; be of the strongest leather, and will keep the rain out, whatever may be their shortcomings in other directions. The price for womon and girls will probably range from 12s. 6d. to 21s. What the trade has termed the "City boot"— "lit for the banker if he wants to save money," as one • expert has described it—will be a guinea a pair. At present they would probably cost from 255. to 30s. in the shops. The working man's Sunday boots will be 15s. 6d., and youth's 12s. (3d.

Miss Richmond (Nelso'i) is staying for a few days at Sayes Court, before leaving for Queonstown.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Hayes (Nelson) are spending a few days in Wellington on their return from a tour of the West Coast. They, are staying at Sayes Court. Mr: and Mrs. T. H. Lnwry (Hawke's Bay) lmvo returned to Olcawa from a visit to Auckland. Miss Balcombo Brown is visiting friends in Gisborne. Miss Lizzie Reid, of Hunterville, won the Blairlogio Oup ax Mastertnn recently. The cup carries with it, the Highland dancing championship of New Zealand. Nurse Ellen M. Sirett, of the Napier Hospital, was successful in passmo- first for all New Zealand in the second State examination for registration nurses, states tho Napier telegraph." Private and Mrs. Norman .Johnston arrived in Auckland a few days ago from England, states a Hawke s Bay exohaiife. Mrs.-Johnston left New Zealand some time ago hy a transport, and was attached to the British Red Cross Society; . She returned as a member of the Voluntary Aid Division.

Mrs. H. Abraham has returned to Khandallah from' a visit to New Plymouth.

Miss Sellars (Masterton) is visiting Wellington.

Mrs Hartgill has returned to Dannevirke from a visit to New Plymouth,

A unique wedding is reported _ to have taken place at North Hconiskirk, Tasmania, away in tho heart of the west coast bush—a day's journey from Zeehan, states the ''Sydney Morning Herald." Tho ceremony took place in a long-abandoned miner's hut, snd the principals in the scemi were Mrs. Leppard and Victor Beck—an elderly couple. The Rev. T. 11. Wills, Anglican vicar of Zeehan, performed the ceremony, while- the miners, fossickers, and tin-senitchers, from the wilderness .stood around in their shirt sleeves. A folded coat serv«d as a cushion for tho brido to kneel on. Mrs. Leppard has he.en for many years engaged, in tin-mining, and is able to handle a pick and shovel with vigour. Tho incident recalls one of Bret Harte's mining camp stories. ■The engagement is announced of Miss Luke,' daughter of the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) and Mrs. Luke, Wellington, to Mr. Ellis Chnrleswprth, of Hawke's Boy, son of Mr. J. Charlesworth, architect, of Wellington. Miss Simcox, who lias been <le}n« V.A.D. work in Egypt and England for some time past, returned to Otaki I last week. J Tho Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) re- ' turned In AVellingtou yesterday from a i visit to Wniknnac. Her many friends j ivill be very glad to hear that she is I feeling much bmiefitcd by her rest.