SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 304, 12 September 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding in St., Paul's Pro-Cathedral. Tho wedding took place yesterday afternoon in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, of Miss Jlyra Sliirtcliffe, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sliirtcliffe, of Tinakori Road, to oaptairi J. J. Crawford, M.C. ; son of Mr. Alexander Crawford, of Timartt. Tlio ceremony was performed by tho Bishop df Wellington (Dr. Sprott), assisted by the Rev. A. M. Johnson. Tho bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white satin, grenade, draped with Brussels lace, caught with pearl tassels, and veiled with georgette, her veil, 'of hnnd-embroidcrcd Brussels not, being fastened with a wreath of laurel leaves and orange' blossoms. Her bouquet was of white cyclamen and mauvo cineraria!!. Tho bridesmaids wero her sisters, the Misses Rilth and Jean Sliirtcliffe, who wore frocks of pale blue georgette, trimmed with silver lace and black tulle hats. They carried posies of primroses edged with black lace aWI fastened with knots of blue ribbon and black laco streamers. Major Hnrston was tho best man, and Major Abbott, M.C., the groomsman. Mrs. Sliirtcliffe (the mother of the bride) wore a gown of mole crepo de chene, with panels of mole georgette over mauve not, and a mauve hat. Her bouquet was of pink cylcamen. Mrs. Crawford (mother of the bridegroom) was in black crepo de chcne with a black hat, >• Mrs. Robertson (tho 1 bride's sister) wore a frock of saxe blue charmeuso, with a black hat. Miss Crawford (Timnru') was in golden brown charmeuse, witlr a hat to match, and Miss". Vera Crawford wore a faiolo costume with, a mole hat. After the ceremony a reception was held at tho residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sbirtcliffo, in Tinakori Road, a lars;e number of guests being present. The bride and bridegroom standing beneath a horseshoe of white flowers in the drawing-room received the congratulations and good wishes of their many friends. The wedding being a primrose wedding, these cnarming flowers were' everywhere in evidence. The toasts which were honoured wero those of "Tho King," of "The Bride and Bridegroom," "The Bride's Parents," and "Tho 'Bridegroom's Parents." ! .Among tlioso who were present were Mrs. and Miss Massey, the Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Sprott),, and Mrs. Coleridge, tho Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luko) and. Mrs'., Luke,' Mrs. "and Miss Priest, (Tiniaru), the Misses Sliirtcliffe (Timnru), Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robertson, Miss Macdonald (Dunedin), the staff of the Military * Convalescent Home at Lowry Bay and some of the •patients, Sir Franois 13ell, Mrs. Rolloston, Mr. Tolliurst, Surgeon-General Henderson, Captain and Mrs. HallThompson; Coloujel and Mrs. Purdy, Captain Garland, Captain Brown, Mrs. ilnthew Holmes, Mr. mid Mrs.' J. j I'indlay, Mr.'' and Mrs.' Hannay, Mr. ; and Mrs. Clarke-Johnston and Miss ' Olnrke-Jolmston, Miss Wilford, Mr:' ; Widdop, Mr. MilsQn, tho Misses Nai than. The going-away frock, worn 1 by I Mrs. Crawford was of .powder blue leorgette over crepe de chene, trimmed with mole fur and finished with a jet ;asselled ginllo. ■ A niolo toque with ! rouches of blue and pink, and a bluo' | Hillc scaff completed the . toilette. I Among the presonts which wero received were a silver chafing dish and silver dishes, tho gift of a few of tho former patients of the Lowry Bay Convalescent Home. : New Zealand Lady Missioned. . Misses Beckingsolo and Uradfield, who are leaving shortly to undertake missionary work in Eastern. Bengal, India, are at present in Wellington, lliss Beckingsole, of Dunedin, has already ■ ■ spent' over'twenty years in India, and is returning after a year'.s furlough at home. Shu is a fully Qualified nurse, ami this branch of service,' combined with her work of, evangelisation, has hcem. tho means of her doing excellent service during these many years. Olio who knows'much of her work says:—-"It is 'safe to say no European in the subdivision of Bralimanbaria knows the people of that district as thoroughly as Miss Beckingsole does." .• Miss>. Bradlicld, 1 who is goiiw outifor the first time, comes from aOwaka, Otago. Sho is a fully c|U«liticd tcateher, having passed matriculation examination and obtained the teachers' "C" certificate. _ Tho ladies wore travelled at a : meeting last night in tho Vivian Street Baptist Schoolroom'. Women's National Reserve. ■ The weekly gatherings <>f the wives and families of the fighting men cou-' tinue to grow in interest and numbers. Mrs, Mathew Holmes entertained thein the ' Friday before) last, and . Miss Holmes gave most delightful readings and recitations, a most profitable aud helpful time being spent. Last Friday the Island Bay ladies, under Mrs. Barnard,'were tho hostesses, and a very good programme of entertainment was much enjoyed.'The Mayoress of Petone and friends ■ from that district have come, in twice and given very great pleasure by helping with the programme each time. It is felt that the interchange of visits from the local branches is very stimulating and helps to draw all those who. belong to our soldiers much closer together. Msinawatu and Rangitikei residents will regret to hear _of tho death of Mrs. Robert Laughlin Maclean at her home, "Plaistow," Melbourne, on August 21. Mrs. Maclean was twice married, her first husband being, Dr. John B. Smith, M.D.L., who practised .in Fox ton and Marton, hetween the end of tho 50's to 1873, when he died at the latter town. Two sons remain to mourn their loss—Ernest B. Smith, of the Railway Department, Wellington,; Frank Brook Smith, lnvercargill; arid Miss Ami A. Smith, Armidale, MelIjourno. Mrs. Robert Grinlinton, a well-known and respected resident of Woodville, passed away last week after three weeks' severe suffering from pneumonia. Tho deceased lady, who was tho wife of the late R. E. Grinlinton; merchant, of' Woodville, and a daughter of the late Captain John Sedcole, of Wellington, was born at Karori iiftyono years ago, and had lived in Wood-' villo for the past 36 years. Mrs. Grinlinton's girlhood days wore spent in Foxton. She leaves a family of four sons and five, daughters, two of the latter being 'quite little girls. The youngest son is now on active service in Franco, and tho eldest is about to go ..into camp.