SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 77, 24 December 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. ami Mrs. W. Crninpton, of Pa-t-aiißAtn. Hinvke's Buy, with their family, are spending the Christmas nt Seatoun. Thev wutored through irow Hawko's Bay. Lady Stout will leavj for Dunedin on Friday. Mrs. .T. Cummings, of Auckland, and her littlo dcughter are the guests of Mrs. J. Laughtou, of Darnell Street. Miss Evelyn Morgan-Shaw, of Kandwick, Sydney, . is the guest of Mrs. Meadows. lower Hutt. The secretary of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable .Aid Board acknowledges the following donations for Christinns cheer:—N.Z. Warehouseman's Association. =eiC 10s ; Mrs. V. Eiddiford, £5 55.; .Messrs. Bryant, May, Bell and Co.. A. E. Scott, JC2 each; W. Kalhan, N.Z. Farmers Co-op., £'2 2s. each; Crichton and M'Ka.y, £2 25.; H. Baldwin and Co.. *£2 ?$.; 'N.Z. Trawling and Co., E. Morris. Stewart Timber Co., Van Staveren Bros. Johnston and Co., P. Hntson and Co.. W. Booth and Co., D. M'Crae, G. Winder. Fairbairn, Wright and Co., Blundell Bros.. It. E. Wilson, L. T. Staff of Terrace School, Watkins, Crawley, Ridley, T-J. S. Knight. Kodak, Ltd., Wellington Meat Uxnort Co., J. Campbell, F. Muring, 'jabv. French, and Corrick, T. A. Wells. Pominion Produce Co , Whileombe and Tombs, D.1.C., ICirkcnklie and Stains. Inglis Bros., W. Campbell and Co.. WardeH Bros., F. Lnmberg, C. Smith. Ltd., Cnnipbe.ll and Burke, Barber and Co.. M'leod, Weir, and Hopkirk. ,£1 x each; Gear Meat Co., Stanton and Evans, F. M'Parland, «£l Is. each;, Bel!. Gully. Myers, O'Lenry,. «£1 Is.; Messrs. '~'uick, Ward, and Wylie. Mr.->. Kotlicram. ,C 1 each; Messrs 0. Hurney, Dimond and Hurt. A. Watcrworth, Bnrbidtre and Co., E. T. Taylor and C 0,,. El-. lis and M.rnfon, City Printing Co., Ballimrcr Bros'.. Te Aro Meat Comnanv. Union Clothing Company. 6. Fowlds. B. Martin; Ltd., Here and Willin us, W. A. Chotp. Sanitarium Health '•'ood. Co., Salmond and Snrai;ron. N.Z. Automate Bakeries. \V. G. Gaudin and Son,. Wellington Publishing Co. Picot Bros., C. Hill and Pons, 10s. fid..each: Messrs. F. Pettie, A. P. ITaile.v, Wellinston Bread Co.. Scott Motor Agency, Cederholm and Son. W. ,T. Blundell. Sutherland mid Pankine, Wriglil and Carmen, A. H. Young, .Tonkins and Mack. F. N. U. Meadows and Co., Preston and Co.. Magnus, Sanderson-.and Co., H. A. Smith and Co., Basil Cooper and Co. W. Colli", T.td., 10s. each; Messrs. G. Bradlev, E. Penrco and Co., "WellWisher," Young How 8r05... ,T. Castle, H. W. Mitchell. Brown !>nd Yeats, Wallace and Co.. ss. each; "M.G." ss. Goods —Aul'fbrook nnd Co.. .El Is,; G. Prime. Ids. 6d.: G. H. Thornton, one (in sweets; P G Knight, loan of flats; G. and C. Ahlous, 10s. Gd.; G. Mee. 10s. Cd.

Mi?? Jessie Thompson, M.8.R., )iaf been apnointod matron of Ihe Trained Vi!isc» Club, in Kensington Street. Miss Thonniso'i v--ns for. four years in charge of Hip Jones' Homo at Wnlton-on-Tliames. She. will take up her duties at the 'lreßiniiinfr of tho New Year. Miss Eiwt left on Monday on a visit to Mrs. Gillingham, Fairlie, Canterbury. The Mlss r 9 Butler (Tinakori Road) leavo next week on a visit to Akaroa. Mrs. W. F. Boden is leaving on a visit lo the Sounds. Last week the Y3I.C.A. enl-erinincd the liosoit.il natiqnts of the Featherslon Militiirv Hospital) prior to their departinc for their Christinas leave.■' Some 150 imtient.s snt down-'to a repast in the Picburn Hall, which had been prettily decorated bv the ;iisters. Afterwards the tables wore cleared, and a most enjoynhle racial evening began. Competitions were held, in which a great number ioincd. Mid before supper a picture "For Better for Worse" was shown. After supper a patient, Mr. Chapman, took the opportunity of welcoming their friend. Field-Secretarj A. J. M'Fjldownev. back to their midst, and on behalf of the patients wished him health and happiness in the coming year. One of tho most mirynble pathoiiiiss hold in the hospital tnded bv the singing of "Aiild IjanK Syne" and "God gave the King. Mnnv tliroiißliniit New Zealand, and particularly in Wellington, will be interested to lonrn that Miss Elsa Lnnßley, of the English Pierrots, was married to Mr TCwen M'Lcod. 'in Perth, W.A., au 7HO p.m. on December 3. All Perth took ail interest in the pretty wedding.

TV weddim; tool? nlaco on Monday of Mr. flnland Clmrlcs Hall, formerly of the. lflll, Mounted Hides, 1 son of Mr nnd Mr'. 0. F. Hnll. of Pino Street to Miss Madge AVimsett, nnly d.vHiN , of Mr. nnd Mm. IT. H. Wimsott, of Austin Street, Wellington. .1 ho cprcmony wns performed by the Uev. Dr. Kennedy Elliott. The bridesmaids were Mte'Ts'cl Hall (sister of the bridegroom) and' Miss Daisy Gough (cousin). Mr. AV. Hiecms acted as best man, nnd Mr. H. L Wimeett, was groomsman. The bride, who was siven away by lier father, wore r gown of white crepe- de chine, villi hand-worked veil and wreath of orange blossom. She carried a beautiful bouquet of white roses, carnations, sweet peas, and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids wore pretty (towns of cream crepe rte chine, and Wnclc picture hats, with cerise posies and streamers, and carried bouriuets of pink roses, sweet peas, and maidenhair fern. After the ceremony a lar-e number of giie'te were entertained at the residence of the bride s parents, and later the bride and bridegroom left by motor for. AVanganui, where the honeymoon is to be spent.

At the week-end and also at the beginning of this week Mrs. Moorhouse and Miss Sybil Nathan, on behajf of the Wellington branch of the lied Cross, 'visited the Wellington Hospital, Tren ; tham Military hospital and Hip Nurses Convalescent Home, taking with them Christmas comforts for the fioldier patients and the nurses in the home. Miss Ruth Putnam leaves at the end of tlie week for Blenheim and Nelson. Miss Winifred Dean, youngest daughter of the lev. 0. Dean, of Napier, has been h'werded the Lohse Scholarship (tor daughters of the clergy) ; of £M, tenable for three years. Miss Dean purposes to so Home and enter Lady Benson's Dramatic School. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Elworthy - have returned to Cliristchiirch from a motor tour in the North Island. Mr. mid Mrs. W. S. Mills are visiting O.liristcbureli. ■ , . . , , Mrs. ICirker anil her daughters intend visiting Picton and tlio Scynds during the holidays. ~,,,.,, Dr. and Mrs. Murray Litchfield are voting Cliristchnrch. ' . New flealanders will feel sincere sympathy for Mrs. Martin, of Wellington, , who arrived last month by Hie Ifiianelm to meet her husband. Lieutenant J. AMartin, H.N.K., on service in North Dnssian waters, commanding H.M.S. Lobster (states tl;p "Rritish Australns:;in" of Novemiwr G). On her arrival she was informed by tlie Admiralty that on October 8 Lieutenant Martin was reported'missing, and was bnlinved to hiivo been drowned'at Murmansk. Mrs. Martin '« n ,, " , waiting the return of the T/olvsler to Eiiglnml in order, if possible, to obtain nmro detailed informat : on frnin iier liusbniid's fellow-officers. If then I here seems no reasonable hope of Lieutenant Martin's surviving, she will return to New Zealand with her little daughter. Lieutenant Martin was for n number of years in the service of the New Zen bind "Government Marine Welwtnicnt. fir=t as an officer on the Hinemoa. and afterwards as harbourmaster ot ilokiangn.