SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8347, 6 February 1913, Page 5

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

His Excellency tho Governor and the Countess of Liverpool will be the guests of Air and Mrs Moorhouse on their forthcoming visit to tho Sounds, for the unveiling of tho Cook memorial. Mrs Rankin© Brown has returned from her visit to Auckland and Rotorua. Mrs David Nathan and her daughter are spending some time in Eoxton. Miss McGregor, of "Uamvar/' Dunedin, is the guest of Mrs McVicar. Miss Macandrew leaves for a holiday in the south by Friday's boat. Mr and Mrs H. E. Good have returned to Wanganui after a few weeks at Heretaunga. Miss Coila Brown, Dunedin, is in town, and leaves by the Turakina for a visit to England. Mr George Moore and Mise Moore, of Eparaima, East Coast, are staying at tho Royai Oak. Mrs Hugh Beetham, Brancepeth. and her daughter, Mrs Marmaduke Bethell, of Canterbury, are in town. Sir James Mills and lus daughter, Mrs Beswick, accompanied by Miss Jjoljambe, have gone to Milford bound. The Hon. Trevor and Mrs Ogilvie Grant, and Miss Eva Butts leave tomorrow for Sydney, where they take trie ]>. and O. Beltana for London. Mr and Mrs Studholme, of Marlborough, are the guests of the Governor and Lady Liverpool at Government House. Miss Mackenzie, elder daughter of the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie, leaves to rejoin her family in Loudon by tho Turakina. Miss Coila Brown, of Dunedin, accompanies Miss Mackenzie. Mrs Chaytor, wife of Colonel Chaytor, Palmerston North, passed through Wellington yesterday on her return from a long holiday in Marlborough. Mrs Chaytor was accompanied by her cnildren. Mrs Fred Fitchett, who has consented to take charge of the tea arrangements for tho garden fete in aid of the Society for the Health of Women and Children, on Saturday, finds plenty of helpful sympathy with the affair forthcoming. The annual picnic of the Women's Social and Political League took place at Day’s Bay, and as usual they were favoured with excellent weather. About 100 made the day a real holiday. A fine programme of athletic events and. other amusements were indulged in, and a programme of vocal and instrumental was arranged by a subcommittee of ladies set up for the purpose. The prizes were valuable and plentiful, and wore won. by the following ladies: Miss Mulcahy, egg and spoon race; Mrs Rodgers, flat race; Mrs Bremner and Miss Carter, three-legged race; Mrs Pritchard, hobble skirt race; Miss Hansen, walking race. Refreshments were provided by the various members of the league, and the invited guests voted it one of tho best affairs that they had ever attended. A pleasant social evening was held in St. Augustine’s Hall, Petone, on Tuesday evening. The occasion marked the desire of the parishioners of St. Augustine’s to cordially welcome their vicar, the Rev. C. B. Stephenson, and his bride, on their return from their wedding tour. Several presentations were made to the vicar and Mrs Stephenson, and the speeches accompanying them were full of cordiality and kindly feeling. Mr * Bert Johnston, on behalf of the parishioners, made the presentation of a handsome roll-top desk. Mrs T. M. Wilford, as president of the St. Augustine’s Croquet Club, presented a very pretty cake B basket and silver cake forks; and yet another gift was that of an oak and silver salad howl and servers, from the combined men’s and ladies hockey clubs. A short concert programme was gone through, and a very pleasant evening was spent. A pretty wedding took place on. Luesday at the Catholic Church. Boulcoti street, when Mr George E. Dines., second ion of Mrs M. J- Dines, of Waxpixo Bay, was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Louisa Maud O Neill, second daughter of Mr Robert James O JMeill, of Wellington. The bride wore an. exquisite gown of princess satin trimmed with -satin lace over chiffon, edged with satin balls. The veil was worked by a mend of the bride. She carried a bouquet of white roses and lily-of-the-valley. The bridesmaids. Miss Alice O Neill, sister of the bride, and Miss Mary Buddy, both wore dainty frocks of crepe-de-Chine with mob caps wreathed with pale pink satin roses. They carried bouquets of pink furs. The bridegroom’s presents to the the bride was a handsome set of fox furs. The bridegroom’s present to tho bridesmaids were necklets of amethysts. Tho bride was given away by her brother, Mr J. D. O'Neill. The best man was Mr Ernest B. Jolly. After the ceremony at the church, a reception was held at Godher’s. The happy couple went north for the honeymoon. The bride's travelling costume was of navy blue, with a tagel hat with lancer plumes. District Visitor (after reading letter from absent son}: “And what will you do with the striped kimono your son says he is sending home?" Eustio Mother: "No wonder yon ask, missie 1 I suppose I’ll just have to keep it chained up in the back-yard, or put it in one of the pig-sties; but what shall I feed it on goodness only knows 1"