SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8348, 7 February 1913, Page 5

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs Johnston, Nelson, is the guest of Mrs Butts, Newtown. Professor and Mrs Eastorfield have returned from Picton. Mrs D. Buchanan, Wairarapa, is visiting Wellington. Mrs Carey, Masterton, is staying at Day’s Bay. Mrs Wheeler is the guest of her sister, Mrs Groves, Masterton, Mrs Izard left for Wanganui yesterday after a few days spent in town. Mrs Blathwayt and her son, of the Native College, Otakl, are staying at Balmoral. The marriage of Miss Violet Williams, Dunedin, to Mr Birch, takes place at the end of this month. Mr and Mrs Wilfred Colbeok, Eemuera, have been visiting Mrs Vivian Biddiford, Lower Hutt. Mrs 0. C. Cooper. Masterton, is the guest of her mother, Mrs Lowther Broad, Boulcott terrace. Mrs Mackersy and her daughter are staying at Balmoral for a short season. Mr Eric Biddiford is understood to have taken Mr lan Duncan's house in town for some months. Mrs Montgomerie and Miss Anderson, who arrived from England by the Kemuera, are staying at Balmoral. Lady Dorothy Wood, nee Onslow, has recently Become an Associate of the Eoyal Colonial Institute, London. Mrs Perguson, Blenheim, arrived last evening, and is staying at Balmoral, as also is Mrs Martin, Midhirst. Mr and Mrs Prank Dyer and their daughter, who have been spending the holidays at Wainui-o-mata, have returned to town. Mr P. B. Manning and the Misses Manning, Dunedin, have just left for England and the Continent, where they propose travelling for some months. Mrs Hugh Williams, Masterton, and her children, who have been spending tho holidays at Castlcpoint. have returned hhme. Miss Mestayer, who is collecting for tho tuck-boxes for the missionaries, would be most grateful for 21b treacle-tins, clean, and free from rust, to be sent to 139, Sydney street. Mr and Mrs Cecil Kebbell, Te Hoe, Alfrcdton, ■ have booked passages for themselves and their family fbr England, by the Euahiue, leaving in April. They will probably be absent some years. A recent engagement is that of Miss Clarice Campbell, daughter of Mr Colin Campbell, Stanley Point, to Mr John Olsen, of Gisborne, the youngest son of tho late Mr E. T. Olsen, of Ormondville. The engagement is announced of Miss Ada Miles, elder daughter of Mrs G. C. Miles, Wai-iti road, Timaru, to Mr A. H- Muir, Geraldine, son of Mr H. B. Muir, South Kensington, Loudon. — “Weekly Press.” . Eecently announced is the engagement of Miss Constance Clark, daughter of the Bev. A. P. Clark, of Taradale. to Mr Donald Haultain, of Sydney, eon of the late Mr Phillip Haultain, of Opawa, Canterbury, Material evidence of the popularity of the Bev. J. E. McFarland, vicar of St. Barnabas's Church, Mount Eden, • has been shown by his parishioners, who have presented him with a handsome cheque in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his wedding day. Mlsa Thelma Petersen, whose extensive concert tour of the Dominion has rendered her name a familiar one, loaves to-day with her mother for England, where she is to pursue her study of music. The young lady takes with her many kind wishes for her future success. Many in the South will regret to hear of the death of Mrs J. G. Culpan, of a lady who was noted for her many activities, particularly in regard to the Overseas Club, Victoria League, and Choral Society. She leaves five daughters, Mesdames Archdale Tayler, Heaid, Ashton, Howard, and G. Eobertson. At Woodville on. Tuesday Mr Thomas O'Dea, manager of the Ballance butter factory, and son of Mr James O'Dea, of Kapuni, Taranaki, was married to Miss Prances Parker, only daughter of Mrs P. Scally, of Woodville, and formerly of Mangatainoka. Misses A. Troy (Wellington), Lizzie O'Dea, Kate Phillips, and Cissio Phillips were bridesmaids. and Mr T. Miller, of Balianco, best man. Mrs Cross (nee Miss Helene Podor), Christchurch, delivered a very entertaining limelight address on New Zealand at Leatherhead, under the auspices of' the Victoria League. Her audience included the pupils from seven local schools. The lecturer was amused to note that the children all knew that "Canterbury'' produced "mutton” if they did not know anything else! Mrs Cross spoke abont New Zealand as a whole, and laid special stress on the industries and natural products of the country. Several other requests have been made to her to speak at public meetings. The New Zealand novelist. Miss Edith Lyttleton (formerly of Bakaia, Canter-

bury), whose novels "The Altar Stairs" and "The Hon. Peggy" were so well received, was visiting friends in Sussex, and intended remaining in England until the spring, when she would spend some time in travelling on the Continent with her mother and sister. Miss Lyttleton is busy with a novel embodying her Canadian impressions, and readers of her stories of the “North-West Police," over the signature "G. B. Lancaster," know how splendidly vivid those experiences were. The Star Boating Club will held its yearly swimming sports on Saturday afternoon off the club-house skids. This is always an attractive function, and draws a large and appreciative audience, especially of that sex which the discreet journalist of older times, 1 referred to as "the gentler sex." Some pretty aquatics are to be seen at the Star Boating Club's sports, and this year I observe "the usual racing programme will be interspersed with comic events." Afternoon tea and the musical ministrations of a hand are also among tho attractions. It only remains for the clerk b{ the weather to show a sympathetic spirit. MY COOKERY CORNER Green Tomato Pickle. —Take equal quantities of onions, green tomatoes, and to each half-gallon of vinegar add two feaspoonfuls of all-spice, two of peppercorns, two good-sized pieces of bruised ginger, and half a dozen small chillies, peel the onions and sprinkle with salt; then leave for twenty-four hours; then drain them. Have ready tho green tomatoes, cut into quarters. Then place all in a jar together. Boil tile vinegar with the spices and pour over all. Tomato Chutney.—Put six large tomatoes into a jar, cover them, and bake in the oven until tender or soft. -Then take away the core, and peel and boat to a pulp. Add a quarter of a pint of vinegar, one tablespoonful of mustard, a few cloves, a blade or two of mace, a, .couple of chillies, salt to taste, arid, it liked, a tiny piece of garlic. Boil all together for ten minutes. Add six finely chopped shallots, then boil another ten minutes. It is quite ready when cold. Then put into bottles, well cork, and tie down. Tomato Ketchup.—Pour boiling water over as many tomatoes as you are likely to want. Be sure they are ripe. Eemove the skins, slice them, and measure. To every quart- allow a tablespoonful each of pepper, salt, and mustard in powder, half a tablespoonful of ground all-spice, and two pods of red pepper. Put all these ingredients into a saucepan with half a pint of vinegar and cook slowly for three hours; strain through a hair sieve or muslin. Turn into bottles and cork tightly.