Society

Observer, Volume 5, Issue 120, 30 December 1882, Page 244

Society

and ' contributions fori this colffinn are invited."] E ; » - Afr tkelast Remuera Social Union dance there , werjl .ladies ahd gentlemen present, including. ,|he -Mayor and. Mayoress. Two of the played in Capital style by Miss Carrie T?h6nia^an& Miss^WooTnough. This dance* was the last of the series. On**^ednesday, the Hon. Ernest Edwin Townsen'd "waa urufel in marriage to Miss Rosa Harriett yiu^ley^St/Olifftfchew'a Church, by the Bishop ', of assisted by the Eev. W. Tebbs. The^orcli.'Ja .^'iAthalie I . and & processional gjai?cftif,ere : played by M^jss-Tebbs as the bridal . party entered the' church. The serj^ice was a Jgjtousical pne, tlie^ndns "The voice tlfdt breathed ; " and. -J'- How welcome was^^.e call" :;^Being effectively'sung by the&hoir, and Psalm 128- --;,'; 'Hdi,ngvß.ung to- a chant bj^i>r Th^ r J^|(§m^l 10 was given ii^ray.jßy' li'er father, wore beautiful "dr^ss of cream-coloured ■• Bat^^^viinTned with orange., blossoms aod white jeraaihine, with tulle veil ajf^^^'eath of oraj^g, '•-■', pllj^aoms. The bridesmaids' ?^^e. dressed with ; y'-'-aqpich taste. , ' „ / /The Baptist Tabenjficle Bazaar" held in the DriU-ahed, Wellesley-streefc, last week, was a great success. Every stall was most richly

furnished, including besides exquisite needlework, water-colourpaintings, oil paintings, hand-painted bannerettes, screens, fans, photograph frames, tables, arid every sort of attractive knicknack. The Art Gallery proved a great attraction, and added considerably to the profits. The Ponsonby stall contained amongst otner attractive exhibits, some finely modelled wax flowers, harp, and Maltese cross, also a beautifully embroidered chair, and mantelpiece drape. One of the principal attractions on " The City Stall " was a beautiful model of a South Sea Island canoe. The " Grafton Stall " contained a very nice collection of underlinen, embroidery, and lace. At " John Ploughman's " stall we noticed, a pencil sketch of the Wellesley-street Baptist Church by Mr Tht)s. Spurgeon, also photographs of Mr C. H. and Mrs Spurgeon, and statuettes of " John Ploughman."