TIMARU NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19201, 6 January 1928, Page 2

TIMARU NEWS.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Miss J. Brown (Iheodocia it reel) has returned from Fairlie.

Miss H. Cotterill < iehon street) lias returned from Christchurch. .Mr and -Mrs H. Wright, who were voicing Timaru. have returned to Maytield.

.Mr and Mrs 0. H. 11. Llnch (,\\aiiti roadj are tuo quests of .Mrs V. Mactarlaiie (North Cauterbui v). The Iter, and Mrs G. totubbs (Sydney) are the guests of Miss stuobs (V. ai-iti road). Mrs J. B. Thompson has returned to Lawrence.

Mrs H. Kennedy lAsnburton) is visiting Tiniaru. Mr and Mrs I>. A. Law-on (Ashburton) spent the holidays with Mrs Flanagan (Highficld). ■Mrs Gunn, who was the guest of Mrs Vincent (Kin&sdown), has returned to Christchurch.

Mrs Saxon (Dunedin), who was visitins Timaru, loft for Christchurch yesterday. Miss Muir (London) arrived i:i Timaru yesterday and is the guest of Mrs Muir (Sajrah stret).

Mrs E. Vincent and Miss Vincent (Kingsdown) are visiting Christchurch. Miss M. Loughnan. w'no was the guest eft Mrs-Orbcll (Park lane) has returned to Fairlie.

Lady Holdsworth (England) is the guest of Mrs R. H. Rhodes (Sealer street!.

Miss B. Beadel, who was the guest of Mr 3 L. J. le Cren (Evans street), returned to Christchurch yesterday.

Mr and Mrs C. Crozier, who were visiting Mr Satterthwaite (Elizabeth street), have returned to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs A. Johnston 'Blenheim) and Mr W. Matson who were the guests of Mrs AV. Johnston CSefton street), have returned home.

MOUNT MAGDALA. Tho Sisters of the Good Shepherd heartily tha.ik the following kind friends, who contributed to the Christmas festivities of the children and adult poor at Mount Magdala Sir George Clifford, Sir It. H. Rhodes, Messrs J. Farrell, W. Clifford, E. C. McCullough, J. Connolly, W. Hu}'ivard, U. McCabe. ,). Molloy. J. Bow-den,-Clayton, G. lies, Dixon. Bros., tl. Matson and Co., 0. Connolly, ft. Necdhant, G. Witty, M.P., D. Buddo, M.P., T. G. Lewis, C. H. Piper, J. Ballantyne and Co.. Hayward Bros., W. G. Ives, P. P. J. Amodeo, J. Glynan. J. Craeroft Wilson, W. Izard. A. D. Dobsoa, P. O'Connor, A. C. Nottingham, H. Kennedy, L. B. Thompson. A. Louisson, S. K. Garrick. Macdonnld. W. S. Lamb, H. S. S. Kyle, M.P., Sutton, P. Nolan, T. J. Henley, A. Bunz, J. Close, Charlewood, Cosgrove. J. Dwyer, A. S. Legit, H. Fitzsimmons. J, Fitzpatrick, Fahey, W. H. McDougall. P. Kelliher, Patterson r.nd Ede, Fleming and Co.. Langdown and Son, D. H. Brown and Son, Keane, Fletcher, Humphreys, and Co., Quill, Morris, and Co., T. Brown, 1' ■ Burson and Sons. Fletcher Bros., T. and E. J. Hatherley P. Kennedy, P. Luby, Morrow, M. Moran, R. P. M. Manning and Co.. J. Maxwell, H. McNeill, J. M, Mitchell, McDonnell Bros., F. Graham and Son, Macfarlane and Co., D. McGillicuddy, Kerr Bros., Were Bros., Ballin Bros.. Saunders and Co., Cross and Sons, Wright and Co., Aulsebrook and Co., Robinson and Co., T. Newburgh and Co., A. S. Nicltolls. W. Nidd, H. J". Otley, J. O'Carroll, G. Scott, J. Osborne and Co., Pync, Gould. Guinness, Ltd., W.'. Parkinson, ..Quinlivan, M. Kennedy, J. Butler, Fraser, Quinn, Sharpe Bros., C. R. Russell. Reese Bros., Scott Bros., Shand and Co., Hollobon and Son, M. and .T. Slattery, Steel Bros., 'McDonnell Bros., Smart and Sons, M. Armstrong, D. .1. Shea, G. Talbofc. Turnbull and Jones, Ivennett. ( •T. G. Watson. G. Whetstone, Wood Bros., J. Hiee;ins. J. Kennedy. Beath and Co., T. Thomson, McLeod. T. Slattery, A. D. Moore, Anisy.- T. Doyle, Dineen, Egan, Gartv. Jantes. King, Keenan. Lamb and Hayward. P. Mor- j rison, R. Nolan, Kincaid. O'Malley, i J. O'Sullivan, O'Hagan, Shillito, Sul- j livan. A C. Wilson, Wanglt Bros., H. j M. Williams, Wright, Stenhenson and I Cq.. A. Wilson and Son, Drs. O'Brien, Morkane, Mcßrearty, and Crooke, the Hon. G. J. Smith, Mesdames Cahill, | Barrett, Robins, Inkson, McAteer, Redmond, W. T. Ward, Teschemaker, j Gould, Todhunter, McCreanor, Pratt, Coleman, McAlister, Strange, Walker, j Cunneen. McSwigan, Callaghan, Cron, Doyle. Hennessy, Day, Hale' Haughey. Kennedy, Soper,' MeAleer, Graham, O'Neill, Reilly, McDermott, Misses M. Wliite Sullivan. McCarthy, j Ahem, Enriglit, A. Riordan, Duffy, Bradley, Cronin, Harrington. Fouhy, Hogan, Heffernan, Healev. Kirk, Le Lievre, Crowley, Wilson, Troy, Thomas, New Zealand Breweries, D.T.C., Rotary Club. Federal Club, ftoyal Insurance Company, Hibernian Society, Council of Licensed Trade, Hyman Marks Estate, Canterbury Dairy Company. Tai Tapu Dairy Company, White Star Brewery, St. Albans Brewery.

CHARMING DANCE AT HOKITIKA

I>r. and Mrs Buchanan entertained their friends at a delightful dance at their home in Hokitika. The danceroom was beautifully decorated with sweet-peas, and the supper table with nasturtiums and maidenhair fern. Mrs Buchanan received her guests wearing a handsome frock of black taffeta embroidered with gold The guests included Mrs Baird, who wore hydrangea blue georgette; Mrs W. Staveley, sea green georgette; Mrs Williams, floral georgette; Mrs Robinson, lemon taffeta and silver lace; Mrs Harley (Greymouth), black crepe de chine and cream duchesse lace; Mrs Andreae (London), white georgette heavily fringed and embroidered with crystal beads: Mrs Ellis (Singapore), gold lace over blue georgette; Mrs Simpson (Hohonu), black_ crepe de chine; Mrs Kendall (Adelaide), black duchesse satin; Dr. Dorothy Booth (Kumara), bjack satin and white georgette; Dr. Violet Raines (Brunner), mauve taffeta embroidered with pink roses; Miss Stack (Wellington), pale pink taffeta f Miss Simpson, green and blue taffeta, with silver lace; Miss Hart (Sydney), tomato crepe de chine. Drs. Teichelmann and Baird, Messrs Farrar, Stavelev, Robinson, Harley, Williams. F. Simpson, Keesingr, P. Coates, Ellis. Andrew (Sydney), Michel V. . Bonar, and E. W. iSoenwr (Reefton\ The music was supplied by P. Smith's marimba band.

YOUNG WOMEN'S METHODIST

BIBLE CLASS

Deaconess House. Latimer square, 13 this week the home of forty delegates to the annual leaders' conference of the Young Women's Methodist Bible Class movement.. At the opening session 01 the conference held on Tuesday evening, in the Y.W.C.A., Miss Harvey Cook, Dominion president, voiced the gratitude experienced by all at the successful carrying out of the majority year programme. The resultant broadened outlook and strength gained would vitally benefit the work in days ahead. Time was spent in constructive criticism of the year's activities of the various district unions. Further sessions will continue until Saturday, valuable study forming an important part of each day's programme.

WEDDINGS

HIDE—BLACKBURN

Friends of the bride were responsible for the artistic decorations of cream roses and arum lilies and fragrant mauve and white sweet peas, which, with silver horseshoes, formed the setting at the Methodist Church, Kaiapoi, on Wednesday last, for the marriage of Ada Emily, second daughter of Mr and Mrs William Blackburn, of Akaroa street, Ivaiapoi. to Jonathan Ronald. eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. Hide, of Fernside. The Rev. W. G. rilade, M.A.. officiated at the ceremony. and Master George Martin presided at the organ.

The bride wore a dainty frock of ivory embossed georgette shirred at the waist, with sleeves to the wrist. To it touches of pearls, and a diamente buckle gave a pretty finish. Her hand-embroidered tulle veil of unusuai length was worn in mob-cap fashion, being held in place with sprays of orange blossom with clusters at each side, and her shower bouquet was of hothouse flowers and fern.

She was eiven away by her father and attended by her sister, Miss Ret 3 Blackburn. The bridesmaid wore a delicate frock of cyclamen crepe de chine shirred at the waist-line, where tho narrow belt was centred with a bow. A posy was worn on the left shoulder, and her white crinoline hat was finished with satin ribbon and a spray of flowers to tone. Her shower bouquet was of deep blue sweet peas., roses, and fern.

Mr. L. Kirr carried put the duties of best man. Guests were later entertained at the residence r.f the bride's parents, where Mrs Blackburn, mother of the bride, received them, wearing a smart coat of cinnamon repn. her hat being of black crepe de chine with a spray to match, and her bouquet of hothouse flowers ami Tct-land poppies. Mrs Hide, mother o? the bridegroom, wore a smart dress of navr, with hat of the same shade: her fcoumiet was of deep red roses and fern. Mrs J. Catterniole, grandmother of the bride, wore a black silk gown and a black creorgette hat trimmed with mauve. Her bouquet was of mauve sweet peas tr> tone. Mrs Hide, grandmother of the bridegroom, wore a smart black oostumo with hat to match, and carrif" 1 n bo-nuet 'of sweet peas. When Mr and Mrs J. R. Hide left on .•> motor trip to the south, the hrid" wore an attractive model dress of figure.! blue repp, relieved with salmon ninV °i'epe de ehino, and hat to match. She also carried a velour coat of delft blue with fur collar.

CAJtt.NS—LUCAS. St. John's Church, Latimer square, was the scene recently of a very pretty wedding when The]ma Mavis, third daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Lucas, "Uerryfarm," Ilakaia, was married to James Roy, second son of Mr and Mrs J. Cairns, Christchurch. Rev. Archdeacon P. J3. Haggitt officiated at the ceremony and Miss Puttick presided at the organ. The bride, who was escorted by her father, wore a charming lAodel frock of ivory crepe de chine with sleeveless bodice and light embroideries of silver in a very effective design. Her veil, caught to the head with a circlet of orange blossom, was also embroidered in silver, ana she carried a sheaf of lilies.

Miss Dorothy Lucas attended her sister as bridesmaid wearing a cameo pink' crepe de chine frock prettily embroidered in gold, the panelled bodice being finished with long georgette sleeves. Her bandeau was of pink tulle and small vari-coloured flowers and she carried a bouquet of manve flowers.

Mr Earl Beale attended the bridegroom as best mail.

• After fchfli ceremony a reception. was held at Dixieland, where Mrs Lucas received her guests wearing a frock of moth-brown satin marocain with n. vestee of beige lace, her hat being of georgette to tone.

Later, when the happy couple left amid showers of confetti and good wishes, the bride wore a smart reseda green three-piece suit with hat to match and a handsome fox fur, the gift of the bridegroom.

YE>TNELL—HUTE. St. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland, was festively decorated with pale pink and white flowers on Wednesday evening for the wedding of Joan Frances, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs E. C. Huie, of Parnell, Auckland, to Charles "William, only sou of Mr and Mrs John Vennell, of Hamilton, Victoria. Canon Percivai James officiated at the ceremony.

The bride was given away by her father.

For her wedding gown, Miss Huie had chosen a delightful little frock of soft ivory satin faconne, fashioned with long, sleeves and quaintly bouffant skirt, widely hemmed in silver lace. Small clusters of orange blossom showed at one side of the square-cut neck and at the waist-line, and similar flowers caught to the head her graceful veil of tulle. The sheaf of blooms, faintly tipped with blue, which, she carried, lent a dainty touch of relieving colour. Miss Diana Huie, who attended her sister as brideamaid, wore a becoming sleeveless frock of pale gold taffeta, with inset band and hem-border of gold lace. Her gold lace cap was finished with clusters of golden flowers at each side, and Bhe carried a sheaf of flowers in pale gold tints.

Mr Gordon Minhinnick attended the bridegroom as best man. A reception was subsequently held at Mr anu Tlrs Huie's residence in Breakwater road, where sweet peas of soft pink were arranged as artistic decoration. Mrs Huie's becoming frock was of rose-coloured taffeta, worn with a sleeveless wrap of rose velvet, and a hat of crinoline straw.

BALL AT SPRINGFIELD.

The carnival dance held recently in the Springfield Town Hall proved very successful, and the dancers, who came from far and near, had a delightful time. The hall was effectively decorated with vari-coloured streamers and balloons and the supper-room with streamers and ferns. Great credit is due to the secretary, Mr H. Combs, and the committee for the success of the ball, at which over two hundred people danced to the excellent music provided by Macdonald's Orchestra (Rakain). Mr H. Coombs acted as M.C-.

LITERARY CIRCLES

The annual report of the Inner Circle, a literary group that meets fortnightly with an average attendance of twenty-eight members, shows to what an extent interest can be stimulated and what a surprising amount of work can be done in a comparatively shore time, by regular ana sympathetic study. The activities of the Circle, of which Airs J. Gore Newell is leader, are classified under three headings: chronicle, poetry, and plays. To the first class belong the consideration of articles and criticisms by C. E. .Montague, Professor Alladyce Nichols, and Horace Slupp, as well as extracts from the literary columns of I'hk Pkess, and items of interest from Melbourne dramatic and musical circles.

Amongst the poetry read during 192T were Shakespearean sonnets, "The Ancient Mariner,"' extracts from •'The Divine Comedy/' and poems by various classical and modern writers.

On the imposing list of plays studied during the year appears such works as '•Rutherford and Son" by Gwitha Sowerby; "Doll's House"' and "Ghosts," by Ibsen: "The Silver Bos" by Galsworthy; "The Showing Up or Blanco Posnet," and "Getting Married" by Bernard Shaw: scene from "The Constant Nymph" by Margaret Kennedy, ''Othello" by Shakespeare; "The Plough and the Star" bv Sean O'Casey; "Waste" by Granville Barker; 'Chains" by Elizabeth Baker, "The Kingmaker" by Lawrence Houseman; "Mary Broom," and "The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith" by .Pinero.

The Calliope Club, a study circle which meets on alternate "Monday evenings under the direction of Mrs Newell, reports that twenty meetings, with an average attendance of twentythree members, were held during tile year. The work of the session was divided into three groups:—Shakespeare's plays, poetry, and modem drama. The Shakespearean work included "King John," Coriolanus," and "Measure for Measure."

In the poetry section, special attention was directed to the works of Tennyson and Browning, and the two modern plays selected for study were Gordon Bottomley's "Gruach" and Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House."