SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 183, 28 April 1908, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

'* Thd.Ma'storton Golf. Club was .v'ery.,fortunate in haying such a;lovely dayJon,Saturday, for tho opening, of th' 6 season (writes a Wairarapa correspondent). It ' would. havo s been difficult for th.e most captious individual ■ to'.liavp found fa\ilt with. tho' weather,'and ' 'iiv consequence'members and .their/ friends. ' from all parts^of,.the.valley wore able,-to be present, / The v occasion was rather, a..spccial oiio, as the,-club has,just. orcctodv.a'Mw;and .1 most conveniently-arranged golf-house,, which is' beautifully, "sitiiat«<l on .tlie . highesi part. :of Lansdowne,, whore.:it., commands' a.; very r . fine -,view of the: valley. . A tfidev verandah [' has,;beon built - on'tli'e sheltered .sid,e of .the > house, 1 ' plentifully' supplied-with :seati.;iwhere | those;.wlio are noit; playing can watch Ae proji gress_, of,-.those, who tare, and comment on-,the . play, ; oK otherwise.-. ,Mrs. .Hiigh' i 'Williams; tlio. wife .of the. president, of (the : club,- provided..tho afternoon tea, which Fas : very;.'much.,appreciated by'.those I 'present, : everything-.'.being.;home-made..Mr. Hugh i Williams in a short ;speoch . declared the ■ links open j,;'and, then, hit 1 off the first ball; . .After that/generalvplay began. prei. sent-.were'jJlesdames H. Williams, Beetham, W. James,' Summerell; Lawren'oe,; Vallance, -H, Holmes, C. Kebbefl, Buchanan; M. Meredith, Ross, .Lewis (Wanganui) ,' Din- ' widdie (Napier), Graham, ; Arnot,; : A,. Casel--berg,-/,' James,'-the * .Misses',/Maiinsell, .Moodie, Wilkinson, .Wolff, Cameron,.'.Sclanders, Payton; .('2)',' -Rpbieson','-'Booth,- Holmes, :■ .Bunting,r Carr, Mace,- and Wallace;; Messrs. : H. ! ,W.:; H. Beetham,, Lawrence, ,'- Summerell,-, H. Holmes, W., James,! G, Kpb.bell, 'Mirams; Ait ken, Rishworth, : glanders, ; Bunting, Elcoate,'Donald(2),-Mqodie r ,Pf>rry, Booth; ' Gordon, Paul, Pavitt,- ■ M'Kerizie, ' ;Clarkson, Gray, !;thq Rev. Mr. Thompson, Dr.', Cook,-and .many- others. -. :A,-'--Waira"rapa -correspondent; writes, 'that ; Miss .Hastweli,'' who has.-not been; vojy, long out-.,from';Ho'm'e, • is. visiting/her .'c.imsin,; Mra. ; S; VKent-Johnston;;' of.: iGreytowri.';..' Miss Cotter, of/.Gfeytown,-is Visiting/Mrs.- I 'Whitei ? ,of /,'■ BrayburrtjV ;Hawke's Bay. - - \ ; . wife of, the .Inspector , for the :Post':;aiid';Telegraplv Department, accom- • panicd .by iier daughter, .Miss Daris T)all, • ana her son, , ilasterj Bruce Dall,/.".re to 'leave 1 ; for London by the Ayrshire on. April . 30. , The-visit -is being ; tdlc'eii .on , :^.cc6unt n of/Miss' Dall,,:v.'ho. is. to 'finish, her musical' training in London, . probably , under . Madame Minna Fishfcr;:: Miss. Dall,; : who h as-.been -trained• 1 'at j St. Dominic's Convent, ; Dunedin, : has ii-nic?s-contralto; .voice, r.nd when she' .sang before Miss; Rose Blaney r-nd Albani ;theiV /favourable-.'criticism. ; /.- . :■ The,..fcdies :: of: Te Horo, writes ; 6l!r;ofcaki. corresp'ondent, ai-e.;;organising-.a, .'masquerade; '.ball early -next month. .' .•. .'.. . . '.v Mr.'-'arid, Mrs.- Kebbell. of - Alfredton, have ..bcen/paying-'a'-Vint;to 'WplHnjjtoti.' ■>/ ■ The. Anstralian'ContrDs' of the. .Gujldj 'which', SO ;,enthusiastically rniscd '. a sum -of money. to give - Miss Eva Campion, the young contralto, 'a/ musical';'education; ha,vd how raisdd : ;a;further. - sum to 'send her' .- to; - England .' to ' continue' her '. :- and .though tho New Zealand v Guildcould not. ;dq'iso:- .officially -.manyi. qf-V'theV Wei lin'gton.members; felt] - would like' Australian comrades.' - It .was ject,-ii' ,view;.^%?tf a: drawing-room- 'eptertain- ; meritv,:was N ' given'.; : 6ii ■ Saturdayaftertfopii.tin-' , the.sOeiitral, .Hall of the . Girls' College;.', or-, ■ganise'd; and directed :■ \by -;Mis's;' EfSe^Youiig, : Eon. - secretary of the 'Kia Ora Centre.;; It ;was a, great;.success both as far - 1 ds" the . aiidi- ; ericq;.' --and v the ..prgarijsers r'wdre . concerned.' : There ''were songs', notablo one ' being- givert'.by ;;Mrs." Sutcliffe; " who received entjiusiastic.,encore-^rpianoforto' solo's - by' Misses"M. Duff- and K. Henderson, ancl';'a yiolin and ;-piftlftf>^feet'^th'^-Mi'ssfe'S^RoMff l ion.. Misses" Doris r Greying '.Wil-. :,son,^■:arid;'"'iEileeri';;'lWareHani''dine'eii : 'solp' ; dances, ! - and : ,- : songs - were 1 given : ' by' 1 Misses iCarolane; i!