SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

; ' Mr. land' Mrs.' Sweet, from. Auckland, are . staying at the Hotel Windsor. . Miss May Palmer is : visiting friends in Dnnedin. : Dr v and Mrs. van Slyke, from'Wanganui, are'.staying at the Hotel Windsor. - Mrs. ' Clark, a visitor from San Francisco, is staying at the Hotel Arcadia. Mrs.,; Cooper, wife of the captain of the Amokura,. is staying at the Hotel Arcadia. • Miss Hutton, from Takapuna, is.on a visit to the Wairarapa. , Mrs..- Platts, from Port Chalmers, is. staying with her daughter, Dr. Platts-Mills, at Karori. ; . •' . :Mrs. - Va'atier and Mrs. /. Russell, from : Hawke's_ Bay, are' visiting Wellington; and are staying at the Hotel Windsor. ;. .> Mrs. .To. .Tau,_ of. Lansdowne,. who went south recently, with her invalid son, has returned to her home, leaving him still in the south; since his health has not improved. .' The death is announced at Falmouth on November; 26 of .Mary. Emily Turton; 'widow. ,of the late Hinry Hanson Tiirton, of Taranaki, aged 84. ;' Mr. and Mrs. H. H.Wardj of the High School,': New Plymouth, are at present visiting Wellington, and are staying with Hiss Wnrdj Brougham Hill School.

Miss S. IVM'Milian, a/young lady noted throughout :the United' Kingdom for her oxcellent, swimming records, was a pasenger by the Federal Houlder Shire liner Cornwall, which- arrived in Wellington on" Saturday.' ... Announcement is made of the engagement of; Mis s :. Eila Vallance; .daughter •• of Mr. Charles Vallance, of Kahnniungi, Masterton,! to: Mr.. Erie Williams, youngest son of Mr. T. 0. Williams. ' ■ .. ..Visitors to. Wellington staying- at : the Hotel .-Windsor include .Miss X. Sims (Tasmania), Miss .Lloyd Smith (Hastings), Miss Henderson (Christchurch), and Miss Davis (Sydney). ; : - </' '- Mrs. Walter Nathan' has ~ issued . invita-. .tions for a tea on Wednesday, which she-is giving as a farewell to Mrs. and Miss Joseph. Dr. and.' Mrs.; Hassell' left.' last night' for' Lyt-telton on their Way to : spend a'fortnight at Mount Cook. , At Karori. on Saturday, Miss'Gwen Platts, daughter of Mrs. Platts,'of Port Chalmers, and. sister of Dr.;Platts-Mills,.was married to Mr,. Tonge, chief officer of the Opawa. It was a 'very quiet 'wedding.,. The bride wore her. travelling '.gowni - a' cream 'serge coat and skirt; and large mole-coloured hat with white wings. Mrs. .Tonge leaves in. the Arawa for fionclon this morning. Mr. Tonge follows in the Opawa on Thursday. ;.Mr,s/ Rachel Morgan, .who 1 recently toured extensively in Australia 'and ; New ■ 'Zealand, ha.s.';]iist .published the' inevitable article on the influence of woman suffrage in New Zealand roli tics' •(says.' the, ..''British. Australasian •■).' The, upshot of - her. conclusions .is .that the general ; effect. of,* the merit {of women .has undoubtedly been -an- en-/wrely-'g'H'd one,' "It is t6'ho :n6ted," adds rs -. Mo'rgkh; " that the women bave shown particular interest, oniy in those public .'questions. which by nature and training they are, properly fitted-to deal, with.' I refer in particular- to measures affecting the public health, the..care and welfare of. children, hours and wages of women and children; workers in factories; and the: diminution: of drunkenness arid vice.". ... , •