SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

.[Notices of Engagements,'andWeddings.-:'- : : . M'lion;; reports' of .weddings and announce- :. ; . incuts of' cugagemenls aro ' ecnt • to-, Dominica" for publication, the: name and address of the teuder should . bo. eoclosud, not for publication, but as an..eridonce of good faith... Otherwise tho announcements.:. cannot b? cublished.l . ' . • ■Sir 'Joseph Lady. Ward . and fnmily.wjll bo entertained at .a garden party, ■in' the.'Sanatorium' grounds by the people of Kotorua this evenins. ■■ '•'•••' '.Mrs. C.' W. ..Adams, of lower Hutt, returned home 'lasts night, after a visit of seven weeks to her. daughter, Mrs. J. E. D.'Spicer, at Pnrnell, Auckland. .'Mrs." Spicer,. with her infant daughter, "has' accompanied, her mother to: spend 1 a few weeks; at; Lower..Hutt.,, " : Miss". Macandrew, of .St/, John' Ambulance Nursing , Guild,' ; left Wellington', by tho Mapourika'yesterday,, for. Nelson, .whero, she intends to stay with friends for a' while. _ Afterwards she is'going .to Hokitika to visit" her brother, Dr. Macandrew. ;•. '' : Mrs.' Walter, Hislop has returned: from . several weeks' visit to Seatoun. : ■ Mrs. Hales,' who Jias been visiting friends in Auckland, has returned to Wellington:-.' Mrs. .Gillies, wife of the late . Rev. W,. Gillies, is _ visiting. her daughter, -. Mrs. Urquhart, in town. , ' J The Rev. J. L.. Dove, tho new principal of tho Wahgamii ■. School,' was married very quietly to Miss Florence Dove,' only daughter of the late Mr. :.H. ])'.'.• Dove, of - Langham, , hear.'.Colcliester. > The ceremoliy took place at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London/ : ■■ V' Madame, Nita; Steele, who.'is arranging for an elocutionary arid dramatic recital at VicHall, on' Wednesday next; w'eek, intends to ; givo several recitations 'herself,'■ ■ besides taking: part iii:the pretty..little; comedietta, '."Pansyj". which will bo played at tho begin- , ning of tho evening.

The strain of the'past few sad days has been felt "severely by many,- people not even remotely, connected; wtih any . of .the •'sufferers by; the wreck of tho'Penguin. Wo aro all too frequently at the mercy of the sea, too often obliged.to travel along these rough coasts, to . be able. to ;hear of : such a disaster without a very vivid 'redlisation' of what, it must'have .meant. 1 t0..a11: those .'on board. • .There are hundreds of peoplo in .Wellington'who' have • known what it was-.to be glad that tlioy wore, "past Tcrawhiti". when coming -over - from Nelsofy and hundreds who have- travelled by tho Penguin, in bad .weather, and have felt that'her, steady ..luck would, bring thejxi .safely jtbrough. ' ; ;Ovcr , and . over, again- : orio-' hears' people-talk of their. frequent journeys by the little veteran, and always these people declare; that -tlio .story 'of the : wreck--is particularly thrilling' arid,,harrowing- to them -because'of this old acquaintance. And day. by day- ono hears" of more people who have been poignantly affected by ,tho disaster, till,one; real-' :ises hoiv; closely intermingled, are the' lives;of '.a.'community.'. Just, at first it is only- of the immediate relatives of the dead -that, one; ■ thinks, but as .time goes on one realises what; n large;circle, was touchod by their, lives, how. many, friendly acquaintances are deeply- saddened ;by - their loss. It' is not .'always- that these; acquaintances aro in tlio same small circle.; It ; would be -' a dull . world ;if . we. de-' ■ pended ion ;one' small set for: interest and pleasure.' The fullness of lifo comes from tho Variety of social relations and sympathies, .'and-' wo understand .{this. quite: clearly . when, death comes harvesting.- -. . . ' : Mri.V:_M'Kibbiri, . who^'liasj;-.been ; '- visiting •friends.''in'-the South- Island ; during 1 the. past few" weeks jv arrived - in Wellington yesterday,, and-returns to Hastings' to-day. ' 1 .:Mrs. Haiinam did not; Icavo for Picton yesterday because her arrangements were not completed. 'She 'goes , across to-day,"taking-' with. her. the. bodies of: her husband' and children,'to whom a public funeral l will bo. accorded; on. Th ifrsday afternoon.' -:. It is suggested ; that .by -her' saving of tho boy Matthews, Mrs. Hannam is qualified .to . receive tlio. .medals of .several: societies', such as .the; Royal Humane, Society, -tho', Life-saying Society, and others. , /'/v-'-: : : Jfiss.W. Opie, M.A.y has.resigned: her posi{'9 n v on;tho. teachingSstaff. of th'c'PalmM-ston. High School, m order: to take up Maori Mission work, for tho Anglican-Church! "Miss' Opie - has' been -appointed .'to-; take'charge of the Okokii Maori Mission School, in the Marlborough- district, and will leave-to'take up her new duties in Starch. The ; .resignatiori was. accepted .with, re.'rret at Monday night'smeeting of ;tho Hi2h,School Board. -