SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 471, 1 April 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Weddings. Great interest was taken at Wadestown yesterday afternoon in the marriage of Miss Louisa May Wilton, youngest daughter of Mr. Job Wilton, a well-known resident of the suburb, to the Rev. Alex. Watson, of Alexandra, Ofcago. The ceremony took place at the Wadestown Presbyterian Church, the Her. Robert Inglis officiating. The bridesmaids wore Miss Maud Jamieson and Miss Ethel Wilton, nieces of the bride, and the bridegroom was attended by Mr. D. J. A. Shaw. The bride wore a dress of cream., sillc , colionne, with bridal wreath and veil, and the bridesmaids' frocks wero ,of white silk, with lace yokes raid - sleeves, and white picture hats. The church had been very prettily decorated by friends of the bride with foliage and flowers. After the ceremony a reception was held at' the home of the bride, tvhere Mrs. Wilton received a large number of. guests. Mr. and Mrs. Watson left for the south by the evening boat. At .St. Mark's Church yesterday afternoon Miss Alice Green, daughter of. Mrs. S. J. Greon, was married to Mr. George Elliott, of this town. Tho Rev. A. M. Johnson officiated. The bride wore, a-pretty-empire frock , of white satin ninon, with yoke and sleeves of ruched chiffon, and bridal veil and wreath. She' was attended by one bridesmaid, her sister, Miss Eva Green, who wore a white chiffon taliotas empire frock and wido white hat of crepe tie chine, swathed with white and lined with mole velvet. Mr. S. J. Dyer was best man. After the wedding a reception was held at the home of the bride's mother, where a large marqueo had been •erected for the occasion. At Manak.ui on Tuesday (says our Otaki correspondent), Mr. William Clarence Harold Tutlmry, of Featherston-, eldest son of the late' Mr. William Tutlmry, of Nelsnn, was married to Miss Alice Maud Greatbateh, also of Featherston, fifth daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greatbateh, of Wairarapa, and sister to Mrs. Robt. Bevan, of Manakau. The bride, who was given away by Mr. Robert Bevan, was attended by Miss Bale (Hastings) and Mis? Ruby Bevan (Manakati), while Mr. E. A. Hargreaves acted as best man. She wore a charming dress of taffetas, trimmed with silk lace and silver -tassels, while Miss Balo woro painted chiffon voile, and Miss Bevan, crep3 de Chine. After the ceromony a reception was held by Mrs. Robt. Bevan at her home. The bride's travelling costume was a navy blue, tailor-made, tnd hat trimmed with saxe trimmings to match. ' At the Primitive Methodist Church, Feilding yesterday, Mr. Tlios. Cossum, recently of iKent, England, was married to Miss Louisa Minter, of London. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Clover. The Rev. P. J. Cossum gave tho bride away, Miss Eva Jones was the bridesmaid, and the Rev.. Carlisle best man. Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. Cossum will reside in New Plymouth. Miss Ethel Bannister, daughter of Mr. R. E. Bannister, of Palmerston North, was married, yesterday afternoon at St. Peter's Church to Mr. Richard Linton, of Melbourne. The Rev. G. P. Davys officiated. Our report is unavoidably held over. A Petone V/etlding. In St. Augustine's, Church, Petone, yesterday afternoon, the Rev. J. D. Russell celebrated tho marriage of Mr. Herbert Harrison, third son of Mr. J. Harrison, of Chri6tchurch, and Miss Myrtle Neill, only daughter of Mr. W. Neill, Hutt Road, Petone. Miss Anderson, of Sanson, Manawatu, was chief bridesmaid, and the other bridesmaids were Misses M. Kebblewhite, D. Brooks, and Flora Stewart (Martinborough). The bridegroom, who is employed in Petone Railway Workshops, was attended by his elder brother, Mr. Edgar Harrison, of Christchurch. Mr. Alfred Harrison, another brother, came from Cheviot to be present at tho wedding. The bride wore a dress of silk crystalline, trimmed with silk insertion. The bridesmaids wore cream frocks and mossgreen Merry Widow hats, and they carried pale pink shower bouquets. After the ceremony the guests adjourned to St. Augustine's Hall, whero tho breakfast was laid. Mrs. Neill received in a frock of claret silk, with silk not. A letter of congratulation was read from the Hon. A. W'. Hogg. Among tho many presents was a case of silver spoons, which tho bride received last Sunday from her fellow Sunday school teachers. A Golden Wedding, Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. S. C. J. Vickers, two very widely esteemed residents of Kliandallah, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, which took placo in Auckland. In tho morning a thanksgiving service, attended by many of their relatives and friends, was conducted by tho Rev. Mr. M'Connel, at St. Barnabas Church, and in tho evening thoro -was a gathering of their children, grandchildren, anik great-grandchildren, to tho number of thirty-throe, at their own home. Mr. Vickers, who wa3 for some years clerk of the Onslow Borough Council, has lived for nearly twenty-threo years at IChandallah. Both he and his wife were born in tho Old Country. They have one daughter, Mrs. Charles Brown, of Khandallah. and throo sons, Messrs. G. and IT. V. Vickers, of Wellington, and Mr. W. Vickers, of A Women's Political Loaguo, Tho Women's Social and Political League held a reunion at tho.house qf tho secretary, Airs. E. Mooro, 28 Bidwill Street. Mrs. Tasker was in the chair. It was decided to < hold meetings monthly and special meetings when required. Ladies' Hockoy Club. The annual meeting of tho Petone Ladies' Hockey Club, held last evening, was presided over I)}' Mr. J. W. M'Ewau (vice-president). About twenty members attended. In tho annual report, the secretary (Miss L. Bolton) remarked that members' we to to be congratulated 011 tho success achieved by the club during the past season.'Die club had been placed- third iu the championship contest. Jlisses Ida and Edie Fleet had obtained representative honours at the hockey tournament held in the city. A pleasant feature of tho Bsason had been a trip to Greytown, whero the club had met the Kia Toa team, and had returned with the honour of having been'the' first to cross their lino in six 'years. ' Tho prospects of the coming season were bright, the balance-sheet shoeing a crcdit of .£1 las. sd. The following wero appointed officebearers for the coming year:—l'atron. Mr. Fred. Pirani; president, Mrs. R. C. Kirk; vicc-presi-iTents, Mesdames I'erry, Ellis, and lionthorne, Messrs. J. W. M'Eivan, B. C. Warnes. W. H. Saunders, anil A. Coles: coach, Mr. W. Hardham, V.C.; captain, Miss Eva Fleet; vice-cap-Edie Fleet; 11011. treasurer, Miss E. Ta'j \: 11011. secretary, .Miss L. Bolton; lion, audu,, \Mr. J. W. MDivan; delegates to Wellington .(lockey Association, Misses E. Fleet nnd. E. Taylor. It was decided that, the opening practice should be held on Saturday, April 17. . A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting.

A Child's Death. Tho last English mail brings news nf tho death of little Lord Grosvcnor, the only soil of tho young Dul;o and Duchess of Westminster. The child, who was only four years old, had undergone an operation for appendicitis, and seemed at first to bo making progress, but his condition rapidly bccamo worse, and he died three days alter tho operation. Great sympathy was expressed with tho parents, especially with the Duchess, who had just been through ail anxious time, through tho sudden and severe illness of her husband. Tho Duclicss of Westminster was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Cornwallis West, she was sister to Princess Henry of l'less, and sister-in-law to Airs. George Cornwallis West, tho lady who is bettor known as Lady Randolph Churchill. Miss Daisy Cornwallis West was very young when she was married to the Duke of Westminster, who had only a short time heforo returned from service in South Africa, and she has only ono other child, a little girl of six. The boy who has just died wasjioir to one of the richest properties in tho Kingdom, the most valuable part of it being situated in London; in fact, the Duke's fortuno is estimated at somewhere about £12,000,000. Mra. Litchfield is staying at Christ-church. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. G. Rhodes leave for England next Friday. Mrs. and Miss Rutherford, Blenheim, are staying with Mrs. J. Williams, Papanui. Mrs. and Miss Duff, who have been the guests of Mrs. Stead, at Strowan, for some weeks, have returned to Napier. The ipon golf championship of Canterbury is to bo played on tho Shirley Golf Links at Easter. Miss Alice Rawson, who has been for tho past two years in England, returned to Wellington by the Mooraki yesterday. The marriage of her sister, Miss Elsie Rawson, is to take place in three weeks' time.