SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

of»(EdWßementa. and Wcdrtlngi.iffeekEreporWi tf weddines and announce, luenta of onp.ngcment.i are sent to "Dominica" for publication, the name ami address of tin -lender should be cdclosm], not for publtciitiuu, but as au oridemco of eoud faith. Otliorwiso tin : anuouncerneuts ciunot bo uubliihtd.l : . •■ , 'Contrtii!rc?al''p'elcßates Entertained.':..' ,: j'-iTho^Visitors''who have como on. to .Now'.Zealand,! after, attending fhe' ConforcnCe'.iif .Chain■Jjers of Cominerco of tho Eriipire,'.'.at. : Sydneyi arrived in Wellington by the ''Maori ''yesterday imorning, ~'r/iej-,may not all hare en'joycd'.tha .trip ■ lip' from ;Ob'ristchurch, but they, oho and 'all,-'•'enj'ojpd' the' v entertainment' proviSod' for , ■thorn" - by' tho Wellington .. eh'ttmbwv of lCpm- : 'mcrco' , in'. the afternoon. ■ Styef al :i of * the (Jelo- , gates are accompanied byi/theirJ-wiVes :t hnd daughters, and the whole itrirty^'K'bro"'.taken; ,pnt. by-motor-cars to tho ■\)pper: 'Butt, : , stop-. Iping.'on'.their return,.at tho hbrne^of'Mr:,Johri ; Duthie,' *Nai;; Nni, ; on • tho 'invitation' , of'' Jtr.' W." G'.. Da;th|e, President of'th6!i'VVeilington: I'Cliamber*; of" Commerce. ' a' petfeef ■ai'tefnoon' for Such ah' excursion, 'and' tho' Hiitt Valloy looked very beautiful,. maßfas'.df: bfobiii, , ' and ;bndding rangiora, and foliage; of every 'grden-'shade cnvering the, hillside, while, hero-iftud-.theve; among tho': trees; oii .tho, flat, one' caught glimpses" of-.some blossdm-covered.' tree,' lor: more yelfpw broom and pale grcen-Veeping iwillows, : everything, free from • the ' dust, that spmetinics'.'makes motoring in the Hutl Valley riot 'altogether enjoyable. Eighteen motor-cars went out, several tof them owned by members of tho Chamber. of, .Commerce. Among .trio 'owners iV6ro the Messrs. .Blnndoll (2), Siiirt- ■ cliffei, -Haytittle, vMilne, ; Townsend, 1 Martin !Kehnedy,"fVA:v',-N.-■ l'almer, ' A. , Samuel, \k- : ; E/ ; ')\Vhytc,';\C; M...: Banks, and .- Dr. 'Collins,-r; and;' ■- it .;. is,., -worthy .of., note , that. .'one i of- r.-these rcnra was drivon by a ;lady.-'.'Sir. W.' U. Duthie accompanied the party from town, and, at his father's home, ithey were Tvelcoraed by llr. and Mrs. Dnthie. ;The guests strolled about the beautiful gar.den, pr.,VembaTked on the placid, rirer, and (.tea was.'served lhside.'.'thp,.house.. The. guests 'said a/'great' ; many' pleasa'rtt thing's : about their 1 ■Mpressions' 'of' Christchureh and . Wellington,' ■atid, duringfltho'afternoon , , one of them mndo :iiit- littlp,-..sp(!;ech,» thanking, iheir, hostrof the .ajternpbri. for.,(he enjoyment given them. , Mr. v .iG. r Duthie resporided brieHy. :..;','■ .

Ourselves and Our Servants. •■ -.:' '. . Two-.'of th'b ladies in the Chambers' of Com-merco-'pa'rty—Mrs.':'Mats6n' and Miss 'Walker— 'cxpressva'-'.very sincere'■ admiration "for the lyoung-.^vomonoj,the Dominion, says onr'Christicb,nrch.co!:respqnilcnt,,..They ; \vere both-much .impressed iTi-ith.-.the. stately appearance 'and ;tho .independent;* .bearing of the women, and Mrs. Matson'referrod'appro.Tihgly to the grdw-i-ihg■ custom'ianionf! I ;lidiss of- riding on. horse-. ib'aek in,the>,mens 'fashion.; ■ .-■ '■•.--

i»vrhe!girls~who gained their .-living at. , factory '\79rk■ in f New. iippeartd.to the•;[visitors ;to. be mt(ch'silperior'to' th«;factory workers of •(He ■Qillfcd-.'Kingclotn,' .Vho.'Treie desoribed vas i"apretty rouffulot.-" - Domestio servants were 'much'- harder .--in New Zealand than in. yßnglanil, for; where.one.servant was employed there would be two or. threo •'iii,-England. '• The wages here, hoireveiy were .'oauch-Tiighcr to compensate for this. -A girl ontdring domestio service in-Enghnd; would 'not expect -to .rcoeivo- more .than £17 : a year, iwhile , .Js2l, ,would be.'eonndertd a verj good '-GiSO'.wep.ld 'be : paid only to a ■ really''!eiperiehWd''dqm«Stie.'. : . , : ' ■ '■■:..-' -.. Bothritno! ladies 'eiprtssed' tlieiSis'elves- as deJcidedly>roßpos<»li;to:;thO) extension' bf.thefrnn.chiseMOaW'oraeni, Statson qnalih'ed her objco'.tfon 'by..-saying..(hat,.'women; possessed.'.n.''consuUTqWe. "amdiint of ..'■p'ronerty 'ihoild receive "a vdte. , ■'.' They 'expressed abhorrence id'f ; the ;■ methods, employed *by the' suf' ifragiste;'- and.inquir«d lihiiously : whether anything of the,.kind, had .occurred in Now Zea:land. ■•'.', .-■ .>■■■"■'." ■- .- -,-.-■ • ■;■- ; -;- -■ .fir*?.!-,',,-. ■}'{>&&*JA-i^rr^:'--:;. V: : v ; ;'- V: -f -.'.-'■' .1 J La(ly;'Ward js : Jti*infff3>gardoh-party for the visiting comniercial dcleKates.ljhis afternoon at ■th'e''l > rimo' 'MinistcrV.rc'lMdnedr.i' I '-; •'.".••■'>. ■■ ■.■'.'- i Mrs. : Salmonil, of .''Wellirigton,: is : visiting Adelaide, where she .is of Mrs.; James v t UOTdonV. S,--' ''. .V - .•"■ . ■'The Mayor , of Waihi; Jlr. John Ne'wth'; and his daughter are at preeont in .Wellington, and ■ Mrs. Fowlds hasbcen staying Vat the, Hotel Windsor since the beginning ot last : week. *"7MiS"^ffa"'~Ciirey7:from. England, r ''wHb"'has' been for,the past fow weeks with her. brother in'the-'Lower Hntt, left on Saturday by the Mararoa Sha. intends .staying some weeks: with\her brother in Christchnrch. ivMrs. Hntti left on Saturdßy i :for.Chrii;tchu'rch,'.;an'd.Ashbnr-' ton; wteve sKo'J'inrendsi'spendinis' soino'weeks -with: daughter,; Mrs. Fowko. ,■••.-. ~ y. : '■-.-.''.'•'»f?^!■'?*'■; if T±£?il-\'':.'.'3- : ih> : f; .--".