LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 646, 25 October 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

! [Notices of Engagements and Weddfnga - \ When reports if wtddijigs and announceI monts of engagements nro sent tef'Doiiiliiica' ■-. for publication, (he name and, address of tlit . eender should be enclosed not'for publication 1 bur as an evidence of good""failli Otlierwiso tin announcements'cauoot bo published J t i '" ' Wedding at Lower tfutt. ' " ' ' At Knot's Presbyterian Church, Blackhndgo, " Lower Ilutt, on Tuesday last, Mr Vernon Richardson Farquahar, of Palmerston North, was married to Miss Matilda 'Mary Spcedj, ' fourth daughter of Mi P bpCedy, of Belmont - Tho bride, who was given away by her fathei, wore an empiro gown of white taffeta, silk with bridal veil and orango blossom The bridcs- ■' maids, who wore pretty frocks of striped .1 hohotrope voile, nere the Misses Margaret and '-Hortense Speed}, and Mies Mitchmson (niece , of the bridegroom), and Miss May M'lvoi (niece of 4>o bride) Mr Eddie, of "Wolhngton, 1 was best man The roarnagq ceremony was I performcl by tho Rev Mr M'Coll A rocep--1 tion was afterwards held at the residence of tho parents • Mr and Mis rarquahar loft f in tho afternoon foi the north ? ' I -I j , '-• Women Emigrant.! ' 4 Those ladies wto some time''ago Circulated prajmg Government tt gnnt free. :y passages tor domestic workers from tho Old i Country were sadly disappointed in their dreams Perhaps they will see a gleam of hope Press;. Asibciatiorij-'messag'e, '-' which ■ states ■ J.slS^ a ! t ll '! th »''Nfttlen»l;CoTOcilf.-W;.Wsmcßv'Workewt ( p;;n^%:..sitting,inr^M - p-i'.'emigrationidf;women dominions. . Mi/Of;! eniiirrsnts iwill 'not,"all ef t]wm>will bo/wel.-' .-sine*:'Mrs..'-Margaret &;iHodse, ! ;an .Australian lady, was "careful'to warn jf;Sthe^eonferenee;'o'fYtheiigreatii-e'viVrof "sending . fpßame ?eonf*renee>:a: paper; : «as'read';v by ■ Miss Siffltoselyj I ,of vQueenstownifupba ; the"'"cohaiti6n';6f. in4he, , Com'mflhwealth. ; 'National •" rAKTilnipri fbf-;/Wbmen/-Wbrk'crs A'of :. Great y;«and ( lreland " tonr- '■■ i.'jvVfold, pTomoteVsympathyiOf-thiiught;'' <^ f ;and,pnrppse..am6ng'the' ; womon of Great Britain , fejand'.lreland^ ffigraorßVandToligious..welfare'bf■w'omen; : ,(3) i t 6 fo- ■ ;;:)g!Bemcp':tb:womenWorkers'fiand;':(4),Uo, -federate' - ' fcn^W M .>'.9 f; iw'orflen.);,TJie:'annnW : >S/WomenSvrorkers/,is ■ ;ai inost I4mjpbrtant •'« -fixture, ri yffnndtita:: ' -':- ./(-> Vfe '•:-//:-': \ ■ |!/j£A:;:nunfteriof:\^ SCi|vpUegejph Saj;uro^yiriighti^hefi;th'e'<3le«'Cliib'' $S'B?JS';i&'.::aimual,;;cbncert./S.Vi'he,.concert .'was {sMfeVyta JDv}J*' lowerball /bfithe'fnewjargo.'gyrnVery good :/,%*h e ,va;numbor-^ Solos were XVjsnng •by.'Miss' Marfiny-'Mr./G^Prou'sei-'and-'Mf. :S; UF;£P.JsWilsbn; .'Messrs'; -Lyon/'and -Raid re-' V kXcited: ;; Miss ißntlbr ,'and ;Miss '.-Fbll, .with-Messrs'. ; ,;.Eeid, iu: iijj; : -'instnir' i^'s.Pl^^i^tno.vi.r^After'^ ' ;t;jJglVP|iv.iij;thp 'j'r;;!Se^vM.;:;in.Vari*-' : adj6ining>'Tb'6fe fSv^eSt3;p'resent,wbro:Mrß.VMl,^Mrs.:;Easterfield; :: ijs:^Mr3;>Mabkenrie,->Mr'sJ i P;.P.';iWilsb , n l -Mrs.' Pic- - : MrsSThbfntbii> and Mrs. ! do ; ono.heaTs- : ? teand'an::entbrtaihment jtherb' in >aid'of-<some"so-' ; jayo a v vory;successful.little"entertainment ; s-.isnt;i;thq : ;y*VX oo WVcth6"Mis^sjNbwman;'Dall; 'ian.d-'.G'obder': >H?J> B lp?i#:; rbbm >"was-!.ycftWoll,ifl_lled;-';a:nd).; the ''audience jthbrbri'ghly: up-' S^jpy^atw'&o^rfdrm»nce?^wiioa^wig ! given' in'' ; fund^oii^beadtifying;the;Tooiils; : Tlii':: ! 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Additional'.; interest -is 'addedr'(6>.ihfs 'announce- ■ > i.byj,'r^ason':'bf ) >:tho,, fact. : ;thatV,Miss.i Eri . '#j. : .v:Thbrppspn;.jthe : '. iM ;; ; Ma"dame vMelb'a!.-recoiif:ly.^'i'disc'overed". inr New. - , rit'-tpnp.in ;as. -a, pupil.jyThei.jContinuity.'-an -the, I \l{^ wstem.iio^teacTiing Conserva-. , s;p';tpntimvWas'seriously :-;disturbed.'by;, 'the -.departK ; p,tufa- : ,b£J)u4Qarnß.'Janscn',Bom6r.montE9 ago., and' i pnlur(:hbi'^dist i urbance'-is : threatened';by.'the..pros- ■ K hi pecHye/.dbpa'rture'; fit f hbty'succ'es'sbr:''. 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'■< Mrs. Mauvico Eichmond and! her daughter, Miss Helen Richmond, returned a few days ago from a stay of several months with Mrs. Kiohmond's,- brother at Samoa. Since their return they have been entertained at two or three-social gatherings,; by their friends. ''■'. Mrs.;. Fitchet't left England on Saturday on her return 'to Now Zealand, but will break ; the. journey at Ceylon (where she will spend a fortnight with friends on a tea plantation) . and • again in;, Melbourne.'' : ..; Mr. ; and Mrs.-J. G.: Iferdman, who left on' Friday\ for Invereargill, are to visit Mrs. Herdman's parents, Mr. and Airs. Eoyds, in that going to thoir new home in "Napier.".'/-" : .'. ; The National Council of Women in Sydney has : received a:ietter'from : the Premier stating that' "tho. Government hns decided that early action shall bo taken in the direction of carry-. ■ ihg into effect a'seheme determined upon some! time ago for the establishment of a non-resi- 1 -dential -college for the teaching of domestic : soience to -women. As soon, as practicable; a site -for. the proposed Training Collogo will flb'o \ "Bocu'iediv'teachers-will- bo engaged, and other. I . necessary,-.action tokon.:to. ensure the college '■ being'in operation with' as littlo delay: as pos-. sible.-"ihM:;;.''^'-:-v.v..-;: ■: '' ' - ; : - .'..- -f'/;■;'■'. i' . l ;-,'^ajp9lI^.Kpay.re j ,is: described by a conteni- . pbraryl' Mr. Martin-Maroy, not only as ; the ! igreatestlwoman writer, of I'Franco has yet produced,, but, as the only woman' whose prose ■ 'is' ! &jua'l to'the best e'ver'written in France.- As a.child-of five this: talented writer used tr climb- into an 'bld''fig- tree with: a copy of /"i'ho.Odyssey;";tliO::"lliad," or the Bible, reading them' as another child does its nursery ■ rhymes. -She :no'ver 'wehtuto school;, butrstudied, when sho felt inclined. -: While in her toons she wrote poetry, ''evoh .dramas.; and .her 'first:novel, was writtpn,.jWhon sho was hitiV teen..; - : ,'".'■"- ''','.-' -'.!-■•"''•■