SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

I Fiildmg Weddings '

At St John's Church, Feilding, this week, r s «ays our redding correspondent, Mr William Edmund Latuonce Banks, oldest son of tho late ; , Mr. W D M Banks and Mr 3 Banks, of ' "Woodstoclt," Kiwitctt, was married to Miss ,Eoso Douglas Luxmore, second and only sur y „ viving daughter of tho late Mr. D. E Luxmoie and Mrs Luxniore, of leilding Tho ; - , Eev A.,S Innes Jones officiated ~ A Maori wedding was celebrated at St John's Church yostorday morning by the Rev ■' A. 0. Williams,' Maori missionary, writes our \ i I eliding correspondent t Tho parties wore Mr i Ma-on Dune, eldest son of Mr E Durio, of Aorangi, and Miss Kahu Matawha, only daughj, ter of Mr. Matawha, of Kakarlki Tho bridesmaids wero the Mioses Annie Pone. Nellie '' Dune, and Pinhera Feta, and Mr William Simeon «upported tho bridegroom as best man The dresses worn by the brido and her maids • were charming Hcrr Bergei presided at tho {(■> organ ''„ The College Cricket Match "' In spito of tho fact that Cricket is such a fascinating gamo to'watch, and that tho Yfel lingtpn Collego team was playing such a vie ~ torious ganle,' only a few ladies foand their " '» way yesterday afternoon to tho cricket ground : " whero Wellington College phjed 'Wanganui * College, and they wero well rewarded by the '•.' lutoiest of the play During tho Interval they ii« -were entertained by Mr < and Mrs Tilth at r afternoon tea in the big schoolroom where tho two teams wero also cntortaine'd Among thoso ''* prosent were Mrs Ward, Mis Tindlay, Mrs i faalmolid, Mrs Collins, and Mrs Stafford, V i Afternoon Tea at Northland. I Yesterday afternoon Mrs T H Campbell ■ gave an "At Homo" at her bea lhful new House, : , which is situ-itcd on the topmost height of V Northland, looking right down on to the har j bom, and with a magnificent view, extending i ' from far oror tho Strait right up tho Hntt f>*„ Valley Tho pretty rooms- were decorated with \ " quantities ot flowers Crimson Gambler rosea and sweet peas being u=cd in profusion, vtith ■> daisies and gullardia<! The tea table was do■f oorated with the Eambler roses, and with bands ' - of pale blue ribbon, and the cites were iced I Wn man> ptotty designs During the after- / noon there was. somo delightful music, songs being'sung by Miss Lloyd Ha*>sell, Mrs V M B Tishei, and Mrs Anderson, while Mrs i ' Malcolm Eoss recited Mrs Campbell received i in a frock of white muslin, trimmed with Hoe ■, and embroidery,' and , Mrs. M'Kcllar, who i helped with the tea, woro a palo blue direct tolre frOck, with'piilo blue draped sash* Among [i other Eucsts present wore Lady Wardyjady f Steward, Mrs Sealon, Mrs Fisher, Mrs. Few \ ton, Mrs Dyer, Mrs , and Miss Mills, Misa i < Kane„ Mrs Sproti, Miss Halse, Miss Hassell, Mrs and Miss Holmes, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs Bridge* Mrs Curtis,'Mrs Goidon, Mrs AVil t son, and Mrs Douglas ' ' ;■" * A Ladies' Missionary Society. < f ' The monthly meeting of the'nowjj constituted i' „ Ladies' Auxiliary of the London Missionary (r Society (Congregational) was heM on Wednes r day aiteindon in tho \ostry of the Courtenay ¥ l'laco Chuich. About a dozen ladies wero pre f,- sent, and the president, Mrs J E Glasson, I occupied 1 the chair Vftorv foiinal busings, &* prayers rere offered foi missions and mission 5 woikeri, and several members road short ei. », ' tracts irelating to imssiOn matteis in India I I ' Mrs Mill read a short article dealing with the h slavo traffic on tho Portuguese cocoa estates in Y* West Afnca' It was stated that three 1m \J 'portant Unglish manufacturers, Messrs Cad Es bury, Eowntreo, and Fry, had expressed their f decision not to use raw material grown by | slave' labour, and a resolution wis passed I agreoing tp mrther the use of such cocoas as \ aro unconnected with slavo labour, both by F use and by recommendation. ' jh A Musical Afternoon. • l i Yesterday afternoon Miss Putnam enteric tamed her pupils and their patents at an afternoon tea at hei .home in Northland, when h- ,sho hold her annual biea'ung up and prizei,_ giving J?ho children and eldei pupils gavo an \ excellent! musical programme, with which the motliers themselves well pleased, r atd afterwards Mrs E Loughnan presented \ the prizei which had been won by the wolK |* o£,tho year. Two special pures were g»en by t ' Mrs Loughnan and Mis bimpson Mrs t > Jjoughnan's prize, for raomoiy-plajing, Was [ „ presented to Miss Ehoda Bristow, and Mrs t j mmpson' l ", foi (Continued piogreis, to Miss p Mackenzie Yfterwartls tea was seived \ in the dining room, which was decorated with P>' yellow coreopsis, gillaidns, and glasses The f ,*■ drawmg-ioom wa3 dccoiated with sweet peas I and'poppies Mrs Putnam woro a black frock with yoke and sleeves of whito net and lace, ' »,and Miss I'titham wole a fiock of palo green Chiffon taffetas with 8 undepblonSo of cream lace Her two Enters, Barbara and Miss ," ,Itnth Putnam, helped to serve the tea AfliOng other guests present were the Hon E i and "'Mrs Louglinan, Mi and Mrs Mantcll, Sifaipson, Mrs Wakeford Cot (Shanghai), Mrs. Waters, Mrs and Miss Honderson, Mrs I' Hudson, Mr-> Monughan, Mis Levy, Mis [ Dans, Mrs Jame's Mackenzie, Miss M Boardt , man; and Mr. Hwang | Chrlstmat Treat at Newtown, f - On Wednesday aftornoon the Nowtown Sunj shine Gu'id, winch devottj one ovtning a weet [ all the 3 car round to prepauug mco things ¥ forrChribtmas gave an entertainment fi in, the \\ C 'I'.U room, Constable Street, to a j largo number of children, whoso names had |, ,been supplied by clergymen n. the distilct K They haa. a delicious tea, and received de [ l lightful Orosents from tlie Christmas tree [- Afterwards Mm BosJmll gave a pleasant little F addio<? Tlus is tho third year that the bun p shine Guild has given a Christinas tree for [ R Ndwtown children, and each yeai itho party V " has increased in size Tho first yeai only a ; ■■' few j girls belonged to tho Guild, and now - thcro aie twenty five or thirty working mem K bor" Then funds wero this year supplemented by tho Ministering Children, who gave them ' the proceeds from ono stall at the Dazaar ref:' contly held in St Thomas's Hall l ' ' I Island Bay Kindergarten. C* v Tho Tree Kindergarten at Island Bay has I only b> en opened for a few Weeks, but tho chilCt "dren were able yesterday afternoon (when the f / formal cercmonj ot breaking up took placo) to f r gi T « a prottj httlo display of marching, singr ing, and action songs 'Ihie. was held in St f- Hilda't Schoolroom, which was beautifully det corated vnth flowors, and whero a number of I ' parents camo to vfatch tho children's short prof- gramme There were evon 'prizes for both f boys and gnls, for attendance and progress, i and thesi 4 , with tho h lfts from a Chr-sinaS \ trte, i'mo distributed by Miss Richmond i Afterwards tho boys sang and tho girls ran out to plai while tho grown-up visitors had afternoon r tea, and thon tho children had theirs Mrs \ Chatfield, who was mainly responsible for the I establishment 'of tho school, on behalf of the r- mothers of the children, prcoented Miss Davis t with a gold broooh, and Miss Milne, her assist1' gnt, with a silver photograph frame. t' .