SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 760, 8 March 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Wellington Wedding.- i "Yesterday afternoon!Miss:Selene',Peter- J son;, daughter : of' -Mrs./Peterson/-of A.shburtori, :was..married:' -to Warren Hicks': at St. Peter's..Church,: iie'' Rev. Or.'P. Davys presiding. The-bride, who giyen: away- by:-Mr;'Ferguson, woro, B. charming dress ,of ivory., chiffon, taffetas,' with wreath ; of. orange and. handinme.'veil, .and: she carried ~ a , shower bouquet, of,'white' flowers. -'Miss .'Hicks arid' Miss (Christchurch),who "..'attended ;lier 'as-bridesmaids, wore' frocks of'tfhite muslin, and ; lace. -Mr. Chamber. lain 1 was '.best .man..

Boys' Institute Garden Fete. ■ ■ iargely-attended' meeting-, of. the■ committee' of tlio . Boys' : Institute garden' fete .was, held/last 'night in the -Museum, when " reports 7 ■from,. -the . various.' . sub..committees; were 'read'and: discussed, and final arrangements for the. ■ fete . were made.; /All .the. repoHs., were of a' most iatisfactdrycharacter,:; and' it. is evident that'the fete/is likely to-be .very .popular. ■ One; of ; the novelties is a . post office, wher&. v postc'ards'..bought:, on the. grounds may.be posted,, and' this is/a icStsre that proved, a tremendous success at the fete held 1 ' recently.,/ in .. • tKo '" Christchurch Gardens, wheris:hundreds', of were bought and "dispatched; The motor - railway ,is another" iuea 1 that: is. likely to ■■bring.;a! large :return'.;:i,Various competitions have boon aiTan'rCu', and the 1 . com- ■ mittee .'ii;charge, report - that ;they •• would be" glad to" receive'more cr.tries fortliese. Prize's, are. offered ,'fpr;, aU'.; ,c6aii>ctitiohs, and. two prizes in aU ..wherV-.tlicrc are more than : .ionr. entries.,. In." the. cookery competitions, prizcis are'offered.for scones,, iced..'sponge, cake,, sliortbrc-ad, colictlion of. swwits, add plnm .'cake. i'lorai coin-: petitions are; for . decorated'ljicybles, decorated go-carts, buttonholes, ", and,' bouquets. There 'are" nail-driving-, hnt-trimniirjj, apple-bobbing,' driving,/ aind/a ;cWM»tfe'.;ia6e;*V;ThS meeting;.'of the; General. Committee-;will be. held ,on Monday, .Match"; 21/; ; . ;'" Expected ,Here. lliss Al "Henry,, nineteen- years, in the. China'lnland Misr eion, is expected. to arrive-in' Wellington from Wanganui to-day. ' She has .been addressing . a,. ;large 1 number.:"of -good meetings. .in : 'the North" Island,■ and, 'many .-are'" eagerly;-, looting , forward - to,- hearing'her ; in; .Wellington, as-she 1 - is - excoptioiially; ' good " speaker aiid has much/of- interest'/-to\tell. She i«>^cupying-'^a i iralpiti--in-'<nie :of J the .'city churches «ach Sunday,' anid-; wverakmeet'. togs lave! Keen - arranged.. for., lier,. to address during her stay in our cityr/Mips ;Henxy.isln;n'ativfco?: Sallaratj. Victoria. ;-Her -la'stT-stntionTih China -was;

at/NahgTChow,/in ; .thc';:prbvince of KiangBn. ; She is r ,only absent ;now -on/compul- \ . pion; by. tie.doctor's.',orders,"and, will re- , turn as. as, permitted./ -During, her stay, in ;'Wellini;ton v slie:wiir, be the guest of Captain and Mrs. Blackburn?, at 56 Hawker Street. . Captain Bla'ckbnrne '.is the.locnlhon.. secretary .and treasurer for /' the... China < ; >./;/ District Nursing Guila. . ' ■ /•Mrs./. &. :Jv .Rhodes,''.president' of? the District' Nursing ' Guild; ,hnd.' .'Mesdames W.-B. Tripe, Wi'. H. Moorhouse: .A. A. ' " Corrigan,'J.-.:P.' vW./Prestonj' snd : . W. >B. ; Fisher (hpn./-secretary) 'attended. a committee/riieritihg yesterday • ■ afternoon','Vheh;.the''seni6r district'.nurse'presented her, report'for the 1 ;month of 7 February. This, set forth, /inter-.' alia; that'Nur.vw-Sexton/and Macandrew paid '604 yisiti .to. the -sick' poor, and also attended to 'the wants of, several patients ; at the office, daily. Eleven new cases were' registered, five . discharged, and two . sent .... tn>the general hospital; Gifts of.clothing,. etc:, wore' reoeived from .several -ladiVs . an'd - gentlemen. /' Further' subscriptions. '. -n-yi bevglaidly received by tha president '-.-•■ and■ committee;.on'behalf'of;the fund; as : the upkeep entails a considerable montnlv expenditure. '.' The/district 'nursing work /'.'■. in .connection.,'withthe -.organisation of St. John is, spreading to inland towns, and considerable sums have been raised a'. .Palmerston, NoHh, : ;Masterton,; etc., to suppnTt'/hurses ministering- to' the' indigent temporarily and permanently in- ••• capacitated through ■ sickness.

Romance and Lord Kitchencr.. • /'Once more those- who ;know" Loro Kitchener best are' beginning • Writes..-1 London. correspondent/on/January 11;' to ah.\cxchange} io -.discuss the probability of his entering'.the'- married state before very: in'f.n.v nif.re mouths/ore''pa'sieu, anr} it, is even assertedin'some quarters Jhat this will tako. place before, lie :takes over his. new. command.-in the Mediterranean, which/is- eipscted': (o'-be about May or June-next. : Som« 'time ago Lord Kitchener half jokjiigly ; remarked to some members. of . his, staff, that the end of his command in-, India might also see .the end of him as a Tjachclor. Colour, is also given to the rumours .that are flying about the Service club's at the present time - by, reason of. the fact that some little time ago, and ..before, he.; sailed ; for Japan, Lord Kitchener, instructed a:leading ;firm ; of house agents to.look-out .for a suitable country residence for, him,,not too far away from 1 London, and .it is.understood : that he, .will. ■ inspect ■ several likely properties on -his return to this country, which is now looked for about the end of March next. ' /.-

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