SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The Trentham Meeting. .. , Tilo , interest" of Watching the finalact in the rifle championship meeting,, and: of seeing the presentation of prizes, atvtracted a-number of ladies out. through the damp weather to the. meeting' at Trentham'yesterday V afternoon.. There wore. threats of more rain-up tho Valley, than-in town, but probably few stayed at home , on" that account and those who went out felt fully repaid, forthe afternoon, proved a most'interesting one.: A tramp of half a mile from tne station along a. muddy road or over a wet paddock dappled with.- pale grey, tussockamong green grass, brought tne visitors to the edge of the range where in a long row the men competing lay on. their rugs orwlskins waiting for the. fuu to begin, and by each four men stood a scoring board and .a glowing crimson flag,' while officers in trim dark uniforms marched up aud down, and in tho air was' a feeling that this was a most important occasiou: Once, the firing began, the sharp crack of. the riiles, followed immediately by a sound from the. hollow lying in the hills to the. right, as though someone had dropped a thousand scraps of .sea-shell on .a tin root'—no one-paid attention to anything by. the altering targets, the. occasional words of command, and the marksmen themselves. have claimed to be able to read a! man's character ifrom the lines on his palm or'the curl of his moustache; one wonders whether an expert: walking along that line could'read a man's - character from his attitnde as he lay there, waiting ■ his. turn. There was "certainly individuality, enough, and the most: inexpert could notice the-difference between .the. 'stolid: man and, the one whose whole-, body twitched with',- the ■ excitement of, the moment.., No-one spoke, except to record a score or'to pass,along an order, and those orders sometimes carne funnily enough passed along from one to the other, exactly in the • well-known tone that ; decrees "tea and cakes for one" or "ham and tongue for three." 'The most exciting work was being done at the very end of-the line where Halliday, the winner of the-belt, was'lying,' K> far .as could be seen .-in a pool of water, and the' men. looking-, on. squelched about noiselessly up to their ankles •in morass. ',' • ■■■'.'

. The thing ended tamely' enough, each 'man as he fired his last, shot folding up his; paraphernalia and vanishing from conspicuous' view.':. One felt that there must be.-a flatness about this dull end to . the excitement' of the,week, but one' man . was heard .exclaiming fervently i enough: "Thank God ifs all over!"

The chairing' of the champion was as disappointing as the giving of-" degrees at a Victoria College' celebration, a noiseless, iinch'eored,' formality, not because there " was hodesire to cheer, but because the. affair was too wanting in spontaneity, arid ono felt it would have been heartier to reserve all demonstration till the; thrilling, moment when Lady Ward put the championship belt over the champion's head, and .'they discussed, under their breath,' the question. as to which shoulder should bear its honourable weight. Who knows, even then, the right: decision was arrived at.?." ' Lady Ward, who made the presentation, was supported by . a- number of . ladies who had seats on the platform— Mrs., Collins, Miss. Kobins,'.Mrs. Koder- ( ick .f-M'Kenzie, ; Miss Ward,. Mrs. .(l)r.) ' Collins, Mrs. Barton, -Mrs.;" ) Cha3Hxir, .Miss Chaytor, 'Mrs. , Purdy, and * several : others. - It: -. is not often that a. .lady, /presenting- prizes, has' such heavy, wares to ;handle . as. feir ,to Lady Ward's lot yesterday, but. she managed, them all, even .the heavy rifle, very gracefully. .. After the presentation of • - prizes, the • officers entertained; their,-,..friends,, at,;af-_ ternoon. tea in a marquee and'all the ladies- were glad oKthef'shelter anfcthe" refreshment after the rain of the previous honr. Among others present were. Mrs. O'Sullivan, .the Misses Collins, ..Mrs. Trash;:' Mrs; Geddes,: Miss ,Chaytor, "Mrs. Tuckey, Mrs. • Chatiield,: Mrs.. and Miss Elder, and Mrs. -Wylie.--.The solid , silver tray, presented to Mrs. Collins, was a very handsome one with , a suitable inncription. . .!. iTea at Kelburne. . Mrs. Avery, who is leaving soon to make .her. home in . Napier,-, was ...entertained yesterday afternoon •at a farewell tea given ;-. .by Mrs. . Atkin in her .charming; houseat Kelburno. . Tea;,was' served in the dining-room, where the'; table' was decorated.'; with 3ate Mioses, 'while , the rdramng'-room-' done.' with little yellow sunflowers. Miss Duigap delighted, the guests with her brilliant, playing,' and' Mrs.. Sutcliffe .'recited.' Among the guests were Mrs. Beattie,, Mrs.. and Miss Butts, Mrs. Izard, Mrs.--Izett, Mrs. Eotheram, Mrs.' Hume, Mrs.,-and'Miss Burnett, Mrs. Arnold Atkinson, Miss Morisoni the Misses' Turner,-. Mi»' Duigan, Mrs! Sutcliffe, Mrs. Kelsey, Mrs.' and Miss Holmes, Mrs. Janisch;-and-Mrs: ;'and Miss Webster.

' Presentation to Mr. Poole. , Mt. C. H.. Poole,, M.P., of Auckland, who' is to be married next week, received a 'presentation on .Thursday from the members of his' Ladies' Committee, Thirteen ladies waited upon hini, and on' their behalf Mrs. G..C: Beecroft presented 'X.Mr.;Poole with three handsome pieces of furniture as a wedding gift. . .Tea-at the Hutt. ; The .Misses Humphries, of New ,Ply- . mouth, who have returned from a visit to Mrs. vavasour, of Blenheim, are now the Riiests of Mr. and Mrs. T.,H. Humphries, at the'.Hutt. Yesterday. afternoon Mrs. Humphries' gave a very pleasant tea in their : iionour, when a number of old ' Neiw.;Plymouth friends were among ,the guests. During the afternoon: some songs . were; sung very charmingly by-Miss Humphries (New Plymouth) and .Mrs. Fisher. The 'guests present'included Mrs. Litchfield,. Mrs., MacEwari,,. Mrs. Mathieson (Tauranga), Miss Halse, Mrs. T. Hamerton, .Mrs. . Cachemaille,\ Mrs. Watlcins, Mrs. von Zedlitz, Mrs. and Miss Hursthouse,'Mrs. Maurice' Richmond, Mrs. Jameson, Miss Tunier, Mis. Dawson, Mrs. 'F. M. B. Fisher, ' Mrs. and Miss' Marten, and Mrs. F. Kemp.'Reception at Greytown. . The Rev. A. T. B. Page, vicar of Greytown, and his sister, Mrs. Marsh, with her daughter, gave an'"at home" on-.Thurs-. day afternoon- in tho. Town Hall; in honour of- the visit of the Bishop of Wellington'and Mrs. Wall is'..- A large number of guests- were present- from the vicar's t.wo parishes of Greytown and Featherstou, Miil.-the social gathering'of church people proved to be a very enjoyablo one. The vicar and Mrs. Marsh, with the Bishop end Mrs. Wallis, received' the guests at the' main, entrance of the h-all. Tea w.as served - underthe direction of Mrs: and , ; Miss i Roberts, ■ Mrs. and ' Miss Drummond, • and -Mrs. Heaaiey.'

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'The Palmerston Hospital Fair. The stallholders at the recent All Nations Fair, which was organised to.raise i'unds.for the erection of a consumptive, annexe for women at. the local hospital, . held a very enjoyable ".social" on -Thursday evening. Ihiring the evening Mr. D. 'Buick, M.P., on behalf, of the workers at the fair,.presented the Mayoress, Mrs. ■ ,J. A. Nash, who ha<l initialed the movement, with a handsome dressing-casej #as a mark of respect and esteem. Mr. Buick spoke of the g:x:at success whioh_ had resulted from the efforts of Mrs. Nash and those co-operating with her,. 'Mr. W. Stubbs and Captain Haydon also complimenting her on the success attained. The MayoT, in returning thanks on behalf of his wife, said the viork had been a labour of. love. The Fair could not have been made the great success it proved to,he without the hearty co-operation and en-, thusiastic support of an earnest band of workers, and ho tendered his hearty thanks for the willing manner in which tlie.v had come forward to help a great 'cause..;', .'- ... ' 'At a meeting of the Hospital Board yes-, terday a site was selected for the erection of tho women's' consumptive annexe.'.The annexe is to be placed, at the end of tlie women's ward, and.will he separated from, the main building bv,.a high maerocarpa hedge. . • Masterton Ladies' Swimming' Club. The carnival, in connection • with the Mastertoif . Ladies' Swimming Club was held at the Christina and Alice Memorial Baths'on Thursday'afternoon:' There was a. large attendance of ladies present, arid the .carnival was an undoubted success. Most of the events were well contested, and some exciting finishes were witnessed. Miss Annie O'l.eary succeeded' in winning several of the prizes, "including',the' 50 sTards Championship, after a splendid race. Miss 0. Arthur, of'"Wellington, also won several prizes, but 'she Was not at home in the fresh water, being accustomed to salt water. Miss Arthur, who caine second iu the championship race, losing "by only a yard, won the championship at the Wellington Girls' College Swimming Sports, an Tuesday, AJternoon'tea was supplied by the Ladies' Committeej and Messrs. , Inns*-and ,Goddard's orchestra played selections during the afternoon. . - Mr. Pryor acted as judge,', assisted by Mr. T. Shields," of 1 Wollingtoa.' ■ The)sum ot' .£lO 13s. 6d. . was. taken'at the door, and the Ladies' Committee are to heartily congratulated on the success of the undertaking. Groytown Notes. . The Bishop of Wellington and. Mia. Wfjlis are at present visiting Greytown. On Thursday evening the Bishop held a confirmation servioe in St. Luie'a Churclu when, twelve oandidates were oonfirmed. A : large oongregation was present though the.evonmg was wet. The Groytown Presbyterian Sunday School held its annual picnic on Thursday, when a large number gathered at the recreation grounds, and the children enjoyed the usual, games and races, their elders helping to give them a happy time.