SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 769, 18 March 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

, Wedding at Scatoun.. ••■ At the Anglican Church, Seatoun, on Wednesday,, Miss-Ethel Maude -Wright .... ras married -to:' Mr. Richard Walter ..Brown,' son'• of -the vlate; Mr. Samuel Brown/;, the Eev. J. Blackburne officiat- . big. The bride, who was'given away by ■ her father, wore a cream tailor-fmade coat and skirt,", and a white hat trimmed with, iilver.'lace and ostrich tip.. She carried ' a prayer book instead of a bouquet. Miss -.-■;. Francis;' Wright,/who was "chief bridesmaid, -wore a white- muslin frock -with •' lace insorton' and saxe blue -hat trimmed -with' violets.. -Two ■'. tiny children,. Miss Margery O'Shea, niece of the bridegroom, and.Miss 'Florrir.Wright, niece of the bride, wore white muslin frocks and mob' 'caps Valenciennes .'.lace.,' '.The bridesmaid's'; bouquets were of white anemones; .. blue 'cornflowers;: and riiaiden-hair. Mr.. ■W. Hornig was best man. A reception, was;held' at the home, of, tho.bride's parents, and in; the evening; a. dance was given at the: kib'sk'when about a : hundred --■ pests', were present." Songs were, sung by the Misses Driscoll. (2), Miss Hamil- .• ton, •. Mr. :.E; .-Parte,-, and -Mr. Healey. Among the guests ;present" were; Mr,- and • Mrs.- Mellersh, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Wright, Mr.-and Mrs.'Jdlfn O'Shea, Mr. Bert. Brown, Mr. Stan,'Brown, : Mr.-.and Mrs.' - Wright, jun., -Mrs.- Webb (Masterton), Mr. • and Mrs: Dearsley '(Christehurch), Mr. Cleary (Christehurch), Captain Chesney.Mr.and Mrs. Magill, Mr. and Mrs. ' Ha-'soh, Mr. and Mrs. Rircher,, Mr. D.' ,' Weir, Mr.,E.Parkes, Miss Jillett,--Miss Monlt, Miss' Parata, Mrs. and Misses, Midlane,; Mrs. Webb, Mrs.' Hall, Miss and Mrs. Chapman,. Mr. A. L. Herdman, 'Miss. Simpson,'Miss'O'Brien, Mrs. and Mry MTfeilley, Miss M*Lean, Mrs. Beck,, and Mr., and Mrs.vFerkins.

Wedding in Havyke's 8ay..., ,'.'■' At WillowbankY.Eskdale,' on Wednesday, Miss Mary-Wallace,-the-only daughter of •Mr., and Mrs. Neil Wallace,' was Mr. -Robert Frogley,'youngest son of Mr J T. Frpgley, of Warwickshire, England. Mr. North attended as best:-man, and Miss:Stothart'as bridesmaid:. The Rev. Charles' Connor was-the officiating clergyman: , The-guests were afterwards entertained by Mr. and Mrs.' VVallace. , In -the : afternoon, :. Mr.'.', and Mrs. Frogley left' by train for Wellington, en route to the- Old cCountryvwhere both, in. England and Scotland-they'havs av wide .circle;.of friends. After a'prolonged .tour,', which* 'will -extend 'to the, end of %th e year,-: Mr.-: and Mrs'-iFrogley will return to' New Zealand;'-' "" ■■-••■'

< Political Reform League. ■'->''' j.i. A . ™?. etin ß„o'£ v the women's branch of the-, New:, Zealand Political '~Reform League was heldlast nightinthe league's rooms, Boulcott Chambers, when there was a good attendance, and Mrs. G Fell .presided. _ Various matters, of business * e r?, dealt j with,.,.and:.arrangeinents- for tie. . social, which, is to- be:'given-bv ; the-league^in.;the.Concert Chamber of the .Town Hall on ;Friday i; April 15, -were discussed.. It was: decided ..to 'hold, a meeting of \tb.e whole of'the committee' TOom i °t S? lea S™ on Monday nigM to make■: further arrangements for the At the meeting of the . league^next -Thursday an 'address.will be /given, by .Mr.., Herdman, M.P.- -Several >new members .were"elected. '■.'.':.

Navy' : League' at Day's. Bay. The. Navy' League, which has been arranging for an entertainment -to be .given this evening at Day's Bay in honour ;of the men of. the • Powerful : aid the iPegasus, hope that they will receive the hearty support of the public in their make the entertainment a lerry Wharf at 7JO p.m. for Day's Bay, where: the, Ferry Company kindly placed jhe; pavilion- at- the disposal of the committee. There will.be a concert, when and' some of the sailors wiU contribute items, among them being BtepHdancer,;anJ thcevening dance,' music beinf TfifrLft tt?„tand of the Powerfuf 11 p.m return to town about A Telephone Competition. An excellent, suggestion for an afternoons entertainment'is made by a correspondent who has evidently been sorely 'red. by one,day's experience of-the new telephone directory., "Although onl? a mere man,", he writes, "I believe that hostesses >re frequently' at their witsend to find a new competition the amusement of their guests. May I offer telephonedirectory.page 73,0 he finds the TlS ncal / ! ? o£ the -Wellington Telephone Exchange,' The numbers are ?ir\oW v ¥' B8 Wlow:-'193 Cas, 274, Ale,, 283 New,' and so on. All that has sups of paper for tlielr guests to record their answers.'. The hostess take^the 'M P V?r e ' d ff and TCads say! 178 Vir, the .guests writing down the name of the person they think?it fe Pr £ sents The prized of course,, is' awwded te the person getting' the greatest num. ber ..of names Of course! it wTI teke sorn, time to turn up the names in the. alphabetical directory, especially as some of the numbers in .the numerical .directory do not' correspond "™h" h e numbers and names given in. the', alphabetical directory As the directory is not t?.ta,ol. we to telephone subscribers, it. will'be a great p% suggestion is not adopted, and this st i pendous' work have been drawn ud in vam. ■'■.<. '- .'" •(XJSTUMIER. A. R. Duff, after an. absence of two years in England, where she • has Studied the latest European modes, will be pleased to meet old and new clients at her rooms, Hannah's Buildings, Lambton Quay.—Advt. • ■-.--.

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■Miss Humfrey has returned from a visit to Christohurch. Mr. and Mrs. Tripp arrived from the south yesterday. Mrs. Sutherland, of Auckland, who is visiting Wellington, is staying at the Grand Hotel. ■ The annual gathering of the Wellington College Old Girls' Association will be held at the college on Saturday afternoon. . ■ ■ The Admiral and the officers of the Powerful aro giving a dance on the ship on. Saturday night. Mrs. and Miss Miller, from Dunedin, are staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Turrell,who had intended to spend some time at' Island Bay, have . returned to their house in Hobson Street. '■'■, .':., ■"',.. .. - Mr. ; and Mrs. Pratt; from Pahnerston, are staying, at the.Eoyal Oak. ' . Mr. and- Mrs.- Kinnear, from Palmerston, are staying at the same hotel.. .Among the, visitors-to New/Zealand who are staying at the Grand Hotel are: Mrs. and Miss Trotter, from Sydney; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Levingston, from, Fiji; Miss de Pledge,'from London;, and Mr. and Mrs. Lazarus, from' Sydney.- ■•' :'..: .: Mrs. John Martin, i of Martinborongh, and her sister, are staying at the Grand Hotel. . Mr. and Mrs. Hoadley, of Napier, who have been spending two. days'in Wellington, .return to. Napier to-day. .' ! At Kent Terrace. Presbyterian Church yesterday, Mr. Peter Georgeson was married to Miss Monal O'Brien, of Utiku. Mr. Charles Georgeson,. brother of the bridegroom, was best man, and .the bride was given. away ,by her brother; Mr. T. O'Brien.. The-Eev. J. Kennedy Elliott officiated. ■■■-. '-•'.. Mrs. W. H. Young, of Stratford, is staying at the Grand. Hotel.. ; Word was received in Wellington yesterday that Miss Mary A. Grant, headmistress of the West Christehurch District High School,'who was-well known in educational circles throughout New Zealand, died at Waimate yesterday morning. ■'•'.•-. ' ■ .■

■ At tho St. Patrick's Day concert.given last night in the Municipal Concert Chamber; .Sir. Joseph '■ Ward and' Miss Ward, Archbishop Redwood, Dr. Kennedy, rector of St. Patrick's College, Dean Regnault, • and Father O'Shca were among ,the audience.'- :

; Miss M'Cullough, who, has been living in Levin'for .'the Inst thirteen years, is leaving on; ; a trip to the Old Country by the. Tainui..: ' •'-..-. Gift teas are the order of the day, and two are. to be given this afternoon,' one in aid. bazaar for the' Y.W.C.A. HostehFund, and the: other for the Victoria- College 'Bazaar, while 'to-morrow afternoon, at the rooms of the' Young ■\Yoineu's Christian Association r a second gift .tea for. the hostel bazaar will .be given. ' ' -