SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 952, 20 October 1910, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Wellington Wedding.

' A very quiet . wedding took : place 'in •St. Mark's Church yesterday, when Miss "Mary.Bulkley, eldest daughter, of the late Mr. R. C. Bulkley, and of Mrs. Bulkley, : Austin, Street, was' married;'to M_rA ! j.V .Cameron,- eldest-son of Mr. T. D./'Cam-ei®;-'ofMdfo'a,' Greytown.' -/The, : cere 1 - mony,:was performed by'tlie Rev.. .Al/M; - Johnson.- • The: bride, who wa4 given away.-by. her brother-in-law, Mr.'F.':fiids'bury, J -swore: a' Wry pretty dress of white satin, and a veil, and orange'blossoms. Sho carried a beautiful bouquet of . white ■vote,-'''lilies-:'of-;: the/ valley, and .'maiden-hair'-fern:'. tied 'with "white, with, streamers .of white lace ending with 'a""tnie-16vers' 'knot.:.' Her sister, Miss' Doris .Bulkley,: :- attended her as bridesmaid, wearing a turquoistj;. blue dress and. a; large-' white hat 'lined, with "blue and wreathed with shaded pink roses. Instead of the usual' bouquet. Miss Bulkley'carried a whitev,Empire I crook, ;,to the top of which :was fastened: a-ibouq'uet ,of delicately-shaded pink: rbses, maiden-hair fern, and sprays • of: native silver birch, with i streamers. ol;:blue, ■chiffon ending :in true-lovers'.knots;: Mr.'Allan'Cameron, brother of the i bridegroom, acted 1 as :.best man. ' Upon';,the ..arrival ,of .the ibridal pat'ey. in tlie cHurch/ Miss Putnam played theliWeddiiig March, and at the conclusion. of -'the service -Mendelssohn's- Wedding March. .-After: the' 'ceremony .-a 're-ceptions-attended'principally ..by -the relatives of the bride andjbridegro'om,' held ,'atv.the residence 0f... Mrs. Bulkley;. Mrs.-Bulkley ; 'wore. 'a'grey silk-'dress, with a pretty,black hat, and carried a'bouquet of creamroses .'. and*,',:;maidenhair -fern. MrsC D.': T; lCa'iperon; : ,woi:e; : ;a .-,'black ; .*silk dress and: black.i-.bpnn'et, v -^vith whiter and carried a ibo'uque't- of - pale, pink and dark red cyclamens arid:maidenhair fern'.-: Miss. Murray designed and arranged the [ very artistic; bbuquets.; -.. * At Trentham. V "Yesterday morning the weather seemed :to bo in .one of. its.most evil, moods'.;. It. stormed and blustered j and • .threatened with the -utmost j heartm-css to ram every second,,' all its' gloom' was not sufficient: |to . queiich ■ ;-.the.enthusiasm, of :those 1 who - went' 0ut...t0 Ijfatur-,: ■ aUyi ■'- 'considering-'-the (;■ oircunietancfe, ; -it : •was.; a somewhat somberly-attired:;: as-, semblago of people'. .that ; gathered on the lawns and. keenly interested themselves :in.;-watching; : ( the. racing..: / Amflng . .thosio present were;— Lady' Ward,, wearing; a' light grey '■' tweed costume' a biack hat with- ostrich plumes; Mrs. Lowrv, a .mole-coloured .' braided . costume,, ana - a mole-coloured hat; Mies Hiu-court, a"-nitvy' "coat/and - skirt;:and''a'.'black -hat-;—Mrsr Johnston, .black cloth"..costume. and.^bkek 1 jetted , hat; . Mrs. ,W. Turnbull, black • coat: and. skirt and black hat with royalbine trimming; a'navy blue 1 Russian coat', and /skirt,. 1 a:vblue" hat ;wreathed-iwith' .sjiaded (pink, : ms6s.£ Mrs. Tnngham, a terra-cotta cloth costume with hat of the. same :.shado trimmed with *, velvet' flowers; - Lady Clifford,, a Violet- tweed: coetiirii6: : Qnd'.:hat. to -match; Miss' Joseph', a tussore coat and slcirt and. hat ::of. the. . same ." shade, :. trimmed with a. scarlet pom pom -and quills; Miss Bauchop, navy blue coat and; skirt, :-.blue ; '-';wque;> Mrs. . Kerr Hislop, a greeii : Norfolk ' costume " with: green;hat; Mrs; . ; Boyd; :n. grey tweed coshatj, : furs;*. Mrs. 'Blgar;'." black- velvet costume,: violet: ; hat, and ermino furs; Miss Elgar, ina-ivo costume and, black hat; Mrs. Lan Duncan, ■'greeirclatti coat,'and skirt and 'lilac.-hat Mrs.'/ Abbot; a. 'grey tweed. costume and pretty, hat to matoh; . Miss Beauchamp, violet cloth'costume; 7,white.. fura, •, and black-'hat; Mrs! • Bichardson, ' green- coat and skirt, green hat with .greeii roses, -and .white ftire; Mrs.?J.,Tripe;, gten Norfolk coat.- and. skirt, and:hat to match; Mrs. -W;i Johnston,'.-.black -, costume, black hat, and erinins furs; -Mrs. Okar ' ICembcT, navy coat and skirt,, and blue and black 'crinoline hat. : , ;

I Maori Nurses. • ■ ■ j > " The training of.-the Maori nurses sents much, ditfioulty.C chiefly ' owing, to ,tho 'reluctanco of the hospital authorities' to .taks these girls into their, training schools, says .the .annual report of the Inspector-General of Hospitals. < The two nurse 9 who have so far been trained and; obtained certificates, both for general and midwifery work,; have -been .appointed'.;to tlib staff of .'-the Native Health;/. Department./''- Their - services have been;-utilised ; with'; good result ! in several. outbreaks of illness, in' the pas, mostly typhoid.' - They endeavour to tea-ohisome; of-; the: first /principles , . of sanitation, and the Natives have in" some' oases responded well, and ' drained 'andcleaned their': pas, . When .'stationed at 1 a ; pa- the: sick ' are brought' to them; from' the :; whole - 'surrounding: > district;,. aiid,' though frequently, their treatment is atandoned. for, that .of the tohungas,; still little by little' their influence wfl tell. One., nurse, is. stationed /at New Plymouth',' other: at -.Taupo.'vbui - a recent..outbreak of.typhoid at Jerusalen# on the , AVanganui , River, both'' were" ; quifed.' : They .improvised' a hosjiital,; and had seven or more patients at a time—undoubtedly- pre Muting a.". widespreiad outbreak--of; the :, disease. - There are - also- three ..pupils in-regular training at the' Napier, ' Wanganui, ■ aiid/Palmerston; Nortli; Hospitals, and five or six girls'who have gone a prelimin-ary-training as; day-pupils, attending the Auckland ; ■ and - Napier 'Hospitals from -the-Native colleges. •~:.It -is r hOped..ta..find. for these girls as regular, trainees. , . -\ ' Miss Amy Murphy. . - Miss Amy Murphy,, .the . well-known lyric soprano, arrived - in Wellington yesterday. by the steamer Moann from Sydney. ■ Miss Murphy is;the "bright par- . ticular star,". _ of the ■; Norm an .' Concert. .Company, which stars a tour of / New Zealand from Dunedin ~ at • the end -of this month. " ' Miss Nellie' Black; (violiiiist),' another member of the company, .is also a passenger -by the Moa;ia,;.as well as Mr. : J. C.. Norman, the manager. The rest of the 'company, including Miss Mabel Fowler (dramatio soprano) and Mr. Walter Whyte (tenor), reach Wellington next. week.. ; ','■•■■■ The Levin Home. / , ■ • A gift tea for tlio benefit of the: Levin Memorial Home for Girls is to take place at the homo" on Tuesday, October 25. Last year a- similar tea was held, with the difference that 'everyone who attended it brought as their gift:.either a yard of something in the way of materials or else a pound weight of somethinc, with, the result that- a marvellous col-lection-of most useful and Helpful things was gathered in.This timo the gift which it. is hoped each visitor will bring may take the form of - provisions; materials, or subscriptions. Probably few people realise' how much every , little ■ helps in the upkeep of such an establishment as this. In tho home thoro. nre at the presentflirae twenty-iivo girls,'who are being trained in various ways to beoomo useful citizenesses, and who otherwise would probably have to struggle on in the best way they could, were the home not in existence. Tho committee who have the arrangements in hand are: Mesdames Anderson, Lulte, Rutherford, ITeIT, Wallis, Hoby, Izard, and Hall, and the Misses Greenwood, Morrah, Harding, Archibald, and Young.

Feilding Notes. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Cottcrill have left for a trip to Australia. Mrs. Corl'o lias returned after_a most enjoyable; holiday in the South Island. Miss Shannon, who has. been • visiting Wellington, returned on Monday. ■ ; Mrs. Willis and her.small son are staying in Napier. . On Saturday afternoon the Aorangi Golf Club closed the season with mixed foursomes. The weather was perfect, and a large number competed, the winners proving to be Miss lvirton and Caiman. Mrs.-Miles and Miss Bailey provided afternoon tea. On Tuesday- night a large ball was given .by . the spinsters and bachelors ' of ifeilding,. in: the Parish Hall. The committee, -'consisting•.of Misses Long, 'Walker,/ Bailey,. . Prior; and Kirton, Dr. Livesey, Messrs; Elliott, Ongley, Twigg, Shannon,.' Spain, Moore, • and Mackay, must have-, worked.' very hard .to ' make the.'dance such a success. The' ■ hall and supper-tables.. were daintily deCoratwl tfith pink roses, and evergreens, i"and the generally very-'bright'liglits were subdued by pretty pink shades. The floor was in splendid order, and, the music provided by the Marton' Band was excellent. Among those; present were:; Mesdames Gorton, Walker, Prior, Barton, Wpollams, Guthrie,;'. Miller, . Montgomery, Miles, Banks, Fry, Misses Bruce (2), M'Both (3), Wyatt, .Graham (Palmerston), O'Halloran, Messrs.. Woollams, Banks, Fry, Mackay, Gorton, Broad (Marton), Ten-, nent. (Mai-ton);: Mile's; Evans, : . MostyiiJohes, Glasgow, M'Betli,, Goodbehere; arid many others... .• .. ' '' Mrs. ".Carr:. and- ; Mrs. Goodbehere hay? left for the Wollington 'races. ; - ■ 1 ■ Mrs. Guthrie : has returned from . Weir lingtoh; '. . Mrs. L.' Gorton is' home again-' after, a - ' short , visit isouth. •: .. . -..::u. v .:-' 1 .

The engagojnent - is announced" of Miss Maud Cuddon, youngest daughter of Mr. W". Cuddon, late .of., Fendalton, , .Christchurch, biit-'now. of Sydney, to Mr. B.'JC; Aston,'; chief chemist, of the Government Laboratory, Wellington. ... - :' ; .

"Mis.-;Pitchett,'. who■ has: been spending some weeks in the south, returned'to "Wellington by, the Mararoa yesterday. ■

Miss; Vida, Perry,' /from Hokitikei, is a visitor to Wellington.'

' Miss JKeynolds (Dunedin) is in Wellington, and: ia at the. Royal Oak for a 'dayvpr'two before, going, north.: ■:

The engagement % is ; announced /of ,-Miss Alys Riddiford, second; daughter, of the late- Mr.': J?. Riddiford, to. Mr. H. IY Arkwright, of Overton, Marton...

, Miss Linda Culpin, .-.of Auckland,: is visiting/Wellington,, and '.is/staying, with Mrs. lvxley, Grafton Road, Roseneath.

A very good .- musical - programme. has been arranged -in .'connection, with; the Garden : -Feto to be held for the benefit of;' Institute ... on Saturday. Should j.the. weather, he .inclement,. the function, will' ha. held in, . Street Schoolroom, instead of in .the grounds of -Awarua llouso.