SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Silver Wedding. On Saturday, amidst many congratulations, tho silver wedding was celebrated of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mothcs, of Fetone. Both have lived in I'ctouo for many years, and Mr. Mothes has been identified with tho progress of the town. jJJ wm born in Saxony (Germany) in 180". and educated at tho Saxony University, afterwards reoeiviiig a th'oroiigli training in commercial.life. Ito then left Ins native land and "arrived in Australia in 18S0, and after spending three years in Sydney as a merchant and F. cne ,"' importer ho came to New Zealand, nettling in Tetone, Mr. Mothcs cstab"?hed a business for th 6 manufacturo of violin strings, and in this connection ho claims to have been the first to introduce tap industry in the Dominion. In 18S0 Mr. Mothes purchased the Marino Retrciit Hotel, which he conducted for tlmo years, subsequently setting up his present business, that of nil estate and . financial agent. At tho time of the election of the first Borotish'Council oM'etoixv.'Mr. Mothes was returned as ii councillor at tho head of the poll. He has also several times been elected Mayor of the borough. Mr. Mothes is well, known in Freemason Circles, having held, tho office -of l'ast Mastor_ of Lodgo'l.'lster. His'wife, Mrs. Catherine Amelia Mothc-, was a daughter, if the late Mr. Noel Valentine, an old Maori war veteran, and ono of the early settlers of, tho Ilutt Valley. Sho> was married on February IS, 1680. 'Tho eldest ton is Mr. F. W.'Mothes, of th« teaching staff of the Petono District High School. Thero are three other.sons and Ifour daughters. , The Y.W.C.A. Conference'at, Hobarti ' Miss Stillwell,--'• tht» newly-appointed sccretarv for the' Auckland brancli of: the Y.W.C.A., is a very keen and cnthtfsiaitic worker of UlO Association. Before coining over to New ZealaiUl she'took-part in tho fifth conference-of tho Y.W.C.A., held in Hobart from' Fobrna ry 3 to l'ebrlift ry o.' Thero were* fully 011 c hundred and sixteen registered delegates from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, (Jueensland, and New Zealand attending it,. Tasmania, of course, also being represented. Into those six days a tremendous amount of business was compressed, the wholo, policy of tho association for. the next three years, being outlined and discussed in,all its bearings. How tho girls of the cities can be influenced and help >d socially, physically, mentally, and-intel-lectually, as well as bo provided with a home; are difficult problems, and many intellects were needed to help to solve' the difficulties. Organisation, finance, tho educational aims of the-Y.W-.0.A-.-,-how-to bring .out tho domostic sido of girls, how "to acquiro and keen members, and how to prepare girls for tho responsibilities of womanhood were some-of tho most important subjects dealt with, admirablo speeches being mado. by some of tho delegates. The greatest hospitality was experienced by the visiting delegates,'and tho greatest interest seemed to be' taken in tho work of the association., Lady Barron entertained them at a reception- held at Government Hou=o, and spoke in enthusiatic terms of tho great possibilities, of the Y.W.C.A. movement. Various expeditions arid drives were also arranged, but owing to' the amount of work to be got through it was not always possible to tako advantage of them. Obituary. of Mrs. Christina King, wife of Mr.. of Pctone, and ono of the oldest settlers of tho district, took place last week. The deceased was born at Lanark, Scotland,. and came to New Zealand in tho Wild Duck, arriving in WellingtonMn 1861, After living in this city for threo years, she and her husband tcok up 'their residcnco at Pctone, whero they have lived orcr since. Mrs. King leaves a family of two sons and seven' daughters—Messrs. W. and Q. King, of Pctone, Miss King, Mrs. J. Cotton, Mrs. G. London, and Mrs. Dodgers, all of Pctone; Mrs. Hodgson, Dunodin; Mrs. Inglert, Hutt; and Mrs. G. Faldcr, Wellington. Tho Rev. Mr. • Patchett and' Mrs. Patchett (Aramoho) were passengers by tho Maori for the south last evening. Mrs. and Miss Wolters (Carterton) aro visitors to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Gilbert (Karori) are going for a holiday visit to Wanganui and Auckland. '• ' ■ ' Airs. G. Tully is a visitor to Wellington. Miss Harty, 'Dunedin, leaves on a visit to Englarid on Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. Napier M'Lean and family returned to .Wellington on Saturday. Baron and Baroness fiethune, who havo been visiting the Hot Lakes and tho beauty spots of Now Zealand, arrived in Wellington on Sunday from Lyttelton. Visitors-at Island Bav IlotiSe include: Mr., Mrs., and Misses Galway (2), Mastertoilj Mr. and Mrs. Hose, Mastertonj Miss Armstrong,-Sydney; Mr. nnd Mrs; Bamfora, Auckland; Mrs. Arrowsmith and child, Mrs. and Master Nealo, Mr. Sidford, "■ Miss • Tburlow,- arid Master Coningham. . Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kenhcdy,\ accompanied by Miss Fitzgerald, havo bion spending a few days in Napier. A link with tho early history of Tarft- * naki was broken on Friday bv the death of Mrs. King, relict of the late Captain W. C. King, whoso death took nlaco at i the hands of the rebel Natives on February 8, 1861. ; A reception is to bo held in the Pioneer ! Club rooms on Saturday afternoon next i. 1 of the Pioneer Club, at which Lady Ward (vice-warden) and airs, l indlay will bo the guests of honour, prior to their departure for England within tho next few days. Mrs. Glondining, of Waihna, ' arrived ' in'l>apier at tho end of last week 011 her return- from a visit to England. x I Mr. Solomon, K.C., and' Mrs. Solomon, \ of Ijunediii, are spending a few days in Napier. | Mr. and Mrs. T Campbell nnd Mis', ! Kathleen Cnmpbell, of Karori, lcavo to-morrow for Napier, en route ' fdr Rotorua, for a few weeks' holiday. j ■ t

1 Women's Club In Auckland. A Women's Club has recently been formed in Auckland, and tody Islington has consented to bo th 6 patroness, says an Auckland paper. Mr?. A. M.. Myers is president, and Miss Melville Mcretary. t iwo rooms havo been taken in Mr. J. C. Spcddiug's new* building in Customs street. One room will he n luncheon room for girls, and the other a rest and 1 r f Mjinir. and general club room. Tho t club hones to bo in working order early . in March, and it is honed that tho' .cltib • , \ , a benefit to the business and pro* 9 fessional women of Auckland, as well as to the leisured class. ) '