WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2557, 3 September 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

& | MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR. |

(By Imogen.)

Hockey Ladles and the Wounded Sol- | diers' Funds. fl At the Basin Reserve to-morrow tha 1 hookey ladies' efforts on behalf of the | Wounded Soldiers' Fund, will com- | menoo at 3 p.m., and continue daily 1 until tho following Saturday. Three | matches will be played each day be- | twecn tho leading provincial representa- « tive teams, in order to decide the ladies' | hockey : chariipionship of New Zealand g for the present season. 'The contest- | ants include Wairarapa (present cliam- 5 pious), Poverty Bay and Canterbury ji (the only two provinces which defeated | tho visiting English ladies last season), i and Hawko's Bay, Manawatu, Watiga- s ' imi, and Wellington. Tho gross pro- | ceods are being devoted to the Wounded | Soldiers' Fund. The tournament will P be played under the patronage, and in | tho presence, of Her. Excellency Lady | Liverpool. Thero is now on view, and for salo, ! <1 carved kauri sideboard at Miss Ten- | Jail's tea rooms. It was carved by 3 Mrs. J. S. Jameson, who has given it 1 for salo in aid of the Patriotic Funds, s Mr. La Trobe, Principal of the Welling- a ton Technical College, has kindly con- | sented to value the sideboard. | Miss I. Chaytor (Blenheim) is visit- \ ing Christcliurch. 1 Mrs. Nevins (Annadalo Tinui), .tc- i turned to her homo 011 Wednesday from 1 a visit to Wellington.. , | Mr. and Mrs, C. B. Russell, of Tina- | kori Road, and tl'.o Misses Russell were I •passengers by tho Moeraki for Sydney | yesterday. . 'I . Mdlle. M. du Eosson is at present | spending a brief holiday at Ta Aroha. | At tlie Nelson Lands and Survey f Office, Miss A. M. Edser, who is leav- | ing tho department to live with her fi parents at Auckland, was presented | with a silver tea service by her .{ellow | officers as a token of their esteem. The | Commissionerooff f Crown Lands, who a made the presentation on behalf of tho | staff, spoke appreciatively ;of tile way 'I in which Miss Edser had carried out jjj lier duties. n The wedding took place in St. John's E Church, Dannevirke, on Wednesday, of | Miss Snellj eldest daughter of Mr. W. | Snell, of Dannevirke, and Mr. 0. g Oculby, formerly of England. The B bride was given away by her father, | and was gowned in cream satin trimmed je with lace and pearls. Jliss R. Suell- g and- Miss E. Coulby were bridesmaids, and, wore frocks of brocaded Japanese " satin and black velvet hats. Mr. H. Willis was best man, and Mr. W. G. llcwe groomsman. The Bonnie Briar Fair, which is being held in'the Salvation Army Citadel, , contimios to attract many visitors who ■ do not fail to find among tho varied col-, lcction of articles which crowd the stalls something that meets their requirements or their taste. Each evening;. a vory enjoyable programme of entertainment is given, and yesterday Dr.. Platts-Mills • presided. • '' ' The sale of work in connection withi St. Thomas's' Church, Newtown, was continued yesterday, and again excellent business was transacted, the many attractive and-useful articles with which' y the'stalls were so largely supplied finding many, purchasers. In tho evening an entertainment was given, and was excellently received. TTho bazaar is continued to-day: .. . ;

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Marriage at St. Joseph's. Tli© marriage of Miss Daphne Halse, younger •daughter of Mrs. William Halse, to Mr. Sidney Leybourno Jackson, of "Wirokiro," Levin, took place very quietly at St. Joseph's Church on Wednesday afternoon. The bride, who ,\vas given away by her brother, wore a gown of ivory silk with a pretty hat to match, and carried a bridal bouquet. Mrs. Halse wore a nigger brown costume, and hat of same tone. Mrs. C. E. Sligo, of Auckland (sister of tlio bride) was in navy blue crepe, de cheno with white satin hat. Mr. Nat AVilloughby, of Wainui-o-mata, was best man. Later Mi-, and Mrs. Jackson left by motor for the north, where tho h<neymoon is to be spoilt, the latter wearing a navy blue costume and pretty 'floral hat. Wedding at Levin. On August 25, at othe Presbyterian Church, Levin, tho marriage took.place of Miss Isabella Marie Campbell, eldest daughter- of Mrs. H. Campbell, Levin, and of the late Mr. Hugh Duncan Campbell, to Mr. Vincent Lewis, second son of Mr. A. M. Lewis, of Oriental Bay, Wellington; Tho Rev. A. C. Randerson performed tho ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. Neil Campbell, woro a gown of white satin with marquisetto overdress and pearl trimmings and a I .veil with wreath of orange blossoms. Her bouquet • was of clematis/ white • camellias and maiden-hair fern. Mifs Elsie Campbell (sister of.the bride), and Miss Myr,tle Lewis (sister of tho bridegroom) were bridesmaids, and woro pal© mauve frocks,' hand-embroidered . in shades of mauvo silk and black Caroline hats. ■ They carried bouquets of pal© pink camellias, mauv© anemones andmaiden hair fern, and their ornaments were amethyst and pearl • pendants, the. gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. Hugh Campbell was best man, and Mr. Edward Lewis groomsman. The brideand bridegroom subsequently left by motor for Palmerston North ; en rout© for .Auckland, where they intend to spend some time. .. Wedding at Dannavirke. J The wedding took placo in Knox Church, Dannevirke, on Wednesday, of Miss Gladys Emily Mac Gibbon, eldest • daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. MacGib-' bon, of the Rank of New South Wales, to Mr. Robert C. Napier, second son of Mr. J; A. Napier, of Napier. The. ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Grant. The bride,, who was given away |by her father, wore a gown of ivpry crepe de chine, trimmed with Limerick laco, and one-or. two-clusters "of. lilies of tlio valley,, and her veil was also of old Limerick lace. - Her'sister, Miss Jeanetta Mac Gibbon, and Miss Hawson, _of Wellington (cousin), were bridesmaids; the former wearing- apricot crepe de chine, with'a black hat trimmed with poppies .and corn, and the latter a frock of powder blue-crepe do cliine,and a,black hat trimmed witli fed flowers. Mr. P. W. Derrington was best man, awl Mr. ,J. Benton groomsman,. A reception was afterwards held at the residence of tho bride's Barents. Mr. -Young Saye, Chinese merchant, of Greymouth, and Mrs. Young Sayo and family, -who have been, staying at the Chinese Consulate during the last three: weeks, are leaving for China via Sydney by the, Mooraki.