SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2861, 28 August 1916, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Schoolgirls 1 Bazaar. On Saturday afternoon the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) opened a bazaar organised by the Fifth Standard girls of the Newtown School, in aid of the Mayoress's Patriotic Fundß. The bazaar was held in the school, and a large number of parents, friends, and school children attended. This is not the first time that these girls have worked for tho wounded soldiers, and those who were present were able to sec for themselves with what enthusiasm they had thrown themselves into their task. There were stalls for produce, home-made cakes, sweets, fancy work, flowers; also for soft drinks, all in the charge of the .girls themselves, and all very attractively arranged. Mrs. Luke make a brief speech, in which she told her hearers how much she valued the work which was being done by So many school children, and of what assistance it was to the Liverpool Committee. Judging by the amount of purchasing that went on tbo result of the bazaar should be very satisfactory to the promoters. In all probability the proceeds will be used for tho purpose of providing Christmas gifts for tho • soldiers who are in hospital here.

The Soldiers' Christmas Puddings. Last week the 2500 Christmas puddings for the soldiers at the front which -are being donated by the Wellington Meat Export Company were mado by the party of ladies of the Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool Fund workers, who went out to Ngahaurauga for that purpose, and Mr. Foster, the secretary of the company, has intimated to the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) that arrangements' have been mado by means of which tho working party will bo able to make their quota of tho puddings (the remaining 4500) under the same conditions as the company's made. That means that the ladies will havo the loan of tho cottage, and the use of tho various utensils necessary for the preparation of the puddings, while the cookina of them will also be done. The working party will go out. to Ngahauranga next Wednesday morning to commence their work. Contributions to the Mayoress's Christmas Pudding Fund are gladly welcomed.

Clrls* Realm Cuild. The Girls' Realm Guild, Auckland, which secured £900 by the Allied Nations Fete last year in the interests of wounded soldiers, has distributed the whole amount, and has received appreciative letters of thanks from the. High QorrimissToner, Cafitain-Chaplains Greon, Doyley Macdonald, and Gobin, also Nurses Steele and D. Commons and the Y.M.C.A. The good work of the guild in connection with wounded men has been "much appreciated by -their relatives and friends as well as l),y the men liheniselves, as letters from returned men on behalf of their comrades testify.' Mr. H. G. Seth-Smith, late of Auckland, has given a mark of his confidence m the guild's administrative capacity by donating to its wounded soldiers' fund a sum of £185, part proceeds of the sale of two of his launches, tho whole proceeds of which lie has given to patriotic purposes.

Mrs. W. Bidwill (Featlierston) has returned from Christchurcli.

One of tho most'interesting of recent betrothals, states a London correspondent, is that of Miss Olwen Lloyd G-eorge, eldest daughter of tho new Secretary of State for War, who is going to marry another native of "gallant little Wales," jiamely, Captain T. G. Carey Evans. The captain is a member, of tho Indian Medical Service, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and the son of a wellknown Welsh physician, Dr. Evans, of Festiniog. His engagement is the cul-. mination of yet another war romance. About a year ago, Miss Lloyd George,' who has her full share of tho good looks of her family, having undergone a course of training to qualify her for the work, .went to .France as a nurse. A fellowship in work for the wounded brought her and Captain Carey Evans together, aud Fato did the rest.

This week the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) intends to ..visit some of the country districts iu connection with the Christmas Pudding Fund for tho soldiers at .tho front, and also to disctics various.points of interest in connection mth the Countess of Liverpool Fund work. She leaves for the Wairarapa on Tuesday.

.Miss Webster (Dunedin) is staying with hej'-sister at Horotaunga. 'f Tho hostesses at the Soldiers' Syd-. ney Street Club 1 for this week are: Sunday (yesterday), Mrs. C. K. Wilson; Monday, Wellineton College Old Girls; Tuesday. Mrs. W. F. Ward and Mrs. Firth; Wednesday. Mrs. H.'_. Radcliffo: Thursday, Busy Bee Chili; Friday, Misses Fraser and Skerrett; Saturday, Mrs. L. Blundell.

An old resident of the M'astertoii district. Mrs. Robert M'Kay, died at her residence nt Sohvay on Friday, at the ago of sixty-nine years. She leaves a family nf five daughters. Mr. William Laird, of Auckland, is a brother of deceased.

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"Tha Roil Cross Record."

A copy of the "New Zealand Red Cross Record," formerly the "Canterbury Red Cross Record," is to hand. Tbo reason for the chango of title is to bo found in the fact that the journal is now the official organ for the Red Cross in all parts of the Dominion, save Auckland and Otago. Negotiations are being conducted to include North Otago, but Auckland has decided to issue its own magazine. The total circulation of the enlarged "Record" is now 7000 a month, and tho publication includes in its pages general directions upon Red Cross matters, instructions to workers upon various knotty points that have from time to time turned up, news matter, some interesting articles, district reports, etc. 'In this recent issue.a very line photograph of Walton-on-Thames Hospital appears. All profits from the sale of the "New Zealand Red Cross Record" aro hauded over for Red Cross purposes.'

As the result of the sale of flowers in the'streets on Friday for the benefit of the sailors of the Pyramus and the Philomel, the Government Buildings stall made £27 4s. Bd., Kirkcaldie's stand £33 Is., Kelburn £18 13s. 10} d., Post Office, £18 10s. 0> s d., Bank of New Zealand £29 6s. Bd., Boulcott Street £22 Is,, Veitch and Allan's corner £16. Miss Cooper and Miss Moss have handed in £25, their week's takings whioh they had promised to hand over to the fund. The Boy Scouts were simply invaluable'to the workers, and their assistance was greatly appreciated.

At South Tidworth Churoh, near Sal-' isbury (England) the marriage took place on July 8, of Sergeant Stanley W. Fearn, Otago Mounted Rifles, of Wellington (son of Mrs. Fcarn, Murray House, Loughton), to Winifred, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Glasse, of Westcot, Loughton, Essex, states a /London correspondent. The ceremony was\performcd by the Rev. H. E. Delme Kadcliffe.

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British and Foreign Sailors' Society, Quite recently the Wellington Branch of • the British and . Foreign Sailors' Socioty acquired now rooms just •over tho Huddart-Parker Company's olhces, and on Saturday afternoon tho formal opening ceremony in connection with its new homo took place. The rooms, about three ; in number, are bright, cheerful, and pleasantilooking, and overlook the harbour, an eminently suitable arrangement one would think where sailors are concerned. • It is hero that the socioty hopes to do good work among the sailors of the many overseas vessels that come into our port, both British and foreign. Mr. Philpott, the chairman, briefly introduced the Mayor,--Mr. J; P. Luke, and called upon him lor his opening speech. The splendid services of the men of the merchant service were warmly eulogised by the Mayor. But little had been> known and realised, he said, of tho risks they, had run, the dangers . lliey had facjfi so fearlesly, and while | the .Navy; .watching and waitthe 1 men of the mer- <•?. utile lnariny nad been carrying our !:i;j»rts and exports, carrying our men, , unci running all the risks of warfare without flinching. Their record was one to bo very proud of, and was one that upheld all,the traditions of Brrt- ■■ ish history. Mr. Hamilton Nimmo, hon. secretary, read the report of the work of the society. Other speakers of the afternoon were Mrs. A. R. Atkinson, Mr. Patten, and the : Hon. J. G. W. Aitken. The speeches made, afternoon tea,; provided by the Ladies' Guild of the • society, was;handed round, ; and ■| much appreciated, Mrs. Nimmo being ; in charge. The Mayor, Mr. Luke, was accompanied by Mrs. Luke. , lfc is intended to hold social gatherings for the men in port, religious meetings, etc'., and, Li every way to make their stay in. Wellington as bright and homelike as possible. The society in England, it is hardly necessary to state, is an old and very wellknown one, and, in fact, is the oldest organisation behalf of the sailors. Some idea of its work may be gathered from the following facts:— Last year, under the well-known Bethel flag, the society kept: 1998 libraries nnd literature bags in circulation among ships; made 72.413 visits to | sailors in ships, hospitals; prisons,: lodging-houses, etc.; received :• and posted 76,928 letters for sailors; 469,317 Bailors attended our leading-rooms;, gave 25,695 free meals,, and 8561 free Beds to shipwrecked and destitute sailors, and received £9338 in seamen's wages for'safe keeping, or for dispatch to dependants. In addition, somo 247 young men gained their Board of Trade certificates through our Nautical School to, qualify,them, to become offi-. '. cers in the Empire's great mercantile marine. The society carries on its far-reaching operations in the mighty ports of the world, by means of homes for seamen, entailing a staff' of 289 chaplains, managers, 'matrons, etc. Some 15,000 warm garments and winter woollens have been provided by the members of the Ladies' Guild Knitting Circles for the sailors in the North Sea. These have been accompanied in many cases by gifts of books, magazines, indoor games, cigarettes, to- '. bacco, thermos flasks, oilskins, etc.; £750 worth of warm clothing has been sent to no fewer than forty of His Majesty's warships, apart. from supplies to hospitals,' etc.; In addition, some of the homes are used as emergency

hospitals for sick sailors, Drought ashore. The work of the society is international and intr-dtoominatioiial. Filling the Breacn. A novelty in the way of women's work is the appointment by tlio Raumati Dairy Company of a woman cheesemaker —Mrs. E. E. "Williams, of Takapau, aunt of a male cheesemaker at the factory, to permit him to go to the war. —Press Association.