SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3129, 6 July 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Free Kindergarten Association. The 12Gth meeting of the Wellington Ereo Kindergarten Association Council was held at Taranaki Street this week. Thoso present were: Mrs. Gill (in the chair), Mesdames Anderson, Watt, Moran, Eichelbaum, Luxlord, 11. Smith, M'lvenzio, Misses England, llclyer, Stowe, and Seaton. Accounts to tho amount of .£li7 3s. 3d. wore passed for payment. Miss Riley reported that tho quarterly returns were very good, especially considering the wet weather of tho month. Tho council is most grateful to tho committeo of tho Surprise Bag Fund for donating tho bags left over from the last day. These numbered 800, all filled, and will he used when the Kindergarten Council makes its next effort to raise funds for the new building in Taranaki Street. Tho following resolution was passed and sent to tho Minister of Education:—"That tho Wellington Free Kindergarten Council hear of the proposal to introduce tho uso of elates into the public schools with astonIshimmfo. They protest against their use as in every way injurious to the health of the children, and suggest that more businessliko methods in tho purchase of school stationery, and strict rules as to economy in its use, would form sufficient safeguards against any probable shortage of paper."

Lieutenant and Mrs. Sheppard have conio from Christchurch to Wellington, where they intend to mako their home, Lieutenant Sheppard having taken up an appointment in tho Defence Department.

Tho Hutt Patriotic League has contributed JEIO to Dr. Agnes Bennett's Serbian Ambulance Fund.

Miss H. Hall-Jones has como from Wanganui to spend a short time with her parents, Sir William and Lady HallJones.

Miss Vera Humphries (Hawke's Bay) is spending a few days in Wellington.

Mrs. Hugh Beethain (Brancepeth) is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. Suisted (Wanganui) is visiting Wellington, and is staying at the Royal Oak:

Miss Emily Segrief is spending a fewweeks in Auckland.

Speaking of the marriage of Lieutenant Stanley Austin Carr, son of Mrs. Can-, Auckland, to Miss Barbara Sybil Greig (late Q.A.1.N.5.H.), daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. J. D. Greig, of Auckland, which took place in England, a London correspondent says that the bride had been engaged for two years at clearing stations, baso hospitals, and on barges in Prance, and only resigned her position to be married. Her sister, Elsie Greig, of the Australian A.N.S., was a bridesmaid (and wore her uniform), also a cousin, Miss Grace Stevenson. Tho best man, Lieutenant J. A. Evans, arrived from Palestine the day before tho wedding. The bridegroom had recently been out on activo service in the Sinai Peninsula. Ho went through Gallipoli and the Egyptian campaign.

Tho marriage took place on April j!G (says a London correspondent), at St. Peter's Church, Belsize Square, by the Rev. "W. Haskett, vicar, of Lieutenant Sydney Richard Hellaby, It.]?. A., second sou of the late Mr. Richard Hellaby, of Auckland, and Miss Ruth Hollingsworlh, daughter of Mr. Alox. T. Hollingsworth, of-fi Belsize Grove, Hampstead.

Mrs Lowry (Hawko's Bay) lias come to Wellington to attend the Red Cross Conference, which is to bo held to-day in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall.

Tho Spinsters' Club hold a very pleasant bridgo party at the Pioneer' Club on Wednesday evening for tho benefit ot their dav at tho AVellington Red Cross Shop. '-The rooms looked very bright with their decorations of spring flowers. There were about twelve tables in use for the 'players, and home-made sweets were sold' for the fund.

An incident which created quite an amount of interest at yesterday's welcoming reception in tho Town Hall, given by the Eed Cross Committee of the Mercer Street Depot for Mrs. Massey and Lady Ward, was the arrival' of a plum pudding, a specimen one straight from Nfahauranga, which had been mado by the Countess of Liverpool workers and sent in to show what had been done. Tho pudding, which was warm, was promptly cut up and handed around for ovcryono to pass an opinion upon _ its merits, and as it : was for tho soldiers who are at the front it had to pass a fairly severe test. Tho general opinion, however, appeared to be that the pudding was a great success.

The marriage took place quietly on .Tune 27, at St. Hilda's Church, Island Bay. of Miss Gretehen Irvino, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvine, of Palmerston North, to Mr. Harold Douglas, of Napier. Tho ceremony was performed by tho Rev. J. G. Castle. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Zoo Irvine, and tho bridegroom by Private W. T. Irvino (brother of the bride), recently invalided back to New Zealand.