WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 220, 11 June 1920, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL | "That this meeting ef tho Wellingto/ 1 j Housewives' Union respectfully point 3 If out tli.it as Miss M'Donald polled moro j votes than any other defeated candidate J nt the Inst Hospital and Charitable Aid ! Board election, she be apppointcd to lill thio 6tat vacated by Mrs. Beck. Further, it is only the right and proper thing (omitting altogether the positiou occupied by Jliss M'Donald in the pqll- ! ing list), that a scat having been vacated by a lady member of tho board, another should succeed her.' Test of a resolution passml by a meeting of tho Housewives' Union. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Meek and MiM I . Meek are leaving for America next weoic [ bv the Marama. I Mrs. Tweed is visiting the Wairarapa. Mrs. Tone Suzuki, of Japan, iB debribed ns the richest woman in tho world, with an estimated fortune of from fhirty to forty million pounds. She owns I .most of the shares in the great firm of I Kuzuki and Co., which controls the stool 1 industry of Japan, a fleet of steamships, and has interests all over tha world. Q £ Mr. Grctor M'Gregor, i.nd Miss M'Gre- ■ gor, of Wanganui, will leave for Sydney \Jj j next week to catch the steamer Eastern |p j for China and Japan. igi j Mr. nnd Mrs. H. Priest, of Sydney, nro visiting Wellington. They reached tare via Auckland, nnd are to leave .for fjr England, via America, by the Marama | next week. The monthly meeting of the Roynl New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children (Petona and Loivrr 'Tutt branch) was held in tlito Mavor's •••oom, Petone, on Tuesday last. There cere present: Me«lames Kirk (in tha Hiair), M'Pherson, Rouse, Harman, Chil»ian, Kurd,' M'Kenzie. Blair, Burbor"ugh, Haslam, B~lingficld. liewttiwaite, •-ameron, Jones, Andrews, Williams, and l '-«ok. The resignation of Mrs. Meek,' "wing to absence from New Zealand, ifas received with regret. Final arrangements were made for tl» jumble pale to be held on Saturday next, and a fine assortment of clothes has been collected for this purpose. The nurse's re-' !>ort was as follows:—Number of visits paid to homns, 100; number of visits paid to rooms, adults 200, infants 195; number of new cases, 12; expectant mothers, y. mothers shown how to prepare humanised milk, 12; cases under supervision, ■80. Tto following donations and subfcriptions were acknowledged :—Mrs. Vivmu Tfiddiford, .£2 25.; Mrs. Haslam, =21 Is.; Mrs. Bedingfield, ,£1; Mrs. Jones, £i; Mrs. G. Cook, £1 Is.; Mrs. Rouse,. 10s. j Mrs. M'Pherson, 55.; Mrs. Williams, 55.; Mrs. Gordon, 55.; Mrs. Rowe, 55.; Mrs. M'Caw, 55.; sale of books, .£1 25.; sale of clothes, <£'2 3s. 9d. Dr. and Mrs. Buchanan, of Wait-ski, who camo to Wellington to attend the. Investiture at Government House . on Wednesday morning, left for iho south that evening. Dr. Buchanan received the., order of the British Empire (Fourth Cl.ify;) and Mrs, Buchanan (neo Miss — M'Nie Watson) was awarded tho Royal Red Cross (First Class). ag Mr. and 'Mrs. Laird Meredith, Wlmreawa, motored through to Wellington on Wednesday to join the steamer for Sydney. U f Tho use of the Town Hall and Con- " cert Chamber has been granted by tho ; to City Council for the purposes of tha is, Corporation Staff Club's annual ball oil July 16. yl«s a Petono Wedding. 15 s , A quiet wedding was celebrated by the and Father Quealy at the Church of the 6d. Sacred Heart, Potane, on Wednesday, when Miss Bridget Lambert, of Westport. are! M ' as married to Mr. L. M'Neill, of 15s| Queenstown, Otago. The bride, who v. as p es> given away by her brother (Mr. J. lam--15s. Bert), wore a frock of white rrcpe de ;29, chine, with silver over-dress and shoes 5. -.to:match,'and-an embroidered veil ar2s. ranged in mob cap fashion. The bridesES, maid, Miss M'Laughlnn, wore n diess i . of roso crepe de chine, with touches of black'and a. black hat. Both bride end bridesmaid carried bouquets of chrysanthemums and maidenhair fern. Mr. F. „ M'Neill (brother of the bridegroom), at(U tended as best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at tho residence of the bride's aunt (Sirs. Fitzgerald), Hutt p Road,- Petone. Wodding at Seatourt. The wedding took place. yesterday nf- — ternoon in St George's Church, Worser Bay, of Miss Elsie Frances Porritt, youngest- daughter of the. Rev. T. Porritt, (if ' Seatoun, and formerly of tho Wnirara'pa, to Mr. Reginald Revell, of Koromatua, Franklin Junction, son of the late Mr. F. Revell, at one time resident in Wel- , lingfon. The church kad been very prettily decorated for the occasion, and tho ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. -— H. Sykes, assisted by tho yen. Archdeacon Johnson, the service being ■ fully choral. Tbo bride, who was given away by her father, wore a cream gabardjne H costume, with a long ostrict feather uoa and a white pannn hat. Sho carried a vtiry lovely shower bouquet of whito flowers. The bridesmaids were Miss Mabel Hooke, and two little girls, Mary and Betty Sykes, the daughters of Mr, nnd Mrs. Sykes. Tho chief bridesmaid wore a frock of white voile, with touches, of pink, and a pretty, rose pink lmt. Her bouquet was of whito and pink flowers to match. The littlo girls were, in pale blue crepe de chine coats, opening over white frocks, with, blue silk bonnets. They carried baskets of flowers and nutumn foliage, The best mail was Mr. Pearson. The bride's present from tho bridegroom was ft long necklet of pearls, and 6he also received from his mother, Mrs. Revoll, a pearl ring, an heirloom in the family. To each of tho bridesmaids he also:gave n pearl necklet After the ceremony a reception was held in tho Alasonic Hall at Seatoun, which had been vc.ry prettily decorated for the occasion. Mrs. Sykes, tho wife of the Rov. J H. Sykes, from whoso house the wedding party set out, assisted Mr. Porritt to receive the guests. Among them were several old family friends, including tlm Rev. J. Paterson. Sirs. Sykes wore a black silk frock, with a black hat, trimmed with touches of saxo blue, and carried a very pretty bouquet, with touches of bluo to match. Later in the afternoon Mr. nnd Mrs. Reginald Revell left for the north, tho latter travelling in a brown coat and skivt, a yieux roso liat, with a brown wing, and furs. Tho bridegroom is a returned poldior, and only arrived in New Zealand towards tna end of last year. '

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