HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 131, 6 June 1939, Page 14

HERE AND THERE

New Plymouth Wedding.

The wedding took place on Saturday evening at St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, of Kathleen Frances, youngest daughter of Mrs. B. H. Bullock and the late Mr. A.. E. Bullock,- Pendarves Street, New Plymouth, to Charles Magnus, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lennie, Clyde Street, Wellington. The ceremony was performed by Archdeacon G. H. Gavin, and Mr. R. N. Renaud was organist. The church had been decorated by friends of th<| bride in a colour scheme of white anu pink. The bride, who was escorted by her brother, Mr. D. Bullock, chose deep cream taffeta for her wedding gown, which was designed on princess lines. Her cream tulle bridal veil was held to her head with a topknot of cream ostrich feathers, and she carried' a bouquet of cream chrysanthemums, freesias, a/id roses. The bridesmaids were Misses Betty Bullock' arid Jean Lennie.. (Wellington). The .best man was Mr. J. Lennie ' (Wellington) and the groomsman Mr. H. Miller, of Waipukurau. Messrs. J. Barrington Smythe, G. Searle, and F. Townsend, all of Wellington, were the ushers. A reception was held at Burgess Park, where the bride's mother received the guests. Oamaru will be the future home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lennie.

Emergency Mobile Canteen.

A meeting of interest to Berhampore residents will be held at St. Cuthbert'S Hall, Luxford Street, on "Wednesday, June 7, at 7.45 p.m. to consider the formation of an emergency mobile canteen. It is hoped that all those who realise the usefulness of such a canteen for service in the event of an emergency or disaster will attend. The Berhampore sub-centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society, organisers of the meeting, hold well-attended home nursing classes on Monday afternoons, under the leadership of Nurse Whitelaw, and expect shortly to commence classes in the evening. All interested are invited to attend. „■ The secretary is Mrs. Stevenson, 21 Emerson Street, Berhampore.

Two Hundred Dancers,

There were 200 young people at the dance held on Saturday night by the distributing staff of the Wellington Telegraph Office. The dance was held at the Wellington Rowing Club. There were gay decorations and the "swing" band from the newly-formed Wellington Swing Club supplied the music. Mr. J. Feehan contributed a number of whistling items, accompanied by the band. The supper arrangements were in charge of Mesdames Feehan and Burley, and the dance committee included Messrs. J. Feehan, R. Bragger, T. Braddock, K. R. Miller, M. Hamlin, R. Westwood, and R. Atkin.

Health Talk to Women.

There was a large gathering of members and friends at the Y.W.C.A. Junior Women's Club recently when Miss Helen McDonald, physical instructress, gave an interesting talk, "Command Your Figure." Mrs. Stevenson presided and welcomed new members, Mrs. Welch sang several songs. Afternoon tea was served by the hostesses, Mesdames Jones and Morris, at the conclusion of the afternoon.

Golden Wedding Yesterday.

Mr. arid Mrs. E. W. Berrill, of 168 Seatoun Road, Kilbirnie, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage yesterday, when they entertained all their descendants at their residence. Mr. and Mrs. Berrill. were, married at Lower Hutt by the Rev. Wv-Watkins on June 5, 1889. Mrs. Berrill viras born at Lower Hutt and is the,k.dai^ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bolton, well-known early settlers/ Mr. Berrill is a native of England, and soon after his arrival in New Zealand joined the Government Railway Department, remaining in the service until 1927, when he retired. Mr. and Mrs. Berrill have resided in Mastertoh, Napier, and Wellington. There are four daughters, Mrs. A. R. Donaldson (Wariganui), Mrs. H. Hoy (Roseneath), Mrs. A. S. Avery (Hataitai), and Mrs. R. G. Forbes (Kilbirnie), and one son, Mr. E. W. Berrill (Kilbirnie). There are thirteen grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Berrill, who enjoy splendid health, have received many congratulatory telegrams from all over the Dominion. Observations From Abroad. Writing from Batavia to friends in New Zealand, Miss Devina Browne, of Orakei, gives some interesting views on the concern caused abroad by re-cently-imposed import restrictions, in this country, states an exchange. "We have heard many complaints with regard to the new import restrictions that have been levied on all goods going to New Zealand," she writes. "Javanese sugar is amongst the products that have been absolutely prohibited. This happens to be one of the principal products that the X.P.M. vessels took to New Zealand, and,, of course, they have now very much less cargo than they would otherwise have had and naturally less inducement to include New Zealand in their schedule. This will be a bad thing for the country if the same thing applies to many other shipping companies as well." Miss Devina Browne is at present travelling in a X.P.M. boat on her return to New Zealand and is expected in Auckland in about two weeks' time. Travelling on a Dutch vessel from Cape Town to Singapore, she has called at many places not frequently visited by New Zealanders. These include Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Sebang, and Sumatra.

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