FOR WOMEN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18308, 19 January 1920, Page 3

FOR WOMEN.

NEWS AND NOTES. Per Excellency the Countess of Liverpool, • who visited the CAshmere jVfilitary Sanatorium on Wednesday, fhasdo a very thoughtful and acceptable present to the patients. It took the form of a number of cakes, which made a welcome addition to the ordinary fiienn of the institution. '.Mr and Mrs Minty (Ropton Street) have returned from the Hydro Grand. Sir George and Lady Fenwfck left for Dunedin on Saturday. Mis William Wilson, who has been visitingfriends at Waimate has returned to Wirihana, New Brighton.

Miss Esther Minshall (Kaikoura) came into town this morning for a few , days.

. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Robinson (Fondaltoh) have returned from Hanmer Sprirgs. ’ . Misj Madeline Patterson (Dunedin) is the guest of Mrs Scales, Maronan, Hind 9.

Mr and Mrs Freeman, who have been visiting Hanmer, have .returned to Cashmere Hills.

Mrs Moore (Edinburgh Street) left on Tuesday night for Napier, where she ■will stay witn her daughter, Mrs Harold Reece.

Mb and, Mrs Barratt (Brown’s Road) and their two daughters are home again after spending the Christmas and Neve Year holidays at the Lodge, Hanmer. /Mr and Mrs’Frank Bullen are going to Kaikoura shortly, where their new home will be. They, are at present staying in Sumner.

t' Mrs Lascelles was a passenger to New Zealand by the Kigoma. She is going to stay with her mother, Mr 3 Davison, 8t Leonard’s, Culverden. Miss Crowe (Adelaide), Mrs Handvside (Invercargill), and Mrs A. H. Miles (Wellington) are staying at Warner’s. *

The engagement ia announced of Miss Eileen Hem, only daughter of Mr and Mra Charles Hem, Christchurch, to Mr B. Grosvenor, of Waipukuran, Hawke’s Bay. Spero Powder prevents and destroys perspiration, odours, relieves eczema, chafing and prickly heat, eases sore feet and reduces inflammation. Spero is a pure white odourless powder, harmless and antiseptic, and is obtainable at Ballantyne’s. Price, Is '9d pacVket. 8

OBITUARY. MRS JAMES ANDERSON* Mrs James Anderson, who died at Kaiapoi on Saturday evening, arrived in Canterbury by the Charlotte Jane, tlio first of the historic “first four ships ” to drop anchor in Lyttelton Harbour. Mrs Anderson, who had attained. the ago of eighty-nine years, had survived her husband, who was a well-known blacksmith, by about thirtyfive years. At the time of her decease sho had resided in the house where sho died over sixty years. Mr and Mrs Anderson were among the first settlers in Kaiapoi, having gone there about 1856, when the essential elements of such a settlement were the store, “the hotel and the blacksmith’s Near to their residence and the smithy, Mr W. White erected the first important traffic bridge over the north branch of the Wnimakariri, and it was opened by the crossing of the public mail cart, on May 31, 1858. The passengers who gained historic note by the event were Messrs J. Wheeler (owner of the vehicle),' Mr W. Hammett (foreman of the bridge), Mr J. Sims and Mrs Anderson’s husband 1 , who had supplied the iron work in the construction of the bridge. Airs Anderson’s family consisted of four sons, of whom Mr John Anderson (Methven) is the survivor, the other three having died in early manhood. Three daughters survive their mother—Mrs W. Anderson (New Brighton), Mrs Taifc (Kaiapoi), and Miss Anderson, who resided with and nursed her mother to the close of her life. The funeral is arranged to take place on Tuesday afternoon.

"DIAMOND WEDDING.

Sixty years ago on Saturday a double wedding was . solemnised in the old St Michael’s Church by tho Right' Rev the Bishop of Christchurch. Tho brides were the two daughters of Bishop Harper, the bridegrooms the late Hon J. B. Acland of Mount Peel, and Mr O. P. Cox of Springs Station, Springfield. On Saturday Air and Aire 0. P. Cox, Te Whare, celebrated the diamond jubilee anniversary of that wedding day. At an informal garden party at TUford, the home of their daughter, Mrs Hanmer, many members of the family and a few intimate friends assembled on Saturday, afternoon to offer congratulations and felicitations. Very few contemporaries of the bride and bridegroom of that distant day survive, but Mrs Cox has had the friendship of her bridesmaid, Aire Alaling, through all these years. Mr and Airs "Cox, who are both,in wonderfully good health, had tho joy on Saturday of being surrounded by nearly all their sons and daughters, many grandchildren and their great grandchildren, and a pleasant sight it wivS to see a family gathering of young and old reviving happy memories. Air and Airs Percy H. Cox, and their six sons and two daughters, were present. Air Sandford Cox, of tho Bank of Now South Wales, Geraldine, Mr and Airs Cecil 0. Cox, Bank of Australasia, Daunevirke, and their oldest daughter, and Air K. S. Cox, of Atiamuri, and Aliss Cox, the only unmarried daughter. Air Hanmer has her two married daughters, Airs Wilder and Airs Dean, who'lately returned from India, staying with her and Airs Wilder’s four children and Mrs Dean’s baby girl. Air A. P. Cox is absent on military duty in Persia. The late Airs Henry Purchas was another daughter; her son, the Rev Alban Purchas, and his wife, were unable to come from the West Coast. Their little daughter makes the sixth great grandchild. Everyone will unite in wishing Mr and Airs Cox all that} is kind for: themselves and their family and that they may bo spared to exercise their wise and good influence for many years to comp. •

WEDDING.

RHIND—BEATTIE.

A pretty wedding was solemnised at the Church of Christ, Afoorhouse Avenue, on Wednesday last. The contracting parties 'were Aly Douglas R, Rhind, son of Mr John Rhind, of Christchurch, and Aliss Agnes' M. L. Beattie, daughter of Alrk John Beattie, also of Christ--church. Tho bridegroom recently* returned to tho Dominion • after three years’ war service. The church was tastefully decorated by friends of the happy couple, and tho ceremony ' was performed by Pastor J. J. Franklvn. Tho bride, who was given away by ter brother, Mr James Beattie, wore a pretty white embroidered wedding gown, with handsomo handworked tulle veil and orange blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet to correspond, ‘ The bridesmaids, Aliss C. Beattie (sister of the bride) and Aliss G, Rhind (sister of the bridegroom), were dressed in white voile, with touches of mauve and pink, and carried bouquets to matoh. After the ceremony a party of friends were entertained by Airs Beattie in the Sclwyn Street Hall, whore a wedding .breakfast was served and a number of toasts were honoured. The bride and bridegroom were tho recipients of numerous valuable presents. Subsequently the newly-wedded couple left for a honeymoon to tho North Island

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