SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20137, 24 December 1928, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. A. Gould, of Takapuna, is visiting Rotorua. Miss .). Tanner has left for a visit to rulmerstoii North. Miss Joan Carson, of Remuera, has left for a visit to Whangarci. Mrs. Cain, who is a visitor from Hamilton, is staying at Glenalvon. Mr. and Mrs. FoUieringhnin have left Takapuna for a visit to Uotorua. Miss W. Gillespie, of Grafton Road, has left for a visit to Christchurch. Mrs. Woodham, of Sydney, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Glenalvon Miss Kathleen O'Connor has retui\ied to Wellington for I lie Christinas holidays. Miss M. A. Tracy, of Christchurch, is visiting Auckland, and is a guest at Cargen. ' Mrs. Currie, of Wa'riganui, is a visitor to Auckland and is staying at the Grand Ifotel. The Mi sses Mcintosh, of Wellington, ;irc \isiting Auckland and are staying at Arundel. Mrs. I'\ (.. Buddie, of Takapuna, is spending the Christinas holidays at Paekakanki. Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Claphairi and family, of Hamilton. aro spending the holidays in Uotorua. Sir Frances and Lady Hoys, of Christchurch, are spending Christmas with their son in Hawke's Hay. Mrs. L Raynes, of Grafton, left last evening to visit her sister, Mrs. llsley, df Hataitai, Wellington. Mrs and Miss Spencer, of Svrriondsvillo, sail liy the Mauiiganui on January 4, for a visit to Australia. Mrs. W. Coffey and her daughtei, of Epsom, are visiting Uotorua. and arc staying at Devonshire Mouse. Mrs. John i'oberton left on Saturday bv car foi Roturua, where she will be the guest of her sister. Mrs. James Roberton. Mrs. J. N. Woollams, of Wheturangi Road. One Tree Hill, has returned from a motor tour through the National Park and Taranaki.

One of the most nolable society weddings of the year took place recently, when Lady Patricia Herbert was married to Viscount llambledon. The bride is the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Pembroke. The ceremony took place in the 700-year-old cathedral at Salisbury, and was attended by 1200 people. All old custom was revived at the wedding, at the wish of the bride. When the ring was to be slipped on the bride's finger Mishop Core recited the old-time prayer: "Rless, 0 Lord, this ring which we bless in Thy name, that she who wears it may abide in Tliv peace, continue in Thy favour, live, go on, -and grow old in Thy love, through Jesus Christ." There was one hitch in the ceremony. Illness prevented the six-year-old Earl of Uxbridge fiom acting as a page, and the other page, Kim, Lady Winifred Pennover's golden-haired boy. could not be coaxed to carry the bridal train alone. He huddled up on his mother's knee and cried—until a compromise was reached. Then hr> joined the procession hand in hand with Lady Elizabeth Paget, while the bridal train swept along tho crimson carpet.