DOMINION GOSSIP

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXV, Issue 3266, 7 February 1935, Page 6

DOMINION GOSSIP

WHAT OTHER N.Z. WOMEN ARE TALKING ABOUT. At the church in Linwood a wedding party waited for an hour for the bridegroom to appear, and then returned to the place where the bride was staying. There had been no bridegroom, no explanation. * * * Just before her marriage at Wanganui to Mi' George Russell Grace, of W'anganui, Mis:; Jeaunio Duncan received a telegram of congratulation from the Duke 01: Gloucester, who -was her father':! guest at "Otari" during hi:; stay at Hunterville. * * * A Chrh-'tchurch linn :.; sending five feevlei's embroidered in typical New Zealand 'design,'; to the quintuplets born recently ia Canada. One, for instance, has a kiwi on it, another a bright touch of rata,' the third; .". kingfishev, the fourth, :i spray 01' manuka blossom, k\\(\ the fifth, a cheeky little fantail. ** ■ « The most pleasing feature of women's cricket, as revealed in the Otngo-Cautorbitry match fov the Mary Machin Siiield, is the acuieness of tin' fielding, the department of the game which, efficiency most readily yields to enthusiasm. Very few balls were let past, and when they were, they were chased with a will. Though the ihrow-ing-in, as was to be expected, was sometimes erratic, there were only two (dear instances of dropped catches. * •* » bike all good housewives anxious to have everything about tho place spick and span, a woman residing a few miles out of Jnglewood recently collected odds and ends and sent them to inglewood to bo disposed of for what they would fetch at the usual weekly mart, sale. To her amazement and. disgust, oa the evening of the sale, they all arrived back on the farm, her husband, a well-known farmer and slock dealer, having purchased them at the auction in ignorance of the fact that they had come from his own property. « •» # Colour has come back in some degree to women's dresses, and wide hats gave a kaleidoscopic movement where the crowd was thickest at the Trentham races, says a Wellington writer. There were a lew organdies, but floral

georgettes oi silk and suits of inarocain

and light woollens wen.; the general wear. Ked, white and blue is ii popular mixture in patterned fabrics, and navy and white still hold their own in combination. Dusky pink, so becoming and kindly a shade, is coming steadily to the fore; and spots of all .size.*, from pin spots, to coin.dots; aye rivalling check's "and plaids. Trim lines and tailored severity have taken the place of flounces and frills to some extent, especially in the heavier silks; and though lace is still lovely, it is not fd' much seen as; last year.