MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 9, 4 March 1893, Page 199

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr Edward Pearce, of Wellington, who is about to pay a long promised visit to the Old Country, was entertained at dinner by some fifty or sixty members of the Wellington Club, the Chief Justice, Sir James Prendergast, being iu the chair, and making an excellent farewell speech, to which Mr Pearce replied in his usual happy way. The proceedings, of course, were of a private nature. Dunedin people are much engrossed with the races. Amongst smaller entertainments a dance given by Airs J. M. Ritchie, at her residence, Balbraid, must be chronicled because the guests were limited to a very comfortable dancing number. In consequence, it was greatly enjoyed. Mrs Gibson gave a pleasant tennis party, and Mrs E. J. Spence had a charming dinner party. The anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jowitt’s wedding was celebrated by a party given to the bridesmaids and groomsmen by the still happy pair. Mr Wright, who had acted as best man, proposed the health of the host and hostess. Mr and Mrs Jowitt are now settled in Dunedin, having paid a long honeymoon visit to England. The Misses Banks and Bailey (Auckland) gave a delightful picnic at East Tamaki, the evening being spent in dancing in a large barn.