WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue II, 13 January 1894, Page 43

WELLINGTON.

Dear Bee, December 28. Society generally has broken up in the Empire City, and there is absolutely nothing going on just now. A great many people are away. Mrs Robert Pharazyn has gone South. Mr and Mrs Morison and family have gone up country. Mr and Mrs H. D. Bell and family. Mr and Mrs E. J. Reid and fami'y, Mr and Mrs A Pearce, and Mr and Mrs Gore and family have all gone to Lowry Bay. Mrs Leonard Reid has gone to Nelson : Miss Swainson has gone to the Rangitikei district: Mr L. Tripp has gone to Canterbury to spend the Chris’mas holidays with his family : Mr E. Bell and Mr Govett have gone on a walking tour to Mount Tongariro ; Mr and MrsC. Tanner and MissKebbeP have gone to the Peninsula : Mr K. Koch. Mr Ross Gore, and Miss Trimnell have gone to Auckland to play for Wellington in the lawn tennis tournaments; Mr Gull has gone south; the Misses Hart have gone up country and also the Misses Williams: Sir James and Lady Hector and family. Mr and Mrs Rawson and family, Miss Quick and Miss Ethel Cooper, and many other people aro also away, so you may imagine how dull town is getting. Mr and Mrs Tavener, of the Rangitikei District, are spending Christmas with Mr and Mrs Graham, of KarorL Mr and Mrs Jellicoe intend making a long trip to the Old Country very soon, and Miss (Percy) Smith is also to leave shortly fora trip to England. Sir Patrick Buckley is also to leave for England soon, and wi 1. after a short visit, travel back with Lady Buckley, who is at present in England. The CAKE FAIR which was held in the Tinakori Schoolroom in aid of St. Paul’s Sunday-schools was largely patronized, and I hear they made nearly £4O. which was excellent, considering the smallness of the affair. The Rev. T. and Mrs Sprott were very energetic, and were ably assisted by the Rev. C. Tisdall. Mrs Smith. Mrs Allen. Mrs Powles. Mrs Clapham. Mrs Smythe, and the Misses Twiss. Powles. etc. The room was prettily decorated, and the stalls were nicely arranged with various fancy articles, and the Christmas tree and the bran tub were a source of much amusement to the children, who attended in large numbers. The Holloway Company are attracting fair audiences at the Opera House. This is really the only form of amusement there is just now. Lady and Miss Gorst passed through Wellington a short time ago. having come out from England for a visit to Lady Gorst’s parents—Mr and Mrs Moore—who live in Nelson. Mr F. Moore, of Masterton. is a brother of Lady Gorst. Mis E. J. Riddiford. of rhe Hutt, has been giving a series of very pleasant tennis parties, choosing each alternate Saturday afternoon. Mrs Fitzberbert doing the same, so that there is a tennis party every Saturday in this gay little township. Mrs Burnett, too. often entertains her friends at tennis, and the town people quite enjoy going out to these little gatherings, and gener ally return home laden with fruits and flowers, for which the Hutt is famed. The weather on Christmas Day was anything but good, but Boxing Day was very much better, and a large number of picnics and sea excursions took place, the town having a terribly deserted appearance. Miss Laura Fisher is visiting her parents from Australia, where she has been studying singing under Madame Bahnson. but I am sorry to hear that’she has been ill, but not seriously, since she arrived in Wellington.

Ophelia.