PRIMATE OFFICIATES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 206, 31 July 1937, Page 13

PRIMATE OFFICIATES.

Milson “Black Night” (John Browne). —Cast: Mrs Murphy (Sophia), Miss Colley (Sonia). Miss Prentice (Tatania), Miss G. Whittaker fOlgal, Mr D. Rabone (Alexandrov), Mr O. Brill (Agent), Mr K. Anderson (Lieut. Petrokov). Producer: Miss Freda Whittaker. Miss Grant returned thanks cn behalf of the executive to the >earns and producers for the excellent festival they had provided; +o Mrs Linda Bennett, for her splendid work as stage manager; to the husbands who had given such fine assistance; to Mrs Bristow, Miss M. Cranston. Miss B. Rodgers, and Mr J. Renwick for their great assistance to the country teams, and to all who had helped off-stage, Mr J. W. Muir, city electrical engineer and his staff for making it possible to have special lighting effects, and to the caretaker, Mr Redwood, for all his kindly help in the hail. A special vote of thanks was conveyed to the judges, Mrs W. Sandilands, and Miss Loe, and carried by acclamation The winning teams go on to the festival of the Manawatu Area of the British Drama League which 's to be held in Palmerston North 'n August.

WEDDING OF CHAUFFEUR’S DAUGHTER. Ono of the happiest girls in England is Hilda Wells, daughter of the chauffeur of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr Lang). She has married Arthur Thomson, with the Archbishop officiating, at St. Mary’s, Lambeth. Miss Wells’s father has been driver for the Primate for more than 25 years. Mr Thomson was formerly one of the chauffeurs of the late King George V. The Primate in addressing the couple said: “I first saw her a few hours after her birth. She has been brought up in my household, and I regard her almost as I would a child of my own.” The Primate attended the reception -and later opened the Lambeth Palace gardens to the guests.