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A Flannel Dance. A very successful evening was held recently by tho Bandwick Cricket Club and Parents' Association. A "500" party took place in ono portion of the Bandwick Schoolroom, whilo the Cricket Club's first flannel dance was successfully carried out in another part of the building. During tho evening the prizes for the Parents' Association competition were awarded to Mr. H. Wood 1, and Mr. C. C. Beatty 2. Many novelty dances were included in the programme, and excellent music 'and supper were provided. On behalf of the Cricket Club, the president (Mr. H. Baldwin) thanked all present for their attendance, and made a presentation to Mr. L. Moran, who had batted the: first century for the club. Mr. Moran replied. Mrs. Dunn won the" raffle held in aid of the funds of the Cricket Club. Princess of 3000 Years Ago. A tiny head exquisitely carved in limestone and no bigger than a walnut, was the gem of the collection shown recently in London by the Egypt Exploration Society, states a correspondent. It was believed to be the likeness of- the princess who became tho wife of Tutankhamen. The relic was found in the dust of the royal city of Tel-el-Amarna built by Akhamaten and left deserted less than 25 years later by his successor, ■ Tutankhamen. That this small soft stone should have retained the portrait seems incredible. Yet it. is to-day almost as perfect as when the last touch was put to it by the, cunning, hand of its . carver 3000 years ago. . , . , Tragic Doath: of M.P.'s Wife. Lady Poto, wife of Sir Basil Peto, a British M.P., died last month. She was suffering from' fatigue after assisting her husband in the election campaign, states a London writer, and on the Sat.urday following the election entered a nursing home- for an operation. Lady Peto was the. daughter of the late Captain Thomas K. • Baird, of the Dorset Begiment, who fought in the' Crimean War. She married: Sir Basil in-1892. A Letter from Oxford.. • . . ~ , , An interesting' letter from Miss Belle Cable to a 'friend in "Wellington, writ-, ten from Oxford (where she is living with, a'niece who is attending the University) tells of, sqme recent ...events. Miss Cable says that.she will not be returning to New Zealand' for some time, and she evidently finds life ■ very pleasant in England. She proceeds: "Wo. went to .tho Sheldqnian Theatre a couple, of, weeks ago and saw. the Duchess .of York having the, degree of Doctor of Laws conferred upon her. Sho is just as sweet and gracious as it is possible to be. Another notable visitor was Gandhi, who came up to &: ;ak to the Indian students. He is a shrunken little man, but has a remarkably quick and active brain, and it was wonderful to note how instantly he answored the questions put to him. Miss Slade accompanied him, and closed the meeting when she thought he was tired. She is Ms housekeeper and friend. She wore the plainest of Indian dress, and looked very stately in it. Gandhi wore his usual loin-cloth and sandals, but has had to add a shoulder blanket during his stay in England. Last Sunday threo Indian women, delegates to the Bound Table Conference, came ana addressed the ' Maylis' (Indian for Parliament), and if Home Bule is granted these women will have helped considerably to get it. They were graduates of Madras and Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Their names are Mrs. Sarajini Naidu (an Indian poetess and ex-President of Congress), Begum Nawdz, and Mrs. Subbaroyan. The first speaker gave the finest and most fluent speech I ever heard. The second was almost as good, but not so forceful, and evidently thoy had well earned a seat, at tho Bound Table." Miss Cable concludes with good wishes to her friends in New Zealand, with special mention of the Women's Borstal Committee, of which she was a member. Marriage Out. of Fashion.' Marriage is going- out of fashion in Northern Germany," states a correspondent to the "Daily Mail." Statistics show that in the. second quarter of J;his year there were 91,061 .weddings in Prussia, against 99,346 in. the. save period last year, a .decrease of more than 8 per cent. In "Berlin the slump was more than 22 per cent. In Berlin 11,432 babies were born in the second quarter of last year, and 10,512 in the second quarter of this year. Deaths in the same period of 1930 were 12,776, and "this year 13,048. This excess of deaths ovor births in the capital is rapidly rising. Those Trains! Although the present-day dresses in the first act of the new musical show "Wonder Bar," at the Savoy Theatre, were ankle-length, those worn in the next —a year later —had twelve-inch trains (writes a Londoner). It was interesting to notice at the dress rehearsal how these trains embarrassed the dancers. Several times couples paused while a skirt was draped over the wearer's arm —a difficult matter, as the heavy satin was of a slippery texture. Five hundred yards of the satin was used for the dresses in this scene. In an amusing parody of the long skirt problem three actresses wore long taffeta frocks fitted with tapes by which the ankle-length hemlines were drawn up to knee length, like "Venetian blinds. ■ ■