SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 16

SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

Mr. ami Mrs. K. W. Alison, aecomp.iiM.l hj Mrs. Mair, an- staying at "Ycntnor." IVvonport. Mr. and Mrs. KiM'lile. of Kemiiera, niv also spending a lioliilay at IV\ import. Miss (iarlick, of Auckland, who haa heen .Hi a ii-it to Mrs. lUjiini, IJawke'e 3ia\ . has lift lor Wellington. Tim engagement is aiinuiuired in a ! ]la\vke"s Hny paper of Dr. Doris .Tolly to I Dr. (iordon. - Taiimpe. j Mrs. C. M. Hill iTnranaki) is on n| visit to Au.-klau.l. Mr. ami Mrs. ■(. Atkinson (Waikato) arc having a holiday in Auckland. .MW Olive Miii-kay is on a holi.liiy trip I to Auckland ami Wliangarei. j Mis-. S. Kit/herbert is thp guest of her sist.T. Mrs. ; . i-liihvoll. Itomticra. Mrs. R. or Niiw l'lymoiitli. left for Aiuklaiid sin- will nioct hpr husbanil. Lieut. Qnilliaiu. who is home on sii-k leave. I Miss Rihijib flemnw (Auckland) is the j guest of Mrs. K. Cleniow. Omata. ; Mrs. \V. R. Wilson and Miss Wilson, of Auckland, are stayinji in Christrhnreh. M.r s . A. Clark (Auckland), who Ims ■boon visitin-_r Mount Cook, iuui returned ioine. Miss remvar.icn (Omata) is visiting Hamilton. Miss Sybil Fitzherhprt, of New Plymonth, is visiting Auoklan.l. Mrs. I;. Paul is visiting her mother, Mrs. Casey. Auckland. Mrs. Teu-filey, of Auckland, is staying , in Wellington. The engagement is announced of Miss Kathleen Airina Mnir, daughter of Captain Mair and Mrs. Mair inee Miss Sperry. a NVir Zealand artist—one of ivliose pictures, "An Italian Oout-herd," ' is in the British National (Jallery). to the Hon. Kalph Vane, son of Lord and Lady Barnard, of Raby Castle. England. Miss Mair, whose mother is dead, lias ■been for some years living in England, Init has many friends of her own and of her parents in 2vevr Zealand. "Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm, who have given ■α-p fheir house, are staying at "Cargen" before Mr. Malcolm leaves for the front. I : Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Cooper, of Hawke's I Bay. are on a visit to Anrkland. Mr. and Miss TJandvside. of Napier, are visiting- Auckland. A motor party, consisting of Mr. and ' Mxs. Exter, Mr. and Mrs. Chicken, and ] Mr. and Mrs. Dickson. of Wairoa (H. 8.). '" •motored through to Auckland last week. ] Amongst the guests at "Cargen" are (Mr. and Mrs. McOM. of Palraerston \ Jforth, Mr. and Mrs. Humphries, of j Hastings, and Miss Morton, of Wei- i linprton. i>r., Mrs., and Miss Baldwin, of Raro- s tonga, are at present in Auckland. Miss t Bal-d-n-in is shortly to 'be married to Mr. , Russell, solicitor," of Christchureh. 1 ■Major and Mrs. Dean Pitt, of Gis- ( borne, -who have been staying in Auck- J land, have now returned home. ] Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Liggins, of Toko- o maru Bay, have been spending a short holiday at the Grand, Auckland. S Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Beddoe returned p to Auckland from Rotorua, and spent d some days at the Grand Hotel before re- v turning to Takapuna. S

The Hon. R. S. D. Rankin and Mrs. Rjiiikin, of Suva, are at present staying at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bull, of Coromandel. have been spending a few days in Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Xorton Thompson, of Hastings, who have been on a visit to Auckland, have returned home. Justice and Mrs. .Stringer have gone into the country to visit their son. j Mr. and Mrs. Erie Riddiford. who • spent Easter in Auckland, have now re- ; turned home. | I Mr. Percy Watts, of Hamilton, has been spending his final leave with Mrs Watts, at the Grand. j A party of visitors to Auckland, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Warren and Mr. and Miss Cato, who motored through from Unwke's Bay for Easter, have I -now returned home. | -Mr. and Mrs. Moore, of Nelson, are making a lengthy visit to Auckland. A very quiet wedding took place last jweek. when Mr. William Arthur Beddoo (Canadian Trade Commissioner was marjned to Miss Sehua Lillian P.ryant. third daughter of Mrs. H. Bryant', of Takanuna. The marriage took place at St latrick's Cathedral. Miss V. M. Nolan was bridesmaid. Mr. Ernest Xolan -rave the bride away, and Mr. P. M Xolan acted as best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Holbrook During some structural changes i n the lalace of \ ersailles, the palace architect has diserrered a secret sot of rooms, formerly occupied by Madaipe <le Pompadour in the imposing days of Louis XV I lie rooms are beautifully deeornted by Le Brun, and are in the right win.' (if the palace, on the ground floor. In the time of Louis Philippe a staircase connecting the suite with the King's apartments was walled up, and since then ■Madame de Pompadour's rooms had remained closed. They are to be restored.