WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 213, 7 September 1921, Page 8

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS

Mrs. and Miss C'aro, of Auckland, arc guests of Mrs. Kecsing, of Hill Street, Wellington. Mr. :md Mr*. John Fuller were in London on •Inly 2S. staying with Mr. Gordon l'innin. at* Albemarle Mansions, Piccadilly. \ Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Hindmarsh are at present the guests'of Dr. and Mrs. Hunt, Reinueru. Miss Amy Laird, of Auckland, was in London when the mail left, from Bath, where she has been staying at Westliolmc, Blooinficld Avenue. Mr. Sam. 11. Davenport and Mis* E. M. Davenport were in London on July 23, having come over by the Ma.ta.tua. They were staying at * the Palace Hotel, Bioo-msbury street. Mr. and" Mrs. T. 11. Wilson. «ivs our London correspondent on July 28, were in London again, but were leaving next month for Nciv Zealand, travelling via New York and Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. F. Soilness, of Mangaroa. were recently in London, staying at Fiiisbury l*;irk, and were leaving shortly to visit* France. They then tour BnjJland and .Scotland, returning in November, via ■Suhjz. A concert in connection with St. Michael's Church Women's Guild, and in aid of tho debt on the parish hall, took plate last week at Devonport. There was a good attendance, and the sum of lid was added to the fund. Mr. and Mrs. lleiuben Watts, of Takapuna, are in England on a visit of eighteen months duration. They are in London, writes our London correspondent, on July 28,-and are going on to stay at Witlington, Manchester. Mrs. Memieka Lizon Jelhcoe, an aunt of Viscount Jellicoe, recently died at Southampton at the age of 00. Her surviving sister will reach her 100 th year next September. • Their cousin, Miss lirace Whalley-Snrythe Gardner, died recently at the age of 105. The engagement is announced of Miss Jean E. Russell, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Russell and Mrs. Russell, "Dirleton," Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, to Mr. Robert C. Tuke, of Tihitahi, Taihape, youngest ?on of the late Major Tuke, S.M., of Taranaki. Mrs. W. M. Diamond, who is leaving To Aroha shortly, was farewelled by a numbnr of friends at the residence of Mrs. 17. McKechnic. An interesting competition was the feature of the afternoon, tho prize being won by Mr. E. C. Wykes and Mrs. E. A. Bruce. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hartland have returned to their home in Hawke's Bay, after spending three months in Auckland. News has been received of the , marriage in June of Colonel Vere Bettington. K.A.F., D.8.0., lately adviser on aviation to the New Zealand Government, to Florence, daughter of the late .Sir William Wright, of Hull, and niece of thp late Mr. Cory Wright, of Tairua. Mr. and Mrs. James Dyikes, and Miss Freda Dykes, of Auckland, have, been staying at Manor Park, Essex. Mr. Dykes has 'been, absent from the Old (.'oi.ivtry for 47 years. They arrived In London in June, after a delightful voyage. After t'herr visit to their Ess«x friends they intend spending August tuid September in Scotland, and then will cross to France before returning to Xew Zealand, Miss Cecil Hall left on Monday for Wellington, where she has "been appointed judge of the dancing at the annual competitions, Mr. Gordon Layers (of Sydney) is the judge of the vocal and instrumental music, and Mr. Bertram Flohn (of Sydney) is judge of elocution. Miss Hall goes on to Dunedin afterwards to judge at the competitions there, and will return to Auckland at the end of the month. Mr, J, Watkinson, of Mt. Eden, who is in England, with Mrs. Watkinson, on a visit dictated primarily by family reasons, travelled via Canada, They have been staying with relations at Blackpool, Lancashire, and, after seeing London, intend to tour France, and then Cornwall and Devon, and probably Yorkshire. They are returning via 'Frisco, and hope to make a stay of some duration in California. Tho National Reserve Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, who earlier in the year had some very instructive and interesting lectures from Dr. (iladys Montgomery are now to have a series of lectures from Dr. Susie Robertson-Buckingham, who is assisting Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, surgeon to the division, with his work in that connection. On Monday night Dr. Buckingham was introduced to the division by Mre. Cammell, lady superintendent. There was a good attendance of members. Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Massey spent a recent Sunday, writes our London correspondent, with Lord Inverforth, Minister of Munitions, the Glosgow ironmaster. He has now a lovely old English 'house—Enfleld Chase —where the lawns and the trees are such as only England and centuries' of culture can produce. The local Southgate Cadets mounted a guard of honour for the Prime Minister, and - Mr. Massey addressed them. Sir James and Lady Allen, accompanied Mrs. and Miss Massey to the Barnardo Village Homes at Barkingside, in Essex recently. There they saw to what uses the New Zealand funds are being put—the upkeep of a charmins English village, each cottage con- ] tabling a mother (a foster mother of i course) and her happy ibrood of smiling (though orphan) children. Mrs. Massey was particularly struck with the jolly spirit of the life there. The Rev. Isaac Jolly and Mrs. Jolly, of Ponsonby, were recently in Edinburgh, and will visit Kilmaurs," and make some stay at the Hydropaxiiic, Crieff. They will then return to London, writes our London correspondent, and go on to the South Coast, and will spend some time in Bournemouth. They hope also to visit Rome, their return to New Zealand being fixed by the Remuera next January. Mr. Jolly has 'benefited greatly from his voyage, which he took largely on the score of health. The marriage tcok place on August 24, at Dominion Road Methodist Ghureli, of Miss Mildred Heron, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. (Heron, Brentwood Avenue, Mt. Eden, to Mr. A. Stanton, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanton, Pake Avenue, Mt. Eden. The bride, who was given away toy her father, wore a gown of cream crepe de chine and georgettet, and primrose satin train, \\Teath and veil and carried a 'bouquet of spring flowers. The 'bridesmaids were Miss Arawa Heron and Miss Phylis Stanton. The Bayswater and Bcbnont districts have recently formed a tennis club, to be known as the Xgataringa Tennis Olub. Already some 45 members have been enrolled. A committee arranged a dance last Friday in Mc Victoria Hall, Devon-port, to help defray the initial expenses of the club, when the hall was gay with red and blue flaSs-*— tflie. club colours—and the supper tables with red and blue anemones. After all expenses were paid £8 was handed over to t ! ie