THE SOCIAL ROUND

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 76, 30 March 1928, Page 12

THE SOCIAL ROUND

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mii*s D. M. Stubbing*, of Auckland, is visiting Queenstown.

Mr. and Mrs. James Begg, of Dunedin, ara staying at Hotel Cargen. » » » •

,Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Wynn, are Sydney visivcrrs to Auckland at present.

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Carthew, of Christ church, arc 011 a visit to Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wilding, of Koto rua, are at present in Auckland.

Ontrnl Hotel visitors incliide Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lomas, of Palmerston North.

Mrs. Rutherford, who has been visiting Auckland, has returned to North Canterbury.

Mrs. E. Aldridge, of Stanley Point, who has been visiting the Nelson district, has returned home.

Mrs. M. Moorhouse, of Maunganui, who is on a visit to Auckland, is a guest at Stonehurst.

Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Simpson, of Sydney, are on a visit to Auckland and are at the Royal Hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Spence, of Otago, are among the guests at the Grand Hotel.

Miss L. Martin, of Auckland, is at present visiting Wellington, where she is the guest of Mrs. M. Johnston. • • • •

Miss Audrey Nolan, who has been staying with Lady Nolan, St. George's Bay Road, Parnell, has returned to Cambridge.

Mrs. Charles Coward, Charlton Avenue, Mount Eden, is on a short holiday to Whangarei, and is the guest of Mrs. H. Walker, James' Hotel.

Juana Arias Verdecia, the only woman who attained the rank of Colonel in the Cuban War of Independance, has died at the age of 110.

Star Hotel guests include Mr. and Mrs. E. Harding, of Dargaville, Mr. and Mrs. H. Gascoyne, of Hawke's Bay, and Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Jounneaux, of Whangarei,

Mrs. Grace Stevens, of Papakura, returned by the Makura on Tuesday after a twelve-months' world tour, including London, the Continent, America and the East.

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kernot, who have •old their home in Remuera, are staying at the Grand Hotel till April 10, after which thev join the Tahiti for England, by way of the United States. # • • • Lady Fergussor., who has been visiting Mrs. Joseph Studholme, and Miss Susan Fergusson, who has been the guest of Mrs. Algar Williams, have left for the Franz Josef Grader. Sir James Fergus son hopes to enjoy some fishing in Canterbury before leaving for the north.

Following on the Ceylon Commission on Constitutional Reform, the women have formed a Ceylon Women's Franchise Union with a first demand that women over 25 knowing English and the vernacular, and with certain educational and property qualifications shall be enfranchised.

Romola McKinnon is the lateet young New Zealander to bold a successful art exhibition in London. Her work, -which wu favourably commented upon, Included an exceptionally beautiful creation in barboia, pen and ink and water colour. Among those present were Her Majesty Queen Mary, the Earl of Balfour and his niece, Lady Venetia Baring. Romola McKinnon is the elder daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hammond, of Clifton Tcrrace, Wellington.

Under the heading "Miss Australia no longer" an Australian paper reports that St. Michael's Church, Vaucluse, was crowded with those anxious to see the marriage of Mlm Beryl Mills and Mr. Francis Keith Davison. The ceremony, which was fully choral, wa« performed by the Rev. H. W. Dander. The bride is the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mills, of Geraldton, W.A., and the bridegroom is * well-known Sydney pressman, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Davison, of Perth. A bridal frock of white georgette trimmed with silver and crystal beads waa enveloped in a hand-embroidered veil, which fell from a Juliet cap of pearls, and the long georgette train Was banded with satin. Misses Jessie Chamberlain and Lucy Murray were the bridesmaids, and Messrs. A. Burfmry and F. Hansen attended the bridegroom. After the ceremony a reception was held at Rose Bay. »