WAIKATO NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 161, 10 July 1928, Page 11

WAIKATO NOTES.

Mrs. J. H. Harold, of Rotorua, has been | on a visit to Hamilton. Mrs. A. E. Manning has returned to Claudelands after spending some weeks in Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Gordon, of Opotiki, have been staying in Hamilton. Mrs. W. L. King, of Whitiora, has been away in , Auckland. Mrs. Carroll, of Te Kuiti, has * been the guest of Mrs. F. Vickery, k Hamilton. Mrs. F. G. Evans has re- 1 turned to New Plymouth from a visit to J Hamilton. Mrs. Jeffry, of Mauritius, has left Hamilton to reside in Sydney. Mrs. * J. F. Kyall has returned to Stratford ] from a vißit to Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. , J. A. Horby, of Nelson, were in Hamil- | ton during the week. Miss Rawson is a Wellington visitor to Hamilton. Mrs. A. ■ Kempthorne has returned to Te Kuiti 1 from a visit to Hamilton. Mrs. C. Sut- . cliffe, of Hamilton, has been away in - Auckland. Mrs. Mclnnes has returned i to Stratford from a visit to Hamilton, i where she was the guest of Mrs. J. W. Smith. Mrs. Colin Taylor has left Hamilton on a visit to the Islands. Miss N. Jackson, of Hamilton, is spending a holiday in Tauranga. Miss Hemingway, of Te Kuiti, is away in Patea. At Bishopscourt, Hamilton, on Thursday afternoon and "At Home" was given by Bishop Cherrington and Mrs. Cherrington. During the afternoon selected items were rendered by an orchestra and solos were sung by Miss Kirby and Mr. G. Wheeler. Those present were: Mesdames G. R. Barnett, E. M. Cowie, H. G. Sell, J. Kyall, A. B. Whyte, Templer, R. English, J. W. Warren, E. H. Curling, Mclnnes, Atkey, H. C. Ross, H. G. Sergei, W. Whitlock, L. B. Gilflllan, F. Vickery, S. Trill, F. Burley, P. Cleary, E. Houchen, Morris, Robertson, Mercer, Corbett, F. D. Pinfold, A. Kempthorne, F. Lowry, G. Coombes, R. Hazard, W. G. Pountney, C. Payze, Luker, M. Manning, Walsh, Wilkes, S. B. Sims, Misses Burley, Warren, Necker, Mercer, M. Forrestt, Young, Templer, Gilflllan, Whitlock, G. Roche, E. Norris, Keddie, Willison and Kirby. The second birthday of the Lyceum Club was celebrated at Hamilton on Thursday. All the club rooms were decorated with pink cherry blossom and pale pink camellias. There was a large attendance. of members, both town and country. A splendid musical programme and a dramatic reading entertained those present. A two-tier birthday cake was cut, and voted a great success. Those present were: Mesdames H. Douglas, H T. Gillies, J. E. Page, V. Chitty, P. E. Stevens, W. H. Hume, H. Valder, R. B. Cranwell T. Piatt, A. L. Yule, H. J. McMullin, F. Bullock, W. D. Ross, F. F. Jolly A. W. Green J. F. Strand, M. Coventry, H. Montagu, J. E. i Prenton, A. H. Powell, L. Champion, A. Beale, J. Ranstead, Holden, M. Johnson, W. J. Stevens S. Bennett, F. Burley, A. Joseph, H. Clark, G. Valder, H. Brewer, 1 Wilkes, P. Stewart, E. P. Oowles, Wyatt, Seales. E. F. Peacocke, C. Newell, Finlayson, Mason, K. Eade, Last-Harris, Watt, ' F. Seifert, E. English, A. F. Speedy, [ Mclnnes, R. G. Barnett, Hooker, C. Hol- ! loway, F. Sandford, H. Greenslade, J. ; McKinnon, J. C. Gray, C. Newell, Wal- ; ker, Toombs, W. Fraser, F. D. Pinfold, : H. Hammond, GJendinning, E. V. Stace, [ A. R. Brown, H N. Eiby, W. H. Oliver, 1 Clayton-Greene, White, F. Bond, H. H. ; Sterling, Tunks, H. Grocott, G. A. Hurdwood, Turner, S. Arthur, Pratt, j, McCormack, Hasler, A. Furze, M. Bevin. ; H. Ferguson R. JUtmsev, E. Masters, F. r Weston, Simmons, E. J. Stewart, A. H. ' Powell, Burtenshaw, G. Smith, N. Ratcliffe, C. L. MacDiarmid, Misses Keddie, M. Rimmer, P. Bullock, D. Pratt, L. Hume, Madeley, E. Norrish, E. Wright, Gordon, Stevens, Wallnutt, Chitty, Hodgson, Bourke, Hunter, Bowie, Camp--1 bell, Wyatt, Burley, Valder, Scherer, F. i Jolly, B. Manning, Wilkinson, L. J Nicholls, Eggleston, Andrews, E. Bul- * lock and M. Valder. _ An enjoyable progressive bridge party was given on Friday evening by Miss J Enid Wright and Miss Edith Norrish to a number of their Hamilton friends. * Those present were: Mrs. Wright, Mrs. 1 3. Murray, Mrs. F. M. Spencer, Mrs. S. Arthur, Mrs. O. Smith, Mrs. P. Nelson, ■' Mrs. E. English, Mrs. Walders, Mrs. S. Bennett, Misses O. Rowe, Bourke, E. ' Scherer, R. Burley, Hodgson, Bourke and M. Scherer.

At the Winter Show Social Hall on Friday a presentation was made to Mrs. A. W. Green by the members of the Waikato branch of the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union. Mrs. Duxfiekl presented Mrs. Green with a silver manicure set, silver powder bowl, and silver photo frame. The ladies present were: Mesdames Duxfield. (1. Sherley, A. Ramsey, D. Shaw, Stubbs, Feisst, Henderson, Bell, Houlden, Ouidaille, Jones, Law, Minchim, Middlemiss, Watkinson, Mclnness, T. Ramsey, Thompson, Misses Bell, Mcintosh and Elvey. An afternoon tea for Lady Cooper was enjoyed at the home of Mrs. Magnus Johnson, Claudelands, on Friday. The guests were: Mesdames A. E. Manning, F. B. Jolly, R. H. Boyd, R. G. Guy, A. R. Brown, A. W. Ward, G. Valder, A. C. Cooper, K. Alexander, Len. Swales, E. H. Hammond, E. J. Mears and P. Stewart. On Friday Mrs. H. J. McMullin, of Claudelands, gave two bridge parties in honour of Mrs. Patrick Black, of Remuera, who is the guest of Mrs. McMullin. In the afternoon the players were: Mrs. C. L. MacDiarmid, Mrs. J. D. Smith, Mrs. E. C. Brewis, Mrs. H. Ferguson, Mrs. A. Joseph, Mrs. J. F. Strang and Miss Eggleston. Those present in the evening were: Mrs. W. Gray, Mrs. A. Furze, Mrs. E. F. Peacocke, Mrs. F. B. Jolly, Mrs- E. R. Greenslade, Mrs. J. E.| Chitty, and Mrs. H. J. Greenslade. A very gay luncheon party was held at the "Wattle" Tea Rooms on Friday, when the visiting members of the Diocesan Council of the Mothers' Union were the guests of the Hamilton members. The rooms were decorated with golden mimosa and yellow jonquils. Those present were: Mesdames G. R. Barnett, Beeche, J. W. Warren, Robertson, J. H. Kyall, C. H. Holloway, M. Manning, Thornton, Kempthorne, KentJohnstone, L. B. GilfiUan, Hitchcock, R. Jones, Turner, Howlett, E. L. Harvie, Mclnness and A. Clarke.