THE SOCIAL ROUND

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 245, 16 October 1928, Page 11

THE SOCIAL ROUND

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mrs. K. M. Tolliurst, of Remuera, has left on a visit to Havelock North. * * * * Miss Jean Altman, of Epsom, left for Russell by this morning's express. • • • * Miss Martin, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. C. Miles, Wanganui. • * • • Mr. and Mrs. Meadowcroft arrived from the South Island by the express. • • • • Miss Johnston, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. Fairchild, of Masterton. » «- • •» Mrs. Sutherland, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. Weir, sen., New Plymouth. » • • • Dr. and Mrs. Tillyard and daughters left Wellington by the Maheno for Australia. • • « • Mrs. Kirby, Auckland, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholls, Wanganui. • » » » Misses Alys and Kathleen Dryden left for Wanganui and Palmerston by car this afternoon. • * « * Mrs. J. Mackenzie and her daughter are visitors to the Dominion, and are at Stonehurst Hotel. • * * • Mrs. A. R. Wilson, Auckland, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Harrop, Argyle Street, New Plymouth. * • • • Mr. H. E. Pacey, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Lorna Pacey, of Palmerston North, are on a visit to Auckland. * * * • Dr. Helen Dougall arrived at New Plymouth last week to assume temporary duties for the Public Health Department. » • • • Mrs. Spencer Westmacott, of Auckland, is paying a visit to her sister, Mrs. Louis Campbell, of Fendalton, Christchurch. • • • • Miss Winifred Wise left by the Limited express on Sunday for New Plymouth, where she will in future reside. Miss Winifred Bodle, who has been living at Marton and in Wellington for some time, has returned to her home at Glen Eden. Mrs. J. F. Montague, who has been visiting Cambridge, staying at Hotel Midland, will return towards the end of the week. • • • ♦ Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson and party returned to Wellington on Tuesday, after having made a journey through the heart- of the Urewera Country. * » ♦ * Mrs. J. Kemball, a daughter of Sir Andrew Russell, and wife of LieutenantCommander Kemball, R.N., returned to Wellington from England .by the Ruahine. • * • The great-great-granddaughter of Captain Cook, the great navigator, is, it is believed, living in Ontario. Her name is Miss M. A. Cook. She has now nearly completed investigations which should prove her descent. • • • * Dr. C. H. King and his wife, Dr. Janette King (Dunedin), travelled to England by the Port Curtis, via Cape Horn. They expect to spend a year or 18 months in England and on the Continent. Dr. King intends to do medical post-graduate work during his stay in Europe. w » * » The Duchess of York has had a new honour conferred upon her. She has been admitted to -±he Ancient Guildry of Sterling, an incorporation of merchants ■which stretches back beyond the twelfth century. She is the first woman to be received as sister of the guildry throughout the long history of the burgh of Stirling.