WAIKATO NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 41, 18 February 1929, Page 11

WAIKATO NOTES.

Mr. and Mrs. Collie*, after visiting friends at Te Uku, have returned home to Wanganui. Mrs. Mathias. of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. H. J. Ferguson, Bridge Street, Hamilton. Mrs. F. H. Wade has returned to Hinuera from a holiday spent at Taupo. Mrs. F. Ashton has left Hamilton to reside

in Auckland. Mrs. S. Clarke. after spending a holiday at Paekakariki. has returned to Hinuera. Miss Morpeth, of Sydney, has joined the staff of the Dioce.-an School at Claudelands. Mrs. Sproule. of Epsom, is staying with friends in Hamilton. Miss J. Mitchell, of Auckland, is the fiue«t of Mrs. S. Lewis at Cambridge. Mrs. 11. Settle, of Hinuera. has been away at Kawau Island for a holiday. Mrs. E. E. (iresham, after staying with relatives in Wellington, has returned to Hamilton. Miss Willis, of Cambridge, is the guest of Mr-. E. G. Harvie at Hamilton. Miss T. King, of Auckland, is away on a visit to" Wellington. Mrs. K. Bartlett, in Hamilton. Mrs. T. M. Donovan, of croquet tournament at New Plymouth. Mrs. W. J. Stevens has returned to Hamilton after spending several weeks at Waihi Beach. Miss K. Cane, of Cambridge, has joined the stall' of the Auckland "Diocesan School. Mrs. H. K. Hodge, of Eeilding. has been on a visit to Hamilton. Miss Sandra Chisholin. of Timaru. is the guest of Miss Keddie at the Nurses'' Home. Waikato Hospital. Mrs. W. Mann, of New Plymouth, is staying in Hamilton. Mis. T. M. Donovan, of Wellington, is -(lending a holidav in the Waikato. Mrs. S. D. Piatt, of Wellington, is on a visit to Hamilton. Mrs. Wyvern Wilson has returned to Hamilton from a visit to relatives in Auckland. Mrs. S. Crawford, of Wellington, was in Hamilton during the week. Mrs. A. Men/.ies has returned to Hamilton from a visit to Auckland. Miss Cray Hammond, of Hamilton, is away on a visit to Auckland. Mrs. Tonks. of New Plvmouth. is the guest of her daughter. Mi's. T. A. Milroy. Claudelands. Lady Cooper, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. Arthur Cooper at Te Uku. Mis. A. J. MeCovern has returned to Te Awamutu after spending a holidav at Rotorua. Mrs. Allan Honkins, of England, i- the guest of Mrs. E. P. Gresham. Hamilton. Miss H. Hawkins has returned to Christchurch from a holiday spent at "Glencoe." Hamilton. Miss Brittain. of Wellington, is staving with friends at Paterangi. Miss M. Cray, of Mount Kden. is stayini: in Hamilton with Miss V. Watts. Mrs. .1. Oliphant has returned home to Te Awamutu from a visit to Auckland. Mrs. I. Hawkins has left Hamilton to join the statT of the hospital at Christchurch. Mrs. Wheeler, of Wanganui. is visiting relatives at Tirau. Mrs. Cauntlett has returned to Waharoa from a holiday spent in the North of Auckland. Mrs. Walter de Lautour, after spending two months with Mrs. A. C. Manning, Claudelands. has retained home to Wellington. Mrs. F. Banks, of Matamata, is away on a visit to Kaitaia.

Mrs. Porritt, of Cambridge, pave a bridge afternoon for a number of her friends. The drawing room was gay with butter-cup coloured daisies and asparagus fern. Mrs. Porritt was wearing black georgette. The guests were: Mrs. Hart. Mrs. S. Lewis. Mrs. Innes Taylor. Mrs. B. Couper, Miss M. Hart, Brann and Miss R. Calvert.

A delightful farewell garden party was given at the deanery on Friday, by Mrs. <.. R. Barnett, for Mrs. F. G. Harvie, who is shortly leaving Hamilton to reside at Stanley Bay. Mrs. Barnett was wearing a black and white crepe de chine and black lace hat; her sister, Miss Kmpson, floral georgette and beige hat; Mrs. F. G. Harvie, cream lace frock and burnt straw hat. A. dainty tea was served in the garden; the putting competition was won by Mrs Harvie. The guests were: Mesdames C. Kees, K. M. fowie, A. 11. Clark, J. E. Page, G. KentJolmstone, P. E. Stevens, j. H. Hammond, W. G. Pountney, J. Barugh, Clay-ton-Greene, Harrowell, E. Y. State. F. Ashton, C. O'Callaghan, H. T. Gillies, G. P. Rogers, J. F. Strang, H. J. Ferguson, A. Joseph, Mathias (Auckland;, Hubert Hammond, A. W. Ward, Sproule (Epsom), D. K. Dunbar, Misses C. Willis (Cambridge), E. Hammond, E. Xeeker, Chepmell, Stevens, M. Harrowell and Bright (England).

A most enjoyable coming-of-age dancewas given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Buckland, Somerset Street. Frankton, for their son Jack's birthday. The dining room and ball were used for dancing, and supper was laid on the verandah, which was lighted up with Chinese lanterns. Mrs. Buckland wore a black silk lace frock. Others present were:—Mesdames M. Buckland, J. Cullinane, Sweet, R. Peters, Misses C. Buckland, J. Pearson, M. Zellman, X. Cullinane, P. Davis, M. Barber, M. Anchor, P. Clapham, D. Gould, P. Miller, I. Andrews, D. Clapham, M. Hickey, T. Gould, J. Zellman, K. Turner, G. Cracknell, £. Clough, M. Bradley and M. Hickev.

A farewell bridge party was given at the borne of Mrs. K. Rickeit, Te Awamutu, on Thursday for Mrs. G. T. Hall, who is shortly leaving Te Awamutu, for Australia. The rooms were artistically decorated with choice asters and late roses. Mrs. Rickit was wearing a black georgette frock; Mrs. Hall, silver lame. The prize for the highest score was won by Mrs. R. Lord. During supper Mrs. Focke presented the guest of the evening with a gold-mounted fountain pen, from her Te Awamutu friends. Those present were: Mesdames K. Rickit. G. T. Hall, H. Focke, R. Lord, J. McGovern, W. Jeffrey, C. Downes, de Lacy Peake, L. G. Armstrong, C. Dawson, A. Reese, Potts, J. Oliphant, McKenzie, J. Hawkins, Dunne, A. Pollard, Khon, Misses J. Elliott, S. Empson, and H. Focke.

At the Nurses' Home, Hamilton, on Tuesday evening, Miss Keddie gave a farewell bridge party for Mrs. H. X. Eiby and Mrs. H. Douglas. The rooms were decorated with sunflowers and tangerine zinnias. The prize for bridge won by Mrs. 0. M. Monckton. Miss Keddie was wearing a daintv buttercup georgette frock; Mrs. Douglas, black net; Mrs. Eiby, smart black lace frock. Those present were: Mesdames H. Douglas, H. X. Eiby. M. M. Hockin, G. A. Hurdwood, H. T. Gillies, J. Montgomerie, E. J. Mears, T. C. Fraser, a'Auvergne, E. H. O'Meara, and Miss Sandra Chisholm (Timaru).

A "kitchen" evening was given by the Dandy Dozen, on Thursday night in St. Peter's Hall, for Miss D*oris Wheeler, who is shortly to be married. The hall was decorated in the colours of the Dandy Dozen, and a very festive evening was spent. Those present included: Mesdames H. C. Ross, Wheeler, Denz, K. Prime. S. Dabb. Shakeshaft, Misses D. Wheeler. M. McKenzie, Z. Mason, E. Carthy, D. Clapharu, V. Cann, C. Buckland, *M. Gouid, G. Denz, T. Gould, M. Astle, E. Cobb. Ford, M. Dowd, iJrooine, C. Goosman, Watson, X. Cartav, Seal, Messrs. W. Fowell, L. Pye, I. Hutchinson, M. Somerville, E. Quill and C. Shakeshaft.