THE SOCIAL ROUND

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 45, 22 February 1929, Page 12

THE SOCIAL ROUND

PERSONAL ITExMS. Mrs. A. Alison, of Waiheke, is stayLti.lt at Hotel Cargen. * -Si * * Mrs. IT. McKenzie, of Porth, is stayIfiLi at the Central Hotel. * * 9 • Mrs. •!. E. Vosper 4 of Matainata, is t guest at Stonelmrst. * * * * Mrs. \\ r . E. Brabnzon. of Whangarei, 3d a guest at Hotel Cargen. • a » » ilrs. J. (!. Marshall, of Wellington, is Itaviiig at the Star Hotel. '# * * » Mrs. \. CI. Copelanil. of Sydney, is staging at the (Irani! Hotel. * •* * * Mrs. John A-lnvell. of Wanganui, is t guest at the Central Hotel. * * • • Mrs. .T. M. Carpenter, of TCemuera, is at present a guest at Braeburu. • » • • Among till- guests at the Central Hotel is Mrs. \Y. 1!. Clarkson, of (Jisborne. * # * # Among the visitors to Wellington i.~ Mrs. Tracy lnglis of Alfred Street. * * * * Miss Ceorgie Scott, of Wellington, is •taying with Mrs. Reynolds, of Epsom. » * » » Mrs. T. Ash well, of Leicester, England. is touring tlip Dominion, and is> staying at the Central Hotel. 'm * * * Mrs. E. C. Day, of Hamilton, leaves Tiy the Ulimaroa to-day for England and the Continent. • * • # Mrs. Andy Carr and her daughter. Marie, left by last night's express for Palmerdtfbn and Wellington. • » * • Mrs. A. Dennison, of Invereargill, is spending a holiday in Auckland, and is at the Star Hotel. • * * • Mrs. Hardie Neil, of Symonds Street. 18 at present spending a holiday in Wellington.

A dark-haired, bright-eyed girl aged seven lias been selected by the Queen as her protegee, under the adoption scheme carried on at the Princess Mary Village Homes, AddWstone. The new protegee's name is Ivy, and she is among a hundred other girls at the homes who are adopted dujring their stay there. Particulars of several little girls were sent to Queen Mary. They included the type of child, personality, probable attain, ments, details of home life. The Queen 6tudied these particulars and chose Ivy. • • • •

Th»--iQueea is taking very great interijAVian the efforts that are being the miners and their families - bi the "distressed areas," and the total amount raised is communicated to her each day from the Mansion House, eays the English paper "Queen." At one time and another Her Majesty has visited several of the principal coalfields of the country, so that she has some actqitj'jniowledge of the conditions that prevail there. Not only has she, in common with every other member of the Royal family, contributed generously to the fund now being raised, but she has been the means of influencing several of her personal friends to do likewise, and the total sum that has been contributed as the result of her pleading would be a very considerable one indeed if ever it came to be added up and published. She is at present greatly concerned in new schemes for providing useful work for miners' wives and daughters while the TiOriiitial breadwinner is out of employment, and has discussed this on several occasions lately with those in attendance upon her.