THE SOCIAL ROUND

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 27, 2 February 1932, Page 11

THE SOCIAL ROUND

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mv , prank Hay, of Wellington, is at the Grand Hotel. .. , Mrs. M. J. Howie, of Morrinsville, is at'the Central Hotel. } .. Mrs C. Day returned to Wellington by last express. Mr s J. !'• Thomas, of Blenheim, is staying at the Star Hotel. Miss Ina Dempsey, of New Plymouth, is spending a lioliUuy visit m Auckland. Miss Mary Poy nter, Dnrio Ilill, Wanganui, is visiting Heine Bav, - ue '• land. s . t » Mrs J. Coiilan, of Sliarpe Road, Epsoui, has returned from a visit to the Thermal „ Lady Herdman and Miss Joyce Herdman have returned from a holiday spent at Lake llotoiti._ . „ Mrs. E. 0. Von Stunner, of Mount Eden, is spending a holiday at Craigweil House, Hclensvillc. Mrs T H. Buxton, of Owens Road, Epsom, and family have returned from a holiday spent at Taupo. Mr nid Mrs. A. Lume, of Baa, I'iji, are the guests of Mrs. N. Miller, Western Springs Road, Auckland. The Misses J. Dixon and W. Naismith, of Wellington, are staying with -Mis. • Xaismitli, St. Holier s Baj • , t Mrs Mex. Harvcv, of Auckland, is in New Plymouth, 011 her return from the Wanganui croquet tournament.^ Mrs A J Evans returned to Nelson vesterdaV after spending a holiday with her mother, Mrs. R. J. Kocfoed^Parnell. Mrs E. P- Webster and Miss Joan Webster, of New Plymouth, who visited Tc Kuiti during last week, are visiting Auckland. _ . s Mrs C. Alma Baker, of Malay States, who lias been to the Thermal district, lias returned to Auckland, and is at Hotel Cargen. # Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Tait, of Oamaru, who have been the guests of Mrs. H. S. Elliot, of Pembridge, Symonds Street, have left for the South Island.^ Mrs. L. V. Comerford (Sumner), aceomlianicd by her two daughters, who lias been spending a holiday in Auckland, is jiow the guest of Lady Pomare, Lower Hutt. * * " :^ T ' r C Amongst those at present staying at Hotel Ventnor, Devon port., are: Miss and Mr. H. Leak, Hamilton; Miss E. Xixon, Howiek; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guiness, Wellington; Mi~s Woodroic, Wellington. * -> ■ »• * Amongst the visitors at Parakn i House, Helensville, are Mrs. Neal and Mrs. Barriball, of Waiuku; Mrs. Hemminghway, Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Basten, Misses Basten (2), Cameron, Lyall, Knight and Cawkwell. Miss Margaret Maeplierson, who has been nursing in Iraq for the past year, has returned to New Zealand, and after visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Macintosh, of New Brighton, bas returned to her home at Cave, South Canterbury. Miss Ida M. Cony, a member of the English Ladies' Alpine Club, who climbed Mount Cook last week, left on Wednesday for the North Island, en route for New Guinea to meet her brother, who is arriving there from England. Miss Cony intends returning shortly to New Zealand. Miss M. Blytlie Law, headmistress of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auck-land,-who has been spending a holiday in Dunedin, left this week for Christchurch: on her way north. While in Dunedin Miss Blythe Law was present p.t a meeting of the' Social Club for the Blind, and gave an interesting talk on the aims and. work of the school at the institute. • w -a * * At Monte Carlo the bank has been broken by an Englishwoman. Starting with only £10 in Iter purse she nevertheless had to have the croupier send for the fresh supply of money that denotes 'ihe "breaking," which has been made tflmost fabulous in verse and song. "Algy's" tea and supper dansants have started again at the Bcausoleil Casino, reports our Paris correspondent. Dame Clara Butt lias returned to her villa at Koquebrune-Cap Martin. She entertains her friends to tea in the lounge of the Salle Privee of the Casino. ♦ * » # At the triennial conference of the Federation of University Women held in Christchurch the following oilicers were elected:—Dominion president, Dr. Elizabeth Bryson, M.A., M.D.; vice-presidents, Aliss M. E. Sims, M.A., Dep. Ed., Dr. Ada Paterson, Miss A. F. Ironside, M.A., Dep. Ed.; Dominion secretary, Miss C. Heine, 8.A.; Dominion treasurer, Miss 31. C. C'laehan, M.A.; one representative from each association will be appointed to act on the Dominion executive; convener of the committee for intellectual co-operation, Miss M. E. Sims; delegates to triennial conference of the International Federation of University Women, Dr. Elizabeth Bryson, Miss Yates, M.A., and Dr. Hilda Nortlicroft. ,