THE SOCIAL ROUND

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 65, 17 March 1934, Page 14

THE SOCIAL ROUND

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mrs. K. Dossor, of Palmcreton North, is in Auckland. * » • * Mrs. W. F. Hill, of Napier, is staying at Hotel C'argen. * * • • Miss Molly Green, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland. Lady Bell left for Wellington by last evening's express. » # # • Mrs. W. A. Scabrook left for Australia bv the Mara ma. * • * * Mrs. 1). McDowell, of Auckland, is oil n visit (o Kotorua. • • * • Mrs. Cracroft-Wilson, of Cliristcliureh, is at the. Grand Hotel. * » • • Miss Muriel Barker, of Gisborne, in on a visit to Auckland. * * * • Miss A. L. Casey sailed for Sydney yesterdav by the Marama. » • • • Mrs. Victor Savage, of Waimata Valley, is 011 a visit to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Baunie returned to Sydney yesterday by the Marama. • • • • Mrs. S. Waters, of Parnell, has left by motor for a tour of the North Island. • • • • Mrs. E. Danby, of Princess Court Flats, leaves by tho Mariposa for San Francisco. • • * • Miss Grace Feck is leaving by the Mariposa next week to make her home in Sydney. * • • • Mrs. G. A. Spurdle, of Wanganui, is visiting lier mother, Mrs. A. Nodder, in Auckland. • • • » Tho Misses Eileen and Constance Foley, of Beniuera, are staying at the Grand Hotel, Rotorua. * » • » Mrs. F. M. Batburst, who was a guest at Government House, sailed for England by the Kangitiki. » • * * Miss Alma Morrison, of Auckland, has arrived in London, where she expccts to remain for the next year.

Lady Margaret Shaw awl Miss Jean Shaw left for England via Wellington yesterday by the Rangitiki.

Mrs. Henry McCoy and Miss M. McCoy sailed by the Maram'a yesterday for Sydney en route to England. • » • »

Mrs. It. Cuthbert, of Mountain Road, Mount Albert, left by the Marama for Sydney to visit her daughter, Mrs. N. McGlll. ;

Sirs. W. H. Whelan, of Melbourne, Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Porter, of Surrey, England, .are overseas visitors at Hotel Cargon.

Miss Madeline R. Ratcliffe, of Dominion Road, is sailing from Auckland by the Mariposa 011 Friday next, en route to England.

Dr. and Mrs. W. .Tefeoate Harbutt, of Auckland, arc now in London, where Dr. Ilarbutt is doing post graduate work in the hospitals. • * • •

Station Hotel visitors include: —Mrs. J. Sanders, of Wellington; Mrs. Marlcv, Mips D. Marlcv, Waimate; Miss J. Hcatheringhani, of Wellington.

Guests staying at Hotel Stonehurst include: Miss F. M. Knight, Tientsin, North China; Miss Eve. Dak ins, Napier; Count H. von Rosen, Stockholm, Sweden; Misses F. and A. J. Robinson, Palmcrston North.

Mrs. Geo. W. Hutchison will preside at the meeting of the Mayoress War Memorial Library League, to be held in the Town . Hall committee rooms next Wednesday evening, when a very interesting time is anticipated. Old friends and those interested will be cordially welcomed.

Arrangements are well in hand for the garden fete to be held in the beautiful garden of Mrs. Savage, 20, Orakei Road, Remuera, in aid of the funds of the Auckland Provincial Girl Guide Association. The fete, which will be opened by Mrs. W. R. Wilson, is under the direction of Mrs. Coates, provincial commissioner, and the executive.

Miss Belle Thompson, of Auckland, the Free Gardeners' newest colonial member in London, gave an account of her 17,000 miles voyage before a large, appreciative audience at the Druids' Memorial Hall, Hull (says an English paper). After surveying the history and attractions of New Zealand, Miss Thompson briefly described Sydney, Frenmntle, Cocos Island, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, the Suez Canal, Corsica and Gibraltar. Miss Thompson is leaving for Norway later in the year before returning to New Zealand via America.

Miss Jerome Spencer, of Napier, arrived by the Rangitane after a most successful visit to the Old Country, during which she has visited women's institutes throughout the length and breadth of the land. Her last fixture was to address the Surrey federation of the women's institutes. Miss Spencer has arranged for many correspondence links between women's institutes in England and New Zealand. On her arrival in Auckland she immediately left for Napier.