THE SOCIAL ROUND

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 11

THE SOCIAL ROUND

PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss Dorothy Bagg is leaving by the Jlonowai to-day for Syfiney . Miss Marjorie Inglis, of Alfred Street, is paying a visit to Wellington. Miss E. Sherriff, of Tauranga, is visiting Auckland and is at the Royal Hotel. Mrs. T. Phillips, of Heme' Bay, has returned home after a visit to Rotorua. » * * » Mr. and Mrs. Erie Williams, of Belmont, have returned from a visit to Gisborne. * * ♦ » Mrs. Xo-cl Adams, of Wharekawa, Clevedon, is spending a few days in Auckland. • • • • Guests at the Royal Hotel include Mrs. A. Miller and Miss R. Miller, of Hamilton. » » » • Mrs. J. M. Wilson, of Portland Road, Remucra, has returned from a visit to Wellington. *■ * * * Mrs. P. Muir, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. A. S. Muir, Eitzlierbert Street, Gisborne. • t • • Mrs. W. G. Kelsey and Miss A. Kelsey, of Ventnor Road, Remuera, have returned from a visit to Rotorua. * * * * Mrs. H. Grocott, -wlio is staying at ' Hotel Titirangi, will leave by the Mariposa for San Eranciscojm Saturday. Mrs. Claude Tucker has left on a visit to Wellington, where she will be the guest of Mrs. W. Waddell, of Kelburne Parade. • • .* » • Mrs. Stanley Gyles and her son, Mr. Cyril Gyles, arrived in Auckland from Wellington yesterday, and are guests at Hotel Cargen. „ Tf » * Staying at Hotel Titirangi are Mrs. A Steedman, of Thames, Mrs.. G. S. Evans, of Auckland, and Misses M. and E. Reid, of Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Mather returned to Christchurch by the Union Airways 011 Tuesday, after a visit to Auckland as the guests' of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wade. *'. * * *

Anions'the guests at the Station Hotel are Mrsf W.'Taine, of Dunedin; Mrs. T. Kingston, of Hamilton; Mrs. A. Snowden,°of Hawera, and Mrs. W. "Friend, of Sydney. . * ♦ » »

Miss May hew, principal of Marsden School, Karori, Wellington, will join the Rangitane at Auckland next week en route to England where she will spend several months;

Miss Lesley Holbeche, of Gillies Avenue, Epsom, returned to Auckland this morning after a ...visit, to Havelock North, where she was the guest of Miss Mary Rainbow.

Mrs. J. W. Williamson and Miss Louise Williamson, of CHfton Road, Takapuna, are leaving by the Mariposa to-morrow on a visit to the United States and England.

Mrs. 'S. Hardley, of One Tree Hill, and .'Mr. Hardley will leave by the Mariposa) for America, en route for England, where they intend joining their son, Mr. George Hardley. * * * *

Miss Carmelita Johnstone, of Dromorne Road, Eemuera, will leave by the ,Monowai to-day for Sydney, en route to England, where she will further her studies in infant welfare.

Overseas visitors at the Grand Hotel include Mrs. H. McFadden and Mrs. A. J. McDermid (United States), Mrs. E. L. Taft and Miss Taft (Ohio), Mrs. A. Jefferson (Sydney) and Miss E. Barber (London). .. ; -

Miss E. E. Stephens, M.A., of Gisborne High School, lias been appointed principal jof the Palmerston North Girls' High School- in succession to Mrs. Rhodes, M.A., who will leave shortly on a visit to England and the Continent. • • • •

Miss Betty Wallace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wallace, of Matamata, has received advice that as a result of an examination for bookkeeping she has been selected as gold medallist. La.it year she passed her examination in bookkeeping with 100 per cent of the marks allotted. Now she has been advised that as a result of this success she has been selected as gold medallist.

The position of lady superintendent of nurses at the Christchurch Hospital, rendered vacant by the resignation of Miss Hose Muir, was filled at a meeting of the North Canterbury Hospital Board, on the recommendation of the hospital committee. The new lady superintendent is Miss G. Widdowson, at present assistant matron. Miss M. F. Barnett, who has been engaged in the teaching of nurses, has been appointed assistant matron.