PERSONAL NOTES FROM HOME.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17632, 8 December 1922, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES FROM HOME.

(FBOM OTO OWN CORBESFONDENT., LONDON, October 19-

Mr and Mrs Murray Hobbs have spent six interesting weeks touring in Belgium, Germany, and Holland. Thoy ivere in all the chief German' centres and enjoyed much good music. Thoy found all places of amusement well patronised. One of the impressions they iciaied is that the middle class people, who, before the war were in very comtortable circumstances, are now feeling the pinch most, for their incomes have oeen reduced almost to nil. The worklug classes look content and clean, fciid tven the poorest show no si&ns or poverty, for the children are so oeautiiuUy kept and their ciotb.es are ail neatly mended, 'ihere is nothing or .qualor or of rags and tatters —un..ueasant accompaniments so often ot poverty. Germany is short of many of the necessities of ordinary life. For .nstance, adults receive no fresh milk—■vhat little there is of this is strictly aarmarked for the small children; everyone else has to use tinned milk, .irs Hobbs was much struck by the absence of woollen goods; the underwear jffered in the shops is made chiefly of jute. The pleasant cafe life impressed the travellers very much. They toured all the chief cities of interest and had a pleasant time at Koln, which, on account of the presence of the Army jf Occupation, struck them as being almost British. They met'Lieut.-General sir A. J. Godley and Lady Godloy. Kor the present, Mr and Mrs Hobbs will remain in London.

Mrs W. Manson (Miss Mabel Manson, as she is professionally known), still makes satisfactory progress. Ho far an operation has been warded offHer New Zealand friends will be glad to know that there has been no setback, though, of course, she is very weak, and will need much care for some time to come.

Miss Jean Frame (Christchurch), is leaving on her return to New Zealand in November. She has had a very enjoyable visit to the Mother Country, and a Continental trip included taris and Rome.

An engagement of New Zealand inter3st is that announced between Dr. Colin Anderson (Napier), and Miss Mona Shrimptori (Dunedin and Nelson). At present Dr. Anderson is on the stan" at Manchester Infirmary. Mrs G. "W. Harty recently joined her husband, Dr. Harty, in England, and has been staying with relatives in Somersetshire. Dr. Harty has been for some time visiting eye hospitals in England and abroad. After a tour : n Scotland they intend leaving lor .\ew Zealand in November. A number of relatives and New Zealand friends -were present at Christ Church, Down street, Mayfair, at noon on October 17th. to witness the wedding i,f Captain C. M. Renshaw, son of the iate Major Renshaw, 16th Lancers, and Miss Jeanne Beauchamp, youngest daughter of Mr H. Beauchamp, of Wellington. No invitations were issued, and the ceremony was very simple. The Re-.. S. S. Hilliard officiated, and Captain Renshaw was attended by Captain Acworth as best man. The bride was dven.away by Mr Ralph Beauchamp. she wore a becoming dress of rich peac?k blue velvet, trimmed with narrow oands of beaver, and with a handsome | Ip-.i'ct in coral pink beads. A cape to •orrespond was lined with coral pink ninon. Her hat exactly to match had the brim draped with a feather mount to tone. Among those present were Mrs Renshaw, Sir D. and Lady Robertson, Mrs Perkins, Mr and Mrs E. A. H. Whitcombe, Mr F. M. B. Fisher, Miss Sybil Nathan, Mrs Morley, Mrs and Miss Trinder. On November Ist the bride and bridegroom leave for New Zealand...

AtVentnor, Isle of Wight, on October 10th, a wedding of New Zealand interest took place, the bridegroom being Mr Edwin Alan Stoodley and the bnde Miss Eileen Marjorie O'Malley. ivir Stoodley belongs to the Colonial Office. Since returning from Dinard at the end of September, where she spent two peasant months with Miss Vogel, Lady Vogel has had the misfortune to.be laid up with serious illness wiiich has caused her family much anxiety. A chill, contracted possibly in France, developed into pleurisy a few days after her return to her home at East Molesey. Then pneumonia and Bronchitis supervened causing the patient much distress. lam glad to say, however, that the latest bulletin jb of a favourable nature, and it is hoped now that Lady Vogel will make steady progress toward the stage of convalescence.

On October 17th a very pretty wedding of New Zealand interest took place in London. The bridegroom was Mr S. N. Ziman, one of New Zealand's early Rhodes scholars, son of Mr and Mrs J. Ziman, of Auckland. The bride was Miss Nellie Frances Gaster, daughter of a very well-known London doctor—Dr. Anghel Gaster, of 33 Devonshire street, W.j and Mrs Gaster. The ceremony, which took place at the residence of the bride's parents, was performed by the Rev. M. Musquita, and a very beautiful address was delivered by the Rev. Moses Gaster (uncle of the bride), an eminent member of Jewrv in London. The wedding; was a dainty scheme of silver, white and ?ale blue. The bride wore a dainty gown of white georgette, draped with a valuable cape of Venetian point-lace which had been worn both *y her mother and grandmother at their own respective weddings. The bridal bouquet was of lilies of the valley and

blue forget-me-nots. There were two bridesmaids in attendance—Miss Irene Gastor (sister) and Miss Ruth Gastei (cousin"). Their dresses were of waite and silver lace, with dainty touches of pale blue. The little trainbearer, Miss K. Laski, was also in a troek of white and silver. The bridegroom was attended by his cousin, Mr H. Ziman (son of the late Mr David Ziman} as best man. Dr. and Mrs faster entertained a, great many New Zealand and Indian friends at the subse■incnfc reception. A short honeymoon is lieing spent quietly in the country ,_and on October 27th Mr and Mrs Ziman ieave for Bombay, the former being still in t'.'s Indian Civil Service. He came to England on leave two months ago. For some time he held a commission in the Indian Army, with the rank of Captain, but his resignation was announced a little while ago. Recent callers at the High Commissioner's Office have included:—Mr and Mrs Sydney Ivens, 'Mrs Hall (Gisborne), Miss B. G. Chaytor (Picton), Dr. Ada Paterson (Wellington), Mrs Fred Harvey, Miss E. G. Harvey (Dunedin), Col. and Mrs R. Logan, Mr and Mrs Zwlngle Moore (Dunedin), Mr 3 Edward Riddiford (Lower Hutt), Miss Wardell (Masterton), Miss Frame (Christchurch), Mr R. C. Mathews (Christchurch), Lt.-Cbm-mander E. G. Rhodes, R.N. (Christchurch), Lt.-Commander A. V. Boyle, R.N. (Christchurch), Miss Ot,>vlishaw (Christchurch), Miss Lee (Christchurch), Mrs L. Fleetwood-Jones (Wanganui), Mr and Mrs Sholto Fergusson (Wellington), Miss H. ..it. Hoody (Napier), Mr and Mrs J. R. Rooper (Wellington), Miss 0. S. Kirk (Cnristchurch), Mrs E. G. Tonks (Christchurch), Miss V. Kirk (Christchurch), Dr. and Mrs Herbert and Miss Herbert, 'Miss Svbil Nathah Mr Thomas Nelder (Parsijs ©tqojnjv *f \vio& Sydney Smith (Auckland).