LONDON PERSONALS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 9 July 1929, Page 2

LONDON PERSONALS.

(TEOM OTTB OW* CORMSPOHDBHT.) LONDON, May 31. Mr and Mrs Henry Wood (former well-known residents in Christchurch) have decided to pay a visit to New Zealand, and they have booked their passages by the Eangitiki, leaving England in September. A recent arrival from New Zealand is Miss Dorothy A. Willis (Sumner). She travelled by way of the Dutch East Indies, leaving Sydney by the Dutch boat, Nieuw Zeeland. She found the ship and its service all that could be desired, and the route a very interesting one. She thinks that far too few people realise the beauty of travelling by way of Java, the vessel calling at Macassar and Batavia, and at the latter port she changed to another Dutch boat and continued the journey to Singapore and Sabang, for Colombo, whence the journey was continued via Suez. Disembarking at Marseilles, Miss Willi3 travelled overland to Holland, and came on to London by way. of Brussels, Antwerp and Ostend. She is intending to return home for next winter. Miss Alice M. Lake (Christchnrch) has been making a Continental tour. She hopes to visit the English Lakes district in June, and later she may go to Belgium and Switzerland. Mr and Mrs C. Leslie Orbell (Timaru) intend to spend some weeks in London before making a general tour of England and Scotland. They arrived from Canada on May 17th, and they expect to leave on their return journey about the middle of November. A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place between Harold C McCarthy, son of Mrs and the late Mr S. E. McCarthy, of Christchnrch, and Ursula, daughter of Major-General Sir James and Lady Stewart, of Home Down House, Whitchurch, Devon. The marriage between Lieutenant Vivian Francis Boyle, E.N., and Miss Margaret Howard Tripp will take place at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane street, on June 25th. The engagement is announced between Kelsey Wren Lissaman, elder eon of Mr and Mrs Henri Lissaman, of Marlborough, and Phyllis Maud, only daughter of Mr and Mrs H. E. Steward, of One Elm, Totteridge, Herts. Madame Eosina Buckman went to Germany to take part in the Bach festival. She had a tremendous success, and has been engaged to take part in the same important musical festival next year. She was singing in Cologne and Dusseldorf as well as in other musical centres in Southern Germany. Miss Marie Ney, the talented New Zealand actress, has been touring with Sir Nigel Playfair's company, playing "She Stoops to Conquer." Miss Ney, of course, is taking the leading lady's part, and the company is practicaly the same as that which made such a success of the piece at the Lyric, Hammersmith. They have played at Bristol, Oxford, and Cambridge. At Cambridge Miss Ney had the pleasure of taking tea with the well-known author, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. She found him most interesting and entertaining, and remarked his wonderful array of pipes. The elderly author also has a passion for gardening. Miss B. E. Plimsoll and Miss M. E. Marriott (Christchurch) have been visiting Warwickshire. Becent callers at the High Commissioner's office have included:—Miss W. F. Woodhead (Christchurch), Miss E. S. Gaarder (ABhburton), Miss M. F. Wills (Ashburton), Mrs L. K. Bosendale (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs C. E. Boon (Christchurch), Miss Phyllis Boon, Mr S. A. Ballagh (Cashmere), Mr and Mrs A. G. Summers (Christchurch), Mrs Cecil G. Home, Misses M. and B. Home (Nelson), Mr W. H. Osborne (Christchnrch) Mr and Mrs W. J. Sogers (Timaru), Mr and Mrs Simpson (Christchnrch), Mr and Mrs J. Howard (Timaru), Mr and Mrs A. W. Wells (Christchurch), Major-General Sir Edward Chaytor and Lady Chaytor, Miss Chaytor, Mrs E. Goldsworthy (Oamaru), Mrs E. K. McAdam (Oamaru), Mrs M. L. Petty (Ashburton), Miss E. Horrell (Canterbury), Miss F. L. Horrell, Mr Ivan S. Ward (Christchurch). BALL AT LYNDHURST. On Friday night, at the Lyndhurst Hall, tastefully decorated with streamers of blue and white, the club's colours, the Lyndhurst Bachelors' Club entertained their many friends from far and near at their annual ball. Spirited dance music was supplied by Dabourn's Band, of Ashburton. The energetic committee, under the guidance of Mr Arthur Aitken as secretary, deserve much credit for their efforts in making the ball snch a huge success. The duties of M.C. were efficiently carried out bv Mr E. Franks. Extra dance 3 were nlayed bv Miss Willis. Ashburton, and Mr E. Mills and Mr K. Cook (Lyndhurst). The work of judging th© "belle of the Hall" proved a hard task for the committee, the presenting of the prize to Miss V. Atkinson, of Rakaia, proving a popular decision. A I'ickv spot waltz Was won by Mr Pr'nsle and Dartner. Mr C. G. Prebble thanked the bachelors on behalf of the many benedict* and spinsters for the enjoyable evening, p.fter the errand *n?>rrh. An excellent supper was providedin the snpper r"om the <me«t«! being w?>it<M on by members of the Bachelors' Club.