CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21387, 1 February 1935, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mr and Mrs G. S. Morse (Russell street, Linwood) will leave on Saturday for an extended tour of Australia, England and the Continent. They expect to be away about months. Mrs J. Sydney Whittaker (Kuala Lumpur, Malay States) and her daughter and two sons, were passengers by the steamer express last night to ]oin the Marama for Sydney Mrs'"Whittaker and her daughter will spend a few months in Sydney before returning to the Malay States. Miss Patricia Palmer and Mr James Nelson (Hawke's Bay) will arrive on Sunday to be the guests of Mrs C. Wells, Harakeke street. They will go to Timaru for the RussellRolleston wedding on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs W. H. Trengrove (Cambridge terrace) have returned home from a holiday spent in Greymouth. Miss Margaret Hayes (Naseby street) has returned from two weeks holiday spent at Mount Cook. Miss M. F. Arnott, of the Girls' High School, Timaru, has returned to Christchurch after a holiday spent in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. She was accompanied by Miss Olive Holland, of NeJson. Mr and Mrs T. R. Ilickmott and family (King street, Rangiora) returned yesterday from a holiday spent in Nelson and in the North Island.

Mr and Mrs R. L. Beresiord Pooro and their small sun (Slrowan road), accompanied by Mrs Poore's parents, Mr and Mrs M. Angus (May's road), have returned from a holiday spent at Pleasant Point, South Canterbury. Mrs C. G. Amycs and her daughter (Fernside, North Canterbury) are spending a holiday at "Beach Cliffs," Sumner. At the committee meeting of the Christchurch branch of the Royal Life-Saving Society, which was held last night, appreciative reference was made to the services to life-sav-ing given by Miss O. F. Booth, games mistress of the Christchurch Technical College. Miss Booth is on a year's leave of absence which she proposes to spend in England. Mrs Ross Brodie (Rangitata), who is the guest of Mrs C. Cholmondeley (Cashmere Hills), will leave by the Wanganella on February 14 to continue her vocal studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium. Mr and Mrs Robert Laurie (Peei street) and Miss Phyllis Brown (Webb street) have returned from a holiday spent at Tc Mahia, Marlborough Sounds.

The well-known champion oarsman, V. Olsen, who was a member of the New Zealand team at the Empire Games in 1930, was married at Picton yesterday afternoon to Miss Ivy Chapman, of Blenheim. Professor and Mrs A. H. Tocker (Fendalton) have returned from a holiday visit to the North Island. Miss Evelyn M. Reynolds (Edward avenue, St. Albans), who has been spending a holiday in Sydney, wiil leave to-day by the Monowai on the return voyage. Miss Jean Mclntyre (Motueka) and Miss Nicolson (Central Otago) were the guests of Mrs J. Lewthwaite (Little River) for the BulmanLewthwaite wedding. Mrs T. Bulman (Riverton) and Mrs Bissett (Invercargill) are the guests of Mrs W. Levvthwaite, Little River. X; Miss Grace Aplin (Masterton) and Miss T. Briggs (Hastings) were visitors to Little River for the Bul-man-Lewthwaite wedding. Miss Alice Ailsa Wilson, F.T.C.L., L.R.S.M. (Dunedin), niece of Miss Helen Wilson (Riccarton), has received cabled advice that she hac passed the final section of the degree of Bachelor of Music.

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