CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21708, 15 February 1936, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs C. M. QUmer (Fulton-avenue, Fendalton),. who 4s visaing Welling-; ton, will return tb Christchurch on Tuesday morning. * * ; - Mr and Mrs Frank Morley, wha Until recently lived in Sloann Street, London, are visiting Christchurch in the course of a world tour, and lire staying at the United Service Hotel. : Mfs Charles Parker (Holbrook Mackenzie Country) is visiting Mrs Cuthbert Meares, “Dol-Uys,” Fendalton., . • - Mrs W. L. Weafne and Mrs A. E. Wearqe (.Sydney) are visiting their fatheif* the Rev. Thos. Fee, Opawa. Mr Fee Is the senior Methodist min-; lister of’ the Methodist - Conference now sitting in the Durham Street Church*, . . , Mrs J. H. Enright. (Westport), who has been visiting Invercargill, arrived in Christchurch last evening, and will return to the West Coast ! to-day. Miss Margaret Talbot (Knowles street), who has been visiting Dune- * din, will return to Christchur ch today., . Miss Borothy Harkness (Westport)* who has beeh spending some weeks in Christchurch, will return to the West Coast on Tuesday. Miss Alma Gimblett has just received a special certificate lor piano playing, awarded to her by the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, London. She is a pupil of Mr Alfred Bunz, Mrs Richard Wallwork (Gracefield street) will leave to-day for Dunedin, where she will be the guest of Mrs Mclndoe, formerly Miss Mabel Hill. The engagement is announced of Linda Mary, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs G. W. Wright, Papanui, to John McKenzie, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. Cameron, Christchurch. The engagement is announced of Dora June, second daughter of Mr and Mrs William C. Summerell, of Wanganui, to Raymond Ernest, eldest son of Mr Ernest C. Glen, of Hawera, and of the late Mrs Glen. The engagement is announced of George* second son of Mr and Mrs H. Jones* Rotokohu, West Coast, to Evelyn, elder daughter of Mr and I Mrs S. Woolford, Lawrence, i . Repertory Theatre Society have begun re- ! hearsing the first play to be staged thia.yeftr. The play chosen is “Love ■Piasses By,”-- by.' Quintero brothers, : who 'rhiivft* written* many- successful Spanish comedies. , * ‘ Mrs W; Fisher X Osborne terrace) was hostess to ipembers of the Brighton Joy Club? at her home this week* A pleasant evening was spent vrith: games ’ and competitions. Mrs R*. McKeoWn was the winner ' of fiOQJtournainent / r At the Bt.’John Ambulance Ladies' JjAUjddiary ■■ meetiripiyesterday, the ' first pteeting of tarn year, the members stood in siletwfor one minute, put of ©espeqfe idir uur late . King W P lib the J. S. Neville, whose .kindness and unfailing courtesy made her loved by all. The wedding took place on Wednesday at St. haul’s Pro-Cathedral, Wellington, of Heather Bell Scobie, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. K. S. Mackenzie, Tinakori road, Wellington, and Denis Middleton, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Arthur. Young* of Central, terrace, Wellington. Misses Phyllis ActonAdams, Catherine Young, and Betty Herbert were bridesmaids, and Mr Dan Webster , was best'man. ■ v --y4'\. . 'V ''V CITY CHEMIST ; OPENS A BAR. The latest Bar is the Perfume Bar, Introduced for the first time in Chfistr church and New Zealand by E. Cameron Smith, Ltd., Chemists, Cathedral square. Four new, intriguing highclass perfumes are sold from this novel bar at the small price of 2s. Each sale is put into a neat, attractive bottle beforpvme' customer’s eyes. Be sure you this innovation. ' X 423

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At “Avonbank,” the home, of Mr and Mrs George Gould, Fendalton, a garden party will be held to-day to raise funds to help distressed soldiers and their wives, of whom there are still many in Christchurch. Mr Justice Northcroft will formally open the party at 2.30 o’clock. Music will be played by the Returned Soldiers’ Orchestra, many forms of entertainment will be provided, and besides the tea and ice-cream stalls, there will be variety, cakes, sweets, produce and flower stalls, all well stocked with reasonably priced goods. Should the weather be wet, the party will be held in Jellicoe Hall. Miss Phyllis Bentley, an author whose new book, ‘-Freedom, Farewell!!’ has just been published and favourably reviewed, is yet another woman of letters who was educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. Other distinguished authors who have learnt their lessons at that good school are Miss D. K. Broster. Miss Margaret Kennedy, Miss I. A. R. Wylie, Miss May Sinclair, and Miss Sylvia Thompson. Miss Bentley, who is 41 years of age, is a Bachelor of Arts. She published her first book in 1918. She was bom in Halifax, where her family was connected with the woollen textile industry, and she still lives there. “Freedom, Farewell!” is a sturdy piece of historical recreation, in a retelling of the history of the Homan Empire between the rise and the fall of Julius Caesar. No fewer than 14 engagements of Wittibledon players have been announced since October and so many leading women tennis players have recently changed their names that some writers of tennis news in London are suggesting that next summer these players should adopt the American system of using their married and maiden names combined as Mrs Helen Wills Moody does. The latest additions to the long list of engagements are those of the Kent County captain, Miss Olga Webb,.who is to marry Mr Ronald Maclnnes, who won his Cambridge Blue at the game 10 years ago and who is in business in Calcutta; and Miss Joy Mowbray Green, who plays for Middlesex County, Who is engaged to the mountaineer. Mr Hunt. Miss Webb has sailed for India, and should be; in time-to take part in the Indian championships.