CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21716, 25 February 1936, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs Drummond and Miss FhyUis Drummond (Wanganui) aro guests of Mrs John Anderson, In veresk." Armagh street west. Miss Dorothy Gyde (Wellington) arrived in Christchurch, by Union Airways’ aeroplane■ JJ? E? guest of Mrs P. A. D. Mickle, Weka street, Fendalton, At the last monthly meeting ofthe Phmket Society Mrs Cecil Wood was granted nine months’ leave of Sen"! dSng which she wiU vi,.t Britain. At the monthly meeting of the Plunket Society a motion of symnathv was passed with the reia Sve» y of theTate J. S. Neville. Mr and Mrs Harold Vestey will arrive this morning in Chrlstcnurcb, where they will spend a few days before leaving for England. Brigadier-Genetal and Mrs ®** Rowley (Surrey, England), who arrived in Christchurch a few weeks aeo are now the guests of Mrs W. &ysw", Invercargill. They Will visit the Southern Lakes and Milford Sound and wiU «**» J short visit to Christchurch. General Rowley is a grandson of the late Archdeacon Matthias, f° rr , a very well-known resident of Christchurch. Mr and Mrs C. C. Davis (“Ferndale,” Avonside) and their guests, Mr and Mrs Maurice Davis .(London) have returned from a visit to the Eglinton Valley. Mrs F. J. Reynolds and Miss Rose Reynolds and Miss D. E. Richards (Park terrace) will leave shortly for a trip to Britain. Mr and Mrs John Montgomery, of Christchurch, after spending two days in Napier, left there yesterday afternoon by motor-car for Gisborne and Whakatane. from where they will go to Taylor’s fishing camp at Turangi, on Lake Taupe, where they will spend a few days fishing. They will be away from Christchurch about a fortnightThe resignation of Miss I. Copeland from the staff of the Canterbury College School of Art to take up a position as lecturer in art >in the Dunedin Training College was accepted by the Canterbury College Council at its meeting yesterday. The appointment of Mias E. E. M. Clague to the intermediate department of the Christchurch West High School was approved by the Canterbury College Council at its meeting yesterday.

The resignation of Mrs H. S. Barker from the position of matron at Rolleston House was received by the Canterbmy College Council at its meeting yesterday.

Regret at the death of Mrs J. S. Neville, the wife of the town clerk, was at (the meeting of the Christchurch City Council last evening. A resolution was carried recording the council’s gratitude for the services Mrs Neville gave to the city, in particular for her work in the relief of distress, and expressing sympathy with Mr Neville. Special mention of her death was made by the Deputy-Mayor, Cr. E. H. Andrews, in his statement to the council. Cr. J. S. Barnett seconded the resolution of sympathy. Cr. M. E. Lyons also paid tributes to Mrs Neville’s work, Mrs Ethel Daisy Hayes, known in the Poverty Bay district as the “Soldiers’ Mother,” died last week at the age of 74 years. Mrs Hayes had three sons serving abroad with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Great War, one being killed in action and two returning to the Dominion after long service. Since the war Mrs Haves has devoted much time to visiting sick soldiers and their families and dispensing bounty generously. She has made handsome donations to the Returned Soldiers’ Association and had done great, work for Poppy Day funds. Miss Olive Booth, who, during a recent visit to England was greatly impressed with the growth and usefulness of the “Keep Fit” movement, has decided to introduce a similar activity to Christchurch, Last night at the Crichton Cobbers’ Hall, over Blackwell's Motors, in Kilmore street, she held her first meeting of those interested in the movement, About 80 persons of varying ages attended and showed much enthusiasm for the formation of a “Keep Fit” Club jn Christchurch. The club will be modelled on those which Miss Booth has seen operating very successfully in England.

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Mrs and Miss Joan Lisle have left for a holiday visit -to Franz Josef Glacier.

Mrs C. Mabey find Mrs K. Jensen (Pahialua, North Island) have returned home after spending, a long holiday with Mr P. Wood, “Home Farm,” Methven. Miss Grace Graham (Queen street, Wellington) is spending a holiday with Mrs J. S. Kennedy, West Belt, Rangiora.

Mrs L. Simmonds (Wellington) arrived from the north to attend the Exton-Williams wedding. Mrs A. K. Warren with her two children (St. Mary’s Vicarage) will leave Christchurch on March 10 to join the Rangitiki for England, where she will visit her parents, Mr and Mr Laws. The Rev. A. K. Warren will join her in England in June and they will return in December.

Mrs Tyndall Harman (Fendalton) has returned from the north, where she has been visiting Mrs O. Colbeck, formerly of Christchurch. Mrs F, W. Freeman (Cashmere HUis) has returned from a visit to Mrs H. Lomas, Timaru. ; Miss Lois OUivier (Fulton avenue, Fendalton) will leave this morning for Tlmaru to attend Miss Diana OrbcU’a wedding. Miss Annas Gale, formerly of Christchurch, who returned to Sydney to continue her studies / last June, is engaged there in broadcasting three times a week. She attributes her success to the training she received from Madam Emily Harks. Saloon passengers booked by the Oronsay, which left London on February I for New Zealand via Australia, included Mr and Mrs E. R. Green, Mrs Carlton, Mrs G. Wilson, Mr G. G. Franklin, Hr P, V. C, R. Miles.

Miss Alison Greig, who has been spending some weeks at Hanmer, is at present staying with Mrs J. L. Mansell, Hereford street. The Lady Victoria Braithwaite, formerly Lady Plunket, wife of a former Governor of New Zealand, will arrive in Christchurch on Saturday and has been invited by the Sunlight League to be a guest of honour of its garden party, which will be held on Saturday afternoon at “Thorrington,” the home of Mr Charles Clark, Colombo street south.

On Saturday members of the Ladies’ Cycling and Touring Association held a picnic at the Groynes, and during the serving of afternoon tea, which was prepared by friends, plans for a week-end tour at Easter were discussed.

Dr. and Mrs J. B. Loughnan (Fairlie), who have been visiting Mrs Percy Acton-Adams, Clarence Reserve, Kaikpura, arrived in Christchurch yesterday and will leave tomorrow to visit their son and daughter-in-law, iv Mr, and 1.. H. Loughnan, Waimate, beforef returning to Fairlie.

Miss Ngaire Stoddart, who is on the staff of the Queen Mary Hospital (Hanmer Springs), is spending a week With relatives in and will leave to-morrow for a trip to Wellington and Hastings. The serious illness of the wife of Cr. T. H. Butterfield was mentioned at the meeting of the Christchurch City Council last evening. A resolution was passed expressing sympathy and the hope that Mrs Butterfield would have' an early recovery,

AH women interested are invited to attend a gathering at the Christchurch Salvation Army Citadel, Victoria square, to be held on Thursday afternoon, Major Batteraby, a missionary from South Africa, who has been engaged in medical work in Korea, Transvaal, and Rhodesia, will be giving an address on “The Women of South Africa.” This gathering will commence at 2.30 p.m. and will be presided over by Mrs Major Suter. Mrs Henry J. Mason is issuing invitations for the marriage of her daughter, Miss Penelope Anne Mason, to Mr Desmond Neligan, younger son of the late Bishop Neligan and Mrs Neligan, now of Apsley, Puiborough, Sussex, wrote the London correspondent of “The Press.” The wedding was to take place at St. Mary’s Church, Halesworth, Suffolk, on February 22 and Mrs Mason was to htfld a reception at her residence, Bramfield House. Mr Neligan, it will be remembered, was born at Bishop’s Court, Auckland, In 1906. PARTY AT MANSE An enjoyable party was held recently at the Presbyterian Manse, Sumner, in honour of the twenty-first birthday of Mr Albert Wilson. A programme of games and competitions was enjoyed by all. The winners of the competitions were Mrs A. Topping, Miss Turner, and Mr G. Cobeldick, Items were contributed by the Misses Turner (8). and Dorothy Alexander. The Rev, W. A. Martin, on behalf of those presept, asked Mr Wilson to accept the customary key, with the best wishes of his church associates for his future prosperity and happiness. Mr Wilson suitably replied. Those psCSemV Mesdmnes 5V Wilson, Turner, M. Murdock, Nelson, A. Topping, S. Cropp, Campbell, and Idyll, Misses Hae Murdoqk, Dorothy Alexander, Turner (4), White (2), Wallace, Jean Morton, Ethel MortonEllen Smith, and R. Bain, arid Messrs S. Isherwood, C, Sherrard, Albert Wilson, Douglas Wilson, Gordon Wilson, Bill Isherwood, Bill Duncan, lan Duncan, Bruce Menzies, Jock McEldowney. S. Cropp, and Gilbert Cobeldick.

A valuable painting by the German nineteenth century artist, Fueuerbach, “Plato’s Banquet,” has been presented to Herr Hitler by the Karlsruhe Museum for hanging in the Reich Chancellery.