CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21906, 6 October 1936, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

My and Mrs Norton Francis <Rpssall street), who are visiting Wellington for the Chamber of Commerce Conference, will return to Christchurch on Thursday morning. Mr and Mrs J. W.. Woodhouse -(Racecourse Hill) will be the guests bf. Mr and Mrs John Montgomery, Riccarton, for the Christ’s College sports at the erid of this week. Mrs Roger Clifford (Ashley Hay, North Canterbury) is the guest of: Mrs Shirreff-Hilton, Garden road Fendalton. ; ■

Mr and Mrs A. F. Wright <Cash-. mere). Who are visiting Wellington; for the Chamber of Commerce bon-; ference, will return to Christchurcr qn Thursday morning. Colonel and Mrs E. Turton (London) are on their way to New Zealand by the Port Wyndham, due in Auckland on October 26. They intend to remain in the Dominion until March. Mrs Turton was formerly Miss Doreen River, of Christchurch, ,

Mrs C. R. Kiver has arrived in Christchurch from Waipara to visit her sister, Mrs Flavell, Redcliffs. Mrs R. J- McLaren (Cambridge terrace) and Miss Lovell-Smith (Timaru) left last night for Wellington to attend the Young Women’s Christian Association conference.

: Mrs A. P. Kelland (Timaru), who has been the guest of Mrs R. S. Kent, Straven road, returned home yesterday.

Mrs W. Mackay (Weston road) is visiting Wellington for the Young Women’s Christian Association conference.

Mrs G. Platt (Hastings) is the guest of her sister, Mrs F. Teague, New Brighton.

Miss P D. Brodie (Christchurch) left last night for Wellington, where rhe will attend the Young Women’s Christian Association Dominion conference.

Miss June Wright (St. Martins), who has been visiting Miss Hay, Timaru, has returned home. Miss Nancy Mac Donald, Ashburton, is the guest of Mrs T. Brankin, Okuti Valley, Little River. Mr and Mrs W. A. Gundy (Kaiapoi) are guests at the Madeira Hotel, Akaroa. Mrs A. E. Ellis (Riccarton) left last week by the Awatea for Sydney and Melbourne.

Mr and Mrs C. de Pass CChristchurch) have taken a cottage at Akaroa. . ' , Mrs Lily S. Krug, a journalist, of Hamburg, Germany, Christchurch yesterday for a fort night’s visit. £ ' Miss PhyllUr Narbejr, of the staff of the Hastings Hospital, who has been visiting her parents Mrand Mrs C. C. NarbeY. and relatives at Akaroa, has returned north. Miss Jean Gundy, Kaiapoi, is the guest of her. t aunt,.Mrs.G. E. Whe.lch, Akaroa. - Mrs P. Harvey and her son, Mr P. Harvey, jun.;: Avonside, and her sister, Mrs Green (Christchurch), are the guests of the Misses Fyfe, Aylmer’s Valley, Akaroa. The Wellington Travel Club yesterday entertained the wives of delegates to the congress of the British Empire Chambers of Commerce, at a garden party at Homewood.” the residence of, Mr and Mrs B. Sutherland, Karori. Last night the Mayor of Wellington (Mr T. v. A. Hklop) and city councillors gave a reception in the Town .Hall in honour of the delegates.—Press Association. The Rt. Honl; the Marquess of Hartington, Under-Secretary for Dominion Affairs* and the Marchioness of Hartington left London on September 12 by the Orion for Australia, where they will pay an official visit and will then come to New Zealand, The Marquess, who has been member of Parliament for the Western Division of Derbyshire since 1923, is 41 years of age. He served in Egypt, the Dardanelles, and France, and was twice mentioned in dispatches. In 1917 he married Lady Mary Cecil, daughter of the fourth Marquess of Salisbury. Lord Waleran and his bride are also passengers on the Orion.

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WOMEN HELPERS

RETURNED SOLDIERS* AUXILIARY DISBANDED

At the final meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association* held yesterday afternoon, a motion to disband the organisation was agreed to with some dissentients. , ~ „ . The chairwoman, Mrs H . T. J. Thacker,” moved that the auxiliary be disbanded and that the funds and the books be handed to the secretary of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association. This was seconded by Mrs L. J, Lewis, and carried. The meeting then ended. ; ; Mrs J. 1; Royds had given notice, and intended to move at the meeting, the following motion:— “That the resolution of the annual .meeting—‘That in future the alfxlliary work for the association’—be rescinded and, that the following be substituted; —‘That the moneys raised „ by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association shall be voted to the association, but at least 50 per cent, shall be voted specifically for benevolent, or general assistance, pur-

poses.’ ” y The meeting was attended by Mesdames H. T. J. Thacker, J. C. Holmes, A. Morten, W. H. Smith, J. I. Royds, J. H. Irvine. G. J. Treleaven, G. T. Baker, L. J. Lewis, E. Davies, W. J. Brown, A. Leslie, Misses A. Bowker, M. G, Brown, T. Raphael, and Mrs J. S. Kelly (honorary secretary), ’ and Miss E. M. Cuthbert (honorary treasurer).

FIVE O’CLOCK PARTY

Miss Nan Orbell, whose wedding will take place at St. |fary’s Church, Timaru, to-day, was guest at a delightful sherry party glvfeft* yesterday at her cousin’s home at Pentlow, by her bridesmaids, Misses Molly Orbell, Annette Orbell, Mary Ritchie, and Elizabeth Ritchie. Those invited were Mr and Mrs C. L. Orbell, Mr'and Mrs W. H. Orbell, Dr.’and Mrs Russell Ritchie, Mr and Mrs G. Ritchie, Mr and Mrs W. T. Ritchie, Mr mid Mrs Mflurice Harper, Mr and Mrs Robin Harfer, Mr and Mrs Henry Harper, Mr and Mrs Wolsey Kain, Mr and Mrs K. H. Hargreaves, Mr and Mrs Harold Elworthy, Mr and Mrs Desmond Unwin, Mr. and Mrs Keith de Castro, Mr and Mrs David McLeod. Misses Nan and Annette Orbell, Molly Orbell. Mary Ritchie, Elizabeth Ritchie, Patricia Harper, Sylvia Orbell, Katherine Westenra, Joan Harper, Mary and Betty Reeves, Mary Bayley, Betty Harper, Joan Ritchie, Mary Mackenzie, Cara Pinckney. Loo Cartwright, Molly Birch, Joan Harper, Mr J. Ritchie, Dr. T. Maling, Messrs M. Sidey, A. Nimmo, Derrick Orbell, Tony Ritchie, John Pavey, Marcus Fitchett. Stephen and Richard Reeves, Robin and Rex Harper, Gerald, Ross and Warner Westenra, Michael and P. R. Godby, Peter and Michael Gresson, John Elworthy, Michael Bayley, T, Teschemaker, Savill (2), W. Leckie, Robert Lawson, Alister .Guild, Dick Ormond, Jack Kerr, and Trevor Barker.

BRIDGE PARTY

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The final bridge party of a Series held in aid of the club’s funds was held ? by the: Sumij.er Croquet Club at the home of the president Mrs E. Buxton, the hostesses for the evening being Mrs Colin' Cook and Miss Cook. A pleashnt evening was spent by the large number of players, which included Mesdames Buxton. Cohn Cook, Menzies. Young, Atkinson, Chapman, Tombs, Gough, Mitchell, Lamb, Sarelius, Whitfield, Cheshire, Malley, Dawe, Evans, Waller, J. Mitchell, Norman Smith, Johnstone, Claydon, Clark, and Nicholson, and Misses Hams, Andrews, Westall (2), Prosser, Cook, Sims, Overton. Barnett, and Bell, Messrs Claydon. Webb, Buxton, Clark, Williams and Monk. . . Mrs R. Buxton, on behalf of the club, thanked Mrs and Miss Cook for : their hospitality, and Mr Claydon conveyed the thanks and appreciation of the club to Mr and Mrs R. Buxton, for their hospitality through the winter. At a meeting of committee arrangements were made for opening day..

CO-EDUCATION

An interesting debate on the subject “That co-education is in the best interests of the children,” formed the main part of the programme, of the monthly meeting of the Women Teachers’ Association. The president. Miss O’Brien, was in the chair; Miss A. F. Ironside opened the subject on the affirmative and Miss K. Turner took the negative lead. Later the subject was thrown open for discussion and many interesting points were raised on both sides. The decided in favour of co-education. llSjss Lockwood thanked the leaders of the debate for the work they had put into its preparation. Supper was then served.

RUSSIAN BED SOCKS

A reader of “The Press” kindly Sends the following directions: —Cast on: 50 SScS' knltkW rows then make a row of hole, as knit wool over the needle, two to gather repeat-, to end of row 12 holes, knit four or five rows, then increase to So stitches.'' big knitting twice into each stitch, join-blfie or coloured wool, end knit for three and a quarter inches. Then knit two together, leaves 50 off with White to correspond with other Side. Required; Two skeins of coloured four-ply Aotea wool, one skein of white; takes all coloured wool, but little of white.:; ■; . ,

Dr. Mary Champtaloup (New Plymouth) has returned to London after several weeks’ absence, , wr?te the Ldhdon correspondent of The Press” on September 12. She has attended conferences in connexion with medical work, notable among these being the British Medical. Association conference at Oxford. There she was the guest of DT. Mary Carew-Hunt. Dr. Champtaloup lias been staying with friends in Yorkshire, and she had a very pleasant-month’s tour in Scotland, devoting her time chiefly to the north and western Highlands. At an early date she intends leaving again for the Continent. One. hundred members of the Christchurch branch of the Catholic Women’s League attended a dramatic entertainment, given at the league’s rooms, Stewart Dawson’s building, last night. Two amusing one-act plays, directed by Miss Nonie-Enright, were read by Misses Nonie-.and Mary, Enright, Mrs 'J.fH. Fahey, and Miss Barbara Griffiths. Two piano solos were playedf.by Miss Mina Ward, president of (the branch, who thanked the playfor the pleasure they had given. Supper was then served.