CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 13 September 1937, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs Fred Waller (Auckland), who has been spending six weeks in Wellington, as the guest of Mrs Vivian Riddiford, will arrive in Christchurch to-morrow morning to visit her daughter, Mrs A. G. BrownDouglas, Fendallon. Mr and Mrs H. S. Wilkinson (Lower Hutt) arrived in Christchurch yesterday morning, and are the guests of Mr and Mrs Stanley Binns, Merivale. Mr Wilkinson will attend the dental conference which will open in Christchurch tomorrow. Mr and Mrs C. P. Agar (Colombo street North), who have been visiting England, will arrive in the Dominion by the Awatea to-day, and will return to Christchurch tomorrow morning. Mr and Mrs A. H. Boyes (Wanganui), who will be visitors to Christchurch for the dental conference, will stay at Warner’s Hotel. Mrs W. Gee-Tayler (Lower Hutt) arrived in Christchurch yesterday, and is the guest of J. R. McKenzie, “Roydon Lodge.” Mr J. Shaw-Thompson and Mrs Shaw-Thompson (Dunedin) will be visitors to Christchurch for the dental conference, and will stay at Warner’s Hotel. ’ Mrs A. L. Cropp (Gloucester street), Mrs Alan Boon (New Brighton), and Miss Myrtle Thomson (Cambridge terrace) will leave on Thursday for Wellington, where they will' connect with the Awatea for a holiday visit to Sydney. Miss Irene Wilson, principal of Queen Margaret College, Wellington, who has been visiting Invercargill and the Eglinton Valley, spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs J. H. Wilson, Cashmere Hills, and will go north to-night. Miss Moore-Wright (Hastings), who will attend the dental conference in Christchurch this week, will be the guest of Mrs Alexander Paterson, Cashmere Hills. Mrs M. Gibbs (formerly of Papanui road), who has been for a trip to the East, will return to Christchurch to-morrow morning. Dr. and Mrs C. H. Tait (Dunedin) and Dr. and Mrs R. I. Sutton (Napier) will be guests at Warner’s Hotel during the dental conference this week. Miss Jean Horwell (Timaru) will be a competitor in the Dominion golf tournament beginning in Napier on September 30. She and Miss Valmai Fleming won the championship foursomes last year in Dunedin, and they will defend their title. Mr and Mrs C. H. Moses (Auckland) and Dr. and Mrs K. C. Morpeth (Wellington) will be visitors to Christchurch for the dental conference this week, and will stay at Warner’s Hotel. Dh and Mrs G. H. Gilbert (Geraldine) will visit Christchurch for the dental conference, which will open to-morrow. Miss Eleanor Foster (Riccarton) will leave Christchurch next Monday for Auckland to join the Rangitane on September 23 for a visit to England. Mrs Andrew Todd (Merivale), who has been visiting Mrs A, B. Moffett, Invercargill, returned home on Saturday. Miss Colin Pyne, who has been spending several months in Auckland, will return to Christchurch this week. Dr. and Mrs S. A. Gibbs (Nelson), who have been visiting London, have left for a trip to Austria. The itinerary includes Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. Some years ago, Dr. Gibbs spent a considerable time on the Continent, but Prague will be new to him. The marriage took place on August 20 at Bridport Church, England, of Mr William O’Brien Lindsay, third son of Colonel and Mrs M. E. Lindsay, of Craigfoodie House, Fife, grandson of Mrs E. J. Riddiford, of Wellington, and Miss Jane Sevilla Glass-Hooper, third daughter of the late Mr G. Glass-Hooper and Mrs Glass-Hooper, of Downe Hall, Bridport. Mr Lindsay, an Old Harrovian, gained his cricket blue at Oxford in 1931. Mannequin Parade and Entertainment by Hay’s, Limited, Tuesday September 14, at 2.45 p.m., in Catholic Women’s League Room. Stewart Dawson’s Building. —6 ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO THYRODONE. Many are the glowing tributes to Thyrodone, the health tonic compounded from vital organic iodine and sea minerals of the oyster. That of Mr A.F.T. (Eltham, 2/8/37) is truly remarkable. ‘‘My nerves had completely collapsed,” he says. Take Thyrodone for nerves, anaemia, etc. 4s 6d from the following and other Chemists: R. R. Parnham, Ltd.. G. Bennington. Ltd., E. Cameron Smith. Ltd., McArthur’s. Ltd.. Cook and Ross, Ltd.. Stanley L. Hall, D. S. Dodds, Ltd, —2 MOCK CABLE STITCH JUMPER. Knitting instructions for a simple light-weight jumper, which achieves a great deal of charm with a pretty stitch and a touch of scarlet, are given in leaflet 120. Curtain rings, wool covered. are a chic substitute for buttons. Send 3d stamps to-day to Patons and Baldwins, Ltd., Box 1441R, Wellington. —2 Let Madame Renee’s Rejuvenator banish those tiny wrinkles by keeping your skin moist and supple. This refreshing liquid skin tonic restores that youthful appearance. Sold by Woolworth’s. —2 OLD FASHIONED MILK! Here is the recipe . . . To one pint of warm milk add one tablet of Renco Stir, and put aside to set into the most delicious junket .you’ve ever made. The whole family will prefer junket made from Renco tablets. Makes 50 pints of delicious junket. Your grocer also sells fruit flavoured and coloured Birthday Renco, and in unflavoured liquid form. “ QUALITY ENGAGEMENT RINGS. Special reduction off all rings during this month. Ev-n ring is h ™° t th u h j n e te J e S pure platinum settings b\ the best skilled workmen. We have excelled in Quality and Value for over 18 years. Inspect our window display, ! will save you pounds. B. y. rmiWiß and Co., Jewellers, Cathedral square, Christchurch,

Miss J. A. Mowbray, president of the Victoria League, Auckland branch, celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday at a function held in the league rooms last week. Mrs G. F. Tobin (Invercargill) has returned home after a visit to Christchurch and Pembroke. Mr and Mrs Millen Paulin (Wellington) will stay at Warner’s hotel during the dental conference this week. More than a thousand girls from the English provinces have disappeared in London in the last year or two, and in order to cope more effectively with the situation the Home Secretary has decided to increase the number of Metropolitan women police. Recruiting of these policewomen has already been begun, and before the end of the year there will be 140 on duty in Hyde Park, in the streets, and other public places in London. A special appeal has been made for women to train as detectives, and guide mistresses, welfare workers, and others accustomed to dealing with girls are asked to join the Police Force.. Only picked women are wanted and they must have received at least a secondary school education and be unmarried- i