CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22268, 6 December 1937, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs R. Clark (Tauranga) is the guest of Mrs B. Fanning, Riccarton.. Mr and Mrs C. C. Davis (“Ferndale,” Avonside), who are visiting Sydney, will leave on their return Journey on Friday. Mrs R. M. Paulsen (Wairarapa terrace) has left on a motor tour of the North Island.

Mr and Mrs T. S. Medlicott (Waimate), who, on their way from the North Island, spent a few days in Christchurch as the guests of Dr. and Mrs H. Turner Jennings (Papanui road), have returned to the south.

Miss Margaret Crawford (Invercargill), who has been visiting the North Island, is spending a few days in Christchurch as the guest of Mrs D. E. Hansen, Opawa.

Miss May Frostick is the guest of Mrs Webster, Timaru.

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs A. W. Fames on the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding were expressed at a meeting of the Christchurch Tramway Board on Saturday morning. Mr Fames was auditor to the Tramway Board for the 12 years after its inception, and the chairman, Mr G. Manning, said that his work had been greatly appreciated. Miss Nancye Thompson, -who has been the guest of Miss Patricia Macalister (Invercargill), returned to Christchurch on Saturday. The parishioners of All Saints’ Church, Gladstone, Southland, met to bid good-bye to Mrs G. M. Polson, who will leave shortly to live at Darfield, Canterbury. The Rev. S. Hurd, in presenting a gold wristlet watch to Mrs Poison, spoke of the work she and her children had done for the church for a number of years.

Miss Nellie Smith, Dip. H.Sc., of Wyndham, has been appointed teacher of home science subjects in the Hamilton Technical College and will take up her duties in February. Miss Smith received her training as student and as student teacher in the Southland Technical College and then at Otago University. Her teaching experience was gained in Masterton and Southland Technical Colleges. During the present year she has been a part-time teacher in the Southland College. The first woman to be returned to Parliament in the State of Victoria, Australia, is Mrs Clarence Weber, who stood as an Independent for the Nunawading seat. The “Church News’' announces that the Rev, Mother Eleanor C.S.N. will be unable to continue her work as headmistress of the Opawa openair church day school, nor can the community at present replace her. Miss Vera Moffatt has ‘ been appointed headmistress. Miss Margaret Denton (Havelock North) is staying with her aunt, Mrs D, E. Parton, Cashmere Hills. Mrs E. M. Hodder has been visiting her sister, Mrs D. E. Parton, Cashmere Hills. Mr and Mrs A. H. Daniell, who visited Christchurch for the wedding of Dr. and Mrs Hugh Parton, have returned to Masterton. Miss Joan Fitchett, daughter of the Bishop of Dunedin, and Miss Marion Eveline Malcolm, daughter of the vicar of Hawera, have been awarded the Johanna Lohse Scholarship for this year, according to the “Church News.” The scholarships are of & 100 each and the award is made by the Church Property Trustees. There were 10 applications. Sir Richard and Lady Rankine are passengers on the Rangitane due in Wellington on December 18. For a number of years Sir Richard has held the post of British Resident for the Zanzibar Protectorate. Lady Rankine is a New Zealander, and was formerly Miss Hilda Dalzell. Her home town is Oamaru. Sir Richard has enjoyed a distinguished career. He has acted as Colonial Secretary on many occasions, and in 1919 he went to India as the personal representative of the Governor on a special mission dealing with the question of emigration of Indians to Fiji. He was Governor of Nyasaland for four years to 1926, and ActingGovernor of Uganda in 1928. In 1930 he was appointed British Resident in Zanzibar. Dr. G. J. Blackmore (formerly Medical Director of Tuberculosis Institutions of North Canterbury) and Mrs Blackmore have decided to spend the winter in the South of England. One of their daughters, Mrs A. Campbell, whose husband is a lecturer at Oxford University, took her M.A. (Oxon) degree last month. Mrs Campbell is on the committee of the Old Students’ Association of her college, and she edits the magazine issued for old students. New Zealand friends will perhaps best remember her as Miss Kathleen Blackmore. Her sister, Miss Norah Blackmore, is up at Oxford as an undergraduate and is now in her third year. She is reading for the Honours School of English Language and Literature. Mr and Mrs Campbell and their infant son spent a month in Holland during the summer. Well-known Shoe Bargain Store offers a marvellous selection of high-grade Xmas Slippers. All boxed and branded by “Feltex.” All colours—All sizes. These quality slippers are being cleared at 5/11, 6/11, 7/11, 8/11, and 9/11, at Triggs and Denton’s (opp. Kincaids). —6

CONCERT AT ST. MARGARET’S HOUSE The boarders at St. Margaret’s House entertained their parents and friends at an enjoyable evening gathering on Saturday. Three plays were presented—"The Rest Cure,” by the seniors; “The Bloaters,” by the intermediates; while the juniors acted three scenes from “The Rose and the Ring.” Part songs, pianoforte and vocal solos, and dancing completed the programme. Supper was served in the senior common room, which was beautifully decorated with delphiniums, irises, and bowls of mixed flowers.