CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22340, 2 March 1938, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss E. A. Chaplin, after attending the recent conference of the New Zealand Library Association in . Nelson, is now spending a few days in Wellington. She will return to Christchurch to-morrow.

Miss B. le Fleming, second daughter of Sir William le Fleming (“Rydal Manor,” New Plymouth), left Wellington yesterday for Sydney, to' join the Orontes en route to England. Mrs F. M. Young (West Coast) is visiting Mr and Mrs J. O. Josling, Fitzgerald 'street, St. Albans. Miss Lorraine Murray, a Sydney girl, who speaks Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Italian fluently, was recently asked to accompany the Italian press to Nanking and North China as interpreter. ' Mrs Harold Cordery, with her parents, Mr and Mrs A. M. Stephens, and Master Arthur Stephens, and Mr and Mrs J. L. Hewland, will leave Christchurch next Tuesday for the North Island to join the Rangitiki for a visit to England.

Mrs S. C. Dixon (Worcester street), her sister, Mrs McCrory (Melbourne), and her niece, Miss E. Orchard (Latimer square), will leave New Zealand early in April for a visit to Britain. Mr and Mrs Ivan Wood (St. Albans) will leave on March 15 for a trip to England, travelling first to Batavia, where they will stay with Mr and Mrs W. Eldon Coates, before leaving for England. Mr and Mrs Coates, who have been living at Singapore, recently moved to Batavia. Mrs Coates, who was formerly Miss Geraldine Anderson, spent several months in Christchurch last year with her parents, Mr and Mrs F. W. Anderson, “Risingholme,” Opawa. : The Rev. J. Lawson Robinson and Mrs Robinson (St. Andrew’s Manse) left Wellington by the Awatea yesterday for Sydney, where they will join the Orontes for London. They will return to Christchurch at the end of November.

Mrs Gordon Lloyd (Dannevirkc) is visiting Christchurch and is staying with her Mrs J. G. L. Hewitt, Rolleston avenue. Mr and Mrs Lester Haberficld, who have been in Christchurch for the Rotary Conference, have left for Wellington, where they will spend a few days, before returning to Hawera.

Mrs Killian (Kaikoura) and Misses Margaret McLean, Mary Reeves (Dunedin), and Ford (Geraldine) were the guests of Mrs H. J. C. Harper (Grassy Hills) for the Savill-Harper wedding yesterday. : Miss Jean Newton (Ashburton), Misses Kit and' Marion McLean, and Mr J. W. Woodhouse (Racecourse Hill), were the guests of Mrs Hamish McLean (Point Bush) for "the Savill-Harper wedding. Christchurch friends of Miss Jean Ross, who was formerly on the staff of the AVonside Girls’ High School, will be interested to hear of her marriage, by special licence, on February 2, to Mr Matthew. Collins, M.1.E.5., youngest son of the late Dr. and Mrs James Collins, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Mr and Mrs Collins will leave London shortly for Scotland where, after a holiday, the former proposes to do some study. The Sumner-Redcliffs branch of the Plunket Society has worked enthusiastically for a new rest room on the Sumner pier, and on Wednesday, March 9, the room will be officially opened by the Mayor of Sumner (Mr-, Thomas Newburgh).

A bride who had a strange premonition that her wedding plans would be-upset was Miss Queenie Weaser, of Hammersmith. As she was leaving home with her five little bridesmaids for the church in which she was to marry Mr Arthur Bourne, a doctor drove up and told her that she was a diphtheria suspect, and that the marriage could not take place.. - Still m her wedding dress, and clutching her bouquet, Miss Weaser- was driven away in an ambulance to the Isolation Hospital. The Commissioners of Crown Lands are said to be prepared to consider offers for the lease of 145 Piccadilly, the London home of the King and Queen for some years before their accession, or alternatively, a scheme to convert the property into flats might be considered. Its “grace and favour” status, meaning that the tenancy is the personal gift of the King, is therefore no longer to be retained. The house is not a large one according to London standards, having "nine reception rooms and 20 bedrooms. It is 150 years old, though its handsome stone front is comparatively modern. The Marquess of Northampton lived there at one time. Considerably later it was occupied by Mr Hamar Bass and Sir William Bass, and then by Baron Albert de Rothschild. The King and Queen, as Duke and Duchess of York, entered into residence there on their return from their Empire tour in 1927. FREE “P & B” PICTURE BOOK. Just arrived! Presents 144 illustrations of the 1938 knitwear styles for men, women, and children. An invaluable guide when choosing instruction booklets. Gives various examples of unusual stitches. Write to-day for your copy of the “P and B” Picture Book to. Patons and Baldwins, LtdBox 1441R, Wellington. —1 ENGAGEMENT NOTICES The engagement is announced of Berenice Lyola, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs E. D. Bernstein (New Brighton), to Patrick Charles, elder son of Mr and Mrs J. Emanuel, Rotherham. The engagement is announced of Selma Claire, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Kerr (St. Albans), to MacDonald, son of Mr and Mrs Neill McGregor, Geraldine. The engagement is announced of Ursula Dora, second • daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Templeton (Spreydon), to Trevor Alsace, second son of Mr and Mrs G. Everett, Riccarton.