LORD AND LADY BEATTY

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22518, 28 September 1938, Page 2

LORD AND LADY BEATTY

VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND tnou otnt own ooaaßSPosDisirr.) LONDON. September 5. Lord and Lady Beatty expect to arrive at Auckland, in the course of a world cruise, on January 9. A short stay will be made in the Dominion, where Lord Beatty, who is chairman of the Navy League, hopes to visit one or two branches. Lord Beatty is still convalescent as the result of a hunting accident early this year. Further details of the. New Zealand visit will not be available until he returns to London in the course of the next two weeks. He is at present cruising abroad. . • Lord Beatty, who is 33, and who succeeded to the title in 1936, married Mrs Dorothy Sands, an American, last year. Before his father’s death, as Lord Borodale, he was member of Parliament for Peckham for five years. He also held the position of Parliamentary private secretary to the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty. STUDIO f PARTY An enjoyable time was spent at Miss Eileen Orchard’s dancing studio, Papanui road, when Miss Orchard entertained some of her weekly pupils at a studio party. After supper the guests danced to music supplied by wireless gramophone. , Amongst those present were - Misses Betty Crawford, Veronica Streeter, Pat Streeter, Jean Keys, Joan Keys, Pat. Keys, Peggy Gilbert, Joan and Diana Gibson, Messrs J. Lundy, E. Williams, R. Stephenson, R. Alexander, L. Streeter, M. Taylor, A. Cusack, E. Blackstock, and J. Stephenson. SOCIAL AT BROADFIELD An "old-fashioned dress" social held recently in the Broadfield schoolroom attracted many guests. Dance music was supplied by Stuarts Band, with extras by Mr Bennett and Mr C. Wallace. . . s _. _ . A recitation was given by Miss Patsy Bennett (Christchurch). Winners of the novelty dances and competitions were Mr C. Moody * (Lincoln). Miss I. Wood, and Mr W. Dodd (Lincoln), Mr and Mrs A. Hinten (Templeton). Mrs W. Wallace, and Miss P. Wallace. The City Temple, famous Nonconformist centre of London, is to have a woman preacher. Miss Dorothy F. Wilson, B.Litt., of Sir Courthope Wilson, K.C., vice-chan-cellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster, has been appointed as pulpit associate for a year to the Rev. Leslie D. Weatherhead. Miss Wilsoi. will begin her duties on October 2, and will, at intervals, preach in place of Mr Weatherhead, who is still in need of rest after a breakdown .in health in February. Miss Wilson was at one time Sunday school organiser for the Presbyterian’ Church of England. She was' trained for the ministry at Mansfield College, Oxford, one of the few theological colleges open to men and women on equal terms. In January, 1928, she was appointed assistant pastor of Carr’s Lane _ Church, Birmingham. The following year she was appointed Congregational minister at Hest Bank, Lancaster. In 1931 she went to California, and in 1936 she visited Australia, New Zealand and Honolulu on a preaching tour.’ It is stated that for the last 10 years Miss Wilson has suffered considerably from arthritis of the spine, and she left a sick bed" to preach at Brighton’s leading Nonconformist church—Union Church, in Queen’s square. Mr and Mrs F, Wall (Hokitika) left Wellington in February for an extended holiday in South Africa and England. They travelled via Australia to Durban and Cape Town. At Rondebosch they spent a month with relatives, and on May 5 they landed in England by the Ceramic and stayed for a time in Southsea before going on to Warwickshire, where they have enjoyed the rural beauty of their home county. Mr Wall visited the Warwickshire County Show at Nuneaton, which he ’considered compared more than favourably with the Show at Christchurch, especially in milking Shorthorns and Eriesians. Jerseys are not favoured there as they are in New Zealand owing, he understands, to the milk being supplied to the public as milk instead of butter. He has also visited a few up-to-date dairy farms, and he has seen a good deal of stud cattle. These visits have been very interesting and instructive. After five weeks spent at Finchley and Hertford, Mr and Mrs Wall; have gone to Rugby. They have been eating New Zealand butter, cheese and lamb during their travels and have found all these products of excellent quality. Return passages to New Zealand have been booked by the Tainui, leaving on November 25.