CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22769, 22 July 1939, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mr and Mrs Brian Boys - (Waipukurau) will arrive in Christchurch at the end of next week and will be the guests of Mr and Mrs Rossmore Cracroft Wilson. Later they will visit Mr and Mrs J. Rfowbray Tripp at Silverton, Geraldine, and will return to Christchurch for Grand National Week. Mr and Mrs Frank 'Armstrong (Akitio), Mr and Mrs. H. B. Williams, and Mr and Mrs Eric Loisel (Tolaga Bay), Mr and Mrs P. Williams (Gisborne), Mr and Mrs Ralph Lowry (Taihape) will be visitors to Christchurch for Grand National Week. They will stay at the United Service Hotel. Mr and Mrs Michael Connell (Wairoa) will arrive in Christchurch next Wednesday, and will be the guests; of' Mr and Mrs Rossmore Cracroft Wilson, Riccarton. Mrs I. M. Freeman (Cashel street) has returned to Christchurch from' - Auckland. Miss Helen Packer has returned to her home in Victoria street, after being for two weeks a patient in Lewisham private hospital. Mrs T. B. Strong (Forfar street) and her son, Mr J. Strong, will leave on Monday for a visit to England. Mrs Peter Mackenzie, who has been paying a short visit to Christchurch, will leave for her home, Walter Peak Station, Lake Wakatipu, to-day. Mr and Mrs E. Rivers (Riccarton) will leave for Wellington on Tuesday night to join the Rangitiki for England. Miss Kathleen Nelson' (Karori, Wellington) is visiting Mrs H. E. Perry, Norman’s road. Mr and Mrs John Elworthy (Richmond Hill, Sumner) are visiting Mr and Mrs A. S. Elworthy, Holme Station, Timaru. Miss Kathleen Newton (Andover street) and Miss Una McCracken (Hangiora) are the guests of Mrs R. L. Wigley, Timaru, for the Hunt Club gaieties. Miss Margaret Young (Cashmere) is visiting Timaru for the Hunt Club ball and race meeting. / At the last weekly evening card party sponsored by the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, Halswell, the winners were Miss Withers, Mrs Bearman, Mr A. Sparks, and Mr Lunt. Mrs Fred. O’Malley (Avonside) returned yesterday after »- month’s holiday spent in Auckland. Her daughter, Miss Marjorie O’Malley, will remain in Auckland until October. , Mr and Mrs J. Chadraba, with their daughter, have arrived in Auckland from Tunisia, where they have lived for nine years. Mr Chadraba was in charge of an electric sub-station 12 miles from Tunis. They intend to settle in New Zealand and are at present staying with Mrs Chadraba’s parents, Mr and Mrs H. B, Dobbie, Epsom. Mr and Mrs R. G. Hudson, Mr and Mrs G. R. Hudson, Mrs Arthur Barnett, Mr and, Mrs Vivian Jacobs (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs P. C. Mills (Invercargill) will be southern visitors to Christchurch for Grand National Week. A meeting is being called by the Fendalton Red Cross Sub-Centre at St. Barnabas’, Schoolroom on Tuesday next, July 25, at 3 o’clock, to organise V.A.D. workers to be prepared in case of national emergency. Red Cross leaders will speak. —1 LOSE 10 YEARS OVERNIGHT! The marvellous Sunshine Vitamin in OATINE CLEANSING CREAMS feeds your skin, ending wrinkles, crowsfeet, etc. Your skin becomes velvety, smooth, soft —regaining the bloom of youth. OXYGEN SNOW gives a soft matt surface for powder. Chemists and Beauty Salons. Jars 2s 6d and ss; Tubes Is. —5 AFRAID TO EAT. “I was getting so fat I was afraid to eat,” writes Miss E. M. G., of Wellington. “But starving did more han than good. Not till I tried Naturettes did I begin to feel well. To-day I’m fit and slim as ever.” 17 days’ treatment 7s 6d. Money-back'guarantee. E. Cameron Smith, Ltd., Chemists, Cathedral square. —1

The Duke and Duchess of Kent were entertained last month at a farewell party given by the Overseas League in Lopdon, where several Australians and New Zealanders were present. They were welcomed by Lord Goschen, chairman of the league, and the Duchess of Kent was presented with a basket of New Zealand and Australian fruit and a bottle of Australian wine by Miss Cecilia Keating (Greymouth). Two city school teachers, Miss M. S. Smith (Phillipstown) and Miss E. Hutt (Wharenui), have been granted leave of absence pending the completion of arrangements by the Education Department for exchange with other teachers overseas. Miss Smith will exchange with a teacher in the Newport Education Service, Monmouth. Miss Hjutt will exchange with a teacher from Birmingham. The leave of absence will be operative from towards the end of the year. At a meeting of the Parents’ National Educational Union held yesterday, Miss M. G. Havelaar, speaking on the National Council of Women, said that the Christchurch branch four years ago had drawn the attention of the City Council to the seriousness of the housing problem in the city. As a result 50 houses for old age pensioners had been built by the City Council, and for these 50 houses there had been 500 applicants. Twenty of the houses—those for married pensioners—would be ready for occupation in •about 10 days. Miss Havelaar said. Before the golf ball at Rakaia Dr. and Mrs E. Candy entertained a number of friends at a cocktail party at their home, where the drawing-room was decorated with spring flowers. Those present included Mr and Mrs S. Wright, Mr and Mrs F. Richards, Mr and Mrs J. W. Bruce, Mr and Mrs J. Langley, Mr and Mrs L. O. Oakley, Mr and Mrs P. Hanrahan, Mr A. T. Zeigler, Mr and Mrs S. Connolly, Mr and Mrs J. Connolly, Mr and Mrs W. L. Harrison, Misses Elsie Richards; Patricia Wright, L. Harrison, Mr S. Co.wan, Mr J. Mann, and Mr H. Whiteman. A card party and dance held recently in the Spotswood Hall in aid of the Spotswood Women’s Institute funds were well attended. The winners of the flag 500 were Messrs A. Upston, R. Harrison, and F. Skilling. Music for the dance was played by Mrs Harrison, Miss Leaman, and Messrs P. Fitzgibbon, H. Wilson, W, Fitzgibbon, and Partington. The master of ceremonies •was Mr T. SteVenson. ' Madame Elsa Schiaparelli, small, dark, Italian-born genius women’s clothes, has decided to close down a salon which cost her thousands of Sounds to establish in London. Two undred employees mannequins, fitters, receptionists who speak many languages, cutters, and workroom hands—have all, received notice of dismissal. She has her headquarters in Paris, where she employs 600 persons, and another establishment m New York, She says she hopes to reabsorb seye'ral of the staff she had in London. Her health has not been good-and she cannot supervise three establishments. Are you arranging a bridge party or a dance? Leave youikorder with Ethne Tosswill for savouries, sandwiches, and cakes. There are two shops where you may buy genuine. “Josephine” (Regd.) cakes made by Ethne Tosswill. One at 123 Cashel street, just next door to McArthurs, the Chemist, and the othfer in Hereford Court. —6 PREVENT COLD FEET! There’s no need to endure cold feet on chilly, damp days. Do as thousands of others are doing—buy a pair of"the famous Samson lodine Socks and wear them in your shoes for foot, warmth and protection against ■ colds. Is 9d pair from E. Cameron Smith, Ltd., Chemists, Cathedral square. —6 NEW STANDARD OF COMFORT AT BRENTS, ROTORUA. Enthusiastic comments from visitors to BRENTS HOTEL testify to the wonderful comfort and service. Money has been scent with a lavish hand to make BRENTS, “the best place to stay.’’ Tariff is reasonable—central heating—close to Government Gardens and Baths.