CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22896, 18 December 1939, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs Arthur Barker and Miss Mary Barker (Winchester) were visitors to Christchurch for the unveiling of the foundation stone of the Canterbury Women’s Centennial Memorial on the Bridle Path on Saturday. Mrs Barker is a daughter-in-law of the late Dr. Barker, one of the earliest settlers of Christchurch.

Mrs D. Christie (Wanganui) will arrive in Christchurch by aeroplane to-day to attend the wedding of her son, Mr Neil Christie, to Miss Phyllis Acton-Adams. The ceremony will take place at St. Peter’s Church, Upper Riccarton, this afternoon. Miss M. J. Denniston (Hereford street west) will leave on Wednesday to spend a fortnight in Dunedin. Miss Lettice Loughnan (Peterborough street) left on Saturday night to spend the holidays with her father at Otane.

Miss Hynes (Auckland), accompanied by her brother, will arrive in Christchurch this week to_ spend Christmas with her sister, Miss V. V. Hynes, of Otahuna. Mr and Mrs Leslie Blunt (Kaikoura) and Mr and Mrs lan Menzies (Menzies Bay) are visitors to Christchurch for the Christie-Acton-Adams wedding to-day. Mrs lan Murchison (Lake Coleridge) will arrive in Christchurch to-morrow to visit Mrs Sinclair Murchison, Rossall street.

■Mr and Mrs Norman Loisel (Jfolaga Bay) will arrive in Christchurch on December 28 to spend the New Year with Mrs Loisel’s parents, Mr and Mrs Herbert ActonAdams, Tipapa, North Canterbury.

Mr and Mrs R. Austen Young (Cashmere) will leave after Christmas for a holiday visit to Akaroa. Mr and Mrs E. B. E. Taylor (Greymouth) will arrive in Christchurch this week to spend Christmas with Mrs Taylor’s parents, Mr and Mrs J. E. Moore, Bealey avenue. Later they will visit Akaroa. Miss Gladys Acton-Adams, (Clarence Reserve, Kaikoura), who has been in England and Kenya for nearly two years, has left Kenya on her return journey to New Zealand. She is expected home about the middle of next month.

Miss Janet Burgin (Swannanoa) has left for a holiday visit to Central Otago. Mr and Mrs D. McCaskill (Kelburn, Wellington) arrived by the steamer express on Saturday morning, and left later for Greymouth, where they will stay with Mrs McCaskill’s parents, Mr and Mrs R. T. Bush.

Mrs Mervyn Adams (Auckland) arrived in Christchurch yesterday to be present at the Robertson-Donald wedding, which will take place tomorro.w. She is, the guest of Mr -and Mrs A. M. Avoca Valley. Mrs Vivian (Dunedin), who has been visiting her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs Aylmer Vivian, Riccarton, returned south on Saturday. Mrs J. K. Moloney (Knowles street) is a visitor to Dunedin for the wedding of her sister. Miss Nan Rodgerson, to Mr lan Brown. Lieutenant-Colonel H. K. Kippenberger and Mrs Kippertberger (Rangiora) are visiting Dr. and Mrs Raymond Kirk, Dunedin. Dean Haggitt and Mrs Haggitt (Nelson) are the guests of Miss Daw, Sumner. Friends of Mrs Enid Frye (Slater street) will be pleased to that she has returned home and has recovered from her recent operation.

English papers announce the diamond wedding celebrations of Mr and Mrs William Johnson, the grandparents of Dunedin’s famous quadruplets. Natives of East Kent, the old couple were married at Waldershare Church, near Dover, in 1879, when 21 and 18 years of fege respectively. Among the congratulations they received was one from the King. The Josephine (Regd.) Cake Shop, McArthur’s Buildings, 123 A Cashel street, informs the public that the principal, Miss Ethne Tosswill, will be in her shop, 123 A Cashel street, between the hours of 12 noon and 2 p.m. to consult her clients regarding their requirements for the Christmas festivities. You, too, can come and place: your order now. 'Phone 33-478. —1

Mr E. J. Tait, governing director of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., has announced that Mrs John Hastings, who is well known in repertory work in Wellington, has been engaged as a member of Williamson’s New London Dramatic Company, which will make a Dominion tour, opening its season in Wellington this week.

Miss Julius, matron of the Alexandra Hospital, Wellington, has been appointed to take charge of the new maternity training school annexe of the Greymduth Hospital, and will leave soon to take up her new post. She was entertained last week by the hospital committee at a farewell party. Miss Ellen Gilchrist, who has been on the staff at Woodford House, Havelock North, is visiting her aunt, Professor Ann Strong, Dunedin. She will leave in January on her return to America.

Mrs Frank Hinton (Dunedin) is visiting her ■ parents, Mr and Mrs Angus Donaldson, Chester street.

Madame Winnie Fraser (Heriot) is visiting her father, the Rev. John Nixon, at New Plymouth, before going to Auckland and Rotorua. Later she will give two lecture-re-citals in the women’s section of the exhibition at Wellington, and will return south after three months. Miss F. Nurse, who has been visiting Christchurch, has returned to Invercargill to stay with her sister, Mrs Eustace Russell.

Among New Zealanders whose careers have suffered through the outbreak of war is the ballet dancer Bebe de Roland. One of tlje theatrical cancellations of outstanding importance was the making of the film, “Bullet in the Ballet,” in which Baronova and Dolin were to have taken leads, and the New Zealand dancer had been selected by Dolin for the ballets “Sylphides” and “Lac des Cygnes.” Mrs O. L. Eaton, whose husband, Dr. Eaton, of the Canton Presbyterian mission, -was shot by bandits near the Kong Chuen Hospital last Easter, returned to Auckland last week. Mrs Eaton was formerly Miss Mandeno, of Te Awamutu. Mr and Mrs Brian Boyd, who were married in Christchurch last week, have left for the north to attend the wedding of Mr Boyd’s brother, Mr John Boyd.

The lady editor of “The Press” gratefully acknowledges donations for the Canterbury women’s memorial from E.M.8., Merivale lane, and Mrs W. Chrystall, Weston road, St. Albans. A gift of a Christmas cake was received at the unveiling ceremony on the Bridle Path on Saturday from Mr A. P. Osborn. The cake was cut and distributed amongst the pioneers and early settlers who attended the ceremony in great numbers.

A generous donation of £25 has been gratefully, received from the Mayor, Mr R. M. Macfarlane, M.P., by the Sunlight League health camp committee, whose camp for 36 girls will be held on the New Brighton trotting course in January.

At the ceremony of the unveiling of the foundation stone of the Canterbury women’s memorial on the Bridle Path on Saturday Miss Mildred Trent presented Miss L. P. Wakefield, who performed the ceremony, with a copy of the Women’s Institute book, “Tales of Pioneer Women,” compiled by Mrs P. R. Woodhouse, of Bluecliffs. Mrs Woodhouse and her two daughters were present at the ceremony. Miss Trent recalled later that nearly a year ago herself, Mrs Edwin Hamilton, and members of the women’s branch of the Canterbury Citizens’ Association had met on the Bridle Path to discuss the suggestion of raising a memorial on that point. Later a committee, with Mrs J. G. L. Vernon as chairwoman, had been .formed to carry out the idea. At the ceremony on Saturday a telegram of congratulation was received from Wellington, from Emma Rush, a granddaughter of Mr Charles Joseph Payton and Mrs Payton. Constipation, the enemy of energy, brightness and life itself, is quickly ended by R.U.R., the ideal laxative, that keeps you internally fresh and acternally radiant, R.U.R. is the greatest health asset known. —3