CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26857, 9 October 1952, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mr Alfred Rive (High Commissioner for Canada in New Zealand) and Mrs Rive have accepted the invitation of the North American Club in Christchurch to attend its Thanksgiving dinner party on November 27. Mr D. Wilson, of the publicity department, United States Embassy, Wellington, and Mrs Wilson, and Mr M. Enyeart (cultural affairs officer) and Mrs Enyeart have also accepted invitations to attend the function. Captain M. L. Hardie, R.N., who this week will succeed Captain A. E. T. Christie, R.N„ as naval officer in charge at Auckland, has arrived in Aucktand accompanied by his wife and their eight-year-old son and six-year-old daughter.

Mrs James Liddle, of Killara, Sydney, will arrive in Christchurch on Friday morning to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs F. W. Hobbs, Papanui road.

Miss Ngaire Hammond (Linwood) and Miss Merle Evans (Papanui), who have been overseas, returned to New Zealand in the Rangitoto and have arrived in Christchurch. Both are nurses, and trained at the Christchurch Hospital. For 14 months they did private nursing in England and they then spent a holiday travelling in Great Britain, Ireland and Western Europe. They intend soon to begin training as Plunket nurses. Miss Anne Douglas (North Canterbury) returned this week from a visit to England.

Miss Jessie Fawsitt, of Sydney, who is press and display officer for the British Overseas Airways Corporation in the South-west Pacific, is visiting Christchurch. She will leave today to visit Dunedin, Queenstown. Lake Te Anau, and the Hermitage.

Miss F. Cameron, director of the nursing division, arrived in Christchurch from Wellington yesterday to present the medals gained by the graduates of the Christchurch Hospital. She was the principal speaker at the graduation ceremony last night. Mrs G. L. Somerset, adviser to the New Zealand Federation of Play Centres, will arrive in Christchurch from Dunedin next Thursday to attend the Canterbury Association’s annual refresher course. She will be the guest of Miss Mavis Reese. Rossall street. The result of tHe open pairs championship, played at Crockford’s Bridge Club, was as follows:—north and south, Miss Bromley Cocks and Miss N. Williams 1 Mrs G. W. Smithson and Mrs D. Anderson 2, Miss Laing and Mrs Hale 3; east and west, Mrs M. Wilson and Mrs A. M. Joyce 1, Dr. J. Hunt and Dr. D. Rollo 2, Mrs P. H. Powell and Miss Mayne 3. \A demofistration of making mops was given by Mrs E. Hands at the October meeting of the women’s section of the Christchurch Returned Services’ Association, held in the Jellicoe Hall. Competitions were won by Mrs Hands and Mrs F. Arrow. A collection was taken for food parcels for servicemen in Korea. The hostesses were Mrs M. Drake and Mrs L. Menzies. Mrs H. A. Bishop presided.

The thirty-eighth annual conference of the Methodist Women’s Missionary Union will be held in Trinity Church, Dunedin, from October 11 to 15. The North Canterbury district will be represented by the following delegates: for the executive. Mesdames C. Colechin, H. A. McNeill, and Miss E, Burnet; and for the auxiliaries, Mesdames Claridge, Beaumont, Steel. Megson, Early, Anderson, and Miss Mitchell. Mrs H. McDougall presided at the first birthday party of the New Brighton branch of the League of Mothers. The specially invited guests included Mrs W. Grant, provincial president, Mrs J. Davidson, provincial secretary, and presidents and representatives of sister branches.

The handicap result of the second round of a three-night cumulative match, played at the Christchurch Contract Bridge Club, was as follows: north and south, Mrs R. D. Iles and Miss G. Russell 1, Mrs A. W. Murdoch and Mr M. Shand 2, Mrs H. P. Lawry and Mr E. C. Tapley 3; east and west, Mrs W. Twoomey and Mr B. Culkin 1, Mrs T. Armstrong and Mrs M. Pipe 2, Mrs J. Enright and Miss R. Ferguson 3. The result of the third round of the cumulative match was as follows: north and south (open), Mrs E. Crawshaw and Mr E. Pickering J, Mrs S. E. T. Crimp and Mrs C. Ring 2, Mrs Enright and. Miss Ferguson 3; east and west. Mrs H. P. Lawry and Mr Tapley 1. Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Pine 2, Mrs H. B. Holder and Dr. J. P. McQuilkin 3; north and south (handicap), Mrs Crimp and Mrs Ring 1, Mrs Crawshaw and Mr Pickering 2, Mrs Enright and Miss Ferguson 3; east and west, Mrs Lawry and Mr Tapley 1, Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Pipe 2, Mrs J. L. Davis and Miss R. Kotlowski 3. The final result of the three-night cumulative match was as follows: Mrs Holder and Dr. J. P. McQuilkin 1. Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Pipe 2, Mrs Iles and Miss Russell 3. British wool fabrics for the current autumn-winter season have created several surprises. One, for instance, is the elevation to haute couture of Donegal tweed. Until recently the Cinderella of the tweeds, it now emerges in the glamorous role of a finely woven, multi-coloured lightweight. For texture alone, it merits place beside the woollens and boucles anal curled wool coatings. But perhaps the greatest surprise of al] is an echo of the 1920’5: a return to the once popular lace tweeds. These two fabrics—plus a range of super-fine worsteds—illustrate the high degree to which light-weight materials have developed; indeed; most of this season’s light-weight wools are lighter than hitherto.

An exhibition was held in London recently of model clothes created by members of Women’s Home Industries, Ltd., an organisation founded in October, 1947, by the Marchioness of Reading. This non-profit making private company exports hand-knitted and needle-point work to hard currency areas, and uses the skill of individual womeh working in their own homes in a national effort to increase production. Tfie total number of registered knitters is 5000, and there are 2000 more ready for testing.

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No Trousseau is complete without a Dreamwear Nightdress . . , “Lovelier Lingerie for Less.” 11 New Regent st.

Yesterday, some of the smartest and most attractive gaberdine coats yet seen in Christchurch arrived at Anthony Andersen, Ltd., the centre for exclusive wear for women, at 81 Cashel street (near the Bridge of Remembrance). Impeccablv tailored in a beautiful quality gaberdine, they are made with very smart - revers, special six-panel, slim-fitting back, stitched, welted pockets and neat, selfcovered buttons. They are in a new colour range, too—sea green, powder blue, cherry, pink soda, junior navy and sherry brown. For some of them there are beautifully tailored gaberdine suits to match, if ,you wish to secure a very fashionable three-piece outfit. It will be advisable to call early, though. —Advt.