CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27471, 4 October 1954, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs Frank Graham (Montreal street) will leaye Christchurch by air tomorrow to visit relatives in’ Sydney. She expects to return to Christchurch early in December.

= Mrs John Stewart (Manchester Ijs street), who has been for a trip to England, is returning in the Rangitane. due in Wellington tomorrow.

Mrs H. E. G’oggin (formerly of Fenaalton) is returning to New Zealand in the Rangitane. She has been for a trip to England and Europe. Nearly all the leading women golfers of the Dominion will play in the New Zealand women’s golf championship meeting, to be held at Miramar this ?2 nt V; A not able absentee will be Mrs Purdon (fomerly Miss Margaret Hughes), of Auckland, who was a member of this year’s Tasman Cup whlch P la yed in Brisbane in

Mrs E. V. Edgcumbe has been elected president of the Auckland Travel Club in place of Miss G. A. Bertram, who £. e^£ e< l* The vice-presidents are Mrs T. S. Hickey, Miss Jessica Baxter Mrs A. D. Jack and Mrs Victor Macky. There is an executive committee of 17 members.

T 5 e i_ St Albans Plunket Mothers’ Club heard a talk on diet and school lunches given by Miss Moore at the September meeting. Mrs Daue’s floral arrangement won the monthly competition. Mrs S. Hedges presided.

“The Cry of the Morepork,” Mrs Olive McKenzie’s three-act play depict!2fn? N ® W A z L ealna d farm fife of the 1920 5, is to be presented by the Auckland Repertory Theatre this month. The play won a Community Arts Seryice national playwriting competition m 1950. Mrs McKenzie, who was born on a farm and married a farmer, is ?46P rol l fi f writer of plays, although httle of her work has been published. She is a member of the newlyformed Clan of MacLeod in Auckland and she has been asked to write a Play for presentation during the visit to New Zealand of Dame Flora MacLeod, clan chieftainess, at the end of the year.

After a comparatively brief career m the service Brigadier Mary Railton has become Director of the British Women s Royal Army Corps. Born at Hayes in Kent on May 28, 1906, she lived before the war with her parents in Berkshire. One of her great interests was the organisation of girls’ clubs, for which she worked in a voluntary capacity. She was also a keen traveller, and visited South Africa, ?££ pt L an . d the West Indies. Early in 1938 she joined the F.A.N.Y (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, founded during the South African War) and shortly afterwards the A.T.S. Paris has gained some fashion inspirations from simple < flowing peasant dresses which are seen in silk jersey dresses by Gres and Desses, or the latte£s all-embroidered sheaths with sphinx-like panels released at the back. Embroidery motifs—colours -including pale sand, pinks and earthy reds—and types of jewellery and head ornaments corroborate this mood. Trimming, embroidery and the elegance of rich fabrics play a leading role, no matter what the silhouette may be. What can be more distinctive than Balmain’s simple black velvet princess gown, with wide cape collar of white mink, tied with a pale blue velvet bow? Or Dior’s striking floral patterned cut velvet with rich jewel-toned grounds, handled with masterful simplicity? The world’s loveliest Powder Foundation for tender skins . . . Cyclax Milk of Roses ... a delicately perfumed emollient lotion especially suited as a powder base for dry skins. Priced at 7/11, 15/6, and 26/6. Available at : Ballantynes Cyclax Counter. Advt. ,