CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28250, 11 April 1957, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss Pauline Wallis, Avonside drive, who has been in Sydney for the last three months, will leave Australia soon. in the Southern Cross for Britain, where she plans to spend the next two years teaching.

The result of the eleventh round of club pairs played in Crockford’s Club was: north-south: Mrs P. A. Ardagh and Mrs H. S. Richards 1, Mrs W. J. Scott and Mrs N. Rawson 2, Mr and Mrs H. E. Booker 3;. east-west: Dr. C. Newman and Dr. P. Brass 1, Mrs N. Le Cren and Miss A. B. Rennie 2, Mrs A. L. Joyce and Mrs M. Wilson 3. The final for the three-night Howell match was: Mrs E. L. Wyles 1, Miss V. Rogers 2, Miss C. t>. Humphreys 3. The final for the Howell Ladder for the year was: Mrs R. R. Bell 1, Miss C. D. Humphreys 2, Mrs E. L. Wyles 3.

A talk on the flower gardens of Holland was given by Mrs ten . Hove, who was the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Beckenham-Huntsbury Garden Club. She wore the national costume of Holland. Mrs A. J. Hall presided. Competition results were: decorative, class A, arrangement of white-petalled flowers, Mrs H. D. Robson 1, Mrs G. Hosking 2, Mrs L. D. Roberts 3; class B, Mrs McClelland 1, Mrs W. Moodie 2; novice, Mrs C. A. Rose 1, Mrs C. E. Holmes 2; arrangement for breakfast tray, Mrs F. A. Robertson 1, Mrs S. Brown 2; class B, Mrs C. Gray. 1, Miss E. Travers 2; best shrub, Mrs C. E. Holmes 1, Mrs C. A. Rintoul 2, Miss E. A. Travers 3; best large bloom, Mrs A. J. Hall 1, Mrs G. Hosking 2, Mrs W. Abrams 3; small, Mrs L. D. Roberts 1, Mrs P. J. Hawthorne 2, Mrs E. J. Champion 3.

The following is the result of the twelfth round of the club pairs played at the Christchurch Contract Bridge Club: open, north-south: Mr H. Pickering and Dr. J. D. Thomson 1, Mrs N. Laver and Mrs C. A. Stringer 2; Mrs T. Armstrong and Mrs H. B. Holder 3; east-west: Miss S. Fraser and Miss O. Kerr 1. Mrs A. and Miss M. Donaldson 2. Mrs C. Tasker and Mr P. H. Jones 3. Handicap, north-south: Mrs N. H. Barlow and Mrs L. Graham 1, Mrs N. Laver and Mrs C. A. Stringer, and Mrs F. Moginie and Mrs M. R. Woodhouse (equal) 2; eastwest: Mrs A. and Miss M. Donaldson 1, Miss S. Fraser and Miss O. Kerr 2, Mr G. P. Anderson and Mr S. Gibbs 3. 1

The annual meeting of the Riccarton Sub-centre of the Red Cross Society was held in th? Town Hall. Reports showed that 170 new and 130 second-hand garments were forwarded to th? centre. Donations were made to Burwood Hospital, Rannerdalu Home, Hungarian relief, and the Red Cross building fund. Parcels were sent to a Greek child sponsored by the sub-centre. The following officers were elected:— President, Mrs J. Montgomery; vice-presidents. Lady Clark-Hail, Mesdamcs Foster. Perry, Vivian. J. Fazackerley, Kyle, Jones, and Miss Kincaid; secretary, Mrs H. L. Gentles; joint treasurers, Mrs Saul and Miss Hepburn; committee. Mesdames A. Fazackerley, Carleton, Reid. Spalton, Dove, O’Brien. Barber. 'Grant, Wright, Brake, Templeton, and Miss Carleton.