MRS. FORBES IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 63, 8 December 1930, Page 5

MRS. FORBES IN LONDON

Social Activities

Mrs. Forbes has been enjoying the round of -social activities, though she is naturally not sorry to have the opportunity of making her own day’s programme (says a London correspondent). Such an opportunity has come to-day, and she and other ladies of the delegation are using one of the Daimlers set apart for the delegation to drive to many of those places of interest to the normal tourist;

At the luncheon given at Harrods on Tuesday by Lady Woodman Burbidge each of the guests was presented with a handsome handbag. Mrs. Forbes explained that at the receptions and. dinners she was attending the guests were not entirely dependent on conversation'for their entertainment. At Mrs. Snowden’s reception there was a programme of musie and singing. At the Ladies) Empire Club dinner, where Mrs. Forbes sat next to Dame Mcricl Talbot, Miss Beatrice, de Holthoir provided a programme of six items consisting of original monologues. . At this function Lady Jersey was in the chair. At the Victoria League reception Mrs. Forbes had the pleasure of meeting a number of‘ former New Zealanders, and when she lunched with Lady Holdsworth she met there Mrs. Salmon, daughter of the late Mr. Massey. The Gate House, Great Stanmore.. the property of Mr. Samuel Wallrock, is a place of considerable beauty. Here on Saturday Mr. Wallroek, who is president of the National Sweet Pea Society, and Mrs. Wallrock, entertained a number of the ladies of the Imperial Conference delegation-to lunch. These were: Mrs. Scullin, wife of the Australian Prime Minister; Mrs. Brennan, wife of the Attorney-General for Australia;. Mrs. Moloney, wife of the Minister of Markets, Australia; Lady Squires, wife of the Prime Minister of Newfoundland; and Lady Sidey. Mr. and Mrs. Wallrock’s “Tudorised” home was the first they had ever seen. The banqueting hall has been made from an old Tudor barn. The gardens are renowned for their extent and beauty. Mrs. -F. Speed, of Sydney, is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Mr. K. Imoue, Consul-General for Japan in Australia and New Zealand, will arrive in Auckland on Tuesday; and will be in Wellington between December 10 and December 12. After that he will go to the South Island. Miss Meredith, Miss Hutchen, Miss H. Morton, Miss J. Brownlee, and Miss B. Stowell, of Wellington, are visitors to Christchurch. Bouquets of distinction for tho bride am’ her maids, In exclusive colouring and style to suit frocks. Miss Murray, 36 Willis Street.—AdvL