SOCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 274, 15 August 1932, Page 4

SOCIAL ITEMS

Vice-Regal. Her Excellency the Lady Bledisloe, accompanied by the .Hon. Mrs. Daniell and Mrs. Veale, paid a visit to the Y.W.C.A. when in Christchurch, and inspected the clubrooms and hostel. Miss Hope Belfield, England, is visiting Gisborne. Mrs. J. Collins, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs. Higgins, Waikanae. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Johnson, Lower Hutt, are visiting Auckland. Mrs. Haytor Ferguson, Auckland, has arrived on a visit to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Riddiford, Orongorongo, have returned from a visit to Christchurch. Miss Cecil Talbot, Kingsdown, has left to join the nursing staff of the Wellington Public Hospital. Miss , Gladys Wheeler, Glasgow Street, has returned to Wellington from Dunedin. ; Miss Thelma Noy and Miss Kathleen Wilson, of Port Chalmers, are spending a holiday in Wellington. ‘ Miss Pamela Riadiford, Woburn, Lower Hutt, Who was in Christchurch ' for Grand National week, has returned home. Mrs. Alfred Kidd, of Gillies Avenue, Epsom, has been visiting Wellington and will return to Auckland early this week. Miss Audrey Ostler, Talavera Terrace, left on Saturday for a visit to Hastings, where she is the guest of Miss Sibyl -Graham. , Mrs. F. E. Baume, of Sydney, arrived in Wellington on Saturday and is the guest of Mrs. E. W. Kane, Bolton Street. Misses McGowan, Wellington, who have been in England for the past 18 months, will return home for Christmas. Miss Esther Cameron and Miss Daphne McLeod, of the Wairarapa, were successful competitors at the ski-ing sports held recently at the Hermitage, Mount Cook. Miss Ruahine Beyers has arrived in Wellington from the north, having completed her tour of the Dominion. She intends to remain in Wellington prior to hep departure for England early in September. Miss Jean Beyers will accompany her sister abroad. Miss E. Scott, of the Taranaki Street Free Kindergarten, has been selected for the Carnegie Kindergarten Fellowship. Miss Scott will leave next month for Columbia University College to study under the Fellowship, which carries with it a grant of £5OO. Miss Daisy Armstrong, daughter of Mr. Mark Armstrong, of Christchurch, has left for, England with Madame Ottlee, the well-known teacher of singing and elocution. Miss Armstrong intends to study further for the stage. She has been a successful competitor at the Christchurch competitions, and has been praised for her talent in the portrayal of Shakespearean characters.