THE SOCIAL ROUND

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 60, 4 December 1937, Page 6

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Farewell Party And A

Presentation

A most pleasant party was held in the lounge of the National Club on Wednesday night, w’lien a number of friends gathered to bid farewell to Mrs. L. H. C. Smith on the eve of her departure from Wellington to take up residence at New Plymouth. Airs. L. F. Hunt and Airs. John Southward acted as hostesses for the party, and Airs. Lawton presented Airs. Smith with a beautiful bouquet of roses and sweet peas. Bridge occupied most of the evening, and after supper had been served the guest ’of honour was asked to accept a presentation from all present as a reminder of many happy occasions spent together. Airs. Smith suitably replied, and the party concluded with musical honours.

Others present were Mrs. Hulton, Mrs. Tlren, Mrs. P. C. Watt, Mrs. Houston. Mrs. Aston. Mrs. Loneragan, Mrs. Hulbert, Mrs. Digby Perrett, Mrs. LeeFoster, Mrs. Riddler, Mrs. McClune, Mrs. Geere-Watson, Mrs. Gilbert, Miss Meikle Wright, Miss Stephenson, and Miss Riddler. Birthday Celebrations

To celebrate her coming-of-age, Miss D. Oram was hostess at a luncheon party yesterday at the D.I.C. The table was attractively decorated with bowls of purple broom, and in the centre was her birthday cake. The guests were Misses E. Buck, F. McMillan, M. Fyffe, C. Baker, E. Rowe, E. Conder, K. Edwards, R. Bateman, M. Walsh, T. Smith and K. Shearer.

A Tiring Fortnight

Miss Norah Copsey (formerly of the Wellington Technical College, and one time of the staff of the Wanganui Technical College), who left New Zealand in August for Japan, where she has influential friends, had every intention of staying there for some months, but owing to the very definite anti-British feeling she thought it advisable to come away, writes, a London correspondent. She was able to secure the last transit visa for the trans-Siberian to be granted in Tokio. It is now necessary to apply directly to Moscow for this visa, and from what Miss Copsey has heard the possibility of securing it is remote. She has reached London after a very tiring fortnight, the week in Russia being particularly strenuous, as the train was crowded with Russian people and there was only one other foreigner —an elderly German merchant whose business was “kapiit” owing to the present strife

"Bring And Buy"

The Y.W.C.A. has been very active in its endeavour to raise funds for its sister organisation nt Shanghai. Yesterday afternoon the world fellowship committee and the board of directors organised it small “bring and buy” in aid of this worthy cause. It was an informal afternoon held in the attractive lecture-room, which was decorated with vases of canterbury bells, afrlean daisies and candytuft. A huge bowl of scarlet and golden roses that someone had “brought to be bought” made a colourful display on one of the stalls. Tea was served by the committee and a very friendly afternoon wits spent. In charge of the arrangements were Lady Pomare, Mrs. Kerry, Miss Veitch and Miss Plimmer.