PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 152, 24 March 1938, Page 4

PERSONAL

Visitors to Wellington Mrs. A. W. Martin, Dunedin, who has been spending an extended holiday touring the North Island by ear, is now in Wellington and is the guest of Mrs. James T. Martin, “Nirvana,” Hawkstone Crescent. Mrs M. Bell, Hastings, is visiting Miss Bell, Aurora Terrace, Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. M. Kearins are Palmerston North visitors to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. .Anderson, Palmerston North, are visiting Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. IV. Roberts, Wanganui are visiting Wellington. On Holiday Mr. and Mrs. J. McKay, Wellington. are visiting Mrs. McKay’s father, Mr E. X. Le Lievre, “Oinako,” Akaroa. The Misses Russell, England, who have been visiting Mrs. A. H. Russell, Ngatapa, Gisborne, are now the guests of Lady Russell, Hastings. Mrs. W. F. Sheild, Patea, is spending a holiday at Paraparaumu. Mrs. F. S. Mcßae, Palmerston North, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs, D. Lethbridge. Turakina, is spending a. holiday at Paekakarlki Beach. Mrs. Philip Hanna, Karori, will leave to-day for a fortnight’s visit to Auckland, Mr. and Mrs. John Bernau are Wellington visitors to Napier, Miss Audrey Ormond. Hawke’s Bay, who has been visiting Christchurch, is now the guest of her sister, Mrs. Jock Acland, Mount Peel. Returned Home Mr. and Mrs. F- Goldingham, Palmerston North, have returned from a visit to Wellington, Miss K. Scotter has returned to New Plymouth from a visit, to Wellington. Miss F. Clarkson has returned to Patea from a visit to Wellington. Mrs. G. McGregor, who was in Wellington for the races, has returned to Eltham. Mrs. S. W. Crawford, who has been visiting 'Wellington, has returned to Eltham. Mrs. W. Raine, Marton, arrived at Wellington yesterday by steamer express On her return from the South Island, where she was the guest of her sister, Miss Roberts, Papanul Road, Christchurch, and Lady Nosworthy. Returned To Wellington Mrs. J. Hamer has returned to Wellington after spending a holiday at Auckland, Rotorua and Tauranga. * Mrs. W. Wolland, who was the guest of Mrs. C. S. Rush, Eltham, has returned to 'Wellington. Mrs. Charles Morice, who has been visiting the Franz Josef Glacier during an extended tour of the West Coast, returned to 'Wellington by the steamer express yesterday morning. Mrs. H. E. GoOdland, Seatoun Heights, has returned from a holiday spent in the South Island. Mrs. Carter, 'Wellington, has returned from a holiday at Christchurch, where she was the guest of Mrs. R. 11. Mahan. Mrs. Alan Hutchison, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. R. C. Drummond, Lansdowne, Masterton, has returned to her home at Khandallah. • Going Abroad Mrs. T. J. Thurman. Wellington, has left for a visit to Australia. Mrs. D. A. Ewen, Lower Hutt, will leave Wellington by the Empress of Britain on April 10 for England. Mrs. R. O. Chesney and Miss Mary Chesney, Lower Hutt, will leave for England by the Rangitata early next month. / Five O'Clock Parties A cheery cocktail party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Gray Young on Tuesday at their home in Sydney Street, when they entertained a number of their friends. The guests gathered in the drawing-room and the dining-room, which were decorated with hydrangeas and gladioli. Mrs. Gray Young was wearing a floral frock in Chinese red and blue tonlngs, and her daughter, Miss Barbara Gray Young, who assisted in entertaining the guests, was in a frock of mauve blue. Those present were: Dr. and Mrs. Bowerbank, Dr. and Mrs. Graham Robertson, Mra Claude Waston, Mrs. Shand, Mr. and Mrs. C- W. Salmon, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Greenland, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. S. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Bevan, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hanna, Dr. and Mrs. Eric Luke, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Peacock, Dr. and Mrs. P. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. H. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Martin. Visitor Entertained To entertain Sir Stenson Cooke, general secretary of the Automobile Association, London, Dr. and Mrs. Graham Robertson gave a five o’clock party at their home in Hobson Street on a recent evening, there being more than 70 guests. Mrs. Robertson was wearing a black frock trimmed' with gold lame. Her daughter, Miss Valerie Robertson, wore a navy blue floral frock, and Miss Whitcombe, of Christchurch, who is staying with Dr. and Mrs. Robertson, was dressed in plum-coloured marocain.