TOPICS FOR WOMEN

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 15

TOPICS FOR WOMEN

Mrs. JPrank Strickland has returned to "Wellington from Auckland. The Misses K. and M. Todd are Wellington visitors to Auckland. Miss Mabel Laurenson, wlio y haa been for a motor tour with friends m the North,, has returned to Wellington. ,Mrs. 11. B. Knight and Miss M. Knight are tho guests ot Mrs. 1. ■&. Varan am, New Plymouth. Mrs. Gower and Mrs. .Greening, |Petonc, are visitors to Waikanae. Mrs Eaton,'who has been for time visiting Waikanae, has returned to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. v C. G. Ehimcs,. Wellington, are leaving by the Uhmaroa for an extended tour-abroad. Miss Barnett, who has been a visitor •to Waikanae, has returned to JSJianilaUah. . - ' Miss K.- Nickel, Wellington, is a visitor to Christehureh. . --. / . Mrs. Holmes-Edge, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs. Dee, St. Leonard's, Duuedin. ' Miss L. Lawson, Wellington, is among the i visitors to Dunedin. ' Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Ambler, Auckland, are visitors to Wellington. Mr! 'and Mrs. Vincent" Ward are among thoso staying at Botorua. The Misses Bimic have returned to Wellington from Palmerston North. . - Miss Aileen Palmer has returned to Wellington from a holiday visit to Palmerston North. Mrs. H. S. Fox, Biccarton, Christchurch, is a visitor to Wellington, and is the:guest of Mrs. M'Bcan Stewart, Tinakori road. Mrs! Charles Bean, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Harris, Island Bay, has returned to.; Christehureh. ■ . . -.. ' Mrs. Cuthbert Mitford, ■ Auckland, who recently returned from England, is spending a few months in Wellington, I and is staying at Caulfleld House. Mrs. Burnes Loughnan and her daughter arrived this morning from Christchurch./ Mrs. Hempton, Wellington, has left for a visit to Auckland. Mr. 'and Mrs. D. Aitken have been making a motor tour in the 'Hot Lakes district. ■ . Miss-D. P. Wells'has returned to Wellington from a visit to Napier. Misses A. Toogood and M. Shaw are Wellington visitors to Hamilton. Miss N. Parker was among those arriving yesterday from Sydney .by the Ulimaroa. Mrs. L. Gilmore returned to Wellington- yesterday by the Ulimaroa from Sydney. . ' Memorial cfemetery. A meeting, of the Memorial Cemetery Committee of the Women's National Reserve was held recently, when a good deal of eorespondence was dealt witn. Mrs. H. S.;.Hadfield was eleeted-*hou. secretary and treasurer of the committee. Real Admiration. Several speakers at a meeting of the National Council of Women of Auckland expressed their great delight at the wonderful achievement ; of Miss. Amy Johnson in flying from England to Australia, and of tile honour she had won for British ■ aviation and for women as well. She had shown, the world what women can do. It was decided to communicate to tho Dominion president, Mrs. Fracr, suggesting that the National Council cable its congratu-. lations to Miss Johnson, on the great feat she had accomplished. The'meeting also passed tho resolution that through.tho Mayoress the women of Auckland' send a cablegram of congratulation to Miss Johnson. It was. Further deeided;to send a letter of congratulation to Miss I. Wight, of Devonport, as being the first Auckland woman to gain her pilot's certificate. W.C.T.U., Brooklyn.

The monthly meeting of the Brooklyn branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was hold in the Baptist School Hall yesterday afternoon. A good number of members and visitors attended. The president (Mrs. Sawden) presided, and gave a short account of Uie Timaru convention', speaking on the three planks of the union,. "Prohibition, Purity, and Peace." , Mrs. McMillan , (who has spent three and a-half years in Palestine) gave a very, inter-1 csfcing talk about that country, of the people ■ who live there now, and* their mode of living, telling her audience that she felt it was far: pleasanter to be living in New Zealand again. ' The items rendered by Miss Bessie Sawden ("The Children's Song," by Kipling), and by Mrs. Bennett \ ("The Holy' <vity"), were much appreciated. Afternoon tea was served by several members. The Benediction brought the meeting to a close. Two new members were enrolled. Croquet. > ■■ The officers and members of the Island Bay Croquet Club held a very successful morning tea party at the D.T.C. rooms yesterday, when Mrs. Breoze was the guest of honour. The president (Mrs. Small) and secretary (Mrs. Shorland).received tho ,visitors, and in presenting Mrs. Breeze with a choice bouquet the president said how proud the members were of the honour their guest had .brought to the club winning the B section of champion of champions matches during the past season. Mrs. \V. S. Austin, president of fclio Wollingtqn Croquet Association, also received a dainty ■'posy. Mrs. Breeze later replied, and in thanking the members for their gift, and thepresident for .her. very kind remarks, said she sincerely hoped this win would be only.one of many, as the club had several very promising players whose turn it would be- to bring fresh honours. ' Others present included Mesrtaracs Dixon, M'Donald, Vickery, Winehcombe,. Boss, Pillar, Brown, Gilchrist, Griffiths, Mantann, Smith, Wilkie, Perry, Kavanagh, Coo, M'Clure, M'Kenzie, Gowing, and Hendry. ' Obituary. The death occurred last week at Nelson of Mrs. Juliet A. Topliss after an illness extending over several weeks. The- late Mrs. Topliss was a passenger on the Manuka when tliat vessel was ! wrecked on the Ofago coast in December of last year, and it is thought that tho hardship then endured brought on hoi- illness. Mrs. Topliss, who was the ividow of the late Mr. Philip Topliss, !of tho legal firm of Fell and Atkinson, (and was ■ captain of tho H. Battery, N.Z.F.A., was, for. a long period, connected 'with art in New Zealand. She I was one of the original members of tho Bishop Suter Art Society, and for many years a vice-president of it, and always exhibited successfully at Nelson and other exhibitions in New Zealand. She was most helpful to young students and loyal to any schemo for forwarding art in New Zealand. In 1895, after Bishop Suter's death, she, with others, was very enthusiastic in raising funds to build tho Nelson Art Gallery to perpetuate the bishop's memory. Mrs. Topliss in former years was a talented member of the Nelson Operatic Society, and also took a leading part in many musical entertainments. Of' a family of three, there is one surviving son, "Mr. Hubert Topliss, who is at present in tbo AUlay States. Other members of tho family were the late Mrs. George tSadd and the late Mr. Olive Topliss, who died last yoar as tho result of war injuries.

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