HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 13

HERE AND THERE

Successful Effort. The card tourney which was run by the Seatpun Croquet Club during the winter recess proved a marked success. It was liberally supported by the wellwishers of the club, and a good attendance was maintained throughout the season. At the concluding evening the president (Mrs. W. M'Girr) presented the aggregate prizes as follows: Ladies—Mrs.- Les. M'Girr, Seatoun; men—Mr. George, Kongotai. Hutt Flower Show. The Hutt Valley Horticultural Soc-; iety opened its Spring Flower Show in the Town Hall, Lower Hutt, yesterday afternoon. The official party included Sir Heaton Rhodes, Sir Alexander Boberts, Mr. and. Mrs. E: L. Kiddiforcl, Dr.

and Mrs. J. Whitton, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Patrick (president), Miss Hyncs, Mvs. W. Simm, Messrs. H. Poole, and A. J. Nichols. . Beautiful blooms of every spring flower wero exhibited. Among those present were':—Mesdames M. Hobbs, H. B. Gordon, E. Giesen, C. Bell, Boyd, Fenwick, Pearce, Misses J. Riddiford, L. Waller (Auckland), Boberts, Stead (Hawkes Bay), Giesen, ami Cooper. New Autumn Dances. Dance teachers and dance hall managers have met and discussed "What will bo danced in tho autumn?" says the "Daily Mail." They have recognised that this question is decided not by the teachers or managers, but by the public, and that the public, in turn, are to (some extent led by what a few of the fashionable West End bands happen to feature. The "Midway Ehythm" has already mot with the approval of the dancing public. It is an ordinary fox-trot plaj'ed at a medium speed (about 44 bars per .minnte). Except that the bands _ are being urged to play the Tango a little faster than heretofore, and that there is a tendency for the moderately quick Viennese valse to come back into favour, there are not likely to be any further changes this autumn. Home for Aged Needy. A delightful entertainment was given by the Lawrence Orchestra, assisted by friends, at the Homo for tho Aged Needy. Mr. G. Petheriek (chairman of trustees) presided, and Mr. ana Mrs. Hurst (trustees), tho matron (Miss A. Mackay), and staff were also present. Songs were given by Mrs. Booth and Miss K. Hilton. A violin solo by a talented performer, aged eight, was much enjoyed, and received a wellcleserved encore. Mrs. Matthews contributed two humorous items, and encores were very much in demand. Mrs. Hilton proved an efficient accompanist. A generous supper was provided by the visitors. Mr. G. Petheriek warmly thanked the company for their entertainment, two of the residents of the homo adding their tribute. "Lorna Doone" Pageant. Nearly 100 Exmoor villagers, familiar with stories of the Doones, the outlawed robbers who made Dbone Valley their stronghold, took part recently in a pageant of "Lorna Doone," on worthy Green, near Minehead. This is a lovely wooded combe which, for once, resembled the Doone Valley (says the "Daily Mail.") It was the first time that Blackmore's famous romance had formed the subject of a pageant. Exmoor farmers impersonated'the. Doones. Miss C. Wallis, daughter of the-Hector of Selworthy, appeared as". "Lorna Doone," and her brother as Jan Bidd. Obituary. ; A great many frionds in Wellington and tho Wairarapa will.hear with much regret of the death of Mrs. Ida M'Eldowncy,. formerly of Hill street, and more lately of Lowry Bay, wife of Mr. W. J. M'Eldowney. of Wellington. Mrs. M'Eldowney was the daughter of Mr. C. E. Daniell, and the late Mrs. Daniell, of Masterton. She was an. energetic worker during the war, and proved herself an excellent organiser, at the same time having a charm ofmanner and making and securing many friends. Later, after her marriage, she entered with the same kindly thoroughness into many branches of social service, being on the Free Kindergarten Council and a vice-president of the Hutt branch of the Reform League. She placed her car and her services continually at the disposal of the Plunket nurses. Mrs. M'Eldowncy visited England and travelled abroad with her husband some.years ago. She leaves two infant daughters, for whom, with their father, great sympathy will be felt. Mrs. M'Eldowney came of a largo family of brothers and sisters, and was a most popular girl in her old home in the Wairarapa, and will be greatly missed by a largo circle of friends there and in other parts. The funeral service took place at the residence of Mr. J. M'Eldowney, sen., Hawkestono street, and the private interment %vas made at Karori. Grace Darling. The coble in which Grace Darling, with her father, saved nine lives from the wreck of the Forfarshire in a terrible gale on sth September, IS3S, and I won for herself an immortal place among the nation's heroines, has been moved to Bamburgh, where it will have a permanent home, states an English ! exchange. The coblo is an open boat, 21ft long by. 6ft wide. It was the boat of the Longstone Lighthouse, on tho Fame Islands, of which William Darling was the keeper, and in 1912 it was presented to tho Boyal National Lifeboat Institution by Lady John Joicey-Cecil, on the understanding that it should remain in Northumberland. Since then it had been at the Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats. In 1924 it was proposed to bring tho boat on a visit to London, but it was found to be too frail for such a long journey.' It has since been carefully repaired. Grace Darling is buried in Bamburgh Church. Lord Armstrong, the owner of Bamburgh Castle, has presented the institution with a piece of land overlooking the sea and facing the Fame lighthouse. He has also headed the subscription list of an appeal for the money to build a house on this site. Until this permanent home is complete the coble will be placed in a coach house in the village.