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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1933, Page 18

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Athenian Club Annual Ball. ' Invitations are being issued by the Wellington Athenian". Club for. the annual plain and fancy dress ball to beheld in the clubroom, Pharmacy Hall, next week. - This occasion marks the final gathering of the season, and arrangements are well in hand for an exceptional gala night. Unemployment' Advisory Committee". Mrs. Marshall Macdouald, Mrs. M. J. Forde, and Miss B. E. Carnaehan, members of the Women's 'Unemployment Investigation and Advisory Committee, will leave for Auckland by the Limited express tomorrow night. For Lewisnam Hospital. It is anticipated that a large gathering will attend the entertainment in the hall, Green Street, Newtown, on Wednesday evening in aid of the Little Company of Mary, Lewisham Hospital, for their charity fund. Miss Kathleen Craig is in charge of the arrangement?, and is being assisted by Mr. Claude Sander's clever pupils. Invitations Issued. Invitations have been issued for tho Scottish Harriers' and Amateur Athletic Club's annual dance, which will , be held at St. Francis Hall, Hill Street, on Wednesday next. Tlie committee is ■ sparing no effort to make'this dance , as popular as its forerunners, and the Mayfair pigh Hatters' Orchestra has been engaged. A Musical Afternoon. The ladies of the Brooklyn Methodist , Guild held another of their musical afternoons in the classroom recently. Mrs. W. Coventry and Mrs. Soal sang delightfully, and were heartily thanked. Mrs. Soal also took the solo in the community sing which followed. Tea was served later. "The New Morality." , , ■' A most interesting social afternoon is being arranged by • the Women's Social Progress Movement, to take place at St. James Hall, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt, early next week. The speaker will be Canon Percival James, who .will take for his subject "The New Morality." Songs will be sung by Miss Marjorie Bennie. Mrs. Cleary will also contribute- items, and Mrs. Craig MacKenzio will give recitations. A most enjoyable afternoon is promised. Dance for St. Joseph's Orphanage. The social committee recently formed for the purpose of raising funds for St. Joseph fs, Orphanage, \ Upper Hutt, ' is concluding its campaign next Thurs- ■ day evening, when a. charity dance will be held at St. Francis Hall, Hill Street. ' An excellent orchestra will be in attendance, aud patrons will be assured ■of a very enjoyable evening. As this dance is for a worthy cause, the committee appeals to all sympathisers of the orphanage to help. Full particulars will be found advertised" in tho dance column'of this issue. £,& See New Beat Boom. A donation of £5 has been received by Mrs. 0". Pow (president of the Hospital Auxiliary) towards the furnishing of -the new rest room at Victoria Ward. The donation, which was sent in by Miss Amy Kane, constituted the surplus from the party given this week by representatives of women's organisations in honour of Mrs. McCombs. Ladies' Cricket. All girls who have not yet joined cricket club and who are desirou3 of becoming members are reminded that the Technical Old Girls have vacancies for members who make early application to the secretary. Last year the club entered three teams in the competion, and all three teams.had a successful season/ A general meeting of the cricket club will be held on Wednesday, October 4, at 7.45 p.m., in Room I at the Technical College. Y.W.Cjt»',Jfrorta Teams, -, In conirectton with the approaching sports ~d*y «f the. newly-fdnned Wellington Inter-house Girls' Sports Association, tho- Y.W.CLA. has undertaken the' organisation of • a team for girls from,firms,having small staffs, and for individual girls who desire to take part. Practices have 'already begun, and the programme of physical cultuie, individual athletic events, marching, and team games provides an enjoyable and well-balanced activity. A team repiesenting the. Various clubs within the Y.W.C.A. ia also being foimed. Dance at Eastbourne. » This evening there will be a dance at Day's Bay Pavilion, in aid. of the Eastbourne Swimming Club's funds. The club is acquiring a modem lnesaving plant and gear, and is worthy of assistance from all who uso the bathing facilities of the East Harbour. A bus js leaving tho Hotel Cecil at 7.20, and returning after the dance. The Maori Meirymakers' Band from Petone will be in attendance. Dancing and Bridge. An enjoyable evening of dancing and bridge was . recently held by . members of the Jsland Bay Centre of the New Zealand Legion. Several competitions caused much interest, and exhibition dai'cea by Miss Joan Elstou and partner were enthusiastically received. The committee responsible for the success of the-evening were'Mesdames Heron, Praetor.i Neilson, and Westbury-Hughes ancl Messrs.'Cook, Heron, and Gray. Brilliant Woman Lawyer. One of the foremost lawyers of South Africa is Mb>s Elizabeth Rosemint of Durban (states -'a correspondent). She ha.! been called to the Bar of the Supreme .Courts of Edinburgh, Ireland, and South Africa, and has been elected a fellow of Lincoln's Inn and' the Inner Templey London.- This lady, who ia 63 years old, graduated when she was 26, and was made a King's Counsel ten years later.' Miss Rosemint has held also the positions of Crown Prosecutor and Public Defender, and has served as a deputy-Judge on several occasions. T-———

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