PERSONAL NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 15

PERSONAL NOTES

Sir Michael and Lady Myers, Kelbiirn, will leave Wellington on Thursday for a visit to Kotorua. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Coleridge, Bishopscourt, t will leave, Wellington on Saturday for Hawke's Bay, where they will stay with Mrs. E.B. White, Takapau. - ' ■"*'' ■'-■ '■- '\ ;' ■/,.-.'■ Sir Philip and Lady Game, Sydney, are expected to visit New Zealand in February. While in Christchureli they will be the guests of Sir Henry and Lady Wigram. • Mr. and Mrs. C. H. T. Skelley, Croydon, Day's Bay, will leave after Christmas to spend a fortnight at Kapiti Island. .■,.•■- Mrs. J. P. Firth, Wadestown, left Wellington today to spend'some weeks in Nelson, where she has taken a house. Mrs. A. E. Porteous and Miss Jessica Porteous, Hobson Street, will spend the Christmas holidays at the Franz Josef Glacier. Mr.' and Mrs. C. V. Houghton, Parnell, Auckland, will arrive in Wellington at the end of ■ this week to visit their daughter, Mrs. Di McClurg, Lower Hutt. • ■ ';.-:.■.' Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Young, Wadestown, and their children will spend the holidays at Paraparaumu. : Mrs. W. Priest and Miss Bassett, Tiinaru, are visiting Mrs. Priest's daughter, Mrs. George Shir.tcliffo, Tinakori Boad. V Misses Hetley, Fitzherbert Terrace, will leave tomorrow morning .to stay with their brother in Napier, and will shortly leave Auckland for Sydney for an overseas tour. :■,•''■■(■ Mr. and Mrs. T. B.'Lawson, Talavera Terrace, will leave on Thursday by car for the Waikato, and later will visit Auckland. < Mrs. A. W. Blair and Misses Helen, Isla,.and Alison Blair, Eccleston Hill, will leave on Thursday for Botorua, where they have taken a house for a month. ; Miss Margaret Shand will be their guest during the holidays. Mrs. Lan Johnston, Lower Hutt, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. F. F. Eeid, Blenheim, is now the guest of Mrs. W. O. Campbell, Christchureli. Mr. Justice Eeed and Mrs. Beed left Wellington last weekend for Auckland. Misses Card, Featherston, are visitors to Wellington. ,: Mrs...William Deans, "Sandown," Darfield, who has been visiting her parents, Sir Andrew and Lady Russell, Hawke's Bay, and her sister, Mrs. T. C. Lowry, King Country, has returned home. Mrs. Slornan, England, who has been visiting her vi son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sloman, Highland! Park, will leave shortly on her return to England. Mrs. Lucas and Miss M. Lucas, Lower Hutt, will leave tomorrow evening to spend Christmas with Mrs.' Lucas's sister, Mrs. E. G. Petre,' Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs., Stanley Gyles, Eoseneath, will leave Wellington by the Wanganella for a trip to Australia. Major and Mrs. Hunter-Blair, Broomfield, Duns, Scotland, will arrive in Wellington by the Mataroa on January 2, and will visit Sir E. Heaton Bhodes, Otahuna, Christchurch. . Miss Phyllis Boyle, Christchurch, will go this week to Auckland to meet her brother, Commander A. D. Boyle,,E.N. (retired), who will return,."-from England by the TJangitata, due tomorrow. Mrs. P. H. Trancourt has returned to Frankton, after spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. H. Mooney, Miramar. '-■."." Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Boyd will leave this week to spend the holidays at Eaumati iseach, Wharemauku. Miss A. F. Ironside, .Christchurch, will arrive at the end of the week to visit the North Island. Mrs. John BnsseU, Wadcstovvu, is spending a few, weeks' holiday at Akaroa. Miss Louie Hart left yesterday morning for Waitomo Caves; en route to Auckland, to attend the ScarboroughEogers wedding. On November 2, the death occurred of Margaret Farjeon, widow of B. L. Far*jeon r the novelist, and daughter of 'Joseph /Jefferson. The funeral took place in the presence of her children only. Mr. Farjeon was one time resident, in Dunedin (states "The. Post's" London representative). Eecent Wellington visitors to the Hermitage, Mount Cook, included Mr. E, Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. G. C Ehodda, Miss M. Burd, Mr. F. W. Hart, and Mids E. Hart. Miss Marie Moffatt, a New Zealand pianist who has been -visiting Australia fulfilling broadcasting engagements with, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, returned by the Wanganella yesterday, Mrs. E. Allen, Nelson, is among the guests at the Empire Hotel. Dr. Mary Douglas, Hamilton, is staying at the Eoyal Oak Hotel. Miss Eileen Duguid, presented by Mrs. Ethel Maekay, gave a private recital last evening to a number of her friends, A very enjoyable time was spent. The prbgramme submitted consisted of works by Beethoven, Stojowski, Granados, Schumann; Gfluck, Chopin, De Falla, and Delibes. Mrs. Stratford (Nelson) and Miss Ashley (Auckland) . are among.; the guests at the Grand Hotel. Miss M. Smart (Kenya), Miss E. MaeKay (Hamilton), and Mrs. Eobert Stout (Invercargill) are staying at the Eoyal Oak Hotel. ' : , Mrs. C. T. P. Ulm and Miss N. Eogers (Sydney) 'and Miss C. Pharazyn (Dannevirko), aro among the guests at the Hotel St. George. Miss Lopdell, Eskdale, is visiting Wellington, and is staying at the Midland Hoteli