SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 20591, 17 September 1930, Page 13

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs Watson Shennan has returned to town.

Mrs J. H. Crawshaw has returned from Ashburton.

_ Miss Molly Pears, “Edavale Station,” is spending a short holiday in Dunedin.

Mr and Mrs Arthur Hudson left on Tuesday for Honolulu. Mrs John MacPherson, Moana crescent, has returned homo from a motoring tour in Otago Central. Miss Molly Downes (Wellington) is the guest of her mother, Mrs M. A. Downes, High street.

Miss Bland is spending a few days in Timaru as the guest of the Misses Woollcombe, Trafalgar street.

Mrs J. Morton Troup, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs Kennedy, “Craighall,” has returned to her* homo in Wellington.

Mr and Mrs F. J. Turner returned to Dunedin on Monday evening. Mr I. De Beer and the Misses De Boor left on Tuesday for Sydney, en route for England. Miss Dora De Beer will return and spend some time travelling in New Zealand before finally leaving for England Mrs Walter Ross and family have returned from Queenstown. Miss V. Nichols, “Kuriheka,” who left Now Zealand some twelve months ago for England and the Continent, has arrived at Panama on her return journey. She is expected home at the beginning of October.

Mr and Mrs Elliston _ Orboll are spending a holiday in Christchurch as the guests of the Misses Tabart.

A meeting of the Farmers’ Union was hold at Pukehiki on Thursday last. The women of the district were specially invited to attend, and about ninety Peninsula farmers and their wives were present. Miss T l ’. V. Finlayson, organising secretary for Otago, addressed the combined meeting, and spoke on the splendid work the women’s division was accomplishing, and of the advantage it would be to Peninsula women to form a branch there. Miss Crowe, of the Home Science Extension Service, gave a brief outline of the origin and development of the extension movement, the service of which is free to all. Mrs J. F. Drake spoke to the women on the activities of her own /Berwick) branch, and urged that a branch be formed on the Peninsula. Tho fact that women from Otakou to Highcliff were present bore testimony to the interest aroused. As a result probably three branches of tho division will bo formed—at Pukehiki, Sandy-

mount, and Otakou. Mrs W. Stewart was elected president, and Mrs G. Dick vice-president.

The annual party of the Dunedin Shakespeare Club, held in the Somerset Lounge, on Saturday evening, was a very jolly function. The first part of the programme consisted of elocutionary and musical items, which were, as one would expect, of a very high order of merit. Those contributing were: Mrs Wakefield Holmes, Misses Sheila Neilson, Jessie APLellan, and Florence Sumner. Two excellent competitions, arranged by Miss Hale, were won by Mis* Neilson and Miss Mabel M'lndoo. Tho reading of a short play, entitled ‘ The New Wing at Elsinore,’ which is, as its title suggests, a clever “take off” of ‘Hamlet,’ was given by Messrs Chapman, Hunter, Quennell, M'Kinlay, and Hall. Supper followed; and dancing concluded a very successful evening.

Miss Grace Macintosh, M.A., lookup her duties as lady principal of Columba College on Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. Cairney, on behalf of tho Board of Management, gave her a warm welcome, and Miss Dora Campbell, head prefect, welcomed her for the pupils. Miss Macintosh, in reply, said she considered it a privilege to be head mistress of a college with such noble traditions as Columba possessed. In New Zealand she felt there was still something to discover, and she looked on her coming as something of an adventure. She brought with her from the older land ideas of school management which she hoped to put into practice, while the ties and associations which she had with Scotland would make « link between New Zealand and her home country. She spoke to tho girls of the great privilege that was theirs of spending their youth in this land where so many opportunities were open to them.

A very pleasant rendezvous was Wingatui on Saturday on the occasion of the Dunedin Hunt Club’s race meeting. With Maungatua and the Silver Peaks snow-clad in the distance, the blue hills in the foreground, and with a gentle zephyr blowing over the plains, one would have expected this first spring day to have tempted a larger attendance. For most folk it seemed too early to venture forth in lighter clothes, and for the most part coats, cither fur or fur-trimmed, with some tailored suits, were worn. Among those noticed were Mr and Mrs B. S. Irwin, Mr and Mrs W. 0. M'Kellar, Mr and Mrs Richard Hudson, Mr and Airs Barton, Air and Mrs H. Divers, Air and Airs Burt (Wellington), Air and Mrs R. Scorgie, Mr and Mrs T. Fogg, Mr and Airs A. Johnston,. Air and Mrs R.. G. Hudson, Mr and Mrs J. Dunlop, Dr and Airs Kenneth Ross, Dr and Mrs Charles Grecnslade, Alesdames J. A. Cook, APKonzie, G. Al. Baker, Passmore, Saunders, J. W. Smeaton, Terence, Bridgman, H. D. Brewer, Falconer, J. S. Hislop, Lusk. Arthur Hudson, A. Harris. M'Keefry, Gamble, W. M'Konzie, R. Hill, Gerald Black, C. Greenslade, V. Jacobs, Price, Buttle, Frederic A. Barnett, Misses M'Gregor (Linton Hills), K ; Greenslade, Mee, Trotter, F. Denniston, T. Bowman, P. Fredric, M. Pears (Edavale), Cornish, Irwin, Brewer, Hislop, '’ithie, M. Gow, J. Hagsdtt. Orbcll, Ensor, Reid, M'Kellar, B. Thomson, Lawson, and Hanlon (21. Messrs A. C. Hanlon. K.C., Lough. Hazlett. E. J. P. Denny, Sleigh. F. Halsted, S. Alac pherson, D. Reid. V. Payne, A. Hudson, V. Jacobs, and H. S. Jones, Dr E. Tt. Harty and Dr Sncdding.