SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 20983, 23 December 1931, Page 15

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

[By DIANA.]

Mr and Mrs Warren Boyd and family are spending the Christmas vacation at Brighton.

Mrs Martin and Miss Martin are spending a holiday at Brighton.

Dr Benham and Miss Ruth Benham, of Christchurch, are spending Christmas at Pleasant Point, as the guests of Dr and Mrs Phillip Benham.

Mrs Innes-Walker and her two small sons are spending Christmas -at Taieri Mouth,

Mrs Boyd Dunlop is spending Christmas motoring through Otago Central.

Miss Linda Barnett is spending Christmas in Christchurch, and will afterwards go on to Wellington,

Miss Ina Clarke, Woodhaugh, returned to-day from a long holiday in Australia.

Sirs C. Dolling, of Adelaide, arrived to-day from Australia, and is the? guest of her mother, Mrs E. S. Clarke, Woodhaugh. 1

Mr and Mrs Percy Priest and Miss Priest are spending Christmas at Taieri Mouth.

- The engagement is announced ... of Irene May, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Fuller, of Mornington, to Joseph Hiram, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. Smith, late of Belgrave, Leicester.

Mrs Robert Wilson* and Miss Helen Wilson leave tomorrow to spend the holidays at Alexandra.

Mr and Mrs J. Newsome, Christchurch, are spending Christmas in Dunedin as the guests of Mrs Newsome.

Mrs A. A. M'Gibhon has returned to her home in Gore.

Miss F. M'Hutcheson, of Gore, is paying a visit to Dunedin.

Miss W. Davey is spending Christmas in Winton as the guest of her aunt, Mrs E. Ward.

Mrs L. Strang is the guest of Mrs T. M. Strang, of Wyndham.

Miss Lou Lawrence, who is at present staying at Onslow House, will leave by car on Thursday for Timaru, where a short holiday will be spent. She will be accompanied by Miss Margaret Anderson. ' .

The members of the Sketching Club of the Otago Art Society (incorporated), in common with other educational institstes held their break-ing-up ceremony last Saturday afternoon. Having' no club room at present, these students of Nature held the closing function amidst the pleasing and artistic surroundings of that beautiful favourite rendezvous— Fraser’s Gully. Under the canopy of, heaven a delightful afternoon was spent, and it was tho general opinion that the season had been one of much profit and pleasure,_ and that those who had been regular in their attendance had shown considerable improvement in technique, and that the standard_ of their out-door sketches had also improved.

On Monday afternoon the president, Lady Ferguson, entertained the members of the executive of the Otago Women’s Clubs at her residence, “Wychwood.” The afternoon was beautifully fine, and a pleasant hour was spent in the garden, which is just now a wealth of glorious summer bloom. Those present were Mrs Gerald Ferguson, Mrs P. R. Sargood, Mrs W. F. Edmond, Mrs J. Hutchison, Mrs A. A. Fairbairn, Mrs J. R. Blues, Mrs A. G. Melville, Mrs W. Holmes, Mrs R. Hudson, Miss Ross and Miss Nicholson.

The following guests registered at the Hermitage during the past week : Christchurch: Mr W. W. ■ Gudgeon, Mr and Mrs W. L. Jamieson, Mr and Mrs Russell Cordery, Mr and Mrs J. R. Franks. Lake Tekapo: Mr and Mrs J. Pope. Queenstown: .Miss Hempstalk, Palmerston North: Hr F. H. M'Dowall. Wellington: Mr I). T. Young, Mr A. M‘Fa Wane, Mr A. W. Gent, Mr C. N.. Harbottle, Mr W. V. Melbourne; Mr and Mrs W. S. Phillips. Calcutta : Mr and Mrs J M. Calder. Scotland: Mr and Mrs Jack Roberts, Miss M. F. Drysdale, Mr Malcolm Brown. California : Miss Rich. England: Mr A. Gilau, Mr R. Herbert. Dunedin: Mr and Mrs Jas Nisbet.

An afternoon tea party was given in the Otago Women’s Club room by the committee of the Society of Women Musicians of Otago in honour of two members of committee who are leaving Dunedin. Miss Molly Vickers, who is shortly to be married, was presented with *a beautiful crystal water jug; Mrs J. G. Anderson, who is leaving for Balclutha, was the recipient of a charming bouquet of roses. The president, Miss Emilie Logie, on behalf ot the society, thanked the ladies _ loi their many past services, and wished them every happiness for the future. Although removed from Dunedin, neither lady- is severing her connection with the Society of Women Musicians. Those present were Miss Emilie Logie, Mrs H. C; Campbell, Misses B. and I. Barth, M. Frazer, A. Sinclair, A. Wilson, and E. Yorston.

Miss Anne E. Robinson, who has been absent from New Zealand for upwards of thirty' years, arrived by the Rotorua to visit her sisters, Mrs F. W. Petre, St. Clair, and Mrs 0. E. Macfie, Vauxhall. She is accompanied by Miss Burch, of London.

The following were among the recent guests at Wanaka Hotel, Pembroke: —Mr and Mrs Fergus, Mr C. M. B. Larkin, Mr L. I. Waller, Mr A. W. Gent (London), Mr and Mrs J. M. Calder (India), Messrs W. W. Service (Sydney) C. Harbottle (Wellington), D. J. Calder, F. W. G. Rudkin, F. E. Simkin, .A. Grombie, A. W. Duncan. P. Caley, K. Clark, T. W. Lynch (Dunedin), RSmart, W. R. Smart, G. F. Dawson (Cromwell), Mr and Mrs Eggehng (Okuru), Mr R. Harrison (Pembroke).

Beporta ef social functions will be welcomed for- this column. “ Diana ’’ will also answer all reasonable questions relating-to the home, cookery, domestic science, and any topic of interest to her sex. But each letter or report must bear the writer's' name and address as a guarantee of genuineness, and questions that do not permit * public reply cannot be answered- Questions should be concisely put and the writer’s r>«m de plume clearly written.