SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 20996, 9 January 1932, Page 20

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Guests who were in town for the Elworthy-Batchelor wedding hare mostly returned north. Mr and Mrs Gerald Ferguson are spending the week-end at Wanaka, as the guests of the Misses Mill. Miss Janet M'Kellar is at present the guest of Mrs A. E. Kerr, “Belmont” Cave. Miss Alma Browne is tho_ guest of Miss Tannock, at Keri Keri, Bay of Islands. Lady Fenwick, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs Percival James, of Wellington, has returned to Dunedin. The mayor and mayoress (Mr and Mrs R. S. Black) are enjoying a quiet holiday in Lauder, Central Otago. Mrs C. de R. Andrews and family, after spending a short holiday in Christchurch, have gone on to Arthur’s Pass. Miss Mary Anderson is at present the guest of Mrs C. C, Holland, at New Brighton, Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Joseph Petre (Rotorua) are visitors to Dunedin. Mr and Mrs W. F. Abel and Miss Abel are spending a holiday in Queenstown. Miss M. Black, of Archerfield, and her sister, and Miss Brown, of Melbourne, have taken a furnished house in Queenstown for the vacation. . Dr Holloway and family are spending a camping holiday at Paradise. Miss Twinkle Couston will leave by the express on Monday morning, en route tor Australia, where a lengthy holiday will be spent. Mr and Mrs Alfred Fels are at present visiting Queenstown. The engagement is announced of Nancy Wooler, only daughter of the late Mr P. R. D, Leslie and Mrs Leslie of Gisborne to Dr Garth Rivers Stoneham, second son of Colonel and Mrs A. Stoneham, of Gisborne, formerly of Musselburgh, Dunedin, Mrs J. R. Robins and the Misses Robins, Oamaru, are at present visiting Dunedin. Miss H. Ensor (Christchurch) is the guest of Mrs Robertson, George street. Mr and Mrs C. L. Ensor and Mr H. W. Ensor, Halswell, Christchurch, were guests at Albyn House while in town for the Ensor-Robertson wedding. Mrs A. L. Newbery and Mr L, Newbery, Christchurch, were also guests at Albyn House while in town for the Ensor-Robertson wedding. Mrs Alex. Aitken left for Wellington on Thursday. Mr and Mrs R. Hungerford and their sons and the Misses Hungerford, of Queen street, are spending the holidays in Timaru. Mr arid Mrs J. Riley, late of Waitaki hydro, are sailing by the Marama from Wellington on Friday to take up their residence in Australia. A Press Association message from New York reports; that Dr Haldor Barnes, of Whinhall, Michigan, the physician who accompanied Rear-admiral R. E. Byrd on the Antarctic expedition, will be married on January 9 in Detroit to Miss Phyllis M. Greig, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, whom Dr Barnes met during his visit to the dominion. Queenstown has had. its full share of visitors during the holiday season. Over New _ Year all available accommodation in hotels and boarding houses was taken up, and many holiday-makers were to be found under canvas in the camping ground, and in other parts of this picturesque little town. Recent guests at the White Star Hotel, Queenstown, included Misses Tweedie (2, Edinburgh), Mrs S. Halfpenny (England), Miss N. Hardy (Melbourne), Miss J. B. Taylor, Miss T. Bade, Mr and Mrs L, Hartman, Mr L. Tweedie, Mr R. Tweedie (Auckland), Mrs K, Maquife (Matamata), Mr J. F. Waugh (Palmerston North), Mr and Mrs Retemeyer (Napier), Mr and Mrs D. W. Madden, Mr and Mrs Hill, Master Hill, Mr and Mrs R. Wolfe (Wellington), Mr and Mrs W. H. Beanland, Mrs J. D. Rodger, Mrs L. W. Lewis, Miss D. Lewis, Miss H. Lewis, Mr and Mrs. Whiteman, Mr H. S. Strand, Mr and Mrs C. Davis, Master Davis (Christchurch), Mr R. T. Poulsbn, Mrs E, Uren, Miss P. Uren, Mr C. K. Couston, Mr H. M'Millan, Mr and Mrs C. Watson, Mrs Maxwell and nephew, Mr and Mrs Elston, Mr W. M. Spence, Mr J, E. Boreham, Mr L. J, Roberts, Mr R, Myles (Ihinedin), Mr G. P. Field, Mr L. 0. Field, Mr J. M'llraith (Ashburton), Mr A, Burnett (Halfway Bush), Miss V. B. Roscow, Miss M. Roscow, Miss G. M. Bath, Mr J. B. Nicholson, Mr and Mrs W. L. Bews, Mr F. J. Beadle (Invercargill), Miss M. Young (Mossburn), _ and a party of ten Southland Tramping Club members (Mr Barker, leader).

Mr and Mrs A. G. Melville have returned from Timaru. Mr and Mrs Arthur Macandrew, Titi Rangi, Auckland, who are on a motoring tour through New Zealand and have been the guests of Mrs Hunter Macandrew, “ Dalgarnock,” North-east Harbour, for the past few days, left this morning for tho south. The Misses Yvonne and Denise Champtaloup are holiday-making in' Auckland. Mrs E. T. Porter and Miss Helen Porter are at present visiting Brighton. The Rev. R. De Lambert, Mrs De Lambert, and their two sons, of Riocarton, Christchurch, are the guests of Miss Culling, Dalmore. Miss Esme Crow, of Wellington, is the guest of Miss Crow, Anderson’s Bay. The Misses Diana and Janet Orbell, of Timaru, are the guests of Mrs .Sydney Neill, “ Belmont,” Musselburgh Rise. Mrs Masterton and family have returned from a holiday at Gladbrook, Middlemarch. Tho Misses K. Keen arid E. Brock have returned from Wellington. Mrs H. J. Guthrie and family are spending a holiday in Queenstown. Mrs Gilbert Pearce, Wanganui, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs Ivo Carr, High street. Mrs N. Y. A. Wales and family have returned from Timaru. Mr and Mrs Alex. Juress and family are spending the holidays at Purakanui. Mr and Mrs G. Pope, St. Kilda, have returned from Gladbrook, where they were tho guests of Mrs A. E. Ward. Mrs Denton Leech has returned from Timarq, where she was the guest of Mrs Thomas Brown.

A woman scientist who attended the centenary meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, is Miss Beatrice Blackwood. Miss Blackwood is a university demonstrator in ethnology at Oxford, but two years ago was granted leave of absence so that she might accept the offer made to her by the Institute of Human Relations, Yale University, to study _ the family life and conditions of a primitive community in the South Sea Islands. A delightful ending to the wedding celebrations on Wednesday was the ball given by Dr and Mrs Stanley Batchelor in the Tudor Hall for the entertainment of the younger guests. The decorations were beautifully carried out, stately delphiniums in varying shades of blue featuring largely in the scheme, and so carrying out the idea for the whole wedding festivities, which could aptly be described as a delphinium wedding. The Savoy Orpheans, under the direction of Mr Beath, rendered delightful music, which added greatly to the onoyment of the dancers. Dr and Mrs Batchelor received the guests in the lounge, Mrs Batchelor wearing a most becoming gown of elm green satin, embroidered in diamante. Other guests present were Mrs Gerald Ferguson, black lace and georgette, with a rope of pearls; Mrs W. Pinckney, shell pink georgette, with ropes of pearls; Mrs J, Laidlaw, dainty befrilled frock of string coloured net and lace; Mrs J. D. Bell, leaf green taffeta frock; Mrs Sydney Neill, nil green satin, trimmed with diamante; Mrs Keitn de Castro (Timaru), white georgette frock, white velvet coatee, with collar of white fur; Mrs Hennessy, deep rose satin frock, with velvet coatee of deeper tone; Mrs W. 0. M‘Kellar, pale pink supple satin, with shoulder spray of satin flowers to match; Mrs W. A. Moore (Timaru), black georgette and lace; Mrs Bond (Dunrobin), black georgette, with crystal ornaments; Mrs 6. R. Ritchie, cherry lace, over georgette of same shade; Mrs Woodhouse (Bluecliffs), cherry lace; Mrs Oldham, royal blue lace and crystal; Mrs Garth Gallaway, mole lace frock; Mrs Herbert Elworthy (Craigmore), Mesdames A. P. White (Hawke’s Bay), A. S. Elworthy (Holme Station), Derrick Gould (Christchurch), D. Bush (Parnassus), W. T. Ritchie (Timaru), Guy Tapley, J. Robertson, Actw-Adams, L. P. Chapman, E. Elworthy (Timaru), G. Baldwin (Marton), Fairfax Fenwick, Misses Norrio and Helen Fenwick, Letty Williams, Cecil Elworthy, Patricia Stronnch and Evelyn _ Pinckney wore their dainty frocks of cream tinted satin and their head wreaths of blue delphiniums: Barbara Williams, frock of deep amethyst crepe do chine; Jessie Elliott, dainty frock of primrose net, with rucked bands of primrose koral taffeta; Peggy Orbell (Waikouaiti), shell pink and black net, hefnlled, each frill edged with silver; Sylvia Orbell (Timaru), shell pink supple satin; Nona Pinckney, black spotted not; Rollcston (Timaru), turquoise georgette; Lorraine Orbell (Waikouaiti), satin frock jn a soft jade toning; Adeline Throp, black lace frock,

with a coatee of floral taffeta; Diana Orbell (Timaru), primrose ninon, with green beadsj Adine Acton-Adams, shell pink satin, with crystal embroidery; Dorothy Roberts, midnight blue georgette, with blue and crystal beads; Betty Reeves, black net and., lace, with pearls; Joan Ritchie, black chiffon velvet and crystal beads; Mary-Ritchie, white georgette; Pat Ritchie (Timaru), string coloured lace, with ropes of green beads; Johnston :(Otaio), black satin, with white satin bodice, embroidered in crystal; Mary Bond' (Dunrobin), turquoise satin, with sequins; Nancy Bond (Timaru), .shell gink georgette, 1 with an appliqued 1 .design, outlined, in diamante; Joan Hargreaves, black taffeta and net; Josephine Elwofthy (Timaru), blue--flowered chiffon; Agnes Mill, mole lace; Siso, bottle green lace and pearls; Rosa Tripp, eau de nil chiffon; Gwen Gallaway, string coloured lace frock; Eliazbeth Elworthy, Shand, J. Studholme, and S. Baldwin, Lieutenant J. C. Elworthy, Messers C. H. Batchelor, J. Ritchie, B. Unwin, J. 0. Robertson, Johnstone, Herbert Elworthy, Gerald Ferguson, A. S. Elworthy, Derrick Gould, A. P. White, G. R. Ritchie, W. P. Edmond, W. T. Ritchie, W. 0. M'Kellar, Oldham, J. R. Laidlaw, Sydney Neill,, F. D. Bell, K. de Castro (Timaru), Guy Tapley, H, R. Butterworth, J. and F, Edmond, lan Ritchie, W. H; Orhell, W. Acton-Adams, A. Sise, Percy Vnllange, Edward Elworthy, Dr H. Wilson, Dr Woodhouse, Major Bond, Captain Hepnessy, Commander Bush, and Commander Boyle,