SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 23729, 9 November 1940, Page 16

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Will correspoudeuts. please note that items intended for Wednesday’s Scar mast be in the oUice by Tuesday after noon, and those intended tor insertion on Saturday by Thursday afternoon, or at the latest Friday morning. In the latter case they must be brief.

Mrs W. Barr, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs Eden Bonier, Highgato.

Mr and Mrs Ivan Hodding (nee Alary Pratt) are spending a short holiday in South Otago.

Miss A. M. Moncriefl, of China, is the guest of Airs H. D. Skinner, Tweed street.

Miss Winifred Hely is visiting Wellington as the guest of Airs Alontgomery.

Mrs Bowron and Aliss Yorston are spending a few weeks with Airs 11. Johnston Bowron. of Waimate.

Mrs H H. Petrie. Invercargill, passed through Dunedin this week en route to spend a holiday in Sydney

Mrs T. C. Fraser, of Hamilton, who has been the guest of Miss Fraser. Highgato has returned to the north

Mr' and Mrs G. M'Vicker have left for Tauranga,. where they intend to spend several weeks.

Mrs C. Mackie Begg has returned from a visit to Wellington, accompanied by her son, Dr C. M. Begg, just back from England.

Mrs J. A. Jenkins has returned from a visit to Havelock North, accompanied by her sister, Mrs Adam Bell, who is at present her guest.

Miss Meg Saunders, of the Y.W.C.A. staff in Wellington, returned north on Monday morning after spending a few days in Dunedin on holiday

Miss Gwen Smith, of Anderson’s Bay has left for Wellington, en route to Bu'lolo 'River. New Guinea, where she will stay with her brother, Mr Roland Smith.

Mrs R. A Ewing left yesterday by plane for Wellington Later she will visit Palmerston North, where, as a delegate from the Columba College Board of Governors, she will attend a conference of Presbyterian educational institutions.

The Mornington branch of the Lady Galway Guild has closed down until the beginning of February The members of this branch, who were faithful in their attendance, put, through a very considerable number of parcels of all kinds of clothing, which have been sent to the headcpiarters in the Town Hall

The Hon Mrs Ralph Vane has arrived in Auckland after spending some time in Fiji While there Mrs Vane held a successful exhibition of her paintings in aid of the lied Cross and bomber fund So much interest was taken in her collection that all the pictures were disposed of in 24 hours, the sum of £l2O being realised Mr and Mrs 0 S Robertson gave an enjoyable dinner party at Wain’s Hotel on Wednesday evening last in honour of the coming of age of their daughter Lucy. The guests were Mrs Joan Crawley, Misses Betty .loel. Clara Rouse. Natalie and Rhondda Creagh. Doris Turnbull Audrey Adams, Joan Tennant. Mollie Wood, Peggy Scorgie Rema HeNiderson, and Isobel Brown