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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3579, 9 April 1927, Page 6

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Mrs. H. Simpson, of Palmerston North, ig on a visit, to. Dunedin. . «■ <S>. ❖ - The engagement is. announced pi Ruahlnc Catherina, third daughter of Mr. ani Mrk H. P. Beyers,' of Wellington, and Jatd of Hawkcs Bay, to Wallace ■ Francis Brogdcn, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wilton, of Palmerston North. ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss L. Thompson,-of. Napier, is at present staying in Palmerston North. ♦ * 'The engagement is announced pi Mildred Lucy, youngest daughter of Mrs. R. Mudford, and the late S|t’. Mudford; "Clove Hy.” Glen O-roUa, to Edward Johri;”Cldest son of Mr. J. W. Hamlin, of Newbury. ’ ■ Q <S> <®> Mrs. Gw Haggitt, -'of Palmerstoil North, is staying.in Napier. • .■ :r ® ® •'- '• -■ The engagement is .announced of Daisie Gwendoline, fourth daughter of-. Mr... and Mrs.. E. Osborne, of. Ferguson street, Palmerston .North, to .Jack, .Mr. JVfipVC.. G.r. Bowker, “afsdLof Ferguson street. ,< ■ -m- ■> \ •• A new chihl novelist has appeared,' dhis Hima in /England. Her - name, is Peggy •■'Temple,- '‘‘Peggy” - being short for Gertrude ‘Margaret, - and her novel “The Admiral /and Others." has already gone through four> large editions. . Peggy is ,the daughter ,of a London, journalist, .'.Mr.... Michael Temple. Sho.fs.lS years old now, but she was 'just a few months over 12 when ■ she wrote ‘her book. Miss Kathleen Welch, of Masterton, who is a sister of Mr. W. K. Welch, of Palmerston North, arrived in Wellington; on Tuesday by the Tainut, serv•ed as.- hprse with the Expeditionary Forces. When she Toached, England .-again:; she - re-f to -Now' 'Zealand, serving -‘for some ‘time at/TtOntham and'Hahmer. Five years ‘ago"she wenf 'to ;the Old Country agaip,. and served in Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, and St. Thomas's 'Hospital; 1 --London, and finished up »ext joined the overseas nursing service and spent two years in Newfoundland and has now returned to New Zealand for a few months' .lioliday,

■ls the “stumpy” going put at last? Things seem tending r that way judging by the number of slim and slender brollies carried on the boulevards. • Fantastic'/ handles are "a feature of' this revival.'notably a crystal serpent coiling round the stem ana endihg in a head with jewelled eyes.’ Ordinary old fashioned crook handles gain- modern- 'distinction from ‘‘ their materialisation in. shagreen or lizard. ' ■4,-' 4> v Retaining its own distinguished allure among a host of fantastic shoes is the classic Louis’ XV“slipper, with high tongue and large Jewelled;buckle Always iii good- taste, it remains the safe and becoihing choice of the Pari-' sienne who can boast a -dainty,' and slender foot and it, looks e&uajiy .attractive .in conventional biftek satin with brilliant pasta.’ bupkle,. or in one of the numerpup .brocades, that .-are: ,now;vjnadp in. Such, exquisite, and colourings for. eyeninng shoes. For smart daytime wear ; Madame chooses- black rpatent--leather .' pumpo ;■with; ■steel; buckle, or the simplest of black suede shoes,

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