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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7018, 18 September 1929, Page 11

Personal

Miss Bett, is a Palmerston North visitor to Napier.

Mrs. Ashton, of New Plymouth, is visiting Palmerston North.

Mrs. and Miss Black, arc Dunedin visitors to Palmerston North.

Mr. and Mrs. Cruse, of Wellington, are visitors to Palmerston North.

Miss M. Ellingham, of Dannevirke, is staying with Miss Williams, at Frimlcy.

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, are Oamaru visitors to tho Palmerston North Motor Trades’ Conference.’

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wood, of Wellington, are visiting Palmerston North for Motor Conference.

Mrs J. Perry, formerly of Feilding, and now of Wellington, was a visitor to Feilding yesterday afternoon.

Mrs. H. Pringle, of Ward street, Palmerston North, is staying with her mother, Mrs. Bell, of Kelburn, Wellington.

Miss Phyllis Woodward, of Hastings, is spending a holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, of Palmerston North.

Mrs. Richardson, who has been visiting with Mrs. R. Carter, of “Rosehill,” Sandon road, Feilding, has returned to Wellington.

The wives of delegates to the New Zealand motor traders’ conference sitting in Palmerston North motored to Feilding yesterday afternoon, where they were the guests of the Feilding branch of the association at afternoon tea at tho Piccadilly tea .room. Mr A. Kingston (president of the Feeding organisation) invited the Mayor (Mr C. E. Taylor) to welcome the visitors. In an appropriate speech, Mr Taylor said that Feilding was happy to accord the visitors its hospitality and he trusted the ladies would thoroughly enjoy their holiday. The Mayoress was also present.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Lauronson, of College Street, Palmerston Nprth, gavo a very jolly “Bathroom” party for Miss Maisie Bennett. Mrs. Laurenson received her guests in an ivory satin frock, tho skirt of which was composed of graduated frills of black ring velvet. Miss Bennett’s frock was of white-georgette lightly beaded in silver. Others present included Mesdamcs G. H. Bennett, H. E. Pacey, E. C. Barnett, T. B. Hoddcr, Watson, Tregurtha, Chin, H. B. Bennett, Missc3 Amos, Joan Pac'cy, .Marjorie Bennett, Georgina Laurenson, Mavis Cameron, Kathleen and Nancy Nash, Lilian Tealc, Joan Barnett, S. Collins, Marian Stiles, and M. Cunninghame.

An occupation for women available in London, and yet little taken advantage of, is that of grocers’ assistant. For the last 21 years tho door has been wide open for both sexes, yet only two women have taken the diploma of the Institute of Certificated Grocers. Leading members of tho Grocers' Institute foresee a shortage of men of tho right kind, and it is thought that as the young housewife of to-day is bringing a trained intelligence to bear on the food she purchases, properly trained women grocers would outstrip the man in dealing with women customers. It is strange, therefore, says an exchange, that so few women have turned their thoughts in this direction.