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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6557, 23 May 1931, Page 15

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Miss Kirk, of Palmerston North, is visiting Hamilton.

Miss Roma McClure, Feilding, is on a visit to Wellington.

Miss J. Wilson, Wellington, is spending the school vacation at Feilding.

The Misess Crombie and Tail are Palmerston North visitors to Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Parsons, of Norsewood, are spending a short holiday in Palmerston North.

Miss Z. Benton, of Palmerston North, is on a visit to Auckland and is at present staying with relatives at Mount Eden.

v Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McClure, of Feilding, are spending a holiday in Wellington.

Mrs. W. J, Day, of Palmerston North, is spending a holiday at Napier and is the- guest of Mr and Mrs. Andrew Anderson.

Mr. and Mrs. John Graham, Highficld road, Fcilding, with their two sons, have been staying at St. George’s hotel, Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. Loris Ewing and their small daughter, of Wellington, are at present spending a short holiday in Palmerston North.

Miss Margaret Shortall, of Wellington Training College, is spending the term holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Shortall, Colyton.

Mrs. C. A. Small, Miss C. Ashton. Miss Brown and Mr. H. Bibby, who have been attending tho students’ auxiliary conference in Otaki, have returned to Palmerston North.

Mr and Mrs. Ogilvie Wimsott, and their small daughter, who havo boon visiting Mr Wimsett’s parents, Mr and Mrs. A. F. Wimsett, Church Street, havo returned to New Plymouth.

Mr. S. Borreson and Miss M. Borro son, of Palmerston North, who recently arrived in London, are shortly going to Paris to stay with relations. They will remain there for two years, whilst Miss Borres-on learns dressmaking.

On the occasion of her twentieth birthday, Miss Sylvia Charles, of Palmerston North, was tendered an evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Charles, of Vogel street, Shannon, last night. A number of friends were present, including several from Palmerston North, the guest of the evening being the recipient of many beautiful presents.

Dr. T. Z. Koo, speaking to tlje students in conference at Otaki, told an amusing story concerning the confusion caused by the dress worn by men and women in China. There men wear skirts and tho women trousers. “I was in a shop in Edinburgh, accompanied by my wife and children,” said Dr. Koo. “My wife remained inside the shop, while I took the children outside and waited for her. A shopwalker, thinking I had lost someone, came up and tapped me on tho shoulder, saying: ‘Madame, your husband is still inside! ’ ”

Tho announcement made that Miss Mario Moffatt, elder daughter of Mr end Mrs. W. Moffatt, of Awapuni, and a descendant of a long line of Maori chieftains, was presented at Court by ■Lady Wilrord, recalls the fact that a daughter of a Maori chief enjoyed a similar distinction in the reign of King Edward. Mrs. Donnelly, wife of Mr George Prior Donnelly, o-f Fernhill, Hawke’s Bay, had the honour of entertaining King George and Queen Mary, ■then Duke and Duchess of York, during itbeitr visit to New Zealand and later, when Mrs. Donnelly visited England, she was presented at Court and entertainer by Their Majesties. Mrs Donnelly was the daughter of Chief Ivarauia and niece of Tareha, a wellknown Hawke’s Bay chief.

The engagement is announced of At oh a, youngest daughter of Mr Walter ■Clifford, Fendalton, Christchurch, and Alf Brustad, of Hamar, Norway. Miss Aroha Clifford is known throughout New Zealand as a most competent nviatrix. She was the first woman imember of the Canterbury . Aero Club to become a pilot. She is a. fully qualified ground engineer, having recently taken a course iu England at the de Havilland works. Miss Clifford has done a considerable amount of flying throughout New Zealand, having on more than ono occasion piloted her -plane across Good Strait to trave lso the North Island. Miss Clifford owns her own ’plane, and is tho only woman in New Zealand to have a Puss Moth. Miss Clifford is also keenly interested •in mountaineering, having achieved somo of the most difficult climbs in the Mount Cook regions. Her fiance, Mr Alf Brustad, is well known among alpinists.