Page 3 Advertisements Column 7

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17594, 6 October 1920, Page 3

**"" ' ''.. i ~ii""n"rri = -?ffmir'*r '■■ ~ - «i-' - vr" . .— -• mmAsrs masm* - ."-. -■-,■*- "-. f - ';" ■ present: pa-a- wat to Aw&hW;^^^ ,-•; -. ; , L«dy Eodiart,' who has bean friends in Napier, baa returned to-ttnsa. ,7 . •: JMrs. Smith loft §y;MoaSa**s • express for Bctorna* wher» she* intends; ■"' '- ttatang & short stay. '" '_•".-. .-./ H -". Mai.. Cory Wright is at Titttfc>to ,»- &lM * land * staving ' with he* -: ~. mother, Mrs. "Dewes, of PbindL ppfe Ma j. F. «aSaa:an3 i«t dssghto,- : who> have been spending ' Q» winter h» „ Aaf.ttand, ; bare refcaaed to Wellington... .-Mr. and Mra. N. : G. Pierce have r£ turned to ; Auckland/ and are the guests of Mrs. E. R. Murphy, Victoria Avenue;?•■'.: ffMrv and X&3." M Bmrtey and. Miss 7 Hsllaby returned by- the Biverina from Sydney, where 'they have spent the last six weeks. -. ;-.-.- — , - -"".;- x Mrs. D. Hunter is going South at the' I end of tile -week "to visit her mother. Mr;.' Allan,- -who is ,at present residing rt Carterton. "7 f? • A" • -Mrs- Charles r r Smith, is at present in'< punedin attending the St. John'Ambnlance Jubilee, •which is being held, in mat city^,\,..^' ;- * _- j - •-• -■- Mrs. A. E. Gamer, of Wellington, is staying at the Grand Hotel, and will ■ leave by the Niagara on Thursdav on"V three months* holiday trip to Australia. .Captain Y. W. Kinc, president of the Merchant .Service -Guild, of- Wellington/ and r Mrs. King, are paying a visit to , Auckland,- and are staying at the Central>i« Hotel. r . Mr, and Mrs. F. J. Cooper and Vera Cooper were passengers by % the *~ Maheno last week for Australia. They .intend staying some time in* Svdney and , Melbourne. <s^-, ;, ...., .. ' . -. Miss J. Eeid is leaving bv the Southern express on Friday, for Wellington, where she is ' making a = holiday -visit. '• She will afterwards visit Napier, where she will be the guest of Miss HambHa.? \ : i-i'..j 3 *.*? " _Mrs. Cato and.Mrs. aH. Gould," of * Napier, who motored ;op : to Auckland for the wedding of Miss G. ; Beale,-spent a ';--- few days lat the ♦Grand Hotel, returning ■- to Napiertat" the ■ end of the week. : .f ' 'Mrs. Mbritsonand Miss Mbritson; who" have beeri^ : -Eving > -in Mrs. "Craig's house, V Mopntam -Eoad,, leave by the next trip of the Niagara. They will be away from "'. AocHand for several months/spending the ; / greater,part of the time at Honolulu? IC, ' I The marriage,.took place on Friday last x*m Weffington of : ; Mr. > : Godfrey Theme '% * Hon. Seyroour Sfaridll Mrs. :- : "porne George, of Auckland; and Miss Mary Todd, of Weffing6on.~&er at abort stay* in Botorna Mr. and Thome George intend '. visrthig Auckland^-1' r _ The cablegram announcing the marnage of "Lady ; Plunket, widow of W&<££ 4* B> T the'late Lord - pataM*^ Braithwaite, is of much interest' '% " to New Zealanders. Colonel BraJthwarte" was attached .*-to -the Hate I«rd ■ Phmkets foffice here, beirw then known as Captain K » Braiftwarte of the Fifth" Fuiaiers. He was; formerly garrison | adjute at /■ at 1 Dub- ; ' - lin, and came out to New Zealand with them Excellencies m 1904.V Lrfy Fbmket -1 «Kteacred = herself to" the/hearts of*New~ Zealand women by her charming personality and her- interest in the Finnic: Nurse Socre^.of;which; as the patron; she called forth -the deep graufcnle^H of, : an : : New Zealand" mothers- ■ - - -■/■ *. .--.-.■-, -.■•>■ ■- With th» rapprova! of ' the . IVeaMn-v, „ Dame Menel, Talbot has ; been appointed' Woman ihs Minisfay oiTgri; i - ealture in England. ; . -The ■ object-, of the': - apppmtment is that the fnUest aae mat no mada -* ]« mien ' s experience, interest, • ■!?.'f^?- a g" and rural tig .of -~? ooantry. ; ; Dame Meaiel Talbot,' who bus previonsly served of (ttie women s branch;of;tterFi»d-Prodoc-&Cb Department, v has. been - connected " with the iMmistaytfor • several years. She " was at one time in New Zealand <m behaif of the.Victoria League. .The woanah kd- ™ viser.wiU-be especially Tesponsib»& for reconanaidEatHm of suitable woaah to ; " serve on. the Council of AgricaHure for England and Wales, and Agriculture Y Advisory Committee, and the County Agricultural Committees, an<fe other : sub-; ; committees. «sp*ajsw«i»»-; . , _.Women are now eligible for.tao A'ictoria Cross. The. King, in an order published m the /Ga&jtte, .estabjjisaing-new rules to govern the conferring of the de- - -coration, - extends - eiiglhilitv to "matrons; - sisters, nurses, and -the "staff of -the nurs^. mg services : and other services to Jiospitali and huif3ing» ; and- civilians: of* v either sex s§rving ftigularly or •tempor-,. ; -: arily under the orders/ direction, or super-" vision of : any of His '"'Majesty's .- forces. The decoration,-:which has;hitherto. been awarded .for *V«)iispicaous acts s.of -," bravery,** may. now ,also be gained--.bv. v".same daring, or pre-emineht act of va£v oar or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion ,' ■ to duty: in She presence bit the enemy.": > jWhen a deed fit valoar ;is performed by a - body of ( sailors, soldiers,;-•_«" airmen, 'ife-' shall be open, "-'-them teisalect "one or - more of their -number, by secret ballot, 'for '-'l**-' receipt of the V.C. -•»/•■ ' r ~.: : - ,'s. ■": \'- \J"\ :» At the office of the New Zealand Government, in the Strand, two days prior /: - to the relinquishment: of Sir Thomas * • Mackenzie's term,of office'as High Comraksioner, a pleasant little took - place. A t few friends met togefiier to ■ present "parting; gifts of jewellery to Lady Mackenzie "and Mrs. A V. McDonaid, in/ appreciatibh :of 3- their ? residence. in - England, and/of the work they had done dur--ing the .war. Sir : Peter l Mcßride made the presentation to Lady Mackenzie, -giying hey '-two; : cases containing respedavery a. slender • gold necklet, with emerald pend4 ao.t, and, two. brooches. i Sir James Mills, j in handing to Mrs. McDonald a beaulaful ? diamond ring, set in platinxan, reJerred--to the initiative she hid displayed- in-'her-: % contrnupos 'work during the .war'-wil3i7th"eV>' New Zealand War■ Contingent Association : ? and the Bed Cross, and he said that the men of -the N.ZJE.F. entertained ■ ; very „." grateful recollection's \of what, * she- - had! done for'ibem. -•?■'----. ...., = ._...,.. '- ""- ■" EH&&BEHSHTS. --" J ' t^T. ' The engagement is announced of My. John Stodholme Barker, third son of Mr,-- " J. M. Barker, Waihi, Woodbury, to Miss Elanore Tescbe3naker,Veldest daughter of '- the late Mr. Thomas . Teschemaker, of Otaio. ._ '/ "~ ■ ;' '■ The. engagement Ais announced ofMr. Keith ' Psaxfansoiij only son of Mr. and I .''.■" -'■'" Mrs. John? Parkinson, Kaitnna, to : Miss 1 - Vahnai MatsoE,' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. '.". Leicester Matson, of Merivale, Christ--church. • # :, . : The engagement is annousced of Muriel ! Nina, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \ B. W. Bayly,; of Otorohanga, to Msv V Thomas Ellis Yaliniine, eldest son ,at,Dsr. T. H. of Wellington. ' ''""* '••'..'' _%_ - 4 JDw engagement is .announced of Ma,"-. JJp. .-_ B* ;Eerr Tayfcr, second son of the '.late' t Sfr.W. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, of Aoaks land/to-Mavis, second daughter of Mr» - • and Mrs. . C J. Phillips, of Wellington. , The engagement is announ-:ed of ?*3es '. - Cathleec Bose Stanley, dastghfcerof Mr.-andMrs;'F.iH. Stanly, ox\Wairo»» :' r V: late of i Mount. Eden, Auckland, -to Mr. ■ George Allan Jobanseiv second- son of li&v " and-'Mm;- Olaf Johansea, of Wairo% Hawke'sßay. ' # ' --- ." . f-r* '■''* ■•-::" ■'-"-. zmzzmzmzmz ,.".., , -.-' - . V A return <in v cash) of Id: .In ?. — "i spent during "Thrift Season," mz- -■ oafj' " -._; already competitive prices second to .ft"e*y: ■■- *•■: :• so com© along and collect vrar pcnx;fe% : -'S -—ColHnson ««! Wiffiams. iM^lh^Bi^^ , '■' '■ -': ' '■.- ■ "■'■':'--.-. " '■'- ■"-.""''. ' ■-.---'-". - V-i-H