SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19236, 27 January 1926, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

Miss Alma Knight, of Epsom, is visiting Napier. rn " „••• n( Mr. and Mrs. J. Youngman, of Fiji, aro visiting Auckland. Mr. and Sirs. J. Firth, of Hamilton, aro f; at present in Auckland. i. Miss N. E. Coad, of Wellington, is spending a holiday in Auckland. d Miss Brown, St. Helens Hospital, is f( spending a holiday at Takapnna. Mrs. Owen Monckton and her family, of S Hamilton, aro staying at Mansion House, t . Kawau. Cj Mrs, F. J. White has arrived in Anck- d land from Whangarei and is-staying at the Grand Hotel, b n The blisses Manning, of Hamilton, are p holiday-making at Kawau, and arc stay- e; ing at Mansion House. v» The Rev. and Mrs. Coats, of Auckland, £ are spending a holiday at Kawau. They j aro staying at Mansion House. 0 Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Franks, of Christchurch, who aro visiting Auckland, aro * staying at tho Hotel Cargen. i Mrs. Ware, who is leaving for Eng- | I land by the Ruapehu early next month, i is the guest of Mrs. A. V. McDonald, * Norana Avenue, Remuera. , ' Mrs. R. Wells and Miss Maud Wells, P of Parnell, havo returned from Sydney l! after a most enjoyable four months' tour s< of" the various States of the Common- £ wealth. Tho trip has greatly benefited « the health of Mrs. Wells. It is interesting to find a Queen buying r hats in London instead of going to Paris, 1 which has hitherto held the monopoly of v fashion, says an exchange correspond- p ent, Many women who buy hats in I Paris may be surprised to learn that, t they aro made in England. A friend of a mine, a hat manufacturer, tells me that c thousands of models made at his factory 1: at Luton are sent to Paris and sold by a many woll-known milliners. In some in- t stances they nro even re-exported to ] London for sale, i The members of tho National Reserve nursing division of the St. John Ambulance, who went to Dunedin to compete for the Horsley Cup, havo returned to Auckland after a pleasant stay in tho Southern city. Mrs. Cammell, lady superintendent, who accompanied the members cannot speak too highly of the many 1 kindnesses bestowed on them by members ] of other divisions. Although unsuccess- • ful in the competition, securing fifth, ' place out of nine, they hope in the near future to have another opportunity to try and win the coveted cup. . A woman pilot was lost for a time while engaged in a trial solo flight in hoi' aeroplane, says an English paper. The woman. Mrs. Elliott Lynn, left the London Flying Club at Edgoware at halfpast two with the intention of passing a test for her pilot's certificate. In these tests the area of flight is limited to three miles from the aerodrome. When Mrs. Lynn ascended, however, the visibility was bad and a mist hung over the district. Nothing was seen or heard of her until some time later, when it was learned that she had made a forced landing at Slotigh. Mrs. Lynn, was none the worse for her experience, nor was the machine damaged in anv way. She has been actively associated" with tho women's athletic movement for a considerable time, and was the first woman member of the London Flying 'Club. 1 At a sale of work hold at Vernon House, in aid of the War Memorial of - the Overseas League, there was a New Zealand stall presided over by Mrs. New-lands-Fletclier (a quondam New Zealander, who has been living in England for some years), who was assisted by •Mrs. R. S. Black, Dunedin. lhe stall was well supplied with New Zealand iams and tinned meats, for which the demand was brisk, while orders were booked for New Zealand butter Jim Hich Commissioner's Department naa lent a banner bearing tho Dominion coat-of-arms, and also a large New Zealand fl a <r In view of tho many New Zealanders who belong to the Overseas League, and who sooner or later come to England, it may be interesting to_ mention that Mrs. Newlands-Fletcher is one of the Dominion's hostesses at \eruor, House, and that she is always at the club every Tuesday afternoon to welcome New Zealand members and to give any advice that visitors may rcqu.re, Sh e gives her time and her services gratuitously to assist in any way the New Zealand members of the Overseas League Her advice, too. is frequently sought by prospective settlers to whom New Zealand especially appeals.