SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19319, 5 May 1926, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Nathan, of Wellington, are visiting Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Perkins left on a visit to the South by the express yesterday. Mrs. Coates accompanied the Prime Minister on his visit to Dunedin at the week-end. Mrs. Herstall Ulrieh, who has been snaking a prolonged stay with her people in Auckland, has returned to Nelson. Miss Sally Alderton, of Ridings Road, Remuera, has left on an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. Ulrieh, of Tarakohe, Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Turner, of Mount Albert, Auckland, and Mrs. Bauer, of Auckland, who have been to Dunedin, aro the guests of Mrs. T. E. Bowes, Christchurch. The Ever Ready Committee of the Victoria League is holding a jumble sale at St. James' Hall on Tuesday, May 11, to raise funds for their charitable work, and would be grateful for any old clothes, or any household articles, also vegetables, fruit or jam for a produce stall. A visitor to Christchurch is Lady Stout, whose name is held in affectionate esteem by women throughout New Zealand for her long years of work in . the cause of women and children, and in every movement for social betterment, says a Southern exchange. She has lately been honoured by the women of Wellington, who have commissioned Mr. Archibald Nicoll, of Christchurch, to paint her portrait. Miss G. C. M. Cameron, of the bacteriology department of the Otago Medical School, has returned to New Zealand after an absence of two years. Miss Cameron is a graduate of the New Zealand University, and,. as the holder of the Rockefeller Scholarship, went to Chicago in 1924 to study under Dr. Jordon. She has also visited Britain and the Continent, and attended the council meeting of the International Federation of University women at Brus.se.ls. An incident reminiscent of an old custom occurred at a recent weddinc in Auckland, when the school children loitering round the gates were taken in, and sumptuously fed by the host of the afternoon. The children heartily appreciated the party, and were nothing loth to feast on the cakes and ice-cream after the wedding guests had departed. The custom in the old days of giving a feast to the villagers after the guests had departed was one instigated by the feeling of generosity and goodwill, and was a custom that might well be continued in these days. The fifth annual dinner of the New Zealand Overseas Women War Workers' Association was held in Wellington on Saturday evening. Miss Hester Maclean, late R.R.C., late matron-in-chief of . the N.Z.A-N.S., presided at the gathering. Those present numbered about 67, and special interest was added by the fact that most of them wore their service decorations and medals. Among those were the C.8.E., 0.8. E., Royal Red Cross, the Florence Nightingale Medal, the Oak Leaf (mention in dispatches), the Serbian Order of St. Sava, and the Serbian Red Cross, the A.A.R.C., the Medaille de Reconnaisance (a Belgian order), and V.A.D. medals, the New- Zealand War Contingent Association Medal and the Russell Square, N.Z.S.C. Medal Occupying seats of honour beside Miss Maclean were Miss Bicknell, R.R.C., Director of the N.Z. Nursinc Division and Matron-in-Chief of the N.Z.A.N.S., Miss Thurston, C.8.E., R.R.C., president of . the Christchurch Association of Overseas Women War Workers, and late principal matron of the N.Z.E.F., Dr. Agnes Bennett, Mrs. Oriana Wilson (New Zealand War Contingent Association), and Miss Deck.