SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19321, 7 May 1926, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. J. Geddis, of Wellington, is on a visit to Auckland. Mrs. W. N. Leathanv, who has been on a visit to Waiheke, lias returned to Auckland. , Miss Farqnharson, of Hamilton, is on a visit to Auckland and is staying at the Hotel Cargen. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Hunt, of Christchurch, have come to Auckland for the winter months. Mrs. MacDiarmid, of Wellington, is on a visit to Auckland and is staying with Mrs. Humphrey Clark. Remuera Road. More than half of the students reading for tho diploma in journalism in the University of London were women, and of 15 successful candidates who sat for the diploma 10 were women. Miss Mary Lambie, who has been studying the science of public health at the University of Toronto, will arrive in Wellington early next week by the Makura, and will spend a few days with relatives before returning to Christ-church. In the United States a woman has entered another field of service long held exclusively by man. Miss Mary J. Simpson has been appointed clerk in charge of the bills of tho United States Senate, _ a stupendous job when it is realised that the number of bills introduced so far this session surpasses the number passed in the last 12 months by all other civilised nations. In spite of the unpleasant weather and of the closing ceremony at the exhibition the number of enthusiasts who were present at the winter meeting of the Forbury Park Trotting Club, Dunedin, was not appreciably diminished. Both on the Friday and on the Saturday there were large crowds in attendance, although the rain made it impossible for any smart frocking to be seen. Velours cloth coats, many of them flared and small, cut hats of felt or velours were mostly worn. The women of Iceland are preparing an electoral campaign. In July there are to be elections to the Upper House of Parliament. Only three members are to be elected for a period of eight years. They are going to have a nonpartisan women's list, as this is the only chance of having a woman elected. The candidates on the list are:—Mrs. Briet Asmundsson, president of Kvenrettindafelag Islands (veteran suffragist), Mrs. Guorun Larusdottir, Miss Halldora Bjarnadottir, Mrs. Aoalbjorg Siguroardottir. , For the Paris Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, May 30 to June 6, 1926, acceptances have already been received from tho following women M.P.'s: —Mme. Frantiska Plaminkova, senator, Czecho-Slovakia; Fru Hjelmer, Denmark; Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M.P., Great Britain; Dr. Gertrude Baumer, Germany; Mrs. Bakker-Nort, Holland; Miss Anna Kethly, the only woman member for Hungary; Mrs. Chichester, the only woman member for Northern Ireland; and Miss Hesselgren, the only woman senator for Sweden, also hopes to be able to attend. The meeting will be presided over by Miss Anne Fnruhjelm, ex-M.P., of Finland. Under the will of the late Miss Mary Gray Allen, the council of St. Hugh's College, one of the four women's colleges at Oxford University, has received a bequest of £36,000. Miss Allen was the daughter of the late Mr. John Allen, of Edenmoore, Londonderry. Her bequest to St. Hugh's is partly due to her friendship with the late Miss Clara Evelyn Mordcn, who was one of the earliest supporters of women's suffrage and was keenly interested in St. Hugh's College. Miss Morden died in 1915 and left £II.OOO to St. Hugh's and property to Miss Allen. St Hugh's was founded in 1836 for women by Miss Elizabeth Wordsworth, and the students were admitted to full university membership in 1920.