SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19474, 2 November 1926, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS.

Miss Barton, Feathcrston, and Mrs. G. A. Smith, Christchurch, are staying at the Grand Hotel.

Miss Noeleen Reid, of Oamaru, is staying with Mrs. McGlashan, Wheturangi Road, Greenlane.

Mrs. George Wright, Wellington, who has been visiting in South Canterbury, has left for Auckland.

Major and Mrs. J. C. O'Brien, who have been in England during the last four years, have returned to their homo in Awatea Road, ParnelL

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson are arriving bv the Aorangi on Sunday on a visit to New Zealand, where they will spend about three or four mouths.

On the occasion of her retirement from the Department of Agriculture in Auckand Miss M. O'Sullivan was presented with a silver tea service by her colleagues. She received good wishes from officers in many other branches in the Public Service, and congratulations on her excellent work in the office.

The annual ball given by the staff of the Tokanui Mental Hospital, near Te Awarnutu, proved a great, success and about 400 guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The large assembly hall at the institution had been specially prepared, and it presented a very gay appearance, being festooned with streamers, greenery and coloured lights. The guests were received by the superintendent, I)r. MacPherson, and the matron. The M.C.'s were Messrs. H. Morris and P. Riordan. The latter also acted as secretary of the committee that arranged the function. Had the weather been fine the attendance would have totalled about 600.

The Plunker, Nurses headquarters, which have been situated at the top of Symonds Street, are being removed to 97, Symonds Street. The new premises are larger, more airy and brighter than the old ones and will give much better accommodation for the activities of the Plunket Society. The rooms are being renovated and altered to suit the purposes for which they will be used and the pre-natal clinic will bo much more conveniently managed in the new building. Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson will open the new rooms on November 12. Sir Truby King will be one of the speakers and it is hoped the Hon. J. G. Young, Minister of Health, will also give an address.

The outstanding feature of the women's athletic contests held at Gothenburg recently was the wonderful prowess of Miss Hitomi, Japan's solitary representative She arrived at Gothenburg a month before the games and began to train. In the sports she broke the world's long jump record for women with a jump of 5.55 metres, and she won the standing long jump. She was second in the discus throwing contest, her throw breaking a world's record, although it was beaten by that of another competitor. She was third in ths 100 metres race and fifth in the final of the 250 metres race. Miss Hitomi is one of the modern women of Japan. By profession she is a journalist.

A well-known hairdresser is popularising a now sort of bob, based on the type of coiffure worn by Jane Ansten's heroines, among her clients (says an English writer. The new hairdressing is pnrticularly bscoming to girls with the round, boyish type of face, but it does not look its bast beneath a severe Eton crop or a madonna parting. For the new bob the hair is parted in the centre front, but instead of hard lines, groups of little curls are arranged at either side of the forehead. The middle of the forehead is left quite bare, and these side curls are entirely different from the various fringes which are now popular. The Jane Austen bob is proving a boon to the round-fared girl and creates a delightfully feminine effect.

Queen Mary is personally supervising the preparation o? the nursery for her grand-daughter, the baby Princess Elizabeth, at Buckingham Palace. It will be the first nursery there for 60 years. King Edward's children were brought up at Marlborough House, and King George's children had all grown up, except Prince John, whon he reached the throne. A London exchange says that the Duke and Duchess of York have decided to modernise the interior of the Piccadilly residence which has been taken for their occupation when they return from Australia, including the provision of two nurseries, which the Duchess will supervise when she returns from Scotland. The residence was formerly the home of Sir William Bass. The rooms generally are not large, but the Duchess' own room, 30ft. by 20ft., is the most spacious bedroom in any London house.