SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19798, 19 November 1927, Page 20

SOCIAL NEWS.

i Mrs. J. R- Duncan is a Wellington visitor to Auckland.

t Mrs. R. Davies, Lower Hutt, . is* a Visitor to Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Willis are Wellington Jpisitors in Auckland.

Mrs. C. C. Davis, of Christchurch, is |b visitor to Auckland. s ,

! Miss Nancy Colbeck has- returned from trip to Palmerston North.

ii Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Griffiths, of Wellington, are visiting Auckland.

Mrs. J. Blenkinsop, of Bemuera, is the guest of Mrs. Gwynneth, Cambridge. I Mrs. R. A. Ballantyne, Rerauern, has Returned from a visit to Dannevirke.

j Mrs. H. Dryden, who has been visiting (Wellington, has returned to Auckland.

1 Miss Winifred Mair, of Hunterville, is ihe guest of Mrs. Gilbert Mair, Black Rock, Takapuna.

Miss Nance Brett lias returned north bfter a visit to Christchurch as tho guest pf Mrs. Peter Wood.

Mr. and Mrs. 11. G. Ford, and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fletcher, of Wellington, are visitors to Auckland.

Mrs. Eric Bullock, who has been the j;;uest of Mrs. Bullock at Wadestown, has returned to Auckland.

Miss E. B. Paterson and Miss M. W. Paterson, of St. Stephen's Avenue, leave to-day on a visit to Rotorua.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Jones are staying at the Esplanade Hotel for the summer months, prior to their departure for Europe in March.

Ladv Nolan, Auckland, who has returned from a trip abroad, is staying \vith her daughter, Mrs. Chalmers, of JPark Road, Palmerston North.

A very successful children's fancy dress dance was held at Kakepuku, near To Awamutu, to augment the school improvement fund. Prize winners were:— Girls: Most original costume, Stella McConkey, 1; Elsie Melville, 2. Fancy: Muriel Clements-, 1; Iris Clements, 2. Boys: Original, L. Bartlett, 1; J. Law, ,2. Fancy: E. Douglas, 1; N. Dew, 2.

Favoured with beautiful weather, the imsmbers of the Ponsonby Croquet Club Jield a very successful At Home on their lawns on Thursday. Progressive croquet was played and was very much enjoyed. There were sessions and the prizes were won bv:—lst. session A gradu, Mrs. C. E. Hardley; E grade, Mrs. Hoiking; 2nd. session A grade, Mrs. Davey; B grade, Mrs. Edwards; 3rd. session A §-ade, Mrs. Edwards; B grade, Mrs. uckle. A dainty afternoon tea was provided by the members.

i[ The sewing bees for the poor of Auckland, which have been held throughout the winter were concluded for this year on Tuesday. The articles made wero distributed by the Rev. Jasper Calder, ,Sister Hannah, the . Salvation Army, Canon Grant Co wen. Sister Esther and the "Richmond Road; Home Ladies' Benevolent Society. Help was also given 'to the Unemployed Bureau, besides the individual cases that were handed in. The 'jm6mbers wish to thank all who assisted in donations of money and materials.