SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19807, 30 November 1927, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. C. S. Carter is on a visit to Masterton and Wanganui. Miss B. Price is leaving on Friday by the Ulimaroa on a visit to Sydney. Mrs. C. McFarland and family arrived in Auckland by the Tofua yesterday from Apia. Mrs. Bowring has returned from a visit to Wellington and is staying at Arundel. Mrs. Bevan and Miss Bcvau, of Auckland, have loft on a visit to Wellington and Christchurch. Miss T. Spain and Mrs. E. Coles, of London, are visiting Auckland and are staying at the Grand Hotel. air. and Mrs. S. J. Gibbons, of Hamilton, are on a visit to Auckland and are staying at the Star Hotel. Mrs. M. Frew, Strathaven, Scotland, and Miss J. B. Allen, London, are included among the guests staying at the Hotel Stonehurst. Mrs. McCarthy, wife of Judge McCarthy, of Samoa, was a passenger by the Tofua from the Islands yesterday. She is on a holiday visit to New Zealand. Lady Richardson, wife of the Administrator of Samoa, arrived from Apia by tho Tofua yesterday. She was accompanied by Miss A. M. Stops, of England, and they will spend Christmas at Wellington. An exhibition of water-colours and noveltv craftwork will be opened to-mor-row in the Click Clack Cabaret by Mrs. Vigers. This is the second exhibition held by Mrs. Vigers since her arrival in New Zealand and many attractive sketches are included in the collection. Tho wedding of Mr. William K. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Rosamund Lancaster War bur ton fti Paris was a very quiet affair. Tho railway millionaire and his bride attended simply before the Mayor who united them and there waa no religious ceremony. They left afterwards tor a motor tour of Italy. Later they will join Mr. Vanderbilt's yacht at a Mediterranean port for a cruise.

A presentation was made by the directors of the Opotiki Dairy Association to Miss M. Thomson, of Opotiki, who has resigned after being a member of tbe clerical staff of the association for 11 years. The chairman, Mr. IT. R. Hogg, in making the presentation of a cheque, made eulogistic reference to Miss Thomson's faithful service and personal qualities. He wished her every happiness Other directors endorsed tho chairman's remarks. Chinchilla rabbit breeding is an industry which a large number of women in England have taken up, with satisfactory financial results, owing to the increasing demand for the pelts now that tho Chinchilla rat, which the pelt oi the Chinchilla rabbit so closely resembles, is almost extinct. As a Chinchilla rabbit coat costs about £SO, there are numerous bad imitations on the market, made by dyeing white rabbits. It is also pointed out that the Argente de Champagne, the Havana and the Beveren, which may bi either blue or white, are breeds quite distinct from the Chinchilla. But the great fact about all four breeds is that their pelts, when made up into coats, need no dyeing. A thanksgiving social to th? completion of the St. John s Ladies Guild steepie restoration effort was held in the schoolroom last week. Seated on the platform were the Rev. T. W. Vealie, in the chair, Mrs. W. Smith, president of the guild, Mrs. Metherell, secretary, Mrs. W. Cooke, treasurer, the Rev. George Bond, the Rev. W. S. Potter, the Rev. J. Olphert, Mr. S. Hardley and Mr. Neill. Past and present members and many old friends of St. John's Church filled the schoolroom, which was tastefully decorated by Mrs. H. Magrath. After the singing of the Doxology an enjoyable programme was provided by Mrs. Reid, Mrs. De ,Berg, Miss Sybil Phillips, Miss Brame and Miss E. Casley. The president paid tribute to the Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Vealie and the officers and members of the guild for the loyal support sustained throughout the campaign. Addresses were also delivered by the Rev. W. S. Potter and the Rev. George Bond.