SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19916, 9 April 1928, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS.

I Mrs. W. Duncan, of Taihape, is visiting Auckland. _____ Miss 0. Moody, of Napier, is staying at the Star Hotel. Mrs. J. A. McLeod, of Wellington, is the guest of Mrs. E. H. Reid, Remuera. Mrs. A. Banfield, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland, and is staying at Glenalvon. Mrs. Birmingham, of Honolulu, is tho guest of Mrs. A. M. Ferguson, Victoria Avenue. Mrs. 11. Bayly, of Auckland, is tho guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. Turnbull, Wanganui. Mrs. and Miss Broadley are spending the Easter holidays at Grand View, Gheltenl .mi. Mrs. Durham Russell, of Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Cargen. Mrs. W. G. Reid, of Wellington, is a visitor to Auckland and is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. George Currie, of Wanganui, is a visitor to Auckland and is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mi ss Evans and Miss McLeay, of Wellington, are visiting Auckland, and are staying at the Star Hotel Mrs. 11. Clilt., ol the Solomon Islands, and her children arc visiting Auckland, and are staying at Glenalvon. Mrs. T. H. Lowry, of Hawke's Bay, is a visitor to Auckland for the races, and is staying at the Grand Hotel. "'* Miss J. M. Campbell, Miss Aicken and Miss M. Meadowes, of Feilding, are visiting Auckland, and are staying at Stonehurst. Guests at Braeburn include Mrs. Riddick, of Gisborne, Miss Glenn of Hawera, Mr. and Mrs. Murray, of Wharanui, Marlborough, and Miss Murray. Miss liaddick, of Scotland, is among the guests staying at Braeburn. She intends leaving by the Aorangi on Tuesday, on her return to Scotland. Among the guests staying at the Grand Hotel are Mrs. J. Maeßonald, Miss P. and Miss M. Mac Donald, of Wellington; Mrs. W. Kirdv, Arapuni; Mrs. J. Nicholson, New Plymouth and Miss J. Nelson, of Hawke's Bay. Guests at Arundel include Mrs. Devonport and Miss Devonport, of Te Kuiti; Mrs. Plimmer and Miss Plimmer, Wellington; Mrs. Hutton and Miss Hutton, Sydney*; Miss Arthur, Napier; and Miss Mullett, of Morrinsville. Among the guests staying at Stonehurst are Sirs. A. Watson, of Palmerston North, Mis.t E. and Miss M. Sheehy, Wellington; 'Mrs. E. J. Hocking, Dunedin; Miss F. N. and Miss S. ,N. Uniacke, Stratford, Mrs. M. McKenzie, Masterton, and Miss L. Hocking, Melbourne. Lady Cynthia Mosley's title, which has been a bone of contention since its owner declared her sympathies with the Labour Party at Home, has apparently been satisfactorily shelved. In the latest publication of the Labour " Who's Who " she appears as Cynthia Blanche Mosley, with the addition of the brief autobiographical note that she was born at Reigate in 1898. The fact that she is the daughter cf the late Marquess Curaon is not included for Labour absorption. A farm for the growing of rare perfume plants has been developed on the Pacific Coast of America during the last few years, and early next summer complete processes of attar extraction will be begun, states an exchange. In a desirable climate with the moist, salt air from Puget Sound providing a certain humidity, perfume plants from Southern France have thrived beyond anticipation. Among the varieties from which scents will be extracted are. wild roses, swamp crabapple, jasmine, violets, jonquils, narcissus. roses, hyacinths, rosemary, lavender, geranium, and columbine.