SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20011, 30 July 1928, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. E. M. Roberts, of Auckland, is at present staying at Cargen. Mrs. J. D. Wright, of London, is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Miss L. Devonish and Miss K. Hammerton, of New Plymouth, are visiting Auckland. Mrs. Ogilvie, of Wellington, is on a visit to Auckland and is staying at Glenalvon. Miss Marjoriot Macfarla.no, of Gillies Avenue, has returned from a visit to Hamilton. Mrs. Le Cren and Mrs. Ronald Fisher, of Christchurch, are visitors to Auckland and are staying at Cargen. Mrs. Millbank Johnson, of Pasadena, California, is a visitor to Auckland and is staying at the Grand Hotel. The four Dunedin delegates to the PanPacific Women's Conference, Mis. Denton Leech, Dr. E. Siedeberg, Miss Dutton and Miss Olive Mercer, arrived in Auckland by the Main Trunk- express yesterday morning. They will leave by the Aorangi on Tuesday for Honolulu. Among the Australian women delegates to the Pan-Pacific Women's Congress who arrive in Auckland to-day by the Aorangi are Mrs. Britomarte James, J.P., Miss Muriel Heagney, Miss Ellinor Moore, Mrs Bryning, Mrs. A. V. Roberts and Mrs. W. K. Robertson. A very enjoyable flag bridge evening was held by the Victoria League Girls' Committee in the league rooms last Wednesday evening. There were about 20 tables. Among those present were: Mrs. Rickerby, Mrs. Pring, Mrs. Bremner, Mrs. Gresham, and the Misses B. Stevenson, J. Moir, K. Thomson, Hooton, Coleman, D. Rainger, G. Court, Jourdain, N. Redstone, Ballantyne, M. Drummond Bishop, Danglow, Seabrook, Shatz. R. Shatz, A. Walton, Walkerley, Leatham, Sanders. Mrs. W. K. Robertson arrives in Auckland to-day from Sydney on her way to the Pan-Pacific Conference at Honolulu to which she is a delegate. Mrs. Robertson, before her marriage, was Miss Constance Stevens, editor of the women's section of one of the Sydney dailies, and daughter of Mr. A. G. Stevens, the wellknown writer. She will represent her paper at tho Pan-Pacific Conference. The National and New York State League of Women Voters joined in arranging a meeting in New York City on April 5 in honour of the Duchess of Atholl, member of tho British Parliament. The Duchess spoke on "Women in Public Life." She was introduced to the large audience by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the Columbia University. Miss Ruth Morgan, chairman of the peace committee of the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, presided at the meeting. Before leaving Sydney for Honolulu to attend the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference, Mrs. A. V. Roberts was the guest at several farewell gatherings. At the last of these Mrs. Earle Page presented her with a basket of flowers and a cheque in appreciation of her work for the many women's and children's welfare movements with which she is associated. Flowers and cheques were also presented by Mrs. A Watts, from the City Girls' Amateur Sports Association; S. Herford, on behalf of the Hunter's Hill branch of the Women's League; and Mrs. E. Gates, on behalf of the Longueville branch. Delegates to the conference of the Farmers' Union and the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union, held in Wellington last week, were the guests of the Harbour Board on Friday morning, when they were taken for an excursion round the harbour in the Muratai. Several of the officers of the Japanese Squadron were also of the party. Calls were made at the various wharf sheds, and the visitors were interested in seeing the packing of wool, the loading on board, and the machinery for handling freight on the wharves. A call was made at the grave of the late Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, where the visitors went up to the site of the monument. During the morning tea was served on board, and the delegates returned after having had a most interesting and pleasant time.