SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20171, 4 February 1929, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS.

Dr. F. L. and Mrs. Hassett, of Paruru, are visiting Auckland.

Mrs. J. Geddis, of Takapuna, left last evening for a visit to Wellington.

Mrs. R. Brassev, of Maurice Avenue, liemuera, has returned from the seaside.

Major and Mrs. H. Ward-Smith, of Aldred Road, Remuera, are visiting iieiensville.

Mrs. Townsend and family have returned to Taranaki after a motoring tour of the Auckland district.

Mrs. W. H. Montgomery and Miss Iris Montgomery have returned to Christchurch after a tour abroad.

Miss Margot Trafford, of Hurstmere, Takapuna, is visiting Taumarunui, where she is the guest of Mrs. Leigh-King.

Mrs. F. Weston and her daughter. Miss Ella Weston, left by the express for Wellington, where they will spend a few weeks.

The Rev. and Mrs. W. Lawson-Marsh and family of the Manse, Lake Road, Devor.port, have returned from a holiday spent at the National Park.

Mrs. Russell Gardener and family, who have been spending the summer holidays at Tainui Road, Cheltenham, have returned to Rotorua.

Mrs. Douglas Martin, of Ladies Mile, Remuera, who has been spending the holidays at Minnehaha Avenue, Milford, has returned to her home.

Mrs. C. W Sievers, of Bundaberg, Quernsland, who has been visiting Auckland for the past three months, is now the guest m Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fausett, of West Street, Pukekohe.

The Rev. R. L. aand Mrs. Connolly, of Te Aroha, returned to their home on Friday. When in Auckland they were the guests of Mrs. Lorie, of Clifton Road, Takapuna.

Miss MeGovern, with Mrs. J. O'Sullivan, of Te Awamutu, have been spenda few days in Hawera and are leaving early tiiis week on a tour of the South Island.

! Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapman and Miss Molly Chapman, who have been stay- ! ing at Minnehaha Avenue, lakapuna, for the summer holidays, have returned to their home in Fendleton, Christchurch. 1 Mrs. E. S. Grogan, of England, who, | with her two daughters, has been spend- | ing some months with her sister, Mr 3. T. | H. Lowry, of Hawke's Bay, left Wellingj ton on Friday for Sydney en route for j Er.glaud. ! Mrs. Annie McVicar, who has been a j member of the Wellington Hospital Board i for 14 years, has been granted leave of absence for a period. She will leave in ' a few davs for Great Britain on an ex- ! tended holiday. : Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Elliott have rej turned to Palmerston North after a forti night's tour of the north, which included ! a visit to Auckland and Rotorua. Mr. i Elliott was a delegate to the Science Coni ference, which was held in Auckland. Dr. Buckley Turkington, Dominion sec- | retarv of the" New Zealand Federation of | University Women, while attending the I conference held in Christchurch last week j was the guest of Dr. Jessio Scott, of | Cashel Street. On her return journey to ! Auckland Dr. Turkington will stay in I Wellington for the Medical Conference.

j Mrs. Noi-ah Rowan-Hamilton, ■whose j book, "Both Sides of tho Jordan," lias I just been published, is a widely-experi-j enced traveller. In 1915 she wrote a book i on India; sne lias just returned to Engi land from Spain, where she has been in- ! vestigating the life of her ancestor, i Colonel Colquhoun Grant, an intelligence j officer under Wellington, and she is ! about to start on a tour of Russia. | There was a largo gathering of residents j of South Westland at Mr. E. R. Wilson's j hall, Hunt Beach, when a presentation of a gold medal, suitably inscribed, was ' made to Mrs. Walter Scott, of Karanga- ! rna, who saved the life of Mr. Wilson's I eldest daughter when she was in danger | of drowning in the Karangarua River. ! Tho deed was a very courageous one, as I the current was extremely swift, and Mrs. | Scott bad risked her iife to save the I other. Mr. Wilson made the presentation, S and ho and other speakers expressed the | opinion' that Mrs. Scott's action should ! bo recognised by the Royal Humane SoI ciety. Mrs. Scott responded, and spoke J of her happiness in having been able to j succeed in her effort. At the close of the Dominion Conference ' of the Federation of University Women, ! held in Christchurch last week, -the acting ; chairwoman, Miss Sims, in summing up what seemed to her the chief lessons of the conference, said:—"There are, _ first, tho very practical one of more punctili- ' oils attention to detail: second, the need I for closer co-operation among the local ' associations throughout New Zealand; : third, tho opportunity of work to further the international spirit which is becomi ing a real force among civilised nations today; fourth, we, as educated women, must feel tho responsibility of our posi- | tion, which is to use our wider know- ; ledge and experience in the service of j others, and tho aim of all such service ! is to uplift women throughout the world " Tho visiting delegates to tho Dominion ! Conference of the International Federa- | tion of University Women were the guests i of honour at a reception at the Canter- | bury Women's Club, Christchurch, last week. Mrs. J. A. Flesher received and | welcomed the guests, among wlibm were ! also many members of the local branch » of the federation —women distinguished in music, art, science and medicine. The ; official voting delegates to the conference are: Dr. Buckley Turkington fAuckland), J Dominion secretary, Miss Hume, Miss Taylor and Mrs. Gaukrodger (Auckland), Miss G. F. Cooke (Wellinjr+on), Miss AsHn, Miss Bell, Miss Sneddan and Mrs. > Fogg (Dunedin). The Christchurch delegates are Miss Sims. Dr. Jessie Scott, Sliss P. Penney and Miss Ellen Jones i (secretary).