SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20263, 24 May 1929, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

Miss D. Govan, of To Anau, is visiting Auckland and is staying afc the Grand Hotel.

Miss Corsan, of Gisborne, is-visiting Auckland and is staying at tho Grand Hotel.

Miss Rose Mahon, who has heen attending tho educational conference in Wellington, has returned to Auckland and is staying at Royal Court.

Miss Agness White has been appointed theatre sister on the staff of the Palmerston North Hospital and left Auckland by tho limited last evening.

Mrs. George Baird, sister of His Excellency tho Governor-General, was a passenger liy Fne Remuera which reached Wellington this week. Mrs. Baird, who arrived in Auckland on Tuesday, will bo the guest of Their Excellencies for some weeks.

Miss K. Bloomfield, of St. Kilda, Victoria, is the first woman to obtain a pilot's licence in that State. She was trained by the Victorian section of the Australian Aero Club. She is a bachelor of arts at the University of Melbourne and in 1928 went to the United States, where she studied 5 economics at Harvard. It is Miss Bloom field's intention to enter commercial aviation when she has attained the B class certificate, whicß is an essential prerequisite.

Lady Cynthia Colville, who has just become a justice of the peace for London, is not only one of the Queen'? personal attendants, but one of the most intimate friends that Her Majesty possesses. A daughter of the Marquis of Crewe, she is step-daughter to Lord Rosebery's youngest daughter, but the two are so much of an age as to be almost inseparable companions. During the war Lady Cynthia retired temporarily from the Court in order to become a' clerk in tho Ministry of Pensions, when many who served alongside her had not tho slightest idea of her identity. She is also a very fine amateur musician.

The election of Mrs. H. A. Longman to tho Bulimba seat in the Queensland Parliament gives tho State of Queensland its first woman member of Parliament, and adds one moto to tho very small list of women who have been afforded an opportunity to serve their country in the political sphere. Her training for the teaching profession has given her an educated mind to bring 1o tho problems of life which have for long been her chief public interest. She has been associated with tho work of the Welfare Centre, which combines creche, kindergarten, and playground in one comprehensive scheme, and she was for a number of years president of tho Queensland National Council of Women, and now holds tho position of honorary president.