SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20309, 17 July 1929, Page 17

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. G. W. Gow, of Wellington, :s j visiting Auckland. jlrs R. T. Met,biade, of New Plymouth, | .j tisitmg AucklandMi« n V Jackson and Miss A. Sather- 1 JfSvApm. ar. Auckland, j Mrs Hunts'." Harrison returned by car | jp Plymouth iron-; a visit to Auck- ! ]&nd. Mrs- C Mori:, of Wellington, is visiting ! Auckland, ana s itay-ng at the Grand ; Hotel- ] Miss Lorns Cameron. wha has been \sivkisnd has returned to I Hawera. Mrs Mc"reC' r - "t* Auckland. is the j pjU of Mrs." J. Stewart, of Gcnriile, : Wang&nui. Mr and Mrs. Murray Benjamin returned to Auckland on Monday from a visit to 1 Wellington. Mrs. M. IV.;~as. •"'» Camaru. is on a ; risit to Auniiand. and is staying at the ! Grand Hotel. j Mr. and Mrs. G. Cottenll. of Gisbnrne, arP visiters to Auckland. and are staying at Braenurn. Mrs, de la Mare. of Manukau Road, ; pamril, has returned from a prolonged , visit to Christ cgiuicii. Mrs. Tfannibeil and Miss Hannibell. of j Christrhprrfi. are rintine Auckland, and i "Mr Alan Mulgan will speak on "Jour- . sialism'' to tiie" Lyrenm Club Literary | r rtdny '-vemnir, at 3 p.m. A.i . members and inends are invited to at.end. i Mr and Mrs. H. D Raphael, of Domain J j)r.T?>' Panel!. left last week on a visit j to Wellington. where they are the guests | of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Bauehop. Mis? Tekla Swanson. of Dnluth. and I Miss Jfsie Gronseth. of South Dakota, j United States, who nave been the pests , f Forgie, of St. Andrews, Road, Epsom, have gone to Rotorrta tor j 3 *evr davs, and are staying at the Grand , Hotel. Mr. and Mrs- Thomas Joll, of North- j cote, returned by the Mamma yesterday j from Srdney, where for the past three j souths"Mrs". Joll had hern the guest of j her sister, Mrs. Raymeut. — Still another neeress has -one into busi- | n»ss This is Ladv June Charlton, the ; daughter of the Ear! -and Countess of j who hns opened n hesmtv j in London. Lady June, who was married ; a few rears ago, is described as blonde, j rivarious. and pretty. Sne is 27 years j of age. and has a son of Sj years. A dance was held tn Waimauku corona- j tion Hai! on Saturday evening, takings being equally divided between candidates in the "popular gin" contest wnich is being held 'to raise money for the hail j enlargement fund. Various competitions I were "held, the winners being Miss E. Cough!an. Miss M. Winteur. Mr. P. Cane. Miss G. Wilson 'Auckland) and Mr. 0. Wintoiir. An At. Home and card party in aid i of the Henderson Bowiing and Croquet I Hubs was held this week at the residence j of Mr?- R. Laurie. Te Atatu Road, the | hostesses being Mesdarnes Latine. P. L | HcKav and B. Carter. About 50 ladies j were present. The prize-winners were as j follows: —Bridge, Mrs. Pollock; consola- j tjoa prize. Miss Gilliard: Sve hundred, j Mrs. Scott: consolation, Mrs. de Willornoff. In the competitions Miss Eilis and j Mrs. O'Neil each won a first cake, Mrs. j McLsod and Mrs. O'Keil. table centres. I -in enjovable evening was spent at the i Waverlev Kiosk, Point Chevalier, on Mon- i dsv to celebrate the taking over oj the ; kiosk by Mrs. F. E. Mason. Music, j dancing'and vocal items were enjoyed and j there W23 cit tencumce o.f cnests. | arrangements were carried out. by i Mr. and Mrs. Wigg, oi Eerne Bay. Among j those present were:—Mesdames r. E. Mason. F. -leffers, McEwin, Newton, j Candr.il. McCarthy, Barker, Pearce, Lmd- j ssy, Misses A. Green. Eiggtns, D. Stone, j Pike, Kenton, Bank#, Grace, S. Saunders- | The Opotiki Women's Institute held its j nioTithlv* meeting in the Farmers' social room reeeatlv, Mrs. AUsolmn presiding. j Mr Sknse gave n verv instructive address 1 nr. "Coalmining. ' to which members j listened with great interest. Mrs. troz arranced a competition# which "won | hT Miss XOIISCH- Two sf.»mrs by Mrx. i Banks were much appreciated. Ths 6vcrpop"2lar imixiciai parcel was won by Mrs. Burton. Thb wer© Mesdames J. Wilson. Wingate, ana Cooper. The singing of the Natscnsi Anthem broaght the evening to a close. Miss Jessie B. Wilson i principal of [Waitaki Girls' High School, Oaniaru) attended from Apnl 5-15 the fourth triennial conference organised by the Canadian National Conned of Education. this conference overseas delegates attended from Great Britain, India. Australia, New Zeaiand, France, Itaiy, Czecho-SlovJikia, Germany and Japan. At the conclusion of the conference, and until the enc of May, Miss Wilson wis in the United States nsiting post-primary schools- Miss Wilson, who reached London a week aeo, ■will remain hero until the end of July, when «ke will go to Geneva for the con« fences of the World Federation of Education Associations, states our London correspondent writing on Juno 14. After that she will attend at Elsinore the j International Conference oi the New Ecu* j cation Fellowship. The mam purpose of ■; her tour is to study education develop- j meets in Great Britain. This week she is attending ai Leeds the annual conference oi the Headmistresses' Association of Great Britain.