SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20475, 29 January 1930, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

; Miss Jolly, of Wellington, is staying at Arundel.

Mrs. Sydney Allen, of New Plymouth, is visiting Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. Fallows, of Sydney, are staying at Arundel.

' Misses M. and W. Grevatt returned yesterday from a visit to Sydney.

Mr. and Mrs. David Rainey Jackson, of Waverley, are staying at Braeburn.

Miss Gardiner, of Sydney, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Arundel.

Miss Malcolm, of London, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Braeburn.

Mrs. I. J. Goldstine returned to Auckland yesterday after a visit to Australia.

Miss Montgomerie, of Wanganui, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Braeburn.

Miss Vida Ross, of Gisborne, is the guest of Mrs. Duncan Ross, of Ascot Avenue.

Mrs. Alberta McLean, of Whangapoua, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Braeburn.

Mrs. H. Livingstone, of Claudelands, Hamilton, is staying at Hauraki Road, Takapuna.

Mrs. B. L. Bagnall, of Lochiel Road. Remuera, returned yesterday after a visit to Australia.

Miss Beattie and Miss Croucher have returned to Auckland from a visit to .New Plymouth.

Mrs. Handson Abel and Miss Abel returned yesterday by the Maunganui from a visit to Sydney.

Miss Perry and Miss Carpenter, of Gisborne, are visiting Auckland and are staying at Arundel.

Mrs. A. W. Webster, who has been visiting New Plymouth, returned by motor to Auckland.

Miss Alice Walker returned to Auckland yesterday after visiting Africa, America and Europe.

Mrs. Gordon Brown, of London, arrived in Auckland yesterday by the Maunganui via Sydney.

Mrs. D'Authreau and Miss Dalziel, who have been staying at Braeburn, left for Hamilton yesterday morning.

Mrs. J. W. Williamson, of Clifton Road, Takapuna, and her family have returned from a visit to Sydney*

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens, of Ponsonby, left yesterday on an extended motor tour of the North Island. .

Sisters Leonorus and Emerentia, of the Sisters of St. ■ Joseph, returned to Auckland yesterday from a visit to Sydney.

Miss A. Price, of Thames, is visiting Auckland, and is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. E. Mossman, Arney Road, Remuera.

Mrs. F. H. Levien and family, of St. Hclicrs, have returned from spending a month's holiday in Russell, ■ Bay of Islands. -.r,'.

Miss Nessie Wright and Miss Dora Johnstone, who have been visiting Mrs. J. F. Johnstone, of Papakura, have returned to Wellington.

Among the visitors staying at the Hotel Stonehurst are Mrs. G. E. B. McWilliams, of Sheffield, England, and Misses L. and it. Struss, Brisbane.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Phelps-Hopkins, of New Brighton, Christchurch, are visiting Auckland and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Levett, of Takapuna.

Lady Hamilton, who has been touring New Zealand with her husband, Sir James Hamilton, left yesterday by the Niagara on her return journey to England.

Mr. and Mrs. Percy Thomson, Miss Ray Thomson and Mr. Bruce Thomson left yesterday by the Niagara for Sydney en route to England and the Continent. They will return to Sydney via America.

Mrs. Britomarte James, a visitor from Melbourne, who is a of the peace and president of the Victorian Women Citizens' Movement, was the guest of honour at a reception held on Friday at the Canterbury Women's Club.

Viscount and Viscountess Craigavon were pleased to find on their recent visit to Dunedin that relatives of the family had settled there. Mrs. John Gray,, of Queen Street, and Mrs. Alfred Howorth, of Roslyn, are cousins of Lord Craigavon.

An appointment of interest in education circles made in New South Wales last year was that of Miss Gladys Marks, who was made acting-profeSsor in French at Sydney University. This was the first time in the history of the university that a woman was placed in charge of a department.

Mrs. Mabel Walkor Willebrandt, the first woman Assistant-Attorney-General of the United States, has been appointed counsel for the Aviation Corporation of the United States at Washington, with a salary of £IO,OOO a year. Mrs. Willebrandt's salary is said to be a record ono for a woman.

A very pleasant evening was held in the new hall at Cowes Bay, Waiheke, last week, at which the guests of honour were a party from Roto Roa Island. Musical and elocutionary items were given, and after supper had been served Staff-Captain Buttimore thanked Mr. Insley and the guests of the boarding house for their hospitality.

Miss Gladys Marks, of the New South Wales Association of Women Graduates, has been elected president of thp Australian Federation of University Women for the ensuing two years. Miss Marks is the acting-professor of French at the University of Sydney, and is the first woman to attain professorial rank at that university.

Recent visitors to tho Chateau Tongariro, include Miss Patricia Fitzherbert, Mr., Mrs. and Misses Low, Mrs. Cuthbertson, Mrs. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Jorgensen, Dr. and Mrs. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Baxter and party, Mrs. Dillan Kean, Mrs. L. C. Patterson, Miss E. P. Savident, Miss Knight, Mrs. and Miss Allan, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston.

Among 63 women awarded honours in Holland, including professional women, there are 17 maidservants who have been 40 years in service. The fact seems to indicate that domestic service has not quite ceased to attract the women of the country. Some of the medals awarded are bronze, others are silver. It is noteworthy that the silver medals were given to midwives.

The Women's Automobile and Sports Association of London, wihich held its first club bridge tournament recently, claims to be the only club of its kind in tho whole of the British clubhouse at St, Ermin's, Westminster, is certainly luxuriously equipped with dining room, ball room,, lounges, library, bedrooms, and so on, with an additional

attraction in the form of an efficient information bureau. Experts give free advice on all matters connected with tho purchase and use of motor-cars and on sport generally.

Mrs. Cave, of Rangitana, who is leaving to take up her residence in Feilding, was the guest of honour at a farewell afternoon given last week by Mrs. G. H. Richardson. To mark her association with them in various church activities Mrs. Cave was presented with a cushion by the lady members of tho Anglican Church in Rangitana, accompanied by their good wishes.

The chairman of the National Union of German Postal and Telegraph Clerks, Frau Else Kelshera, has been elected to the Administrative Council of the Reichspost. The Administrative Council controls the entire postal service, .its finances, tho question of postal charges and organisation and staff questions. The inner council of nine, to which Frau Kelshera belongs, prepares all amendments and decisions.

The monthly meeting of the Birkdale Women's Institute was held in the public 'hall recently, Mrs. Gilpin presiding. After routine business had been dealt with afternoon tea was dispersed by the hostesses, Mrs. Cairn and Mrs. Hughes. Arrangements were made for a picnic to be held at Pine Island. A party of about 50 attended and had a pleasant trip to the island. After lunch races for all were held on a grass course reserved for that purpose. Swimming added much to the enjoyment of the outing.

Ono of the most prominent women of Wellington through several generations, particularly in the nursing profession, passed away early on Saturday morning when the death took place of Nurse Sexton, until recently nurse to the District Nursing Guild of Wellington. During the South African War Nurse Sexton was in charge of the hospital on Somes Island for the invalided soldiers, being presented by the men with a gold watch and chain to mark their gratitude for her "untiring devotion to duty." It was after this that sho took up the post of district nurse, and for many years her headquarters in Ghuznee Street was a haven for many of the poor sick and injured of Wellington in days before the city warranted such an organisation as the free ambulance. Sick visiting among the poor was an important part of her duties, which she carried out with such vigour and devotion as to make her one of the bestknown and respected of Wellington's social workers. Nurse Sexton until very recently was honorary treasurer to the St. Barnabas' Guild of Nurses (Church of England) in New Zealand, a worldwide organisation of nurses. She was one of the earliest members of the Trained Nurses' Club of Wellington. Several pamphlets on milk diet have come from her pen and sho was a contributor to nursing journals both in New Zealand and overseas on technical subjects.