SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20827, 20 March 1931, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. D. H. Kirke, of Auckland, is visiting^Timaru.

Mrs. A. Levy, of Wellington, is slay' ing at tho Star Hotel.

Mrs. G. F. Pearre, of Lower Hutt, has returned from a visit to Auckland.

Mrs. Janet Smith, of Mount Hobson Road, Rcmuera, is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. F. M. Jervis has returned to Lower Hutt from a visit to Auckland.

Miss Jean Gordon, of Crescent Road, Epsom, has returned from a visit to HataitaL

Mrs. C. M. Hill, of New Plymouth and Miss M. Hill are staying at Hotel Stonehurst.

Mrs. W. H. Howard, of Sydney, is visiting Auckland and is staying at tho Grand Hotel.

Mrs. Pi. C. Renner and Miss Ronner, of Snrsfield Street, Herno Bay, have returned from a motor tour to Wellington.

Miss Isobel Gillespy, who accompanied Her Excellency Lady Bledisloe from England, leaves on her return next month. -

Mrs. Wrongbton, till recently of Auckland, has taken up her residence with her sister, Mrs. W. Lanjach, of Hobson Street, Wellington.

Mrs. Arthur Rhodes, who has been spending several months visiting New Zealand, leaves at the end of the month on her return to England.

Miss Gwen Russell, of Hawke's Bay, whose home was damaged during tho earthquake, is visiting Mrs. Ford L.. North, also of Hawke's Bay. Mrs. North has taken a furnished house at Remuera for a few months.

Miss Gladys Hamilton Fraser, of Auckland, has received word from the London School of Journalism that she has won the Northcliffo Commemoration Prize of £SO. The competition is open to all students of the school, and tho entries are judged by leading writers. j

At the fortnightly meeting of the Auckland Piano Students' Association held this week plans for tho forthcoming meetings were discussed. It was stated that prominent local musicians interested in the advancement of tho club have consented to give a series of lectures. During the evening tho following items were contributed: —Duet, "Slavonic Dance" (Dvorak), Misses G. Jones and K. Judge; " Caprice Viennois" (Kreisler), Miss J. Sinclair; " ti'Elancee " (Wachs), Miss Mario Jagusch; "Le Petit Aul Blanc" (Ibert), Miss Joyce M. Parker.

An At Home was given by the Nicholson Park Tennis Club at its courts in Mount Eden recently. Representatives from various clubs were present and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. A progressive tourna.m'Cnt, which was won by Mrs. Laurie (Campbell Park), with Miss Matthews (Mount Eden) as runnerup, was %vell contested. There were pressent Mesdames Garlick, Russell, Sutcliffe, Jeffries, Chamberlain, Laurie, Lawrence, Le Grice, Clements, Parker, Peak, Armitage, Misses Luck, Currie, Hutter, Jeffries, Oates, Owen, Lockington, Matthews, Entrican, Eccles, E. Entrican, Blott, Woods, Leyland, Yeoman, Caley and Brentnall.