SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. Victor Crulchley, of Auckland, is visiting Wanganui. Mrs. L. M. Hawes, of Auckland, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. J. G. Coates left Auckland for Dargaville yesterday mtirning. Mrs. A. C. Day has'arrived from Wellington and is staying at Castlebar. Miss Mabel Jackson, of Rfimueva, who has been visiting Wellington, has left for Timaru. Miss Patricia Wrightson, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland and is the guest of Mrs. Douglas Prentice, Devonport. Mrs. Culford Bell will leave this evening for where she will judge the elocutionary section at the competitions. Mrs. J. I). Bradley, of Pukenui Bond, Epsom, has returned from a visit to Mrs. D. C. McCathie, of Woodlands, Upper Waiwera. Miss Lila Boddam (Wellington) has left for Berlin, intending to continue her vocal studies. She has, writes our London correspondent, been doing very well as a student in London, and was anxious to go to the Continent to gain further experience. Miss Molly Aitchison (Hastings) arrived a week ago after having spent a short time in Canada, writes our London correspondent. ' Her intention is to stay in England for a few years to study domestic architecture. Naturally, in the interests of her work, she will also visit the Continent. Miss E. M. Pateman and Miss D. Gilbert, missionaries of the London Missionary Society, arrived in Auckland by the Corinthic yesterday from England. Miss Gilbert is on the way to take up missionary work at Samoa and Miss Pateman, after a period of furlough, will return to the Gilbert Islands. The Queen's scholarship in Malaya has for the first time been won by a girl. Miss Maggie Tan, daughter of a Chinese business man in Singapore. "The Queen's" is one of the most valuable scholarships in the world, carrying with it £SOO a year for a four-years' English University course either at Oxford or Cambridge. Miss Tan was educated at Ralffs Girls' School, Singapore. The distinction of being the youngest hospital governor in the world is held by a little girl, Mary Elise Byers, who is aged four years. She is the daughter of Mr. Rowland Byers, the. Irish Rugby international, and. has been elected to the board of life governors of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Her grandfather had a great deal to do with the founding of the hospital, and as all her family are connected with it, it was agreed that she should make an earlv start.

Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Wilcox were tlie guests of honour at a social evening held recently at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lupton, Great South Road, Manurewa. Mr. Wilcox, who has been on the staff of the local public school for many years, has been transferred to Puni district, where he will take up the duties of headmaster. In making a presentation of a handsome oak dinner waggon. Mr. Lupton wished Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox a happy and prosperous future. Mr. R. G. Wrightson spoke similarly. Mr. Wilcox replying. A most successful progressive day in aid of the Mount Albert Croquet Club was held on the lawns. The winners in the first, session were:—A. Mesdamcs Scott and Wriglcy; B, Mesdames Percey and Daniels. In the second session Miss Waldrom and Mrs. Tongue, A, and Mesdames Carter and Gillard, B. Many sister clubs were represented, including Avondale. Carlton, Henderson, New Lynn, Glen Eden, ITallyb-.irton-Johnstone, Takapuna, Ponsonby, Rocky Nook, Howick, Stanley Bay, One Tree Hill, Onehunga, Hillsborough and Waitemata. Mrs. H. T. Collins presided over a meeting of the Te Awamutu branch of the Plunket Society held this week. The nurse's report for the month of April showed 22 new cases; visitors to the home, 52; to the rooms, adults 139, babies 140, older children 17; total visits, 348; telephone calls, 35: babies under supervision 215, older children 40. Considerable discussion took place regarding the most satisfactory day to hold the annual meeting, and it was finally fixed on an early date in June, in order to give country people an opportunity of attending it. Mrs. Newberry (Whangara) is in Vienna with her son, who is studying singing with much success on the Continent, writes our London correspondent on April 1. She came by way of Vancouver, and at Edmonton, Alberta, she met her brother, Mr. J. Rendle, whom she had not seen for 23 years. She stayed for several days with Mr. and Mrs. Rendle, and then went on to Winnipeg and New York. At Plymouth, which is her birthplace, Mrs. Newberry met a number of relatives and friends whom she had not seen for more than 20 years. An enjoyable evening was spoilt at the Tapuhi Hall on Saturday when the residents of Tapuhi held one of their fortnightly dances. The hall was decorated with ferns and streamers of rainbow colours, and music was supplied by Mrs. and Miss E. Nash and Messrs. Johnson and Hauraki. Vocal and dance duets were contributed by Mrs. McLeod and Miss >l. Wikaira. Among those present were:— Mesdames W. Hedley, Nash, RTiodes, Feldon, Hayter, Underwood, McLeod, Johnson, Seymour, Misses F. Hedley, G. Hedley, V. Nash, Iv. Dearie, E. Nash, M. Wikaira, R. Nash. Lady Buckleton, president of the Wellington Victoria League, has received a signed copy of a portrait which was recently presented to Mrs. Haldane, wife of Professor Haldane, of Oxford, who. with Lady Agnew, has been joint secretary of the hospitality committee of the British Victoria League. The portrait has been subscribed for by a number of overseas members, as a sign of their appreciation of the great kindness shown to visiting mem hers of the league, from abroad. Lady Agnew has sent, th'e copy lo Lady Buckleton, saying that Mrs Haldane was deeply touched by the kind thought of all concerned in the gift. In a letter to the Wellington secretary, Mrs. Haldane writes: "Oxford happens just now to be full of a particularly nice set of young New Zealanders. I am proud to reckon several of them as among my most constant Sunday afternoon visitors." Mrs. Haldane. adds that there, were over 400 subscribers to the picture from abroad.