SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20950, 13 August 1931, Page 4

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. T. Tudhope, of Aldred Road, Remuera, is paying a brief visit to Napier.

Mrs. F. Alison, of Waiheke, is visiting Auckland and is staying at the Hotel (Jargen.

Mrs. S. Caro, of Tirolianga Avenue, Remuera, returned yesterday from a visit to Wellington.

Mrs. L. W. Miller, who has been living in Auckland for some months, is revisiting Napier.

Mrs. E. B.; EUerm, of New Plymouth, is visiting Auckland, where she is the guest of Mrs. Eric Ellerin.

Mrs. II- Stocker, of New Plymouth, is visiting Auckland and is the guest of Mrs. A. W. Webster, Clarence Street, Devonport.

Mrs. 0. H. Coleman, of Rotorua, who is spending some weeks in Auckland, is at present the guest of Mrs. P. R. Skeates, Raliiri Road, Mount Eden.

Miss Ysolinde McVeagh has returned to Auckland after having completed a tour of New Zealand with J. C. Williamson's English comedy company. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Monica McVeagh.

After an extended tour of the United States and Canada Mrs. A. Robb and her son, Mr. Erio Robb, of Onehunga, returned by the Niagara on Monday. From Vancouver they were accompanied by Mrs. Flett, a niece of Mrs. Robb, who is on a visit to New Zealand.

It is reported that the Chinese Government has made an appeal to Dame Adelaide Anderson to go to China and ojierato its new Factory Act. Damo Adelaide was formerly chief woman inspector of factories in Great Britain. She is also an expert on the difficult problem of child labour in Oriental countries.

The fiVst woman in tho United States to pass a Civil Service examination in forestry is Miss Margaret Stoughton, who, ranking as a junior forester, has been appointed to an experimental station in the Appalachians. Among her duties arc the study of trees and the placing of the Government's stamp of approval on them.

Women have invaded most professions and trades, and even bootmaking and repairing are now being undertaken by them. A woman in London, who lives near Campden Hill, runs a boot-repairing business with great success, her three daughters acting as repairing assistant, book-keeper and messenger respectively. There are no men employed in tho business.

A Nottingham girl, Miss W. L. Febcr, of Girton College, Cambridge, is the only woman among the wranglers at Cambridge this year. She shares tho honour with 28 men. Miss Feber has taken the course to tho wranglership without the aid of scholarships, but a Nottingham major scholarship awarded to her after passing the Cambridge entrance examination was honorary.

The South African Union post-graduate scholarships at the Witwatersrand University for {.his year were awarded to Miss A J. McCrae, 8.A., and Mr. 11. W. Davidson, B.A. The scholarships, two of which are annually at tho disposal of the university, are each of the value of £l5O a year for three years. Miss McCrae obtained her B.A. degree in 1929, and proposes to do philological research at the Soborne, Paris.

Dr. Mary R. Barkas, daughter of Mr. F. Barkas, of Tirnaru, who studied medicine in London at St. Mary's Hospital, is now medical superintendent at The Lawn, Lincoln, the well-known hospital for mental and nervous diseases. In their annual report the governors of The Lawn said it was their great desire to support Dr. Barkas in her generous service, and to provide means for her plans for the comfort of patients and tho improvements of the institution.

Dr. and Mrs. E. Newton Drier and Miss Francelle Drier, formerly of Symonds Street, Auckland, who have been on a world tour, have arrived in Vancouver from London, where they spent two months. After landing in Montreal they went to Toronto, and from there to Rochester, New York and Chicago. They will spend the summer in Vancouver and proceed to California for tho winter. Miss Phyllis Eady, who accompanied them on part of their tour, expects to return to Auckland for Christmas.

The monthly reunion of the Thames Girls' Club, which took tho form of a social evening, was held in tho Druids Hall, Newton. The president, Mrs. 1 . McGregor, asked for one minute's silenco as a mark of respect to two members, Mrs. Barnes and Mrs. Radford, who passed away within tho last few uajs. The evening was spent with musical items and competitions. Tho performers were Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Frank Menzies, Miss Bayley and Mr. Russian. The wnineis o the various competitions were Mesdamcs Ait-ken, Cordes, Baker, Fowler and Jones, Miss Aitkon and Mr. Burdett. Suppci brought the meeting to a close.

Miss S. A. Holland, Auckland, is still in France, writes our London correspondent on July 10. She left England in November and until tho end of May sho was in Spain, first at Malaga, then at Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Madrid, feaiagossa, etc. In Madrid Miss Holland saw tho first disturbance between the Monarchists and the Republicans and the burning of tho monasteries and convents. From Madrid Miss Holland crossed the Pyrenees, staying first at Lourdcs, and then visiting an old friend, tho Baronne do Jambinne do Meux, at Royat, Auvorgno, At present sho is staying with the Marquiso do Saint-Phallo at tho Chateau do Montgoublin, near Nevers. As this branch of tho Saint-Phallo family, one of the oldest in France, is practically ruined, tho Marquise, in order to educate her children and keep the chateau for them, receives paying guests, being particularly interested in people who wish to improve their French. From Nevers Miss Holland will go to Paris to see the exhibition and to visit friends. During August sho will ho at Caudevec-cn-C'aux, Normandy, with somo artist friends.

There was another pleasant, reunion of members of the New Zealand Women's Association, writes our London correspondent 011 July 10. ' 11 is At Home took place at (ho Motrcpole Hotel, where lea was served. Lady Wilford received the guests with members of the committee, who included Lady Sahnond, Miss Violet Russell, Mrs. S. G. Raymond, Mrs. A. M. Michie and Mrs. C. J. Wray, Lady Liverpool was present for a little while. Among the members, with their friends, wree:—Lady Sim, Mrs. R. Mill. Mrs. T. 13. Ching, Mi's. H. L. Friend, Mrs. Lindo Levieri, Mrs. and Miss Handysido, Mrs. W. West, Mrs. I. W. Raymond, Mrs. A. 'l'. Chapman, Mrs. Durrand, Mrs. FitchetU Mrs. Nairn, Mrs. Alan Rose, Mrs. and Miss Corliss, Mrs. Toms, Mrs. 11. T. B. Drew, Mrs. do Vrics, Mrs. E. Sinclair Ross, Mrg. M. West, Mrs. S. Neill, Mrs. T, A. Itunter, Mrs. P. S. Crisp, Mrs. Loftus Tottenham, Miss M. Rowlands, Mis» Gladys M. Lorrimer, Miss May Wilson, Miss Isabel Wilford, Miss Sybil Nathan, Miss Alice Walker, Miss M. Laing, Miss Stella Murray, Mrs. do La tour, Mrs. B. B. Nicoll, Miss M. W. Albes, Miss A. J. King, Miss M. E. King, Miss A. Hadfield, Miss E. Fairchild and Miss Stott.