SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20985, 23 September 1931, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mis. S. lipid, of Trenthain, is staying at Hotel Cargen. Mrs. E. Thorne, of Hororata, lias returned from an extended visit to Auckland. Mrs. E. C. Harnett, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Hotel Cargcn. Mrs. H. A. Scott, of Macky Avenue, Devonport, has returned from a visit to Wanganui. , Miss Nina Nolan, of Now Plymouth, arrived in Auckland yesterday on a visit to her aunt, Lady Nolan. Mrs. ,1. Bradley, of Lyl.lelton, and Miss N. Exton, of Riccarton. left this week 01; a visit to Auckland. Mrs. J. Horton and Miss Harrowell, of Hamilton, are visiting Auckland and are staying at Hotel Cai'gen. Mrs. L. Hilliard, of Sydney, arrived by the Aorangi on a visit to Auckland, where slie will spend several weeks. Miss Olive Bagley, who has been touring the North Island since- May, has returned from Napier, and is staying at The Mansions. Lady Braddon, of Sydney, who is staying wyth her sister, Mrs. F. H. Chisholrn, of Forest Hill Jtoad. Nihotupu, is returning to Sydney by the Maunganui. Lady Sibell Lygon, the second of Earl Beauciiamp's charming daughters, is the latest recruit to the business world. She | is acting as receptionist in the Hon. Mrs. Freddie Cripp's hairdressing establishment in Bond Street. Lady Si be] 1 is popular among the younger members of London society and is in much demand as a bridesmaid. The members of St. John's Girls' Club, i e Awaniutu, held a special night in the .Parish Hall on Monday,, when about 30 ' members of the Cambridge Girls' Club paid a fraternal visit, accompanied by Archdeacon Gordon Bell. The visitors were cordially welcomed. A delightful programme was presented, including games, competitions, community s;ngiii£, a playette entitled, "The Cure I hat Failed," and vocal solos by Miss A Hohapata. A study of the Montessori methods of kindergarten training, conducted by Dr. Maria Montessori, in Rome, was undertaken by Miss Jean Mackay, of Sydney, who explained the method to a representative of an Australian paper. The international course, which is of six months' duration, attracts people from all parts of the world. Dr. Montessori herself is now an aged woman, but continues to take an active pait in the training | of students. | In order to put British-made rubber shoes to the test, two Liverpool girls recently tramped 12 miles a day through city streets anil country lanes. At nine in the morning they reported at the factory at which they were employed, donned the shoes straight from the wotks and buckled on a belt to which .vas attached a pedometer. At five in the evening they returned and not until a pair of shoes had done SCO miles was the batch from which it was taken passed. Miss Irene Stollery. head mistress of lona College, Havelock North, travelled via Vancouver. She spent a month in Canada and the- United States studying ! the methods of education in both coun- ! tries, writes our London correspondent, j She was greatly impressed with the ! beauties of the Canadian scenery as she | travelled eastward to Montreal by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Miss Stollery spent a fortnight in Belfast before arriving in London, and she has since been visiting relatives and friends after an absence of nine years from the Mother country. She lias everywhere found sympathy expressed for the Hawke's Bay earthquake disaster. On August 28 Miss Stollery will leave by the Rangitiki on her return journey to New Zealand.