SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21086, 21 January 1932, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. J. D. Began, of Kihikihi, is paying a visit to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Melody, of Wellington, are at Royal Court. Misses D. and E. McClemens, of Sydney, are guests at Hotel Stonehurst. Mrs. Seymour Colbeck has returned to Auckland from a visit to Wellington. Mrs. A. St. Clair Woollams, of Auckland, left yesterday an a visit, t,o Roto rua. Miss A. E. Spencer, of Rjssington, Hawke's Bay, is staying at Hotel Stonehurst. Mrs. F. C. M. Gabites, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland, and is staying at Hotel Cargen. Mrs. M. L. Candy, of Southampton, England, is visiting Auckland, and is staying at Hotel Cargen. Mrs. A. L. Kluver, of Epsom, returned this week by the Marama after being abroad for six months Miss Mavis Houghton is spending a holidal at Tokaanu, and is the guest of Mr. Justice Ostler and Mrs. Ostler. Dr. Kathleen Todrl and Miss M. Todd have returned to Auckland from a visit to Mrs. H. Hegarty, of Gisborne. Mrs. Ernest McGuire, accompanied by her son Terrence, is staying at Mon Desir for the remainder of the school holidays. Mrs. H. Marsack, of Ventnor Road, Remuera, is visiting Palmerston North, where she is the guest of Mrs. J. P. Innes. Miss Sunday Stratford, of Domain Street, Auckland, left this week on a visit to Mis. J. K. Low, Upper Aromoho, Wanganui. Mrs. C. C. Sheath, who arrived by the Marama on Tuesday from Australia, will spend two months in New Zealand before leaving for Europe. There are at present in Australia as many as 32 women who hold pilots' certificates, and of these three have qualified as commercial pilots Mr. and Mrs. David Cuthbert, of Taihoa, Lower Symonds Street, Onehunga, will leave this morning by motor-car on a visit to Mercury Bay, Waihi Beach and the Mount, Tauranga. Mrs. W. R. Wilson, Chief Commissioner New Zealand Girl Guides, has been notified by Lord Baden-Powell that she has been elected as a member of the Imperial Council of the Girl Guides' Association. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Wyborn, of Te Aroha, who are spending a few days at Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, have been joined by Mr. and Mrs. 11. L. Cummings and family, of Wellington, who are 011 a motor tour of the North Island. Miss In a Mr-Neil. 8.A., first assistant mistress at lona College, Havelock North, has just returned from a. year s furlough in Great Britain and Europe, during which she spent three months at Grenoble University 011 a, vacation course in French, gaining the university s diploma in the French language and phonetics. Seventy-six schoolgirls from \\ estern Australia, who are touring the Australian States were the guests of the Governor ot New South Wales and Lady Game at Government House, Sydney, recently, later a civic welcome was accorded them, this being the first civic welcome of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Walder). There was an exceptionally pleasant gathering of children and parents staging at Cowe's Bay on r i uesday evening. A fancy-dress competition among the children created great interest and many pretty and original dresses were worn. After the judging of the fancy costumes prizes were presented to the successful winners by Mrs. R. I. Wilson. Various children's games were enjoyed and a pleasant evening brought to a close with hearty cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Insley for the nianv kindnesses shown toward the welfare of the children staying at Cowe's Bay. Miss James, who is making a walking tour through New Zealand advertising New Zealand-made goods, spent a night at Kaukapakapa as the guest of Mrs. J. Naughton. An informal evening was held by the ladies of the Women's Division of the Farmers Union, and all piesent thoroughly enjoyed the description of her tour given by Miss James. Miss James has had some wonderful experiences on her trip. Her longest walk to the present time was 26 miles in one day, and her shortest was five miles. A hearty vote of thanks was given to Miss James by all present for her interesting talk. Among those who have taken to the air more recently in Australia are Miss K. E. Howell and Miss J. 0. Robertson, who are now on a world motor trip. They secured their certificates just before they left on the first stage of their tour, the overland journey to Darwin, for they hope to be able to fly when they reach England. Miss Howell and Miss Robertson are both experienced motorists. r I hey were the first Australian women to drive overland from Melbourne to Darwin, and they hold the record for tlie Perth to Adelaide trip, which they established in 1929, but they have no flyintl record iu Australia as yet. - The triennial Dominion conference of the New Zealand Federation of University Women will be held in Christchurch toward the end of this month at the Students' Union Buildings, Canterbury College. The conference is specially important for some young student, all on account of the scholarship offered to New Zealand this year for the first time by the Barnard College, attached to Columbia University, New York. It carries one year's free tuition for the girl "undergrad'' who is selected by the New Zealand Federation, .and conference time will see the final choice of that fortunate young person. And quite apart from educational values, lest tlio mental vision of a stranger in a strange land in between terms should appear a depressing one, the Dominion Federation has already communicated with its sister association in New York, which has earned the generous title of " hospitality committee" from tho American association, requesting that the vacation times of the student who eventually 'fares forth should also be regarded as its responsibility.