SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21146, 1 April 1932, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS.

itfre. J. Campbell, of London, leaves i-day by the Ulimaroa fo:r Sydney.

MacMullan, of Hamilton, has rejurneii flora a visit, to Hotel Cheltenham.

Mrs. Henry Horrocks. of St. Hdiers, leaves' to-day by the Ulimaroa for Sydpey-

Mrs. Trcmain, who has b»en staving at potel Cheltenham, has returned to Papakura.

jln:. Geoffrey Webster, of Devonport, jas taken up her resilience at Belmont, {fakapuna.

Miss N. Thomas, of Duredin, is visit jne ,4nckkiiiJ and is staying at th, 3 Cen iral Hotel.

"Mrs. J- Cook, of Waiuku, with her imall' daughter, is staving at Hotel Cheltenham.

Mrs. H. Cameron, of Rsmuera Road, Jiss returni:d after a visit t:« tho Mansion Souse, Kawan.

Miss Alma O'Neill, of O'Neill Avenue, jj> a } ;a p U na, is on a motor tour, of the ]>kes district.

Mrs. D. Mowbray, of Campbcll'si Bay J?oad, is on a motor tour of Rotorua and the Lakes district.

Jlissi F.ono Broun, of Lower Svmonds Btreeij Ha;; returned to Auckland from a jrisifc 'io Wellington.

Lad? Angela Erskine (England) joined the limited express last evening at Frankton Junction for the South.

Mrs. A. MacGregor and Miss Rona jMscGregor, of Stanley Point, have returned from a visit to Ka.wau. •

Pr. Ella McKnight, of Melbourne, is bavin; to-day on her return to Australia after a visit to New Zealand.

Mrs. M. Field, of London, will leave [Auckland by the Ulimaroa to-day after extended visit t-o New Zealand..

Mrs. Henry Hadfield, who has been jrisitin.s Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, leaves jto-day ou her return to Wellington.

Mrs. N. E. Williams, of Cambridge, is Ipending a few days with her mother, ■Mrs. R. Whitson, Noiana Avenue, Jtemnera.

Mis» Freda Hannah, of Napier, is oti a visit to Auckland and i> the guest, of •Mrs. Ronald Corson, of Martin Avenue, Jtfount Albert.

Mrs, Let) Foster and Miss C. Gray, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, and Miss C. Speedy, of Hamilton, are staying at the Station Hotel.

Captain and Mrs. J. Mitchell, of Victoria Avenue, Remuera, have left on a Ector tour of Hamilton and the poutheru districts.

Mrs. Grey Colbeck, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. A. M. Ferguson, Victoria Avenue, Remuera, has returned to her home at Cashmere Hills.

Mrs. Herman O'Neill, of Torquay, England, will arrive in Auckland by the I lonic r-ext, week. She intends taking up ier residence at liauraki Road, Takapuna.

"Mrs. "Hector Rolleston, who ha;; been visitkg Nairobi, Kenya, returned to Wellington, by the Mara ma, and is staySng wth her parents, Sir Francis and Lady Bell., Lowry Bay.

Mrsi. Findlay, who has been visiting Aucldand with her husband, SquadronLeader J. L. Findlay, in connection with the .Air Force Reserve training camp at Hobscnvillie, left yesterday for tho jWigram Aerodrome.

Ai a meeting of the Ortewhero branch of tho Women's Division held recently, circulars from headquarters on laminated wool and bee keeping were read. A box lecture on quilting from j.he Homo /Science Extension Service, Otago Uni'versity, proved very interesting and instructive. Mesdames McKibbin and 'Aislabic were hostesses.

Starting during the war period a-? an ambulance driver, Mile. Edna Nicoill has Bow progressed to the em nence of consulting engineer and head of a travel bureau. She gained valuable experience vdt'n the French State Railways, when she not only had the direction of their Cherbourg-Paris charabanc service in her hands, but also acted a; consulting engineer to the company.

l The depot, of the Waitrmata Women's ' Progressive League, formerly in the Strand Chambers at Takapuna, has been ( moved to Hurstmere Road owing to the extension of the library which included tho room previously used by the league. • It has been decided this winter to collect donations of sheets and. pillow-cases for a maternity bag to be used by indigent mothers

Ammg Iho farewell parlies which have teen given for Mrs. C'oleman and Miss Ruby Coleman was a morning tea which was held at the' kindergarten in Upper , Queer; Street by the committee. Mrs. ' Coleman and her daughter were presented ■with bouquets, and on belie.lf of the committee, Mrs. Kirker, the president, presented Mrs. C'r.lema.i, who is a member °f the committer, with a. book in token of their regard. Several little songs were charmingly sung /by the children, and each child received as a present from Mrs. Coleman sn Easter egg. The tables for tea had ben arranged by the- committee with gerberas.

A very successful garden fete in connection wiit h Christ Church, Papakura, held in the vicarage grounds on Easter Monday. The weather was perfect and a large gathering was . present, thereby enabling the church funds to ke augmented to Ihe extern; of £4O. The 'tails and i-ompetitions were conducted by helpers from Fapakura, Drury and Kal *aka. 11j( ; Christ Church Tennis Club j>sld a tournament,-followed by a danco in the paiish hall, which was attended ty 100 people and proved a. considerable in making the entertainment suecessful. The handsome• brass hand made f'fe-sciern made and donated by Miss G. wood, was won by Miss O. Blanch, of opalie];e.