SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21377, 29 December 1932, Page 12

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs.* C. T: Major, of Auckland, is at Hotel Car gen.

Mrs. H. L. Friend, of London, is at Hotel Cargen.

Miss M. Haswell, of' Wellington, is on a visit to 4uckland.

Mrs. A. P. Cowie has returned from a motor tour through Taranaki.

Mrs. Finlay McLcod, of Darling Point, Sydney, is at the Station Hotel.

Mrs. E. E. Caitc, of Eastbourne, is staying with her daughter, Mrs. H. 11. Davy, Epsom.

Mrs. William Glosse, of the Waitakeres, and her small son have left for la, visit to Dunedin.

Mrs. J. McKay, of Taranaki. who has been staying at Hotel Cheltenham, has returned to the South.

Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Morris, with their daughter, Mrs. Joan Green, are spending the holidays at Kawau.

Miss W. Webster, of New Plymouth, is visiting Auckland and is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. M. Watt.

Miss Phyllis Jones and Miss Joan McKay, 'of Remuera, are spending the summer months at Takapuna.

Mrs. and Miss Somers, whp went South by the Port Hunter, are spending Christmas at Palmerston North.

Miss A. S. Miller, of Auckland, who has been staying at Hotel Cheltenham, has returned to her home.

Mrs. J. L. Dempster and the Misses Dempster, of Wellington, and Miss Grave, of Oam axil,. Tiro at Hotel Cargen.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas-Maxwell and family, of Mount Albert, have left on a visit to Cowes Bay, Waiheke Island.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Stanley-Preston, of Te Awamutu, have taken a house at Muratai Road, Milford, for the summer vacation.

I Miss Erena Bishop and Miss Zena | Bishop are on an extended motor tour of North, accompanied by their aunt, Miss Shepherd.

Mrs. G. E. Gash and Miss Phyllis Gash, of- Grafton Road, have taken a house in Saunders Avenue, Takapuna, for the holidays.

At the Station Hotel are:—Mrs. S. E. Hill and Miss Donaldson, of Wellington; Miss J. Quay, New Plymouth, and Miss C. M. Jones, Christchurch.

Mrs. Robert McCracken, with her family, has returned to Lichfield after several weeks spent with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sheath, City Road.

Visitors, at Hotel Stonehuret include Mrs. Franklyn Bolt, of Melbourne; Miss L. W. Beisley, Sydney; Miss G. M. Ma'cpherson, London; Miss Wood, Matamata.

Miss Henderson, Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Anglican Girls' Bible Class Union, left on Tuesday evening by the limited express for the South' to attend the .annual camp and conference. She will visit Queenstown and the Southern Alps before returning to Auckland.

An interesting visitor' to Johannesburg recently was Mrs. Rachel Rabinowitz, an executive council member of the Union of Jewish Orphans' Relief Association of the Polish Republic State. She arrived to conduct a campaign throughout South Africa to raise money for the support of the orphanages. There are 235 of these institutions in Poland at present, holding 15,000 children of all ages, who not only are housed and fed, but are also educated.

The year 1932 will be looked upon as j an historic one in civic aunals in Pretoria and in South Africa generally, because for the first time it saw a woman as chief citizen of a capital city. Mrs. Malherbe, the retiring Mayor, took office time almost unprecedented in the annals of the city, as far as distress and financial depression were concerned, but, she tackled the problems heroically and it is well known that she led the way in the practical solution of the unemployment problem.

A passenger by tho Morinda, which arrived at Auckland yesterday, was Miss Lyal Hilliard, of Sydney, who has been spending an extended holiday at Norfolk Island. Miss Hilliard is a young lady who has travelled extensively during the past few years and on several occasions she has passed through New Zealand on her way to more or less isolated spots in the South Sea Islands. Recently Miss Hilliard has given a series of travel talks from Sydney broadcasting stations, and she -will fulfil broadcasting engagements during her New Zealand visit. Miss Hilliard is staying with her sister-in-law, Mrs. F. V. Hilliard, of Onehunga.