SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21505, 31 May 1933, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS

X,ach" Myers, of Wellington, is at the Grand Hotel. Miss E. t- Gee is the guest p f ]\Lrs. h C. Rathbone at Waingaro. C. A. Jeffcry and Miss T). Gray, ©f Wellington; are at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. Whittingham and Mrs. Bulli•rant, of Ohristchurch, are at Hotel Cargcm. Mrs. Charles Mv.nn, of Mount Eden, left for the "Bay of Islands yesterday morniaCy and will be absent for u month. Mrs. M. G n "k and Miss T>. M. Conk, of Herne fen v. left Sydney by the Ormonde bt-t Saturday en route to Jyondofl. . Mrs. Carleton Williams, of Gisborne, risiting Auckland, -where she is the guest of her mother, Mrs. John Mills, Parnell Road. Mrs. A. E. Williams, of View Road, Mount Eden, has left for Wanganui, to be near her sister, Mis.? Mountfort, who is seriously ill in a private hospital. Mrs. A. E. Kelly (C'hristchurch't Ims had two portraits accepted for the Paris Salon. One painting is of Miss Helen Buchanan, and the other of Mrs. Wilfred Sim. It may be recalled that IMrs. Kelly had a -portrait in last year's Paris exhibition and was awarded an honourable* mention. Miss Ottilie Boetzkes,, a German ■woman, who recently retired from the position of professor of languages at Washington University, Seattle, was a through passenger to Sydney by the Makura. which arrived in Wellington on Monday from San Francisco. Miss Boetzkes is proceeding to London.

'Mrs. G. Graham Russell (Auckland") reached London at the beginning of April. She expects to be :n the Mother Country July, and to return to New Zealand via Panama, states our London correspondent. After a long absence from England, Mrs. Russell intends to, spend' most of her time with relatives/ • Mrs. P. Asser and Miss H. Asser passengers by the Akaroa, are at present visiting relatives, Btates our London correspondent. Later they intend motoring through England and Scotland, and then to make a Continental tour., The Channel Islands also will be visited. About the end of the year they expect to leave on their return home. The Hillsborough Croquet Club opened for winter plav on Saturday. The afternoon 'was perfect and croquet was enjoyed by all. A large number of members from sister clubs who have joined for the.winter, attended and found the greens in splendid playing condition. Mrs. Ward, the retiring secretary, was presented with a jardiniere as a token of appreciation of her past services, by club members. '' Children under the tuition of Madame Aileen Frost provided a concert in the Parish Hail, Papakura, on Saturday evening, in aid of the Anglican Church .funds. The hall was taxed to capacity and a most enjoyable programme was aijoyed the. appreciative audience. A Maori .party delighted the gathering with songs andghakas and the rest of the programme; which comprised a wide variety of musical and elocutionary items and sketches, was provided by the children. Mrs. Bischoff and her two daughters (Auckland) intend to be in London until the middle of May, -when they will start out on a tour of the British Isles, wrote our London correspondent on April 28.' During May, Miss Myrtle Bischoff will spend a week at Foxlease, . the headquarters of the Girl Guides in/ the New Forest, and she hopes- to see something of English Guiding-generally -while on her travels. In July, Mrs. Bischoff and her daughters will take part in the AngloCatholic. Centenary celebrations, and •lafter that a month is to be spent on the Continent.

The Hikurangi Croquet Club held a rery successful card evening in. Purdy's Hall to celebrate the closing of the 193233 season. Sixteen tables were engaged in bridge, and a number of enthusiasts played their favourite game of whist. During the supper interval, the president, Mrs/ C. I'obinson, presented the Gager and Hawkins Cups to Mesdames Phillips and Xisbet respectively. Mrs. Robinson expressed the club's appreciation ..to Mr. S. J. Wood, lawn superintendent,/for the outstanding way in yhich the greens had been maintained during the season. The evening s bridge prizes were won by Mesdames and Muir, and tb<? whist trophies by lsrs. Newman and Miss Cruickshank.