SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21702, 18 January 1934, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. C. Pavitt, of Takapuna, is visiting Rotorua.

Mrs. FT. 31. Boyd, Wellington, is at tho Central Hotel.

Mrs. W. Oliver and family, of Takapuna, are visiting Rotorua.

Mrs. J. Geddis, of Takapuna, has returned from a visit to Rotorua.

Mrs. S. A. Stride and her sons leave ou Monday on a visit to Paihia.

Mrs. C. B. Plummer and family are at their summer house at Miiford.

Mrs. J. Hall, of Seaview Avenue, Northcote, is visiting Whangarata.

Mrs. G. Mills, Mayoress of Birkenhead, is spending a holiday at Brown's Bay.

Mrs. C. T. MeCorkindale, of Takapuna, has returned from a visit to Rotorua.

The Misses B. and V. Horrooks, Auckland, arc spending a holiday in Christchurch.

Oversea visitors at the Grand Hotel include Mrs. E. Seothain and Miss H. Whyte, London.

The Misses Lulu and Marie Drysdale, of Heme Bay, aro spending the holidays at' Rotorua.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Colson, of Bassett Road, Remuera, are spending a week at Waiheke Island.

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Darrow were recent Auckland visitors to the Hermitage, Mount Cook.

Miss Barbara Pierce, of Ranui Road, Remuera. has returned from a visit to Paihia, Bay of Islands.

Miss Keitha Mair, who has been staying with her parents at Takapuna, is returning to Dargavillo to-day.

Mr. and Mrs. H. M. A. Major, Masterton, who have been spending a holiday in Auckland, have returned home.

Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Coote, of Cambridge, who spent the Christmas vacation at Takapuna, have returned home.

Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Nathan, Wellington, who have been visiting Auckland and Rotorua, have returned home

Overseas visitors at the Station Hotel include Miss M. Doyle and the Misses A. B. and E. P. Roberts, Ballarat, Victoria.

Mrs. Rixon and Mrs. Carnarvon, Mangapai, who have been spending a short holiday in Auckland, returned home yesterday.

Mrs. D. J. McGowan and Miss M. E. Atkinson, Wellington. Mrs. Waddell and Miss Waddell, Hamilton, are at the Grand Hotel.

Mrs. G. W. Forbes, accompanied by her daughters, Misses Bertha and Jessie Forbes, will be present at tho Waitangi celebrations in February.

Lieutenant-Commander E. Calill, of H.M.S. Diomede, and Mrs. Calill, and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. AVright, of Okoroire, are Hotel Mon Desir.

Mrs. Herbert Tiarks and family, of Burwood Crescent. Remuera, have taken a house at Thorne's Bay, Takapuna, for the remainder of the holidays:

Mrs. A. B. Roberton and her daughters, the Misses Eleanor, Janet and Leslie Roberton, of Remuera, are returning on Saturday from Paihia, Bay of Islands.

Mrs. G. Alley, Katikati, Mrs. M. E. Collins and Mrs. G. Watson, Wellington, Miss Helen Kinionmouth, Christchurch, Miss D. Dickerson, Rotorua, are at the Station Hotel.

Mrs. H. K. Vickery. of Castle Drive, Epsom, returned yesterday from a camping motoring tour which included visits to the Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds, the Buller and Otira Gorges, Tongariro National Park and Waitomo. She also visited the Fox and the FranzJosef Glaciers.

Dr. Heather Kilgour, of Croydon. Sydney, recently appointed junior resident medical officer at Gympie Hospital, Queensland, was for ten years honorary physician at the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children at Redfern, Sydney, and for seven years medical officer to the Barnardo Homes.

An amazing record has been established in London by Miss Anona Winn, an Australian girl, during the past 18 months. She has played the comedy part in the film "A Constant Nymph," made records for six companies, written five songs all of which are good sellers, adapted lyrics from French and German, played at 13 of London's music halls, and is a leading radio star, having broadcast in every type of light entertainment, concerts, children's liour and television.

A woman who is devoting her life and her private income to the uplifting in a practical way of the Australian aborigine is Mrs. M. M. Bennett, now well known on the north-western coast of the Continent. A few years ago Mrs. Bennett began her work by visiting Port George and Forrest River stations, and in her capacity of nurse became matron of the latter mission. Meanwhile, convinced that tho natives could be trained in handicraft, she taught the women the arts of spinning and weaving, with the result that tho industry has now become thoroughly established.