SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 21

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. T. H. Lowry, Hawke's Bay, is visiting Wellington for the races. At the Central Hotel are Mrs. G. W. Balder, Hamilton, and Miss Jean Forbes, Tauranga. Mrs. C. Elgar, Featherston, will return next week by the Rangitiki from a visit to England. Mrs. Noel R. Tenipler, of Doll Avenue, Remuera, has left for a week's holiday in Wellington. Mrs. W. Cooke, Wairiki Road, Mount Eden, left this week for Wellington and the South Island. Mrs. H. M. Chatfield has returned to Wellington after a visit to Auckland and Korikeri (Bay of Islands). Mrs. H. I/. Lucena and her son have arrived in Auckland from Christchurch en route,for Sydney. They are staying with Mrs. John Lucena, Great South Road. Mrs. L. C. Averill, Cliristchurch, will leave early next week for Auckland to meet her husband. Dr. Averill. who will return to New Zealand from America early in November. A talk on the customs of the Maoris was given by Mrs. Bennett (district superintendent of Maori work) to members of the Henderson branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. Piatt presided. Mrs. V. Gallic, Wellington, Mrs. M. Easson, Sydney, Miss M. Walsh, Wellington, Mrs. J. Alton, Hawke's Bay, Mrs. Bisehoff-Madden, Waiuku, Mrs. L. Parkinson, Opotiki. and Mrs. A. Rochfort, Piopio, are at the Station Hotel. The Otahuhu Women's Christian Temperance Union met on Thursday afternoon, Mrs. W. Taylor presiding. A report of the recent New Zealand Alliance convention was given by Mrs. Williamson and an address by Mrs. Tusker Brown (Auckland). The hostess was Mrs. Webb. A play entitled "Three Widows" was read by Mesdames Donne, Haywood and Sullivan at a meeting of the Women's Progressive Club of the Y.W.C.A. Nominations for officers for the coming year were received. Dancing and games were enjoyed and supper was served by Mesdames Atford, Hoiland and Fisher.

A presentation was made to Miss E. Everitt, of the Te Aroha post office, on the occasion of her retirement from the service. The postmaster, Mr. A. L. Willis, in making the presentation of a silver teapot, thanked the recipient for her loyalty and help during her term of office in the telephone department and wished her all future success. The National Council of Women flourishes in South Africa, and many of its members hold important positions in public life. Two members who hold onerous public offices are Mrs. 3£. ll_ haus, who has been elected to the Gape Provincial Council, and Advocate Bertha Solomon, who has become a member of the Transvaal Provincial Council. The Paris Chamber of Commerce has again given its usual subsidy to tho advancement of Esperanto in business colleges and high schools, and the London Chamber of Commerce also continues to give its yearly prizes for the furtherance of this study. Esperanto has made much progress in the film world, not only in European countries, but also in Japan. A bank official recently travelling in Japan and representing Los Angeles and Hollywood, made use of broadcasting stations m Esperanto throughout the country, and the principal newspaper, the largest m the East, gave a page to his propaganda. The Netherlands Government has presented a castle and grounds for the use of universal Esperantists as a hostel and school • to be run without profit on account of the efforts of one of the pioneer women in the Esperanto movement, Mrs. Julia Isbrucker.