SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22086, 16 April 1935, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. V. Simms is leaving to-day by the Niagara for Sydney.

Miss Betty Kelly will leave to-day to spend the Easter holidays at Wangamii.

M iss A. I). Soutar, of Renuiera, will spend the Easter holidays at Whakatane.

M iss Neroli McClatchie, of Christchurch, is the guest of Miss G. Rattray, of Mount Eden.

Miss Audrey Horton will leave by the Niagara to-day for Sydney, en routu to South Africa.

Mrs. E. M. Seager, of Marine Parade, Heme Bay. returned yesterday from a visit to Ohristchurch.

Miss Joan Rattray and Miss Hoban, of Auckland, will spend Easter at tho Waingaro Hot Springs.

Miss Eddowcs, of Bella Vista Road. Heine Bay, will leave on Thursday by car on a visit to Rotorua.

Miss Effie Studholme, of the Bav of Islands, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Douglas Deans, of Canterbury.

Miss Violet Roche leaves Auckland to-day by the Niagara on her return to Sydney after an extended overseas tour.

The Hon. Mrs. D. Baker, of England, who has been visiting New Zealand, is leaving to-day by the Niagara for Sydney.

Mrs. John Ramsay and Mrs. John Tait, Melbourne, and Mrs. Beaumont Smith, Wellington, are at the Grand Hotel.

Mrs. J. Lang, Western Australia, Mrs. S. Cracknell. Hamilton, and Mrs. J. H. Banks, Waikino, are at the Central Hotel.

Mrs. Stuart Garland, Sharp Road, Epsom, and Iter family, will leave by car to-morrow to spend a holiday in Wellington.

Mrs. R. li- Mack, who lias been visiting her mother, Mrs. H. E. Vaile, will leave by the Niagara to-day en route to England.

Mrs. Ella J. Spicer and Miss Spicer, Mainston Street, Remuera, will leave by the Monterey 011 May 17 for Sydney, en route to England.

At the Station Hotel are Mrs. Ross Maclean, North Queensland. Mrs. A. H. Grant and Mrs. F. J. Dargaville, Dargaville, Mrs. R. Kipp, Sydney, Mrs. A. Stuckev. Perth, Miss H. Calvert, Wellington, and the Misses S. and J. Beale, Cambridge.

In appreciation for the services they have rendered as librarians for the past 21 years, a public social evening was given in the Taupiri Hall for Mr. and Mrs. T. T. White. On behalf of the residents of the district, Mr. W. A. Lovell presented Mrs. White with'an illyminated address and Mr. White with a well filled wallet.

At a meeting of the Ladies' Gardening Club of Whangarei Mrs. W. A. Given gave instructive information on the cultivation of dahlias, and displayed many excellent blooms sent by Miss Clark Walker, Mr. A. Englund, and Mrs. Andrews (Avondaie). A feature of the address was the arrangement of the exhibits for different colour schemes and explanations for such arrangements.

The following members of the Alpine Sports Club will leave on Thursday to visit Mount Egmont:—Miss Josephine Mulvanv, Miss Gwen Spargo, Miss E. .Joan Thomson, Miss Dulcie Arnoldson, Miss I. Hamilton, Miss Jean Thomson. Miss Ada Wilkinson, Miss Nell Sturtevant, Miss Millicent Jackson, Miss Irene Rowe, Miss B. Stone, Miss Ailsa Bell. Miss J. M. Stone. Miss Eleanor J. Knight, Miss Hilda Phillipson and Miss Gladys McAneney.

A social and gift evening was tendered to Miss P. McWatt and Mr. H. Coles in the Waimauku Hall on Saturday. Items were given by Mrs. T. Chaplin" and Mrs. J. Adkins (songs), Miss Patricia Chaplin (Maori song and recitation), Mrs. D. Hyland (recitations), Mrs. C. Jackson and Mrs. W. Morrison (humorous sketch). Mrs. Burrell, sen., and Mrs. Morrison were the pianists. Many useful and decorative gifts were received by the two guests of honour.

An enjoyable afternoon was held at the residence of Mrs. Fazaekley, Taylor Street, Avondaie, last week in aid of Plunket funds. Competitions and songs were rendered by Mrs. Howie and Mrs. Davies, the winners of the competitions being Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Ralf Gates (Kumeu). Mrs. Fazaekley and Mrs. Penman (president), as joint hostesses, received the following:—Mesdames Walden, Greep, Davies, Ralf Gates (Kumeu), Thorn, Whale, Rigden, Chaplin, Banks, Everton, Runciman, Simpson, Howie, Marsden, Howie, Browne, Ritchie.