SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22823, 2 September 1937, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. H. M, Davys, of Sydney, is at Hotel Cargen.

Mrs. George Stewart, of Hamilton, is visiting Auckland.

Miss I. McLennan, of Wellington, is at the Central Hotel.

Mrs. \V. .Anderson, of Wellington, is at present visiting Auckland.

Miss Elizabeth Kirk, of the United States, is at the Grand Hotel.

Mrs. G. E. Beamish, of (Victoria Avenue, is a visitor to Itotorua.

Mrs. B. C. Bennett has returned to Wellington from a visit to Itotorua.

Miss Kathleen Fouhy has returned to Auckland from a visit to Itotorua.

Mrs. l'an MacEwan, Vincent Avenue, Romuera, has returned from a visit to Kawau.

Mrs. Carl Langstaff returned to Auckland yesterday from a visit to Itotorua.

Mrs. P. F. Barker, of Gishorne, has returned from a visit to Itotorua and Wellington.

Mrs. L. W. Swan, of Itemuera Road, and her two sons are spending a week at Rotorua.

Mrs. W. L. Wiseman, of Epsom, and her two children are spending a holiday at Itotorua.

Mrs. J. A, H. Bell and her daughter, Zeela, of Cambridge, are visiting Mrs. H. Dickens, Devonport.

Miss Marjorio Collins, of Remuera, will leave Wellington by the Wanganella to-day for Sydney.

The Misses Young, of Palmerston North, are the guests of Mrs. W, Young, Punui Road, Te Awamutu.

Mrs. A. M. Salmon and Miss E. J. Salmon, of Auckland, were recent visitors to the Hermitage, Mount Cook.

Mrs. C. A. Hughes and Miss Jean Hughes, of Bell Road, Remuera, left by motor car yesterday for Wellington to spend a holiday.

Mrs. W. G. Kcnrick, Kitchener Road, Takapuna, who has been spending a holiday in Sydney, returned by the Awatea on Tuesday.

Mrs. H. H. Cork, of who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. A. Horrocks, at St. Heliers Bay, returned home yesterday !afternoon.

Miss Molly Goodwin, of Canterbury Place, will leave from Wellington by the Wanganella to-day. She is accompanying the New Zealand ski team to Sydney.

Mrs. W. A. Boucher and Miss Dulcie Boucher, Orakei Road, Remuera, who have been visiting England and the Continent, will return by the Niagara on September 6.

Miss Sybil Mahoney, of Market Road, Remuera, left by train yesterday for Tauranga where she will take part in the Tauranga golf tournament. She will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. B. Speed.

The Waiheke Returned Soldiers' Club held a successful five hundred card tournament and dance in the Oneroa cabaret on Saturday night. The successful card winners were: —Mr. T. Finer (Ostend) and Mrs. Jagger (Oneroa).

At the Station Hotel are:—Mrs. W. Mackie (South Africa),' Mrs. Abrahams (Melbourne), Mrs. E. Langford (Wellington), Mrs. J. Crosby (Whangarei), Mrs. A. Matthews (Hamilton), Miss F. Tully (Waipukurau), and Miss E Heine (Christchurch).

Mrs. George M. White, of Auckland, expects to be in London until about December, wrote our London correspondent on August 11. With her husband, she will visit the Stratford-on-Avon district and then will go to Birmingham, Leicester and other manufacturing centres, where Mr. White has business interests.

The Remuera branch of tho Women's Christian Temperance Union met recently. Mrs. ltobinson presided. Arrangements were made for delegates to attend tho convention in September. Sister Graco gave an interesting account of Khama., an African chief who was largely responsible for bringing about prohibition in Bochuanaland.

A farewell gathering for Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Broomfield and family, prior to their departure for Onehunga, was held in the hall at Onerahi recently. Mr. Broomfield has been headmaster at the local school for six years and also was chairman of the Town Board until his transfer. Mr.'and Mrs. Broomfield were presented with a grandfather clock suitably engraved.

Nurse A. Lilburne, who hopes to leave shortly for the mission fields in China, was tho guest of honour at an afternoon held at Hunua. The Rev. G. H. McKenzie, Moderator of tho Presbyterian Church, presided. Songs were rendered by Mesdames Crickett, Potts and Tremouth, and a recitation by Miss McCrao. During tho afternoon Mrs. Milne, of Moumoukai, presented Miss Lilburne with a cheque as a mark of appreciation from the people of the district.

A proposal is on foot in Palmerston North to erect a building as a memorial to the pioneer women of the district. Tho several women's organisations in the city and district are behind the effort. It is felt that there is a real need for a women's building in the city and the sympathy of the City Council will probably be enlisted. In a general discussion on tho question at a recent meeting, it was ascertained that certain organisations were seeking permanent quarters while other required accommodation for various activities. The proposed building will have thus to provide for a diversity of needs.

A fancy dress and novelty dance was

held by tho Misses Beresford recently. Prizes for tho best fancy dresses were won as follows: —Mrs. Thompson, representing a Maori wahine, and her partner, Mr. Philip Lewis, as a Tongan chief; Miss Barnes, as Queen Catherine; Mr. Rex Thompson, as a Spanish cavalier; Mrs. Allan as "Coronation"; Mr. Jackson, a Shiek; Miss Hcnshaw, early Victorian; Miss Skeat, peasant girl; Mrs. Walters, Penguin; Mrs. Jackson, Mad Hatter. Tho Noall Sisters sang and danced a duo tap rhythm, and Valerie Jackson danced a hornpipe. Miss Lapper was the judge.