SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22864, 20 October 1937, Page 4

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. C. L. "MacDiarmid, of Hamilton, is at the Station Hotel.

Mr T. Allan, of Hamilton, is visits ing Mrs. A. Barlow, of Kumeu.

Mrs. A. Luke, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland and is at £he Grand Hotel.

Miss Lily Oil, of Northcote, returned yesterday from a holiday spent at Wellington.

Mrs. Agatha Bunny, of Lower H"tt, left on Monday on a visit to ISapier and Rotorua.

Mrs. J. Bowden, of Northcote, who has been visiting New Plymouth, returned 3'esterda^.

Mrs. J. E. Hume, of Nelson, is visiting Auckland and ib at Glenalvon, Waterloo Quadrant.

Miss Nancv Coles, of. Hastings, left by the Niagara yesterday on an extended visit to Sydney.

Mrs W. H. Gummer. Mountain Road, Epsom, left by the Niagara yesterday on a visit to Sydney.

Mrs. R- Atkinson Abbott, Upland Road, Ronniera, lolt by the Niagara yesterday on u visit to Syunej.

Mrs. G. S. Seers, of Wellington, left by the Monterey on Mondav on a visit to the United Sta.tes and England.

Mrs. Fred Brabant, accompanied by her husband, has left for Manly, where she will spend the summer months.

Mrs. G. Gillet (Kaeo), Mrs. A. S. Coulton (Hawke's Bay), and Mrs. J.Rose (Wellington) are at the Central Hotel.

Mrs W Bagge, of Auckland, and Mrs. C. L. MacDiarmid, of Hamilton, have returned to Hamilton from a brief visit to Gisborne.

Miss A. L. Grenfell Spencer, of Mount Eden, returned to Auckland on Monday by the Niagara from a visit to California and the United States.

There was a large attendance at the first annual dance of the Bayswa.erBelmont Girls' Club held at Belmont to augment the Crippled Children I und.

Mrs. H. C. Gregory has returned to Auckland after completing an engagement as producer for the Marlborough Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society.

\t the Esplanade Hotel, Devonport, arc: Mrs. E. Guthrie (Wellington), Mrs. G. Heridv, Mrs. J. Derig (Whancrarei), Mrs. H. C. Thatcher (National Park).

Mrs. Robert Tanner, who arrived by the Niagara on Monday from a visit to Canada and the United States, returned to her home in Palmerston North last evening.

Miss Tennyson-Green, the well-known artist, and her sister. Miss Augusta Green, returned to Auckland by the Niagara from a visit to England. At present they are at Hotel Stonehurst.

\ n enjovable card evening was held on Saturday at Ostend, the organiser being Mrs. W. R. Russell. The successful card winners were Mrs. C. S. Butler and Mr. W. R. Russell (Ostend).

The Woodlands Hall anniversary dance proved to be a very enjoyable function. A novelty dance was won by Miss G. Carruthers and Mr. J. Keller. A home-made supper was served by the ladies' committee.

Patients in the surgical ward of the Whangarei District Hospital, were entertained by Madam A. V ® ra^J} s " ling's concert party last week. The accompaniments were played by Madame Rolfe-Smith and Miss Joan McKenzie.

A very successful bachelors ball was held in "the Ritz Theatre, Te Kuiti, last week, visitors from all parts of the. district being present. Attractive decorations and excellent music assisted in making the occasion a most enjoyablo one.

A farewell party arranged by Mrs. F. E. Mason, for Mrs. A. H. Cheepman, who will leave Hamilton shortly to live in Auckland was held in the Centreway Lounge, Hamilton. The Mayoress, Mrs. J. R. Fow, on behalf of the gathering, presented Mrs. Cheesman with an autographed fireside book.

Miss Gladys McMillan, of Whangarei, spent five months in Scotland and also visited the Hebrides, where she experienced wonderful hospitality from the Scottish people, wrote our London correspondent on October 2. She is now leaving for Nova Scotia, her father's birthplace, and her journey across Canada will include visits to Ottawa and Toronto. At Vancouver, Miss McMillan will connect with her steamer for New Zealand.

Mrs. E. Payne, formerly .well-known in Auckland, expects to be in New Zealand about the end of the year on a few months' visit, wrote our London correspondent on October 2. She has booked her passage by the Strathaird, to leave London on October 29. Mrs. Payne, the daughter of wellknown Auckland residents in the earlydays, has a number of relatives to see. She thinks of returning via America, and hopes to be in London again early next June.

A pleasant afternoon was spent on the Tanpiri Croquet Club's lawns, when the official opening of the new season took place. Visitors were present from surrounding districts. The club president, Mrs. T. B. MeDowall, welcomed the visitors and Mrs. A. W. Buss played the first ball. Competitions were played, the winners being:—Progressive A grade: Mrs. Dingle (Waeranga); progressive B grade, Mrs. Canbv (Te Kauwhata); crazy rings, Mrs. Grant (Te Kauwha'ta); target, Mrs. Smith (,Huntly); ladder, Mrs. J. Old (Hamilton).

News of the Mischel Cherniavsky family who visited Now Zealand some time ago. states that Mr. and Mrs. Cherniavsky now have five sons, the youngest being only a few weeks of age. The oldest, Michael, a Westminster scholar, is going on to Balliol College, Oxford. David, the 'cellist, is at Clifton College, and John, who is a violinist, is in the choir at St. George's, Windsor. Some day father and sons may tour New Zealand, for they all play some instrument. Meanwhile, their home in Suffolk is a centre of musical culture.