SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23042, 20 May 1938, Page 3

SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. S. C. Carter, of Ngarua, is at the Central Hotel.

Mrs. J. T. Fearnle.v, of Northcote, has returned from a holiday at Cambridge.

Mrs. W. H. Brabant has returned to Auckland from a visit to the Wairarapa.

Mrs. Cordon F. Saunders, Tiri Road, Milford, has returned from a visit to the Waikato.

Mrs. J. C. Allan left Auckland last evening by the limited express on a visit to Dunedin.

Miss P. Wood, of Mount Eden, Auckland, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. A. Vollemaer, of Thames.

Mrs. J. C. Williams, of Hauraki Street, Birkenhead, returned yesterday from a holiday at Rotorua.

Mrs. S. Pearce and Miss Ola Pearce, of Wellington, are the guests of Mrs. Henri Cabouret, Courtville Flats.

Mrs. F. Cave, of Opotiki, left yesterday on her return after visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. Webb, in Auckland.

Mrs. Hubert Watson, who has been visiting tlio Dominion, with her two small sons, will leave for England by the Arawa.

Mrs. R. King, Roslyn Avenue, Remuera, who has been visiting Rotorua, expects to return to Auckland at the week-end.

Mrs. F. D. McGovern, Victoria Avenue, Remuera, and Miss Clements, of Parnell, returned this week from a visit to Rotorua.

Recent visitors from Auckland to the Hermitage, Mount Cook, are Miss C. M. Colgrove, Miss P. Laidlaw, and Miss Fay Cawkwell.

The monthly meeting of the Onehunga branch of the W.C.T.U. was held this week. An interesting address was given by a visitor from Gore, Mr. D. Elder.

Mrs. L. W. Delph, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Bruce Gilfillan, Laurie Avenue, Parnell, will return to New Plymouth by motor-car to-day.

Mrs. R. Godmond, of Whakatane, will leave London early in May on a month's visit to her cousin, who lives near Bath, wrote our London correspondent.

A branch of the women's organisation of the National Party was formed at Onehunga yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Keith Buchanan was elected president and Mrs. F. Mark secretary and treasurer.

Mrs. J. J. Wrigley, of Tauranga, is touring England and Scotland, wrote our London correspondent on April 30. She expects later to spend two months on the Continent and will arrive in New Zealand in December.

Mrs. F. P. Worley, Portland Road, Remuera, who has been spending a holiday at the Chateau, returned home yesterday. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Selwyn Miller, of Thames, who will be her guest.

Mrs. E. M. S. Billington, of Auckland, spent Easter at Bournemouth, and is now staving with relatives in Herefordshire. She will probably leave for New Zealand in November, wrote our London correspondent on April 30.

Mrs. C. H. Sorensen, of New Plymouth, has been touring Devon and Cornwall. Before leaving for New Zealand on June 11, she will spend a short time at Bognor Regis and Salisbury, wrote our London correspondent on April 30.

The wedding of Mr. F. J. H. Gratten, of the Native Affairs Department, to Miss Gareth Barkley, of Rakaia, New Zealand, took place in the Apia Protestant Church, Apia, on April 23, writes the Apia correspondent of the HivßAiiP. The Rev. H. P. Perkins officiated.

Mrs. H. T. Armitage, wife of Mr. H. T. Armitage, deputy-governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney, will leave Rotorua, where she hat. been having treatment, for Auckland, on Monday. She will sail by the Wanganella 011 Thursday on her return to Australia.

Mrs. W. Hayes and Miss N. Hayes (Hamilton), Mrs. F. J. Dunbar (Waipukurau), Mrs. F. G. Goodisson (Rotorua), Mrs. L. V. Morris and Miss Beverly Morris (Paeroa), Mrs. G. W. Fairweather (Christchurch), Mrs. Pollock Smith and Miss Janet Pollock Smith (Whangarci) are at the Station Hotel.

An address was given to members of the Scottish Women's Club by Mrs. Kohn on Scottish nationalism and characteristics. She also read a number of poems. Contributing to the evening's entertainment were Miss Barbour, with musical items, and Mrs. White with solos. Hostesses were Mrs. White, Mrs. Young and Miss Barr.

Members of the Cheerio Club were entertained with a programme provided by children at tlio weekly meeting. Among the visitors who contributed were little Marie Lindop, who recited; Owen Evans, who contributed recitations, songs and pianoforte solos, Olive Rawloigh and Lorraine Derrick, who gave duets and dances. Balloons and sweets were distributed to the children. Hostesses were Mesdames lrvino and Atford.

Mrs. Helen Griffiths, of Auckland, who is now in London, will go to Edinburgh to meet friends and relatives whom she has not seen for 30 years, wrote our London correspondent on April 30. Later she will visit Holland, France and Switzerland. Mrs. Griffiths, who is the president of the Y.W.C.A. Scottish Women's Club, and vicepresident of the New Zealand League of Ponwomen, expects to be away at least a year.