SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7017, 4 January 1910, Page 7

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES

Mrs Clifft, of Nelson, is staying at the Grand:

Mrs Gerald Tolhurst returns to Otaki to-morrow.

Mr and Mrs Ijeslio Harris, of Dtinedin, went South last night.

Sir and Mrs T. Campbell, of Karori, arrive to-day by the Moeraki.

Mrs W. P. Jarnie-5, of Mastcrtoii, is visiting friends at Auckland. \

Mrs Dr Smyth,, cf Carterton, is spending a holiday at Plimonerton.

Mr and Mrs T. W. Young left for •'ilfcrd Sound and the Southern Lakes last nialit.

Mrs Eagle, senr., of Carterton is on a holiday visit to Eotorua for the benefit of her health.

Miss Pascoo, of Wellington, is on a visit to Mrs Norman James, of Lansdowne, Masterton. '

Mt and Mrs McKenzie, of Eeatherston, and Mr and Mrs Ball, of Eketahuna, are staying at the Windsor.

Guests at the Grand include Mr and Mrs Thompson (Timaru), Mr and Mns Parsons (Feilding), and Mr and Mrs G. M. Browne.

The engagement is announced of Mr Albert Creagh O'Connor, son of Mr it. Vere O'Connor, of Wellington, to 3liss Blattery, also of Wellington.

Nurse Sexton, the St. John Ambulance Senior District Nurse,. has If ft for Auckland and Botorua accompanied hy her daughter, Miss Maud JonesSexton.

Mr 15 Be Lacev, fourth son of the late- Mr A. H. Do Laccy, of Carterton was married last week at-Takapau, Hawke's Bay. to Miss Amy Paget, daughter of Mr .Thomas Paget, of Takapau.

Miss Mabel Maiison. a. New Zealand soprano, sang at Dundee, in November, at a municipal concert. Her delightful rendering of "Sunshine and Butter■e-." was loudly cheered, and she had to'.respond to an encore.

Tho meeting of the Educational Institute begins ■to-morrow, and in the evening a social will bo held in the Y.M.C.A. Booms. Among the visitors nro Miss Birsse and Miss Bellamy, Southland; Mis* Hooper, Otarjo; Miss Newman and Miss Shrewsbury, from Auckland;"'Mrs Anderson, Hawke's Bav; Mrs Do-wling. from Taranaki: and Mrs Chaplin, North Canterbury. Miss Oraig and Miss Dowdeswell represent Wellington at the conference.

Lady Stout's championship in the "Times" of female franchise in New Zealand has not £ono unchallenged (writes our 'London correspondent on November 26th V Another New Zealand woman, who shields her identity, however, -behind- a pen-name, writes to the "Times" this " week traversing some of. Jjady Stontfs statements. "Gambling.", says this New Zealandcr, "is certainly.the besettinH sin of the community'(in New Zealand),. and in my experience women play bridge for money quite as generally as thoy do in England. Smoking is freely indulged in—l have often deplored this growing hahit among our younger women. Drunkenness is not common in New Zealand, but can your correspondent explain the three notorious exceptions in the New Zealand Parliament, where the guilty members were returned time after time when they wore well known to be unfit for their duties, and why the women's vote did' not prevent this? I am sorry not to bo able to bear your correspondent out in all her eloquent letter implies, but after on'v sixty years' colonisation one can hardly bo expected to have attained the millennium."

We have three months of summer weather to get yet, and one is surprised to find new summer millinery just given away at Mrs Mathewson's, Lambton quay. You can get such a smartlytrimmed hat there for 8s lid, and. those at 12s 6d are good enough for the most dressy occasions. The sale is only for ten days, so wiso people will buy early. • Weddings.—Bride's and Bridesmaid's Bouquets, Sprays. Baskets, and other trtistio floral devices for birthdays, presentations, bon voyage, etc. . Choicest flowers only used. Miss Murray, ViceP.cgal Florist. 36. Willis street • HINTS ABOUT YOUR HAIR AM) HOME TREATMENT. If your hair is falling, faded, or grey, do not worry, Miss Milsom's wonderful treatment and preparations will not only restore to life and lustre, but positively cure dandruff and diseases of the scalp. Treatments from 3s 6d. _ Shampooing, Face Massage, Manicuring, Clipping, Hoirdressing done and taught. Hairwork of every description. Electrolysis, painless and permanent. King's Chambers, Willis street (nest Empire Hotel). Telephone 814. *