SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12355, 27 January 1926, Page 5

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs Staples-Brown, better known as Maggie Papakura, is at present visiting Rotorua. , , : Miss Madelaine Clarke, _ : publicity agent for Guy Bates Post, is in Wellington, and is staying at the -Windsor Hotel. Miss Clarke before taking up her present wark was on the staff of a, Brisbane paper. Mrs Eliot Warburton, of Palmerston North, has been staying with her- siater, Mrs Fulton, in Grant road; for a few days. She leaves on her return home to-morrow. Mrs S. F. Burgess, of New, Plymouth, who has been visiting 'Wellington, has returned home. Mrs H. E'. Featherstone, Wellington, is visiting her. sister, Mrs E. M. Walton, Ngapuhi road, Remuera, Auckland. Mrs E. Boulton and Mrs N.,'Wilke returned to Christchurch from Wellington last night. Mrs Duigan, of Wanganui, is visiting the South Island. Airs Eirhelbaum, Wellington, is on a visit to the south. Lady Parr, accompanied by her family, has returned to Wellington from Auckland. The engagement is announced in. an exchange of Dorothy Irene, second daughter of Mr and Mrs William Turnbull. of Hobson street, Wellington, to Ivan Huston, only son 8f Mrs Curlett and the late ’Huston • Curlett, of Hawke’s Bay. . 1 Sir George and Lady Clifford havereturned to Christchurch .from Wellington. Mrs A. B. Grove, of Wellington, is in Christchurch. Miss Jean Alackenzie has returned to New Plymouth from Wellington. Mrs S. Pope and Miss Airini Pope have returned to Wellington after ‘ a holiday in Taranaki. ...... The wedding was solemnised at St. Matthew’s Church, Auckland on January 6th, of Miss Lila Rose Whitten, only daughter of Mrs and the late Mr A. Whitten, of Grey Lynn. Auckland, to Mr Arthur Richard Watson, second son of Mr and Mrs J. Watson, of Auckland! Miss Eliza _ Campbell, of Auckland, who arrived in. England via America, expects to. be there for at least two years. At present she is'staying. with her brother, Mr .J. Morrow Campbell. D. who left New Zealand a good many years ago. The marriage was solemnised at St. Matthew’s Church, Auckland, of Ivy Doris Isabel, only daughter of Mr and Mrs W. B. Kirkman,’ of Herne Bay, to Allan Tliomaai youngest son of Captain and Mrs Page, of Herne Bay.Mr and Airs T. 11. Lawson, of Wellington, are recent arrivals in Christchurch. Miss Irene Wilson (Queen Margaret College. Wellington) left Hanmer last week with a small party "an a walking tour across country to Nelson. A wedding of interest was celebrated at Hamilton in the afternoon of New Year’s Day, wh'en Air J; S. Hornblow, of Palmerston North, and eldest | son of Mr and Airs J. K. Hornblow, of Foxtom, was united to Dorothy ! Elaine, second daughter of Sir and Mrs Firth, late ,of Wellington and now of Hamilton. . The ceremonv took place in St. George’s Anglican Church, the officiating minister being the vicar, Rev. Frank Harty, assisted by the Rev. E. Osmers. The service Wes choral.

In speaking at the-opening of the Rathbohe Maternity Hospitaly at Waipawa oh Thursday. Dr. yaliiitine, Di-rector-General of (Health',- remarked that New Zealand did not-’ %ant any more hospitals—they were. very well served in this respect—hut .what the country did need was many more maternity institutions, and it was .owing to the generosity of gentlemen like the Ratbbone trustees that they Xrere able to extend these very excellent hospitals. They had now in. the Dominion 2000 qualified midwives, 1129 of whom were actually working and 279 of whom were class B midwives—those who had not completed their training. At one time the number of untrained midwives exceeded the thoroughly trained, but happily the position was reversed to-day. The marriage was celebrated in Melbourne on Wednesday of Doris, younger daughter of Mrs E. Moreland, of Melbourne, to Daniel W. Reese, elder son of Mr and Mrs T. W. Reese, Rossall street, Merivale (Christchurch). Mr Reese is well-known in the cricketing fraternity of Canterbury, as a bowler and a batsman. He was a member of the Boys’ High School first eleven, and he now plays for St. Albans. He has represented Canterbury. He is a nephew of Dan Reese, one of the best allround cricketers New Zealand has-pro-duced. The death occurred on Friday , at Parkvale of Mrs Hickson, a settler; of many years in that locality. , .Mrs Hickson, svho was 74 years of, age, is survived by a family of four sons and four daughters, including Mesdnmes Sullivan (Hawke’s Bay), Fisher (Parkvale). and G- H. Hood (Greytow.n), and Alessrs A. (Australia). H. E. (Manterton), and John (Parkvale). The death Occurred at Northcote cn Saturday of Airs Phoebe Margaret Ralston, aged 78, who had resided in the, district for the past -half-century. Mrs Ralston was hern in Auckland, being the daughter of . the late Mr and Mrs Dennett, old Auckland pioneers. She married the late Air James M. Tunny, Government analyst, and the son and daughter, Mr James Good Tunny and Mrs William Bruce, of Northcote, died some years ago. With the exception of a few years at Tauranga, Mrs Ralston resided in Auckland throughout her life. She is survived by .her second husband, Mr Alex. AI. Ralston,' and two sons, Messrs William Henry Ralston and Gavin Dennett Ralston, of Northcote, and 10 grandchildren.