PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23082, 7 January 1937, Page 14

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Miss E. M. Clifford is the guest of Mrs N. L. Garrard at Geraldine. * ¥ * Mrs Leonard Tripp, of Wellington, is at present visiting Dunedin. ♦ * * Miss Joyce Clarke left during the week to spend a holiday in Australia. * >l< # Miss Sylvia Orbell. of Timaru, has been the guest of Mrs Harman Reeves at Waikouaiti. * * * Mrs M’Donald and Mrs Walker, of Timaru, are visiting Alexandra. * * * Mrs C. D. M’Elroy has returned to town after a holiday spent at Clyde and Alexandra. >!• Miss Betty Cotterill, who was the guest ,of Mrs Charles Rattray at Waikouaiti, has returned to Christchurch. * * * Lady Prince, of London, was a guest at the White Star Hotel, Queenstown, during the holidays. ♦ • • Miss Ray Jackson, Who has been spending the holidays at Outram, has returned to Dunedin. *. # * Mrs J. Gorman, jun., of Woodside, has returned home after a holiday at Invercargill. • ♦ ♦ Mrs H. Munro left on Tuesday for Wellington, where she will be the guest of Mrs F. Melrose, Tinakori road. • * « The Misses Bartholomew, who have been visiting Timaru, have returned to town. $ * Miss Mabel M.’Elrea, who has been visiting Geraldine, has returned to town. *, * * Mrs W. Hazlett, of Invercargill, is visiting her mother, Mrs E. F. Nicoll. of Fendalton, Christchurch. $ 5* * Miss Margaret Asher and Miss Mary Thomson were the guests of Mrs G. M. M'Elroy. of “ Willow Nook, Earnscleugh, during the holidays. * * * Miss Annette Orbell, who is to be a bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Mary Ritchie to Mr D. Orbell, is staying with Miss Molly Birch. •' • • Miss F. Couston left on Tuesday for Sydney, where she intends spending a few days before sailing for a short trip to the East. * * * Mr Justice Ostler and Mrs Ostler have been visitors to Queenstown, where they stayed at the White Star Hotel. # * * Lady Phibbs and Miss Phibbs,. of North Wales, were among recent visitors to the White Star Hotel, Queenstown. # * * Mr and Mrs A. G. Wise, while on their honeymoon tour from Dunedin, were the guests of Dr 'and Mrs lan Thomson, of Westport.

Mr and Mrs Charles Dunn, of Christchurch, and Mr and Mrs F. Frow, of Sydney, are the guests of Mrs Leslie Dunn, of Forbury road. St. Clair.

Mr and Mrs W. H. Orbell, of The Levels, arrived last night in Dunedin to be present at the wedding of their son, Mr Derrick Orbell, and Miss Mary Ritchie. * *

Miss Isobel Macdonald, of Waimate, who is visiting Dunedin for the wedding of Miss Mary Ritchie, is the guest of Miss Downie Stewart, Heriot row.

The reception and ball given by the New. Zealand Group of the Royal Empire Society on December 18 was one of the first of these pleasant functions to be held in the new premises in Northumberland street. Sir Archibald Weigall (chairman of the society s council), Lady Weigall, Mr W. J. Jordan (High Commissioner) and Mrs Jordan received the guests. Only an hour or so before the ball began the High Commissioner returned to London from Geneva, where he had been attending a session of the Council of the League o f Nations. These functions are always a pleasant means of bringing New Zealanders together for a few hours from all parts of the city, and are invariably well attended. On this occasion the guests included Mr Walter Nash, Minister of Finance and Marketing, and members of his staff, who were taking a few hours of wellearned relaxation. The society’s ballroom. which may also be used as a reception hall and lecture room, makes an attractive setting for dancing, and its balcony is popular with those who wish rather to watch the dancing than to participate as the evening proceeds.

A beautiful pink -pearl necklace, the property of an anonymous person, was withdrawn from sale at Christie’s, London, on December 14, when no advance was made on an offer of £6BOO. One of the outstanding dealers in the jewel market summed up the matter thus: “ Every man in the trade is well aware that this pearl necklace is worth £IO,OOO at least, despite the decline of values since people began to buy the cultured imitations. But we are still waiting for private buyers to come along and tell us that they are at last ready to purchase the real article. In the meantime some of us prefer to lay out our capital in diamonds and emeralds. which have a quick sale, instead of locking up our money in pearls, however tempting.” The present-day preference for emeralds and diamonds was shown when a ring with a single octagonal emerald realised £540 and when £1220 was naid for a necklace Ox 45 diamonds. Moreover, £9OO was given for a single-stone diamond ring. £6OO for an emerald and diamond brooch, and £550 for a pair of diamond earrings.

A New Zealander at present in London writes as follows: —"We have taken to standing outside 145 Piccadilly to watch the King coming home to lunch. From so much observation we have decided how it must be arranged. Apparently they telephone from the palace when the King leaves there to a policeman on duty at the Wellington Arch; he warns the men at Hyde Park Corner and outside the house itself. A few minutes later a

car conies sweeping through Green Park, switching on its lights for a second to warn the man on point duty. He holds up the entire mass of traffic at the corner—about 12 lines of it—and the King’s car goes slowly round and turns into No. 145, through the small crowd which has collected. Ho sometimes waves; the door is opened by a red-coated footman, and in goes the King.”

Recent visitors at Hotel Eichardt, Queenstown, include Miss H, Pearson, Sheffield, England. Mr and Mrs D. Cunningham and Miss Cunningham, Sydney, Australia; Miss L. M. Judge and Miss D. K. Cobb, Victoria, Australia: Messrs D. and H. Norman. Miss D. C. Norman and Miss W. Magarey, Adelaide; Mrs N. Thompson, New South Wales; Mr N. Thompson, Littigon, New South Wales; Mr E. H. Carlton and Dr J. Richardson, England; Miss R. Donson, China; Miss C. Arnold and Mr L. A. Fenton. Sydney: Miss I. Corner, • Auckland: Mr and Mrs Bundell, Mr and Mrs W. A. Simpson, Mr A. Coutayne, Mr W. Fergayne, Mr D. A. England, Mr and Mrs S. Nicol, Mr and Mrs Jamieson, Mr and Mrs W. Fcfrsythe, Mr W. B. Struthers, Mr J. Wakefield, Miss G. Wollerman. Mr P. Gamby, Mrs E. Peterson, Mr and Mrs S. S. Hamilton, Mr M. Hamilton and Miss E. Hamilton, Wellington; Mr and Mrs Wallis (Waipukurau); Mr and Mrs Jamison (Gisborne): Mr T. Bevan (Napier); Mr A. T. Power and

Mr and Mrs G. Power (Christchurch): Mr C. E. Bishop and Mr E. Mason (Gore); Mr P. Lamb (Timaru); Mr G. Anderson, Mr H. B. Thompson, Mr I. Laffey, Miss A. Winkel and Miss N. Buswell (Dunedin); Mr and Mrs Vickers and Mr and Mrs L. Mackie (Te Aroha); Mr and Mrs M'Skimming, Miss E. M'Skimming, Mr and Mrs Telford and Mr and Mrs Hislop (Benhar); Mr A.. Greensmith (Christchurch); Mr and Mrs Holmes and Mrs Stewart (Invercargill); Miss C. Ramsay, Miss E. Gotts and Miss D. Neville (Dunedin); Miss S H. Brown and Mr W, Brown (Cromwell); Mr G. Smith and Mr W. Ball (Christchurch); Mr D. A. Brown (Winton); Mr E. Watson and Mr and Mrs Watson (Dunedin): Mr. and Mrs F. J. Wood (Gore); Mr and Mrs Bachpp (Dunedin); Mr and Mrs Brunton, Miss R. Fleming and Miss O. M. Cash (Hamilton); Mr and Mrs Webb (Te Anau): Mr A. Young (Invercargill): Mr and Mrs T. Blood (Christchurch); Mr R. Cockburn and Mr R. D. Dwyer (Beaumont): Mr T. L. Moffat and Mr N. D. Moffat (Toronto, Canada); Mr H. Woods and Mr C. Cahill (Auckland); Mr and Mrs Fells. Mr E. Brown, Mr R, H. James and Miss I. Rawnsley (Dunedin). * *

Recent visitors at “ Golden Terrace/’ Queenstown, include: —Mr and Mrs f. W. Stirling and Miss Nancy Stirling, Perth Western Australia: Mr and Mrs H. J. M'Rae, Mr H. J. M'Rae. jun., and Misses V. and C. M'Rae, Melbourne; Miss N. Hayes, Dargaville; Mr B. C. Lowry, Hamilton; Misses E. and M. M'Elrae, Wellington; Mr G. Taylor, Oamaru; Mr C. J. Holmes, Christchurch; Mr and Mrs J. A. Whiteley, Gore; Mr H. J. Smellie. Miss M. Simpson, and Mr and Mrs W. F. Abel, Dunedin: Mr Frank Sharpe and Mr Eric Cowie, Invercargill: Miss R. Liddell, Cromwell.

Guests from Otago and Southland at the White Star Hotel, Queenstown, during the Christmas holidays were:— Dunedin —Professor Strong, Dr Whyte. Messrs H. A. Lemon, N. S. Stanton, and L. Oliver, Mr and Mrs N. G. Allen. Mrs Percy Priest, Miss Joan Priest, Mr Ernest Trend, Misses D. Lumsden and S. Holmes, Messrs A. M'Millan and J. Long, Mrs and Miss Symons. Mr and Mrs Forsythe, Mr T. Tye, Miss J. Christie, Mr and Mrs M. Greenslade. Mr and Mrs T. H. Howorth, Messrs W. R. Hamilton, D. H, Hamilton, Mr and Mrs Wilkin, Messrs F. D. M'Elrea, A. M'Millan. and J. Lang; Invercargill—Mr and Mrs Galvin, Messrs W. R. Larver, K*. M'Kae, L. Johnson, D M. Page, A. G. Pickard, J. A. Pickard, D. Cuthbertson, H. J. Tapper. Dr and Mrs J. A. Pottinger. Miss Nicholson, and Miss B Thomson; Alexandra— Messrs C..H. Robson, and R. MLay: Kaitangata —Messrs Thomson (3); Romahapa—Mr and Mrs J. Fraser. Miss F Havard: Oamaru—Mr and Mrs Ruddick. Mr and Mrs Livingstone Messrs H. Smith, A. Clark, F. Wilson. Steven, and Dowling: Wingatui—Mr E. Gore: Gore—Mr and Mrs Sadler: Winton —Mr and Mi's J. Keen; Waitaki—Mr M. Chapman: Port Chalmers —Miss Wilkin, Miss E. Anderson. Mr J. Catchpole.