PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23669, 29 November 1938, Page 16

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Lady Sidey returned on Saturday from Wellington.

Mrs Len Allan is the guest of her mother, Mrs F. E. Shrimpton, Cliffs road, St. Clair.

Mrs T. O. Ransford, of London, is the guest of her daughter. Mrs B J. Marples, Royal terrace, for a long visit.

Mrs W. H. Evatt and her mother, Mrs Morris, have returned to their home in Wellington, after a long visit to Dunedin. * * V

Miss Marion Imurie (Auckland), formerly of Dunedin, whose engagement to has been announced, is at present on a holiday visit to Dunedin.

Mr Kevin Dun, accompanied by his sister, Miss Yvonne Dun, of London, returned to Dunedin last week from i visit to England.

Miss Kura Gibson, of Wellington, who has been staying at the City Hotel, has left for Invercargill, where she will be the guest of Mrs Allan Highet, Avenal Flats..

The St. John Ambulance Association Ladies' Sewing Guild will hold a Christmas fair on Friday next from 2 p.m. till 10 p.m. at the rooms. York place. * ¥ *

Mr and Mrs H. R. Dykes, of Hataitai, Wellington, are spending a few days in Dunedin as the guests of Mrs Keith Darling, Pacific street, Roslyn. * * *

Mr and Mrs H. Madeno are passengers on the Akaroa, arriving at Auckland this week from England. Mrs Man den o will spend Christmas with friends in the Waikato district, arriving in Dunedin after New Year.

Advice has been received that Mrs Cone (nee Greta Stevenson, of Dunedin) has been successful in obtaining the Ph.D. (London) in plant pathology. Mrs Cone will act as lecturer in botany next year at the University of Otago during Dr Holloway's absence on a tour abroad.

Mrs W. Evans was hostess at a morning tea party on Saturday in the Savoy, given as a welcome home to Mrs R. A Ewing, who has returned from a tour abroad. The other guests were Lady Hutchison. Mesdames J. R. Glendining, J. Shand, Garth Gallaway, K. S. Ramsay. E. J. Smith, Norman Speight, and Miss Peggy Whyte.

Miss Mollie Clery, of Milton, whose marriage will take place this week, was entertained recently at the residence of Mr J. B. Gray, and presented with an eiderdown quilt from the firm of Messrs James Gray and Sons, Ltd., with which she has been associated during the past eight and a-half years. Miss Clery was also presented with a silver tray from her fellow-em-ployees.

The Dunedin Travel Club will give a party on Thursday evening in the Vedic Lounge instead of the usual morning tea reception. The speakers on this occasion will be Mrs Richard Hudson and Mr J. Mclndoe, and an attractive programme has also been arranged. Mr H. L. Gibson and Mrs Maurice Myers will receive the guests, and the hostesses will be Mesdames S. O. Battersby, Dora Smeaton, and R. W. Brickell.

Lady Sargood was hostess at a bridge and man jong party on Friday afternoon at her residence, " Marinoto, given as a farewell to Mrs Cruickshank who will leave next month on a visit to England. The other players were Lady Ferguson, Mesdames T.McKibbin, Edgar Hazlett. Hunter-Weston, K S. Ramsay, E.- L. Cogan, J. A. Cook F. M. Oldham, J. M. Gallaway, C. W. Rattray, W. F. Edmond, and the Misses Stevenson and Denniston.

At present touring New Zealand under the auspices of the Victoria League is Miss Jean Leadbetter, of Roxburghshire, on the Scottish Border. Miss Leadbetter nas made several trips abroad, and on her return home has lectured on her travels. On her present tour she has chosen "India" as her subject, of which country she gives a general survey comprising the Tibetan border, Northwest Frontier, and Khyber Pass, the lectures being illustrated by means of film-slide lantern. On Friday night Miss Leadbetter will deliver just such a lecture to members of women's institutes and their friends. Attention is drawn to an advertisement in this connection which appears in another part of the paper.

Miss Jean Batten is in Ireland on her first visit to that country (says our London correspondent, writing on November 7). She delivered the first of the autumn series of lectures arranged by the Royal Dublin Society. The large audience was greatly interested to hear about some of her flying experiences. "The flight which has given me most satisfaction," Miss Batten, said, "was that from England to New Zealand in 1936. On that occasion I was able to fly from England, the mother country and heart of the Empire, to my own country, the most far-flung of British possessions. I was thus the first to link England with New Zealand by flight—a distance of 14.000 miles."

In honour of Miss Doreen Pike, who is to be a December bride, Mrs Winston Brinsley gave a "linen" tea on Saturday afternoon at her residence Ings avenue, St. Clair. Pink roses were used most effectively to decorate the lounge, while lovely red roses made a splash of colour in the dining room, where afternoon tea was served. The hostess wore a gown of black pleated georgette, its only relief a buckle of brilliants, and Miss Pike a smart frock of navy marocain with a satin spot in self-toning, and a small cire cap, with a posy of flowers The guests were Mesdames R. V Pike, L A. Rhodes. W. R. Brinsley. L. A. Brown, Holden Mirams. Phillip Braham, Maurice Joel, T. Pike. Charles Rhodes, W. Justice, and the Misses Doreen and Betty Rhodes, Mary and Joan Buchanan. Jean Paterson. and Pat Watts.

Mrs Pocklington and Mrs Ashmore were joint hostesses at a pleasant gift evening given recently in the Orange Hall, Leith street, in honour of Miss Barbara Innes, who is to be a Christmas bride. The evening was spent in dancing and games. Miss Innes was the recipient of many useful gifts for her new home, and was wished the best of luck, health, and happiness in her married life. Among those present were Mesdames Pocklington. Ashmore, Innes (Middlemarch), Pine, James, McMillan, Edwardson. C. Pocklington, Walker, and Myers Misses Barbara Innes, Jessie Pocklington, Lil Copland. Edna Ward, Mavis Hoffman, Pat Kane, Phyllis Hopkins, Wynn Chisholm. Anna Ayson, Pearl Coory Violet Alexander, and Jean McMillan, and Messrs Pocklington (4), McKinlay (2) A.shmore Spence, Gavagan, Duncan Butters. Kerr, Mason. Goding. Walker. Hayes, and Hoffman Music was supplied by Mrs Newlands. of Woodhaugh, and the duties of M.C were carried out by Mr George McKinlay. The evening was closed with the singing of Auld Lang Syne.

Mrs A. Debenham has returned from a six weeks' visit to Christchurch.

Mrs J. F. Page, of Christchurch, is the guest of her mother, Mrs A. Debenham, Kenmure road- Roslyn.

Miss Vida Barron left yesterday to join the Arawa at Wellington on a trip to England * * * .

decent hostesses in honour of Mrs A. P. Ewens, of Adelaide, include Miss Betty Reeves, who entertained a few friends on Friday last, and Miss Betty McArthur, who gave an afternoon tea party yesterday at her home in St. Clair.

The engagement is announced from London between Mr Jack Sandford, only son of Mr F. T. Sandford, official secretary New Zealand Government office. London, and Mrs Sandford. and Miss Gwenyth Williams, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs W. H Williams, of East Sheen. London.

Miss Joyce Thompson was hostess at a "bathroom" evening recently given in honour of Miss Jessie Neill, who is to be a January bride. The guests included Misses A. Duthie, Holland, Hetherington. Reilly, and members of the staff of the Dunedin Free Kindergarten Association.

Miss Betty Gilchrist, who will leave to-morrow to take up a relieving position on the staff of the massage department at Christchurch Hospital, was hostess yesterday at a small afternoon tea party at her home in Queen street. The guests included Mesdames Stanley Wilson, J. E. K. Mirams, W. N. Wood, O. G. Cox, John Finch. E. G. Boddy, and Miss Pamela Miles.