The Social Round

Southland Times, Issue 22915, 13 June 1936, Page 9

The Social Round

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in “The Social Round" each day items of social or personal news. Such items should be sent in promptly and should be fully authenticated. Engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to women. Mrs C. E. Just, Lewis street, has returned from a visit to Christchurch. Miss Tuppy Basstian, Tweed street, is the guest.of Mrs P. B. Bemdtson, Riverton. The Misses Helen and Sheila Dillon, Balfour, were visitors to Invercargill during the week. Mrs P. W. Gresson, Albert street, and her baby son return to-day from a holiday in Timaru. Mrs W. S. Allan, of Christchurch, is the guest of her mother, Mrs R. M. Strang, Lewis street. Mr and Mrs Lance Raymond, Woodslea Downs, are spending the week-end at their cottage at the Rocks, Riverton. Mr and Mrs B. W. Hewat, Russell street, and Mr and Mrs H. B. Farnall, Conon street, leave to-day to spend the week-end as the guests of Mrs Gordon Charters, Wendonside. The engagement is announced of Catherine Cameron (Kitty), eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs R. J. M. Cochrane, Sawyer’s Bay, to Frank, third son of Inspector and Mrs J. T. Sturgeon, St. Kilda, Dunedin. Recent guests at Hotel Deschler included Mr and Mrs J. S. Simm (Wellington), Mr and Mrs L. Cowley (Wellington), Mr and Mrs S. Cummings (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs Reid (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs A. H. Collins (Christchurch), Miss E. Murrell (Manapouri), Mr and Mrs A. Clarke (Fortrose), Misses E. Sayers (Dunedin), Mrs O. Oliver (Wellington). Guests at the Club Hotel during the week included Mr and Mrs S. G. Gibb (Wallacetown), Mr and Mrs T. Drummond (Wellington), Miss M McGregor (Mount Linton), Miss O. Abbey (Auckland), Miss Thompson (Queenstown), Mr and Mrs R. L. Jones (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs C. P. Carrington (Oamaru), Mr and Mrs S. A. Williamson (Christchurch), Miss E. Neville (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs J. Watson (Tuatapere). Guests at the Grand Hotel during the week included Mr and Mrs Kingsland (Auckland), Miss Scott (Christchurch), Miss McDonald (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs Reive (Dunedin), Mrs Scully (Gisborne), Mr and Mrs Lindsay (Wellington), Mr and Mrs Frost (Wellington), Miss Brenton (Temuka), Miss Woods (Dunedin), Mrs W. J. A. McGregor and Miss McGregor (Mount Linton), Mr and Mrs Blomfield (Dunedin). Dr Kathleen Pih, from the New Zealand Presbyterian Mission Hospital in Canton, is spending her first furlough in London taking a course of study at Moorfields Eye Hospital, states the New Zealand News. She has already been successful in passing her first section of the D.O.M.S. degree. She spent the Easter vacation in Scotland with her New Zealand friends, the Rev. G. S. and Mrs Brown, with whom she toured nearly the whole of the province _of Angus, as well as paying a flying visit to Aberdeen. When Queen Mary takes possession of Marlborough House the gardens there will have been considerably improved in accordance with suggestions that she has made recently. Rock gardens in particular appeal to her and it is hoped to create one of these at Marlborough House. Those engaged in the work find themselves rather hampered by the fact that there is a clause in the original title deeds of the property which lays down that the existing wide expanse of lawn shall not be cut up in any way. Of late years little more has been done to these gardens than to keep them neat and orderly. Queen Mary sent Lady Angela Montagu-Douglas-Scott a blue enamel and silver-gilt dressing-table set on the occasion of her marriage to Lieu-tenant-Commander Peter Dawnay. The Duke and Duchess of York gave two silver sugar castors. The Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood have given her a petit point evening bag, and the Duke of Kent sent a jade ornament. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester sent their sister a diamond wristlet watch. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Major-General the Earl of Athlone sent a pale green linen afternoon teacloth with napkins to match.