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! Mrs. Balcombe Brown is a visitor to j Auckland from Wellington. Mr. and Mrs: A. Perfect, of Well- j j ington, are visiting Auckland. ! Mr. and Mrs. C. Blair, of Welling - j ton, are guests at the Koval Hotel. | ' Mrs. L. Mehrtens has returned to ■ i Matamatu from a visit to Waiuku and j | Auckland. i Mrs. D. C. Humphrey. Auckland, has ! ‘ been the guest of Mrs. P. Ward at Alar- ! tinbarough. Miss E. Vesper has returned to Matamata after a holiday in Xew • Plymouth and Auckland. Mrs. 13. Meredith, of ‘'Grasmere,’’ has gone to Helensville and is staying for three weeks at Hinemoa House. Mr. and Mrs. X’. R. Kirk, of Sydney, and Miss Knight and Miss Robertson, iof Sydney, are staying at the Star 1 Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, of Alfredton, are at present spend/ig a short holij day in Auckland before leaving for ! Russell. j Among the guests at the Grand i Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. C. Clabburn, | j. of Wellington : Mr. and Mrs. D. M. : (Francis, of Sydney; i and the Misses I Barker, of Gisborne. Staying at the Central are Mr. and Mrs. Q. Watson, of Masterton; 'Mr. Land Mrs. E. Taylor, of Wellington: and i Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McLean, of Porai ngahau. Dr. Elaine Gurr, of the Health DeI pa.rtm.ent, lias left apier for Te Araroa, ; where she has been appointed medical ' superintendent to the Mahatraoa Hospital Board. WAIKATO NOTES i i Miss James, of Dunedin, is the guest r of Mrs. Frank Vickery, in Hamilton. I Mrs. P. Stevens has returned to I Hamilton from a holiday with her son and daughter-in-law in Tauranga. ! Mrs. Vere Chittv and Miss Cecille > Chitty, who have been in Feilding for polo week, have returned to Ha mil- : ton. Aliss D. Wright, of Sydney, who has been visiting Mrs. O. R. Farrar in , Hamilton, left on Friday for Wellington. Miss lvuth. Oliver has returned to | her home in Matangi from visits to friends in Wanganui, Feilding, and Taihape. Mrs. H. J. Ferguson, who has rei cently been in Wellington, intends staying in Palmerston North before ; returning to Mrs. Shepherd, of Rotorua, has been visiting Mrs. J. (J. Sullivan in Te Awarnutu for a few days. Slie intends leaving l'ur England toward the end : of this month. j Mrs. J. Hickey, of Wahuroa, has • returned to her home from Rotorua. ; In the ladies’ golf championship there , she won a medal match, and a special prize for the best medal score. QUEEX CARNIVAL. For several weeks pqnabridge has been en fete with parties and dances I for the carnival Queen. So successful were the efforts that £ 1,300 was | obtained, instead of the modest £6OO aimed at. ! On Thursday evening the final cerej mony took place, when in the presence of a crowded hull • the queen of | the carnival was crowned. Announced by the royal herald, the imposing procession advanced up the ; aisle of the hall to the stage. The • . queen of the'carnival —the . farmers’) l queen. Miss Jessie Thompson—was at- ! tended by ; her jnaids of honour. Miss Garland, Miss Holmes, Miss Butler, | and Miss Nelson. i The sports queen. Miss. Ruth Souter, .j followed with her. maids of honour Miss B. Crowther and Miss Thelma I Banks. Then came the citizens’ queen. Miss Myra Hart, with her maids |of honour, Miss L. Langton and Miss I G. Bertelsen. The coronation officials were: Lord High Chancellor, Mr. Charles Meredith; Lord High Chamberlain, Mr. E. B. Cox; mistress of the robes, Miss G. Hrann: peeresses, Mrs. R. J. Neely. .Mrs. H. L. XixQn, Mrs. VV. M unroe. and Airs. •A. R. Batchelor; peers, Air. ! W. Stopford, Mr. A. R. Batchelor. Mr |A. X. Willis, and Mr. J. S. • Fisher: | herald, Miss Gretchen Hulme.

AFTERNOON PARTY i The members of the ladies’ auxilij ary committee and their friends had j a very enjoyable afternoon in the j Y.AI.C.A. Rooms on Monday last. Airs. ! F. Penfold, the president, was hostess, j During the afte.rnoon Airs. Farquhar and Airs. Penfold sang several songs, and some delightful violin solos were given by Aliss B. Higgott. Mrs. Bartholomew, who was accompanist forth e other performers, played several pianoforte solos. Those present were: Airs. F. Penfold, Airs. Cook, sen., Airs. Grant. Airs. Williams,. Airs. Cook, jun.. Airs. Bartholomew. Airs. Brough. Airs. Farquhar. Airs. Clough, Mrs. Yenclell. Airs. Reekie, Airs. Watson. Airs. Cheeseman. Airs. Purdon, Airs. Alason. Airs. Hodgkinson. j Aiiss B. Higgott. and Aliss P. Higgott. 1