IN FLYING KIT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 676, 30 May 1929, Page 4

IN FLYING KIT

Miss Clifford -will be going up foi her aviator’s ticket when she returns home. Ellerslie racecourse will claim s great deal of the young visitor’s attention, but she intends to have al least one shopping expedition before returning South. CLIMBS MOUNTAINS Aviation is not Miss Clifford's only | interest, for she is also an enthusiastic Alpine climber, having been to Mount Cook no less than twenty times. Miss Clifford and her father are staying at the Grand Hotel. CHILDREN’S PICTURES THEIR EXCELLENCIES ATTEND SCREENING Under the scheme for children's pictures, a private screening of a programme chosen by a panel of the Better Films League was given at the Lyric Theatre yesterday afternoon, when their Excellencies, the GovernorGeneral and Lady Alice Fergusson, •who have shown keen interest in the scheme, with Mrs. G. Baird, Lord Walerian, A.D.C., and Mr. A. C. -Day, were present. Her Excellency wore a black ensemble suit trimmed with fur and a black hat, and Mrs. G. Baird wore a naples blue suit with furs and hat of the same blue. Other guests of the management were Professor and Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. G. Coats, Mrs. A. G. Talbot, Mrs. Noble, Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Maguire, Dr. and Mrs. Tracy Inglis, Mrs. Cluett, Mrs. IT. Goldie, Mrs. Hope Lewis, Mrs. Watson Airey, Mrs. CarrTibbetts, Mrs. G. Tolhurst, Mrs. R. Coleman, Mrs. E. IT. B. Milsom, Mrs. J. C. O’Brien, Mrs. Axford, Mrs. Sexton, Mrs. Richmond, Mrs. Lindsay', Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. ‘E. N. Tewsley, Mrs., Donald Ogilvie, Miss D. Tewsley, Mrs. Mitch el, Mrs. Basten, Miss Bas- I ten, Mrs. Blackwood, Mrs. Gulliver, J Mrs.. .W. J. Connors, Mrs. C. Smith. ■ Professor and Mrs. Lamb. !

CROQUET AT DEVONPORT CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING That the past year had been a successful one, both socially and financially, was stated in the secretary’s and treasurer’s reports, presented at the annual meeting of the Devonport Bowling Green Croquet Club this week. There was a large attendance of members. The prize-winners during the season were: A championship singles, Mrs. A. White; runner-up, Mrs. Watson; B championship singles, Mrs. i\ W. Beck; runner-up, Mrs. A. Bartley; handicap singles, Mrs. Watson; handicap doubles, Mesdames Beaumont and Bartley; runners-up, Mesdames Beck and Mew beg in; A championship' doubles, Mesdames Bruce and Watson; runners-up, Mesdames Mason and Harty. A prize was presented by Mrs. J. V, . Lowe to Mrs. Griffiths for improved play. Officers were elected as follow; President, Mrs. G, 11. Lacy; secretary, Mrs. W. Mewbegln; treasurer, Mrs. A. Bartley-; general committee, Mesdames Marty, Cotes, Bruce, Watson, and Beck; match committee, Mesdames Mason and Griffith; delegate to the Croquet Association, Mrs. A. White. After the business had been dealt with, the president presented Mrs. Cooper, the retiring secretary, with a crystal vase from the members. Mrs. Cooper suitably replied.