THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 510, 28 September 1915, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Mrs ' Moliheux, -of Wellington, is; visiting Mrs Leslie.. Molineux, Christ-1 church. I • Nurse Bilton, of Sumner, has been I Appointed to the nursing staff of No. 19 Military Hospital, Alexandria. i Mrs A. Baker, of Selwyn Street,] Christchurch, who recently volunteered! for Rod Cross work, has sailed for England, and is to report-at the Walton-on-Thames. Hospital. Mr A. Baker also leaves for the front with the Army Service Corps.. -Mrs Chudley, wife of Captain Chudley * (marine superintendent for the Shaw, Savin, and Albion Company), and Jier tw s o children arrived in Wellington "by: the Arawa from London on Saturday. Miss Kelly (Wellington) is visiting jOnristchurch. ' -Mr! and Mrs Harper (Geraldine) came in to Christchurch yesterday, and are staying at the United Service. Miss E. M. Webb (Divnediu) is on a visit to Christelvurek. ' Miss D. Scott (Rangiora) is staying at Warner's. On Saturday last Mrs Mark Steans, ©pawa, entertained a large party of guests at a "cigarette afternoon tea."

■ ,A pleasant time was spent, a guessing . competition, in -which much interest was * ' taken, being won by Mrs Cook. The ' donations resulted In a total of about ' . 2000 cigarettes, which were subsequently handed over to the Lady? Liverpool Com- * our- soldiers at the Dardanelles. The following were amongst those present:—Mesdames E. Ruddiek, ]£. Hammond, G. McLean, S. Wright, A. V Goodhart, W. West, W. Robinson, Archbold, J. Petrie, A. Ward, T. Andrews, Cook, Congreve, G. Collins Iredale, A. Campbell, Hannan, W. Page, Mosley, W. Whinray, Misses I. Alexander, S. Morton, L. Kemp, I. Steans, 11. West, B. Maddern, and V. Hill. Miss Tonka returned to Chfistchureh »n Saturday, after a visit to Mrs K. G.- . Turner, Timaru. Miss Dorothy Hay is back in Christ«hureh from a visit to the south. Mias White-Parsons was a passenger for the north by last evening's ferry steamer. Mrs Canning has returned to Fairlie, after a short visit to Christcliurch. Miss Elizabeth Shand and Miss D. Howell have returned to South Canterbury from a visit to Rotorua. On the eventide of life, Mr and Mrs James Fitzgerald (nee Miss Ellen Doyles), of Auckland, celebrated, on Wednesday, the diamond jubilee of their wedding 60 years ago. Although the husband is 82 years of age, and the ■wife 80, they are both wonderfully well preserved, physically, while mentally they are as alert as if they were 40 years younger. They were born in "Waterford, Ireland, and came to Auckland in the ship Forfarshire in 1875. They were married at the Roman Catholic Church, Dowlais, by the Rev. Father Malay, on September 22, 1855. There are 40 grandchildren and 41 greatgrandchildren. Two grandsons are in the service, one being at the Dardanelles and the other reported seriously ill at Malta.