THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 873, 27 November 1916, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Their Excellencies the Governor and Lady Liverpool will arrive in Christchurch to-morrow morning, and will be the guests of Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes, at To Koraha, until Elnrwood is ready for their occupation. They will probably remain iu Christchurch for several months. Mrs Stead and Mr and Mrs Gerald Stead came up to Christchurch on Sat-, urday evening from Timaru, where they had been staying over the races. Mrs Lawrence (Bristol Street) and her daughter Beryl are staying in Dunedin. They will also visit Ashburton before returning home. Mrs 11. P. Smith (Cashel Street) has gone to her Clifton cottage for a few T days. Mrs A. Kaye has been visiting Wellington for the conference in connection with the r.W.M.U. Mrs Henry Smith (Wellington) has come to Christchurch for a few weeks. Miss Nance Drummond arrived iu Christchurch from Wellington on Saturday m rning. Mr and Mrs Steer (Hokitika), who have been visiting Wellington, are spending a few days in Christchurch before returning to the Coast. Mr and Mrs J. Donald (Christchurch) were in Timaru for tho races. Mrs P. W. Rule (Timaru), who, it will be remembered, sang so charmingly at a Christchurch concert'not long ago, has gone to stay in Ashburton, where sho will take the principal soprano part in "lolanthe," which is to be produced early in December by the Ashburton Amateur Operatic Society. Mr and Mrs J B. Richards (Stratford) are visiting Christchurch. Major and Mrs Button, who have been visiting Mrs Rhodes, Bluccliffs, and afterwards Mrs J. S. Turnbull, Timaru, returned to Christchurch on Saturday night. Mrs Melville Jameson is visiting Geraldine. Mr and Mrs Bernard Tripp have now gone back to their own home, Orielton, Wai-iti Road, Timaru. The wedding took place recently, at St. James's Church, Newtown, Wellington, of Miss Margaret (Peggy) Lawrie, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrie, of Wellington, and Mr James D. McConachy, fourth son of Mr ami Mrs McConachy, of Timaru. The Rev. W. Shirer officiated, the bridesmaid being Miss Jessie McConaehy, and tho best man Mr Archibald Lawrie. The new tea-house at Dyer's Pass, the forndation stone of which was laid on Saturday afternoon, will prove a great boon to hill-walkers, especially those of the feminine persuasion, who cannot exist comfortably without tea at fairly frequent intervals. The little function on Saturday was rather spoilt by heavy rain, which fell all the time, and the two motor cars which made the trip were requisitioned as shelter for all and sundry. All set ceremonial, including speeches, was dispensed with, and the laying of the stone resolved itself into a very brief and simple circumstance in deed. The tea-house, which is to be fin ished in two months, looks ovtt on a grand view—fold upon fold of hills, with the gleaming outlines of the Peninsula ranges in the distance and the for tile plains below, while a little bit of Lyttelton Harbour is visible in the background. I suppose there are some people wdio' would object to war work on the ground that it, spoils "family life," says a correspondent in an English exchange. Of course if your husband is working all night and you happen ?o 'bo busy during the day, family meals and snch-likc joys have to be sacrificed. The antiaircraft men have solved the difficulty in a delightfully simple way. Their duties are on alternate nights, and as they are duo at business during the. day, they haven't time to go home for breakfast. So they have the meal in town, and their womanfolk, many of whom work in Government offices, come and have it with them. One thing I've noticed about these meals is lie entire absence of the usual thunderous "breakfast look.'' Russia seems to be the place where girls can worm their way into the trenches; it has just been discovered that a certain Russian "soldier" lying wounded in hospital at Kharkoff is the Princess Volonsky. The princess has what our boys would term "some

pluck.'' Her husband was killed by the Germans early in the war, and her father and mother have also given their lives for their country. Vowing vengeance, the. princess, who is only 21, enlisted as an ordinary soldier, and actually spent some months at the front before her identity was discovered. But even then my lady had not seen her last of fighting. On her way to Kieff, where she was to be discharged, she escaped from her guard and returned to the lighting line, where she fought on again until she was wounded.