NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 22 (Supplement)

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL

•/ Mrs. H. Greig and Mies P. Greig will •' ■5 motor to Auckland this week-end. "** . # # Mrs. H. McAllum, who has been the guest of Mrs. B. Chaney, has returned to Inglewood. ' ■ Mrs. Eliot King returned on Wednesday from Pukearuhe. .■A- fl .d;'.: ' 4> ’ : ■, . < . Bridge hostesses for this week have included Mrs. A. Thompson, Mrs. J. Wilson, Miss Wade, Miss Medley. 41 fl,„ # Mrs. Nesbit Smith arranged a musical programme and took a party to the Old People’s. Home this week. 49 i> it o Miss lnvercargill, is the guest of Mrs. H. P. Gray. ■ . a ’ o fl • Miss Helen Atkinson, who has been ; on a short visit' to Alton, where she •' was the guest of Mrs. Miles Atkinson, ' 'returned yesterday,, , ■/ • - 1‘ ' • ' d • fl ' ’.fl' - i. *. ■ .. Mrs. Butchardt and Miss' -Mary V Thompson arrived in Sydney on Noy-, , . ember 28 on their return home 'to New \Zealand. ,' - ■ ' •■' # * # Mrs. E. Lash was hostess at an enjoyable card party on Wednesday. 49 * * '<■./. Mrs. N. Symes, Otorohonga, is the guest of Miss Horner. > . ■ 49 0 fl fl Mrs. Brodie, Mrs. Waterston, Mrs. : j Warnock and Mrs. W. A. Stephenson leave to-day for a few days at the North Mount Egmont Hostelry. # # >s> * Mrs. Herbert and Miss Herbert, Welf lingtonj were visitors in New Plymouth this week. . o # •* Mrs. Fred Lewis, London, who has been visiting New Plymouth, left this -j week for Wellington. ■ • ■ • * 49 •-» 49 ' Mrs. L. Dwan was a Wellington ‘ visitor in New Plymouth during the f week. . fl =» z fl Mre, Warnock, New Plymouth, and . her, daughter, Miss Warnock, Nelson, P are staying at the North Mount J Egmont Hostelry. * * * 49 Mrs. Len Lovell is visiting Wellington. fl fl fl * Miss Atkin left by boat last night for Auckland. i , :. 1 fl fl ■ ■ 4» • fl • < Mrs. E. Williams was hostess at a delightful bridge evening on Saturday at the Women’s Club for Mre. Seldon. ' ;fl >» # fl >. Mies Nancy Clare is the guest of Miss Ingles, Hawera. * 49 fl Miss Norah Dempsey, Hawera, is spending the week-end with her mother, Mrs. H, Dempsey. 49 * fl 49 Mrs. Lowther, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs. B. Wilson. . # * 49 # Miss Marjorie Hutchen entertained at a most enjoyable evening on Monday. # * * 49 Miss Hope Syme, Melbourne, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. E. Maxwell, . Rahotu. fl fl >:r w Miss E. Crease, who has been on a visit to New Plymouth, returned to Wanganui on Thursday. 4» * * * Mre. Youngman has returned from a visit to Christchurch. # i> t) 49 Miss B. Balharry a’nd Miss A. Wells returned from Canterbury College on - Wednesday. '49 fl fl . fl Miss Helen Bullock returns from Auckland on Tuesday. fl =;; 4) « Mrs. Stubbs arrives from Hawera next week to take up her residence in New Plymouth. * .; ■ * *' ■. ■■ -■ Mrs. Paterson, 7 Mrs. A, G,..;Bennett, Mrs. Davies and Miss Bridge motored from Manaia last week-end to attend the Girl .Guide Jamboree at New Plymouth. ■ # 0 0 u Mies A.- Eberlet and Miss M. Hine return from Canterbury College tonight. ; # >» fl 49 ' Mrs. L. C. Sladdcn entertained at a most enjoyable musical afternoon on Wednesday. • t> o 4> * Mise Hooley, Christchurch, ie the guest of Mrs. James McLeod. .49 fl fl * Mrs. J. Strang was hostess at an afternoon on Wednesday. >B 4) fl fl . Mrs. Griffiths was hostess at a delightful afternoon in honour of Mrs. A. E. Walker this week. fl fl fl fl Mrs. Oscar Johnston entertained at a delightful bridge evening last Saturday. 49 4) 49 ' fl Mrs. P. J., H. White entertained at a house-dance for young people on Wednesday evening. 49 49 49 49 5 Mrs. Franklyn-White returned from Rotorua on Wednesday. 49 * 49 # Mre. AV. H. Greenwood is.oji a visit to Auckland and Rotorua. 49 49 ■ 49 49 Miss Vera Pealtie, of Wanganui, is the guest of Mrs. H. C. Morgan. 49 ' 49 49 49 Miss M. Horo, of Auckland, and late of Oaonui, sailed for Sydney this week. # .49 49 49 ; ‘ Mrs. H. Oliver, accompanied by Mrs. V/. Deane, left by car on Monday for 'Wellington, where they intend spending a ehort holiday. .*1 49 fl fl On Saturday afternoon a very enjoy- ] able kitchen gift tea was.given by Miss ! . Rewa Thomson at her home, Vogeltown, .the guest of honour being Mies ’ Kitty Clarke; ’# fl 49 49 Miss Mary Horo, late of Oaonui, sailed this week for Sydney.

• Mrs. K. Black, Mokau, is spending a few weeks in New Plymouth. # # 49 * Mise Edna Perrott, who is soon to be married, was given a “white” evening at the residence of the Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Fitzroy, on Wednesday night by members and friends of the Methodist Church choir. She received many gifts, all white. An enjoyable musi-. cal programme was given. Mr. Slyfield spoke on behalf of Miss Perrott., ■■.*■* * * Mrs. H. J. Gray, who has been spending a few days in New Plymouth, leaves on her return to Awakino to-day. 49 * 49 49 On the occasion of the coming-of-age of their daughter, Miss Nina Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. Nolan entertained a number of young people at a dinner party at the Criterion Hotel. Mrs. G. Saunders (Wanganui) proposed Miss-Nolan’s health, which was drunk with musical honours. Later the guests attended the theatre, after which ' they had supper at Mre. Nolan’s residence. The guests included Misses E. Blundell, M. Alleman, M. Fookes, M. Moyes, C. Moyes, M. Robertson, E. Bailey,. A. Grieg, and Mrs. P. Atkinson. '• •' -'x ; 49 , / 49.' ■.# Mrs. Courtenay returned on Thursday from Havelock North. ' 49 ' .j.. 49 49 49 ‘Miss Wilcox, Wanganui, is visiting New Plymouth. # # * # The Victoria- League reading circle gave its final open evening on Monday, when “Lady Windemere's Fan,” by Oscar Wilde, wag presented to an appreciative audience. The east was arranged by Miss A. Wilson, and other members who took the various parts were Mesdames Hay, Reid and Hill, Misses M. Johnston, Wise, Hartnell, Gibson, Morrison, Goodall, Messrs. Robbins, Redman, Knight and Hay. At the conclusion of the play Mrs. C. H. Burgess (president) presented Mrs. J. D. Hay with a Victorian posy in recognition of the keen interest she had taken in the circle, for which ehe had acted as honorary secretary for the past two seasons. 49 49 4) 49 A London paper reports that Miss Balfour; who is dark, slim, good-looking and witty, was seen wearing a necklace of coral recently. She is one of a small group of distinguished women (two others are the Queen of Italy and Lady Seafield), who have been engaged for some time in fostering a revival of the Victorian vogue for this becoming product of the prodigiously industrious polyp. • • 49 # *

A woman artist of some note in England, Mrs. Gertrude Harvey, who paints in the social eccentricities of the “artistic landscapes- and flowers, does not believe temperament.” She herself has no studio in Chelsea, the home of the artists, but lives in a cottage in Cornwall, cultivates two gardens and does most of her paintings in her kitchen without easel or palette, turning from them to cook a t;ood dinner. _ :» ■» 4» 49

One of the oldest and meet highly respected residents of the Palmerston North district, Mrs. .Eleanor Wingate, relict of the late Mr. John Wingate, passed away quietly on Thursday morning at the advanced age of 87 years. The late Mre. Wingate arrived in New Zealand with her husband in the year 1875 in the sailing ehip Avalanche, after a voyage which took three months to complete. After living in Wellington for three years she removed up the coast with Mr. Wingate and her family, settling in Longburn, where they resided 'for forty years on their wellknown farm. About ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Wingate retired to Palmerston North, where she lived until the time of her death. Two daughters and four sons survive her. The daughters are Mre. James Taylor, of Dunedin, and Miss Wingate, Of Palmerston North, and the sons Messrs. I. R. Wingate, of Napier, J. E. Wingate, of Pohangina, H. Wingate, of Longburn, and F. Wingate, of Opotiki. One daughter, the late Mrs. Read, of Wellington, predeceased her mother by seven years. There are also a number of grandchildren. 49 49 * 49. The New Zealand News (London) writes:—Miss D. N. Allan, principal of New Plymouth Girls’ High School, recently returned from a tour of the northern capitals, during which she visited Leningrad, and was very unfavourably impressed by the results of the Soviet regime. In spite of some attempts at stage management on the part of tne authorities, ‘ a general air of decay and neglect pervaded the city, and the people seemed entirely devoid of interest in life. Many of them expressed a keen desire to leave Russia, but the frontiers bristle with bayonets, and the passports of all tliose leaving are carefully scrutinised. Miss Allan has now left for a visit to Italy, Athens, Constantinople and Egypt. She will return to New Zealand via America. « # 49 # . : Viscountess Craigavon, who is on a visit to New Zealand, is an arrestingtype of English beauty. Tall, darkeyed, with a clear olive skin, she is a lady of commanding presence, yet with all certain characteristic friendliness which helps her to quickly get in touch with those she , meets. Asked by a representative of Woman’s World, Melbourne, where her chief interests lay, she replied in one word, “Politics.’’ As wife of the very popular Prime Minister of Ulster, she does not believe in leaving her husband to fight- his political battles alone. But Ulster women, she declares, are all tremendously keen on politics and work hard. She, personally, has gone on every political tour with her husband, addressing meetings, and organising tiie woimui. Feuds in Ulster, she says, arc over; there is contentment and a desire to forget old hurts in- this, the most British spot in all the British Empire. She is intensely proud of the fine development work that is being carried out in hex* territory, and particularly of the new. educational scheme, which will rival any in the old world. The objective of her present trip is New Zealand, “but,” she stated, “'we felt vze could not pass this great Continent by without trying to see a little of it.” Next to politics, her keenest interest js in Belfast linen.