SOCIAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1930, Page 17

SOCIAL ITEMS.

Mrs. John McMillan, St. John’s Hill, Wanganui, is visiting New Plymouth with her husband, who is taking part in the bowling tournament. iff . * * * . Mrs. G. McDougal, Wanganui, is visiting New Plymouth. ° fl * * * Miss Avis Norton, of Wellington, who recently spent a fortnight at Manaii as the guest of Ms. Long, has retained home. #** - * Miss Betty Page, of the New Plymouth Hospital staff, if. at present spending part of her leave with her parents at Glover Reul, Hawera. * * * * Mrs. Linehani and Mrs. M. Patterson, of Auckland, who have been holidaymaking with friends at Patea, returned home last week. * * * * Miss Doreen Nairn, who has been competing at the Turakina Caledonian Society’s sports, where she was most successful, gaining three first places and a third, has returned to Hawera. A'A # * Mr. and Mrs. Antoni Bonetti have returned to Hawera from a month’s holiday spent down the West Coast, South. Island. * * # * Mr. and Mrs. E. Long, of Manaia, returned home by car on Saturday evening after spending a week in the Empire City. a a # * Nurses N. Allan and G. Thompson, Hawera, are at present on a holiday in Auckland. a ■:». a « Mrs. Oxbrow, wife of the Rev. W. J. Oxbrow, of Hastings, and her daughter, are at Hawera for a few days, and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Foy, Princes Street Extension. # # * * Miss M. Bartlett, of Hawera, has returned home after spending a holiday with her uncle, Mr. J. De Castro, Opunake. # # # * Miss Hind, of Wellington, is the guest of Miss D. N. Allan, of New Plymouth. * * * * • Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Blundell and family, of New Plymouth, are visiting Wellington. * * * * Miss Margery Sladden has returned to New Plymouth from a visit to Wellington. A * # * Mrs. G. Bradbury, of New Plymouth, has left on a visit to Wellington. * * * * Mrs. J. F. Strang has returned to Hamilton from a holiday in New Plymouth. # * * * Mrs. Paget has. returned to Wellington after a visit to New Plymouth. * # # * Mr. and Mrs. David Rainey Jackson, of Waverley, are staying at Braeburn. *A' * * Mrs. E. H. Clark, of Palmerston North, is spending a holiday in New Plymouth. A * # * Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fade and Miss Eade, of 'Feilding, are' visiting Hawera. Nurse Ackland, of the Wellington Hospital, spent a short holiday with her parents at Lepperton last week. A ■ a fl • Mrs. J. R. Boyd, of Wellington, is staying in New Plymouth. * Of * * The engagement is announced of Catherine Doris, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Slinger, of Mangorei Road, to Victor John, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Upshall, of Christchurch, Hants, England. A * * * The death has occurred of Mrs. J. Knight, widow of the late Mr. James Knight, and a well-known resident of the Lower Hutt district, in her 87th year. Mrs. Knight, whose maiden name was Heayncs, came to New Zealand with her parents in the sailing ship Hastings in 1856. Except for 12 years which she spent in Taranaki, she had resided ever since in the Lower Hutt district, where she was well-known as an ardent supporter of the Methodist Church. She is survived by seven sons and two daughters. * * * * At the Kia Ora Coquet Club's lawns at Hawera <n Wednesday of last week Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Morris won the Dingle buttons from Mrs. Strange and Mrs. Cropton. The challengers, Mrs. McKay and Mrs. Milroy, won the Kia Ora ferns from Mrs. Leslie Bull and Mrs. Milroy on Thursday, and the Dowling buttons were won from Miss HayMackenzie and Mrs. W. G. Strange by Mrs. George Meyrick and Mrs. J. B. Murdoch. a * * * Miss Margaret Olliver, Christchurch, returned to New Zealand yesterday from a twelve months’ tour abroad and is visiting her sister, Mrs. Cuthbert East, New Plymouth. # * # # Mrs. Nairn, of Wanganui, has been spending a few days with her sister-in-law, Mrs. T. C. Sutherland, Manaia. Mrs. Nairn lived at Manaia many years ago, her father being one of the first settlers to take up land on Sutherland Road. The engagement is announced of Mildred Nellie Olive, youngest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. Clark, Somerset, England, to Leslie John, eldest 'son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Sanger, Omata.