ELTHAM ITEMS .

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)

ELTHAM ITEMS .

Mrs. Guy Cooper and Miss N. Kellow left on Thursday morning by car for Wellington. i{i # * Miss H. Clieetham, who has been staying with her sister, Mrs. A. Belcher, has returned to Palmerston North. # 0 # # Miss E. Belcher,"who has been spending a few days at Egmont Village, has returned home. * „ ft ft * Mrs. J. R. M. Stewart left early in the week for Auckland. * Mrs. J. Best was hostess at tea on Tuesday afternoon. # . « « ft Miss J. Stewart, is visiting Wellington. ft # ft ft Miss D. Riddle is spending several weeks’ holiday iu the South Island. ft « ft s Mrs. S. E. Carson was hostess at tea on Tuesday" afternoon. • • ft « Miss Moore is visiting Wellington. « • « ® i Mrs. Syme was hostess at bridge on Monday afternoon. ■ •#. # . # Miss Fissenden left early'in the week for Otorohanga''. : ft ft . # '■ ft Miss O’Dea, Auroa, is the guest of Mrs. Blennerhassett. ft ft ft ft Mrs. O. Casey is visiting Auckland. . ft ft ft ft Mrs. J. Hessell, Kaponga, was hostess at bridge on Monday evening in honour of Miss Power, who is leaving the district. » # ft ft Mrs. J. I. R. Gray, Kaponga, gave a very enjoyable bridge afternoon on Tuesday for Miss Power, who is leaving shortly for Wellington. # ft ft * Miss Power, who has been on the teaching staff of the Kaponga school, left on Wednesday morning foi’ the ChateauTongariro, after which she will take up a teaching position in Wellington-. • • » ® Mrs. D. Syme was hostess at bridge on Tuesday afternoon. The drawing room was decorated with bowls of daffodils and japonica. Among those present were Mesdames Riddle, A. Tiplady, R. H. Gover, A. Chrystal, D. Saunders, Bjorngaard and E. E. Carter and Miss Campbell. The prizes were won by Miss N. Campbell and Mrs. Bjorngaard. # ft ft # There was a record attendance at the old-time jollity dance in the parish hall on Wednesday, when a special- carnival night was held. Several novelty dances were introduced, the winners being Miss McLean and Mr. P. Carman (Monte Carlo), Miss Penhall and partner (Monte Carlo), Miss Urry and Mr. Haswell (“excuse me” dance), Miss Knight (Cinderella dance).

Fight with an Octopus. A party of eight Londoners, including thre© girls, recently had a 20 minutes’ fight with an octopus in a pool among th© rocks near Corbiere Lighthouse, on th© coast of Jersey, states an English paper. Miss Olive Downey, of Addiscombe,* Surrey, mistook the creature for

a large crab. Two London journalists, one of whom was on his honeymoon, and a policeman, also on honeymoon, took part in th© fight, armed with walking sticks and a knife. The dead octopus was taken as a mascot to an hotel. “A Left Hand Shake!” As children we were always taught that it was wrong to shake hands withthe left hand, but at a recent Girl Guide ceremony, when Princess Mary shook hands with many of the women officers, all of them saluted with the right hand and shook hands with the Princess with the left, states an exchange.