NEW PLYMOUTH ITEMS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)

NEW PLYMOUTH ITEMS

Mrs. H. Ward has returned to Lower .. ■ Hutt after a visit to her mother, Mrs. R. J. Matthews. / Mrs. France, who has been visiting Mrs. Ll. Hamilton at Manutahi, has returned. : Mrs. A. R. Thompson returned this ; week from a visit to Wellington. •' Mrs. R. J- Drouen has arrived' from Wellington to reside in New Plymouth and is ’at present staying at “Marsland ' View.” ' ' - ; Mrs. Grove, who has been spending a holiday in New Plymouth as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Boon, returns to-morrow to Rotorua. Miss M. Fitzpatrick returns to-morrow to Te Aroha after a visit to New Plymouth as the guest of Mrs. H. Brown. 1 Mrs. E. Maclntyre leaves this weekend to reside in Warkworth. Mrs. M. Courtney was hostess at tea ;on Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. H. Ward. Mrs. X Ramsey, Wellington, was a visitor to New Plymouth this week. ‘ Mrs. W. J. Reid and Miss Norah Wat- < tors leave to-day for Wanganui. ; ' Misij Mary Hine left yesterday morning for Nelson. •> Mrs. T. C. List leaves to-day for j Hamilton and Rotorua. ■’ Miss N. Ross returned on Tuesday from •a visit to Wellington. 1 Miss M. Wade has left to spend a holij day in Dunedin. ’. Miss Betty Patterson,. Manaia, is on a s visit to New Plymouth and is the guest of Mi* Nancy Moyes. - Miss Peggy Griffiths, who has been wishing friends in Marton, returns home this evening. ■ ; Mrs." W. N. Stephenson left yesterday on a visit to Mrs. L. M. Stephenson, Opunake. j Miss Jean Abraham, Dunedin, is at present the guest of Mrs. W. H. Moyes. Miss K. Humphries has returned from • visit to Mrs. G. Beamish, Hawke’s Bay. ‘ Miss Jessie Pullen leaves to-morrow on » visit to Mrs. C. Waterston, Tangarakau. Hostesses at bridge during the week have been Mrs. T. Fookes, Mrs. R. J. Matthews, Miss Margaret Fookes and Miss Bobbie Carthew. Miss Nelle Scanlan, New Zealand author and journalist, is at present visiting Christchurch. Mrs. Spier, who has been spending a holiday at . New Plymouth with Mrs. H. Collier, is the guest of Mrs. Collier, Wanganui. Mitaes A. and D. Connell have left on * trip to the South Island. > ; Mrs. Pascoe is visiting her daughter, i; Mrs. E. J. Kirk, Wanganui. Mrs. Arthur Le Sieur, Remuera, is the guest of Mrs. John Kerr. Visitors at Marsland View include Mrs. and Miss Bain, Wanganui, Mrs. and Miss Lett, Australia, Miss Harvey, England, Mrs. E. Rawnsley, Wellington, and Mrs. Randall, Te Puke, Hawke’s Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Oram .(Auckland), Mrs. Kleaby (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs. Law (Brisbane), Mr. and Mrs. Cartea and family, Miss Stroud (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson (Hamilton) have been guests this week at “Chetwode” Private Hotel. A garden party was held at “Maranui” yesterday afternoon, when about 60 guests assembled to meet Miss Jean Stevenson, National General Secretary of the Y.WjCA. in New Zealand, who briefly spoke of the work of the association in New Zealand. Lawn games were played during the afternoon, and several teams, representing old girls of different schools, competed in games and races. Wanganui College Old Girls proved to be the winners. Tea was served out of doors, and the afternoon concluded with the presentation by Mrs. P. C. Davie of small tokens to the winning team. GENERAL ITEMS. The Rev. Mother Salmond, Mother Superior of the Sacre Coeur of Australasia, arrived from Sydney last week. The Rev. Mother is accompanied by Mother de Kerever. They will visit all the convents of' the order during their visit to New Zealand, and are at present in the South. The death is announced from London of Miss Ada Moore, sister of the famous actresses, Eva and Mary Moore. She was an enthusiatsic feminist and taught singing and elocution. She joined the musicians’ section of the Actresses’ Franchise League and had a speakers’ class at Chelsea. She worked with the Actresses’ Franchise League for the British Women’s Hospital, and by her own unaided efforts raised enough money to endow a room at the Star and Garter home for disabled men. She. organised concerts and entertainments' in England, France and Germany in the hospitals and leave camps,, and gave devoted service to the Women’s Freedom League. Mrs. John Brownlee, who is accompanying her husband on- a world tour, is an Italian countess in her own right. She is a member of one of the oldest families of the nobility in Piedmont, and before her marriage was the Contessa Carla Odonne di Feletti, of Tauria. Always a keen student of the classics, the young contessa was studying French literature at the Sorbonne when she first met Mr. Brownlee, who was also working hard at languages at the same noted University. Although romance sprang into being at once, the engagement was hot announced until Mr. Brownlee had established himself firmly as a star at the Paris Opera, and the marriage was celebrated, some short time afterwards. The American tennis champions left by the Monterey for the United States. They had only the week-end in Auckland, but (they, were able to enjoy the hospitality offered them, because with ast Saturday’s 'test match they completed their playing engagements. Few who have not experienced the strain of an athlete’s tour can realise the relief felt when it is over. The visitors and their wives were entertained at several functions, and the unmarried member, Mr. K. Gledhill, was the principal guest at a party held at Dixieland on Saturday night. ENGAGEMENT. McKAY—BLACK. The engagement is announced of Mary Margaret, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W Black, Patea, to William Raymond, eldest son of Mr. H. Mac Kay and the late Mrs. Mac Kay, Alma Road, Wanganui- '