SOCIAL NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18200, 26 February 1929, Page 12

SOCIAL NOTES.

Miss Olivo Banon, Church Street, has returned from Wellington. Mrs E. Inman, Cattle \ allev, has returned Iron) a visit to Dunedin. Miss Nancy Hume, Christchurch, is on a visit to Timaru and Invercargill. Miss Lucy Nottingham, who i* the guest of Mrs F. A. Raymond, Beverley, will return to-day to Westport. Miss Margaret Goodwin, Bark Lane, returned yesterday from a short visit to MrS K. Goodwin, Fairlie. Miss May Andrews, Christchurch, arrived yesterday to stay with Mrs AV. L. Gibson, Elizabeth Street. Mrs N. K. Cox. AVai-iti Road, and Mrs R. li. Joyce, Avenue Road, have returned from Christchurch. Dr. and Mrs L. S. Talbot, Te Weka Street, returned from AVellington yesAliss Aroha Clifford has returned to Christchurch alter spending a fortnight at the Hermitage, Mount Cook. Air and Airs James Harris, who have been visiting Central Otago, have returned to Waimate. ■^l 1 ’ s } nt i rs "P* Grant have returned to Waimate after a holiday at Stewart Island. Aliss Margaret LeCren, Grev Road da GXPeCted back from Wellington to-

Dr and Mrs W. Burns, Church Street, returned from Wellington on Saturday.

. Mias Sheila Macpherson. Dunedin, I? i‘ le guest of Mrs W. Evans, North Street.

Miss Dorothy Mac Lean, Girls’ High School, is staying with Mrs A. Saweil, Chalmers Street.

Miss .Chassis Hoivden, Park Lane wii! return to-day from a holiday in Wellington.

Miss Mary Hogg, Christchurch, has returned tram a visit to the Hermitage, Mount Cook.

hack in d \v l; t d Auver Sne motored snond,',, Wall V ate .yesterday, after spending sccvral weeks in Timaru. q , Mi an f Mrs V , Anniss, Bonningfon, lietwood Downs, have been spending the week-end m the Mackenzie Coun-

Mr Ar. J Knnhley and Miss Knubley. Sarah Street, who spent the weekend with Mrs Owen Howell, Fairlie. returned home yesterday.

Miss Katie Gillies, Wellington Girls' College, daughter of Mrs C. S. Gillies. Craigie Street, has received word that she has passed her ALA. degree. Mrs Richard Temple, Tokomaru Bay, and Aliss Palmer-Chapman, Salisbury. returned on Saturday from a visit to Mrs J. AI. Barker, Woodburv. Airs H. V. Drew, Chatham Islands, who has been the guest of Mrs Hamilton, Aahwick, has returned to Christchurch.

Aliss F. Dugdnle, who has been on a visit to her Excellency Lady Alice bergusson. at Government House, left yesterday on her return to England. Mr and Airs R. A. Collins, Ashburton. and AL H. G. Flower, Perth, who were Airs H. Hoklgate’s guests for the week-end. returned to Ashburton yesterday.

Airs H. G. Flower, Perth, West Aus trail a, who was the guest of Mrs Herbert Holdgate, Bidwill Street, is spend mg a few days with Airs R. Parr Elizabeth Street.

Airs Copeland, who has been staying with Airs W. Thomas, “The Reetorv,” Aortn Street, left; yesterday for AVaimate to join her husband. Professor Copeland, and will return to Melbourne on AVednesdnv.

On Satnrda y_night a farewell rnbaret party was given for Air Basil Unwin .and Mr Dennis Orrnshy, who will leave for England this week. Those present included Miscs Peggy Unwin, Cecil r.lwortliy, Margery Gibran, Betty and Nan Cossins, Betty Harper, Janet Paterson, Natalie Morris, Nancy Orhcll, Kathleen Wood, and Mary Bond; Messrs Basil Unwin. Dennis Onnsliv, Keith do Castro P. Boyle, Denis Johnston, David Young, Pat G reran Robert McLaren, J. Polhill, R. Morris and ,T. Morris.

A number of New Zealanders spent Christmas in Switzerland, where there lias been lots of snow, and where the winter sports have been in progress for weeks without check. At Zermatt alone, wllic-li is enjoying its first winter season, one friend counted nineteen people from the Dominion, including

some university undergraduates enjoying their Christmas vacation away from England. A party of fve young students left Zermatt to climb the Breithorn, 13,000 ft. on a ski-ing expedition. Other New Zealanders are at St. Moritz, M-irron, and Interlaken. The Socialist Countess of Warwick, descended on one side from Nell Gwvnn, the other from Oliver Cromwell, ns she describes herself, lias entitled her memoirs “Life’s Ebb and Flow.” As indefatigable social worker, the Countess lias had few ecmals, and the reminiscences of one who has known most of the famous people in the political and social circles of the last half century cannot fail to he of interest. There have been many famous women travellers, but a woman excavator is rare. Lndv Petrie began her work in Egypt with her husband Sir Flinders Petrie. when on her honeymoon thirty years nap, and has continued it ever since. She lias been his assistant on twentv-five expedition-, fo Egypt, and latterly to Palestine. I nis year she is, remaining at home to lecture and raise much nee-l- ’ funds for tlie work, there being no Government grant. Lady Petrie’s “job” is drawing plans of the excavations, secretarial work, engaging and pavin'the Bedouin men, women and children employed, arranging" the price of the smaller “finds.” and superintending 'be housekeeping in the excavators’ huts. In the Palestine desert snnnlies are brought by camels from Gaza.