SOCIAL NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18818, 5 March 1931, Page 3

SOCIAL NOTES.

Mr and Mrs Mountain. Palmerston North, are visitors to The Hermitage.

Miss Cowlishaw, Christchurch, has returned home after a visit to her niece, Mrs Geoffrey Smith, Waimate.

Mrs Hayhurst has returned to Temuka from a short visit to Christchurch.

Mrs W. T. Ritchie. Te Tawa, who is on a visit to Dunedin, is expected home to-day.

Miss D. Stubbs, Wai-iti Avenue, who has been visiting Lake Wanaka, will return home to-day. Mrs R. J. Murphy, “Beaufort,” Pleasant Point, is staying with Mrs L. A. Woodward, Christchurch.

Mrs Landreth, who had been on a visit to Timaru, has returnd to Dunedin.

Mrs Brent and the Misses Lowes, who are the guests of Mrs Stone-Wigg, Waihi School, Winchester, will return to Dunedin to-day. Mrs John Temple, Highfield, and Miss Olive Lyon. England, will return to Timaru to-day from a visit to Greymouth. Miss Lyon will be the guest of Mrs Temple for a few days. Lady Norah Jellicoe, England, who had been visiting Hawke’s Bay and Auckland, is now the guest of Mrs Vivian Riddiford, “Woburn,” Lower Hutt.

Mrs Arthur Rhodes, England, who has been spending several months in New Zaland. has left South Canterbury and wdll leave for England at the end of the month.

Miss Kathleen Salmon, Dunedin, has just arrived home again after about two years abroad, where she spent most of her time in studying art, both in England and on the Continent. She went on various sketching tours and so combined work and sight seeing at one and the same time.

It was a pretty compliment to Princess Margaret Rose to place a low bowl filled w'ith marguerites and white roses on the ledge of the box in which the Duchess of York sat to watch the performance of Sir James Barrie’s “What Every Woman Knows,” at the Haymarket Theatre on a recent afternoon (says a London writer). The box itself was a horeshoe of huge white chrysanthemums framing the occupants. The Duchess, wearing a pretty leaf-green velvet coat trimmed with sable fur, and a velvet hat to match, was received by the Duchess of Devonshire and Sir James Barrie.

Shopping in Hastings new is an. adventure (says the “Tribune”) with quite a spice of danger i 9 it. Lorries shoot out from ruins most unexpectedly, red flags indicate unsafe spots, and even the urgent need of a hair cut or new' stockings is not yet sufficient to entice the average woman into a building. There ie rather a spirit of rivalry over the outdoor fireplaces. It is positive swank, but a few people actually have a real stove under an awning of corrugated iron. They are the exception. “See my fireplace,” is an invitation followed by a keen and critical inspection on the part of the visitor. Bricks are usually the foundation for a grate, or to support an oven side, or as a fireplace under two kerosene tins. The chimneys are generally genuine antiques, well rusted. A few have awnings above, but most people trust to luck, and Hawke’s Bay weather, and simply say, “Well, if it rains—tinned food.” LATEST VISITORS’ At the Grosvenor: —Sir J. G. Gunson (Auckland), Mr Geo. Prictor, Mr F. H. Forrest (Wellington), Mr F. H. Ainsley, Mr J. H. Dyer, Mr J. P. Francis (Christchurch), Mr G. Catto (Dunedin), Mr D. Costello (Melbourne), Mr B. A. Murphy, Mr M. Johnson (Auckland), Mr G. E. Hatton (Christchurch), Mr J. A. McVicor (Auckland), Mr H. Hart (Dunedin). Miss Mavis Simmonds, Hawkes Bay, championship swimmer, and Miss Alma Chegwidden, who have come from the earthquake area, are at present recuperating at Mrs C. Laurie’s, Cave.

Guests during the week at The Bungalow included:—Mr and Mrs Menlove (Nelson), Mr W. B. Harris (Dunedin), Mr Wilfred Clarry (Wellington), Mrs McCabe and Mr and Mrs Gregory (Christchurch).