SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19598, 19 September 1933, Page 10

SOCIAL NOTES

Miss Janetta Johnstone, Spring Bank, Otaio, will leave to-day on a visit to Wellington. Mrs A. J. Allport, Kitchener Square, and Mrs Hartley, Elizabeth Street, are spending a holiday in Christchurch. Miss May Murdoch, Sydney, is the guest of Mrs G. P. Lawson, Seaview Terrace. Mrs Fitzgerald, Wellington, is on a visit to herdaughter, Mrs Almond, Waiiti Road. Miss Mary Loughnan, Invercargill, who has been on a visit to Christchurch, arrived in Geraldine yesterday. Miss Mary Bridges, Selwyn Street, returned yesterday from a visit to Mrs Munroe, Dunstan Hills. Mrs Basil Unwin and Miss Cara Pinckney, "Glenaray,” Southland, will arrive to-day to stay with Miss Peggy Unwin, Church Street. The Misses Banks, Oamaru, will arrive to-day on a visit to their sister, Mrs A. Grant, “Aigantighe,” Wai-iti Road. Miss Mary Reeves, Dunedin, who has been staying with Mrs Donald Macdonald, Waimate, has left to stay with Mrs A. E. Kerr, “Belmont,” Cave. Miss Isobel Macdonald, who has been staying with her parents, Mr and Mrs Donald Macdonald, Waimate, has returned to Dunedin. Miss Marion Mac Lean, Waimate, who has been staying with Miss Denderah Rhodes, Hadlow, returned home on Friday. Mrs Turner, who has been spending some months with Mrs Bernard Tripp, “Orielton,” will leave to-day for Australia. Miss Tobin, who has been working for the Church Missionary Society in China during the last 10 years, and who is spending her furlough in New Zealand, is at present the guest of Mr and Mrs George Tobin, Invercargill. Miss Gwen Nelson (Havelock North) who has been studying art abroad for four years, is spending a few weeks in Wellington, where she is sketching before the New Zealand Academy Sketch Exhibition. She is the guest oi Miss Gladys Sommerville. Mrs J. Crocome, who resides at Musselburgh, Dunedin, celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday on Thursday. Mrs Crocome is the widow of Dr. Joseph Crocome, who settled at Otago Heads in 1836, and moved to Waikouaiti in 1838, taking up the position of postmaster in that settlement. He was the first doctor to come to Otago. SOCIAL AT MOTUKAIKA. A most enjoyable time was spent by those residents of Motukaika and surrounding districts who gathered in Mr Amyes’s woolshed on Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Longridge School Committee, to say farewell to Mr and Mrs Vernon Bowker, who have sold their farm. A willing band of helpers had transformed the hall with bush greenery and gaily coloured streamers, while numerous black cats assured the guests of the good wishes of the gathering. Apologies were received from Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P., Mr A. S. Elworthy and Mr G. Squire. After supper the chairman, Mr John Crawford, spoke of the loss suffered by the district in the removal of Mr Bowker, eulogising his qualities as a farmer and as a neighbour. Messrs Linton and Connor supported his remarks. Mr Amyes was then called upon to present the guest with an oak dinner waggon and a chiming clock as mementoes from the residents. Mr Bowker, who was greeted with musical honours, suitably replied on behalf of his wife and himself. ♦l* *j» .j, *», ♦*« ,J, *j.