SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19622, 17 October 1933, Page 10

SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs D. B. Shand, Selwyn Street, left on Sunday on a visit to Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs K. Austen, who were the guests of Mrs Herbert Elworthy, Craigmore, have returned to Oamaru. Mrs Armstrong, who has been staying at "Cadogan,” Sefton Street, has left for Christchurch. Mrs M. A. Raymond, “Clovelly." Nelson Terrace, will leave to-day on a 1 short visit to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs T. Seed, Tomoana Road, Hastings, are guests at the Grosvenor Hotel. The Misses Turnbull, Wai-iti Road, have returned from a visit to Mrs Wilfrid Turnbull, Geraldine. Mrs Walter Raymond, Park Lane, who has been on a visit to Dunedin, returned home yesterday. Mr and Mrs L. E. Finch, Park Lane, returned yesterday from a visit to Christchurch. Mrs W. D. Campbell, Miss Ailsa Campbell, Wai-iti Road, and Mrs G. H. Ussher, Sefton Street, motored back from Dunedin on Sunday. Mr Maurice Gresson, Miss Brigit Gresson and Mr C. Gresson, Christchurch, who have been visiting Britain will return, home to-day. Mrs W. N. Bond. "Dunrobin,” Southland, is staying with her mother, Mrs A. S. Elworthy, “Pareora Cottage,” LeCren's Terrace. Colonel A. Orsborn, the newly appointed chief secretary of the Salvation Army, and Mrs Orsborn who are the guests of Mr and Mrs Daley, College Road, will leave to-day for Temuka. Miss Elsie Anderson and Mr J. Wallace whose marriage took place recently were entertained by the residents of Claremont at a kitchen evening in the Claremont hall, when the popular couple were the recipients of a great many useful gifts. The time was spent in dancing, songs and competitions. Mr and Mrs P. Campbell, Fire Station, also entertained Miss Anderson and Mr J. Wallace. One of the oldest living white people born in New Zealand is Mrs Mary Gunson, of Otaika Valley, near Whangarei, who celebrated her ninetysecond birthday last week. Mrs Gunson, who is a daughter of the late Mr John Dwyer, of Dublin, was born at Tangiteroria, on October 10, 1841. when the township was a busy centre of the kauri timber industry. When 16 years of age she went with her father to Otaika Valley, and has lived there ever since, with the exception of a few years at Mangapai. Her husband, who was a former member -f the Life Guards, and who saw service in the Maori War with the Second Waikato Regiment, died in 1918, after having for many years farmed the Otaika Valley property. Mrs Gunson is still active and has a splendid memory. •:* *> 4* 4- 4* * 4* 4* 4* 4* *> 4* •> *> **><••:••>* 4* 4* *> •> *!•

Mrs Caldenius, whose husband, Dr C. R. C. C aldenius, of Stockholm University, is carrying on a geological survey of traces of the ice-age in New Zealand, is enjoying her tour of the Dominion. Mrs Caldenius, like her husband, is a Swede and was born in Stockholm and graduated in the university there. Her favourite subjects were botany and zoology, and since her marriage she has become as keenly interested in geological problems as her husband is. Like many Swedish ladies, Mrs Caldenius speaks excellent English. She is a fine speciman of the good-looking, intelligent Nordic type, and is full of animation and charm. The fame of our delicious afternoon and morning teas, and the generosity and hospitality of New Zealand hostesses, have reached Sweden, through the many travellers we have entertained in our Islands. Mrs Caldenius has already sampled for the first time our whitebait, which she found delicious. The next treats to follow for her in our local menus will be toheroa and kumera. She is intensely interested in uor flora and fauna, so different from what she found in Australian during a brief visit to Newcastle. LATEST ARRIVALS. At the Grosvenor:—Mr and Mrs Bruce Murray (Godley Peaks*, Mr and Mrs A. J. Nicol (Ashburton), Mr and Mrs Richard Dudson (Christchurch), Mrs J. W. Smeaton (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs T. Seed (Hastings), Mr and Mrs J. W. Harris (Wellington), Messrs G. R. Gregory (Christchurch*, J. HunterWeston (Lake Tekapo), Chas. Buchanan (Christchurch), D. C. Halley (Wellington), J. R. Hooper (Sydney), B. Stevens (Auckland), R. Donavon, N. Suckling (Christchurch), D. A. Lingham (Ballarat), L. A. Bennett. W. McDonald (Christchurch), W. F. James (Dunedin), W. B. Brittain (Auckland), Geo. Wilhelmson, A. Bedford, C. Hamilton (Dunedin).