SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20673, 11 March 1937, Page 12

SOCIAL NOTES

Dr. and Mrs Russell Ritchie, Dunedin, are staying at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs J. H. Pennington, Christchurch are guests at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs G. C. Lizard, Christchurch, are at the Grosvenor.

Mrs J. Temple, Hi;hfield, has returned from a visit to Christchurch.

Mrs J. Page and her children, Mt Gerald, are camping at the Rangitata.

Mr and Mrs T. Irvine, Union Bank have left on a caravan holiday.

Miss Eva Ward, Geraldine, is spending a holiday in Invercargill.

Mr and Mrs Cotsford Burdon, Mt. Potts, are staying with Mrs M. Burdon, “Parkhurst,” Woodbury.

Miss Veda James, late of Waimataitai, left on Tuesday, by the Awatea, on a holiday trip to Sydney. Mr and Mrs W. J. Johnson, Harrowgate, England, are staying at the Grosvenor.

Mr and Mrs Vivian McKay, Scone, New South Wales, are staying at the Grosvenor.

Mrs Alan Curnow, Christchurch, is staying with her mother, Mrs C. J. LeCren, Grey Road. Miss Joan Fulton, Christchurch, is staying with Mrs G. Hennessy, ‘Garryowen,” Morven.

Mrs D. C. Kidd, “Single Hill,” Burkes Pass, is staying with her mother Mrs C. Stirling, Fendalton, Christchurch.

Mrs E. Jenkins, Sefton Street, and Mrs J. Stevens, York Street, have returned from a holiday at Hanmer.

Mr and Mrs P. A. Elworthy and Miss Diana Elworthy, Gordon's Valley, who are on a visit to the Southern Lakes are expected home to-day.

Mrs L. E. Williams and Miss E. L. J. Davies, Geraldine, are visiting Lake Te Anau. Miss Davies will leave at the end of the month on a visit to England.

Lady Bruche, wife of Major-General Sir Julius Bruche, Brisbane, and her sister-in-law, Miss Olive Bruche, who are touring New Zealand are at present staying in Christchurch. Miss Elaine Hamill, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. E. Hamill, of Taihape, will leave Sydney on March 22 for England, to try her luck on the stage and screen. Her many New Zealand friends and acquaintances wish her well, and hope the success she so richly deserves will come her way.

Miss Catherine Ashton, activities secretary of the Y.W.C.A. Dunedin will leave on March 22 for Adelaide where she will take up the position of activities secretary of the Adelaide Y.W.C.A. Before leaving Dunedin Miss Ashton was the guest of honour at a farewell given by the senior clubs of the Y.W.C.A. Miss Ashton is a daughter of Mr and Mrs D. Ashton, Maltby Avenue.

An interesting Scottish visitor to New Zealand at present is Lady McGowan, who has arrived with her husband, Lord McGowan, the chairman of directors of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., England, who was the recipient of a barony in New Year honours. Their visit to New Zealand was prefaced by a short stay in Australia. Lady McGowan takes a keen interest in many charities in London, where she makes her home. She works for the blind and for hospitals, being specially interested in the Infants’ Hospital at Westminster. The Duchess of Kent likes plain pastel shades for home decorations, and she has chosen pale pink for her big bedroom at her pretty country house. The Coppins, near I’-er (says an English exchange). The walls are a delicate shell pink with the woodwork and painted ceiling slightly deeper, while the new curtains and hangings combine the two shades also. Dainty rosepatterned chintz covers the chairs and makes a frilly “skirt” for the dressing table, and the bed is a modern draped divan. Like the Duke's room adjoining and the nurseries, it overlooks the lawn, which is shaded by fine old cedars and oaks. The Coppins, once a farmhouse, is by no means a mansion, for there are only 10 bedrooms and four reception rooms. But it is quite large enough for its royal owners, who appreciate its homeliness and quiet atmosphere.