SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20803, 11 August 1937, Page 12

SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs J. Ainger, Christchurch, is a guest at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs Crosbie, Garston, are registered at the Dominion. Mrs J. O'Connor, Christchurch, Is at the Grand.

Miss N. Pilling, Canada, is visiting Timaru, and is staying at the Grand.

Miss N. G. Thorn, Invercargill, is registered at the Grand. Mr and Mrs H. Hensley, Dunedin, are at the Balmoral.

Miss Jean Symington, Geraldine, is visiting Christchurch. Mrs G. H. Cossins has moved into her new flat in Stafford Street.

Mr and Mrs C. Clarkson, Christchurch, are registered at the Grosvenor.

Mr and Mrs A. W. Anderson, Invercargill, are visiting Timaru and are staying at the Grosvenor. Mrs A. J. Allport will leave to-day on a visit to her sister, Mrs J. A. Lee, St. Albans, Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs Roy Neutze, Pleasant Valley, left yesterday to spend a holiday in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs G. N. Mac Lean, Fairview, are visitors to Christchurch for the races.

Mr and Mrs Wolsey Kain and Mr Brian Kain, “The Bungalow,” Wai-iti Road, are on a visit to Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs C. C. Innes, who have been the guests of Mrs L. Mitchell, Raukapuka, Geraldine, have returned to Sheffield.

Mr and Mrs A. H. Hope, Hawke's Bay, who were the guests of Mrs Jack Acland, Mt. Peel have left to attend the races in Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs John Barker, Four Peaks, are the guests of Mrs T. Teschemaker, Christchurch, for the

Mr and Mrs Ledingham, Douglas Street, who were visitors to Dunedin for the Mcllroy-Ledingham wedding returned home on Monday.

The engagement is announced of Dulcie, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs C. E. Manchester, Waimate, to James Henry, eldest son of Mr and Mrs E. Howden, Timaru.

The engagement is announced of Ivy Mahalath, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs L. E. Rendall, Beverley Road, Timaru, to Mervyn Albert, second youngest son of Mr and Mrs A. H. Roberts, Pleasant Point.

Mr and Mrs J. Mcllroy and Miss Eileen Mcllroy, Geraldine, and Miss A. L. Mcllroy, ‘‘Kelso,” Sarah Street, returned yesterday from Dunedin, where they attended the Mcllroy-Ledingham wedding.

Mr and Mrs Jasper Herrick, Hawke’s Bay, Mr and Mrs H. B. L. Johnstone, Waimate, Mr and Mrs E. S. Johnstone, Otaio, and Mr Ronald Savill, North Canterbury, are members of Mr and Mrs H. B. S. Johnstone’s house party at their town house in Park Terrace during race week.

Miss Mary Boyd, a successful student of the Victoria University College, will leave this week to connect with the P. and O. liner ss. Narkunda at Sydney en route for London. Miss Boyd has had a most successful career at the college, having gained the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1934, and being awarded a Senior University Scholarship in the same year. In 1935 she became Master of Science, with first-class honours in zoology, and, in the same year, was awarded the Jacob Joseph Research Scholarship, which she held at the University College. As a result of her work she has been awarded a travelling scholarship .which she is taking up at the University College, London. Her special interest has been in the New Zealand lizards and she will take specimens with her, for further study on their structure and disease. Miss Boyd has taken a keen interest in the work of the Evangelical Union at the Victoria College, having been acting as graduate president of the union during the past year. She has also been a popular leader at the seaside camps arranged by the Children’s Special Service Mission in the Wellington Province.