SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20892, 23 November 1937, Page 10

SOCIAL NOTES

Mr and Mrs M. G. Hitchon, Christchurch, are guests at the Empire. Mr and Mrs Ludemann, Lakeside, are staying at the Dominion. Mrs A. Shallcrass, Dunedin, is a guest at the Dominion.

Mr and Mrs G. B. Pike, Nile Street, have left on a visit to Dannevirke.

Mrs Sholto Black, Branscombe Street, will leave to-day on a short visit to Mrs Low, Christchurch. Mrs Coughlan, Dunedin, is on a visit to her sister, Miss F. Lynch, Church Street. Mrs E. J. Mirams, Beverley Road, is on a visit to her uncle, Mr H. O. Deven-ish-Meares, Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs J. Peoples, Mr and Mrs J. Fowler and Mr and Mrs W. Strong (Christchurch) are guests at the Balmoral.

Colonel and Mrs Redmond Neill, “Barossa,” Mt. Somers, will return from England by the Arawa due in Wellington on December 4. Miss Davies, Geraldine, who has been on a trip to England has left on her return to New Zealand and will arrive in the Dominion about the second week in December.

The Rev. A. H. McC. Acheson and Mrs Acheson, Waimate, who have been visiting Britain, are returning to New Zealand by the Arawa, due in Wellington on December 4. Miss Alison West-Watson, youngest daughter of the Bishop of Christchurch, has accepted a position in welfare work at Rotheram, Yorkshire, connected with the county council’s slumclearing scheme.

The engagement is announced of Dorothy Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Maurice Franklin, Matson’s Road, Papanui, Christchurch, to Hugh Chater, only son of Mrs A. H. Muir, Winchester Stret, Merivale, and the late Mr A. H. Muir, of Timaru.

At the invitation of Mrs K. S. StoneWigg, members of the Winchester Branch of the Women’s organisation of the New Zealand National Party held their monthly meeting at her home, Walhi School. Mr J. L. Stone-Wigg gave an interesting talk on the work of the local branch and the National Party generally. A speech delivered by Mr Norton Francis at the Canterbury District meeting was read by Miss M. Mills. At the conclusion of the business, Mrs Stone-Wigg entertained members at afternoon tea.

Women doctors are marching on Harley Street, and the time may come when there are as many women consultants as there are men. This is the possibility suggested by figures for the profession revealed in the “British Medical Journal,” which states that women students who embarked on study for their new profession at university ’ institutions during 1935-36 numbered 1747, the highest total shown in returns dating back to 1925-26. Today the names of more than 6000 women appear in the Medical Register.

During the holiday visit of the Royal family to Scotland, Princess Elizabeth had dally fishing lessons in the stream that runs by Glamis Castle, the estate of her grandfather, Lord Strathmore. The lessons were given by her mother, who, when 11 years old like Princess Elizabeth, was introduced by her father to the joys of angling. Queen Elizabeth became a keen and accomplished angler, and it seems very likely that the Princess will follow in her footsteps. The zest which the two little girls bring to work and play alike is truly delightful.

A wedding of much interest to New Zealanders was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Name, Wodehouse road, Bombay, by the Rev. Father Ghezzi, S.J, Administrator of Bombay, when Ena M’Donald, widow of Mr Walter M’Donald, of Otago, New Zealand, was married to Lionel St. George Clement-Parker, of Bombay, India. The bride wore a French gown of Ice-blue needlerun lace, with large flat hat of Bangkok straw, and shoes to match. A corsage of fresh gardenias made a pretty finish to an attractive ensemble. A reception was afterward held at the Taj Mahal Hotel, at which relatives and friends attended. A tour of Rajputana State followed. Mr and Mrs Clement-Parker Intend spending some months in New Zealand in 1938. Glass continues to be a most fashionable furnishing medium. The very latest furniture is made of carved glass, which introduces an entirely new cult, and a most attractive one. Six glass dining chairs are to be seen at the Paris Exhibition. The legs of the

chairs, as well as the backs, are elaborately carved, and the upholstered seats, are fringed with glass. These chairs, which are guaranteed to take heavy weights in spite of their fragile appearance, are arranged round a dinner table with a mirror glass top, supported by carved legs. Spun glass in delicate colours is used for curtains at the exhibition, and a most charming chess table in black and white squares is also made entirely of glass, with glass chess men to match. At the Timaru Technical High School last week two very pleasant little functions took place in connection with the Chapman-Reeves wedding. On Wednesday afternoon the girls assembled when Ella Walter, head prefect supported by Gertrude Brosnahan, presented Miss Reeves with a case of fish silver as a token of their esteem and regard, and with good wishes for her future happiness. Beatrice Darroch, on behalf of the girls of Miss Reeves’s own form, took the opportunity of presenting her with a crystal vase. On Friday the staff assembled at morning tea and expressed their regard for a fellow-teacher by the presentation of a handsome camphor-wood chest. Mr Tuck, in making the presentation, stated that the School’s experience of the Otago Home Science trainees had been a very happy one. He eulogisd Miss Reeves’s versatile capabilities and the pleasant manner In which she always worked. Miss Couper endorsed the principal’s remarks. Miss Reeves suitably replied. The three-tier bridal cake was made and decorated by the senior domestic girls.