Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20070, 6 October 1920, Page 9

Women Folk

By "STELLA"

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Miss Payton also leaves for Auckland this evening. . Miss G. Clark (Nelson) is the guest of Mrs Bernard Wood. Mias Until Macfarlane (Hawkswood) is staying at the Clarendon. Mr and Mrs E. G. Lane returned »o t iiaru to-day after a week spent in Gii-i,st church. Mr and Mrs and Miss Barnett have returned to Dunedin after a short stay ia Clinstohuroh.. Miss Mill, who has been here for the golf championship tournament', lett today for her home in Dunedin. Mrs R. Orbell and her niece, Miss Hortzlelt (Oamaru), ar& staying at Marwick House. Mrs Adaih Smith (Culverden) armcd in Christchurch yesterday and is £ laying at the Clarendon. Miss Phyllis Mather (Wellington) spent a day or two in Christchurch this week on her .’way t 0 Dunedin. Miss Edna Henderson (Invercargill) is the guest of Mrs Cy«l Ward, Menvale. Mr and Mrs Kell Got (Dunedin) arrived in Christchurch yesterday, and are staying at the United Service. Miss E. M. Upton, who came to Christchurch for the golf tournament, will leave this evening for Auckland. Mrs Culling and the Misses Culling (Auckland) will leave for the north this evening after a stay in Cm'istchurch. Miss A'ancyo Lo Cron, who has been paying visits in , Tintaru and Dunedin for several mouths, has returned ,o Christchurch. Mrs Stubbs will leave Christchurch this evening tor the North Island, where she intends spending two or three months before proceeding to England. Mr and Mrs H. G. Gilchrist, visitors to Christchurch from Glasgow, Scotland,- will leave this evening for tho North Island. Mfs O. Mi M’Curdie and Miss B. 0. M’Curdie.. (Dunedin) arrived m Christchurch-last evening, and are staying at Warners. ‘ Mis? Olivo Ballantync and Mr Kenneth Ballantyne, who have been ing England and France, have returned to Christchurch. Miss, Marona Bullock, who has been visiting friends in the country, has returned to Christchurch, where she is tho guest of Mrs George Rhodes. Amongst the visitors to Christchurch staying at Bt Elmo are Mr and Mrs and Miss Johnstone (Kaikoura), Mr and Mrs Thompson (Hokitika), Miss Moore (Hokitika), Mr Garnett (London), Mrs Ikirnett (Rangiora), Rev D. O. Bates (Wellington), Mrs Ridgley (London), Mr Haggett (Dunedin), Mrs Montgomery (Lawrence), Mrs Urquharl (China', Dr and Mrs Guy Chapman, Mrs and Miss-Kettle (Greymouth) and Miss Glendining (Dunedin). Miss Dorothy, Anderson and Miss Jessie Wilkin, who have acted as joint secretaries for the New Zealand ladies’ golf championship tournament, were each presented with a pair Of silver candlesticks from the visiting . golfers. The presentation, which was made by Mrs John Cook, cf Dunedin, took place yesterday afternoon after the formal presentation of competition prizes, which was made by Mrs Wigram, who has been president during Mrs Boyles absence abroad. Tho response to the fight the famine appeal 'has been remarkable in Christchurch, £(5000 of the £IO,OOO aimed at having been collected; £SOOO of this has already been sen l ortvay, and tho secretary, Mr Denys Honre, has £IOOO in, baud. The lady canvassers havo. collected £6OO, and, are working hard to make it more. Tho school children of Christchurch have also, given liberally of their pertuies, their willingness to assist starving children being most sincere. It is hoped that th© £IO,QOO mark will be reached at the end of this month. The finest tonic I have heard of to cope with after influenza effects is the Malted Hypophosphites, sold by Mr E. Cameron Smith, Royal Exchange Buildings. 96, Worcester Street, at 3s 6d per bottle. It has wonderful recuperative powers; the malt builds up the tissue while the hypophosphites act as a tome for the brain and nerves. F6r young and old, it ia splendid. 1

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Mr and Mrs Boyle, accompanied bv iuiss Boyle, returned to Christchurch to-day after a trip to America. They nave been away over three months. At a meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary Committee of the Navy League it was reported that a telegram of .welcome on behalf of the committee had been sent to; Lord and Lady Jellicoe, and that a riieasage of thanks bad been received. The sub-committee which had arranged the cabaret evening, and to whom the hearty thanks of "the committee -were expressed, reported that the net proceeds would exceed £4O, and the total of £43 12s had since been handed in for the benefit of the funds, ihs names of several new members of the league were announced, and good progress of the work for the stalls on A avy Day was reported, On Saturday‘Mr and Mrs Walter Bishop, of Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, celebrated their silver wedding in Mr Bishop is a native of Christchurch, being the second son °* ™Vr md the late 'Mr Charles Bishop of 98, Moorhouse Avenue. About sixtytwo relatives and intimate friends attended the breakfast, in the supperroom at the. Oddfellows’ Hall, St Asaph btrect, when a lengthy toast list and congratulatory speeches were made. At t .30 p.ixk some two hundred friends assembled in the hall for a social and ■ Musical items and games were indulged in, and a happy evening was brought to a close with “ Aukl Laim byne.” A very pleasant little gathering took, place on Saturday afternoon at the Defence Headquarters, Government Buildmgs the occasion being a presentation to Miss Marker, who has been a member ot the civil staff for the past five years, and has now been, promoted lo the electrical branch of the Public cwrci department. The Headquarters btatr, both military and civil, were well represented, and Colonel Young, p'M-G., D.5.0., Officer Commanding the Canterbury District, in a, few wellchosen words asked Miss Marker to accept two silver-mounted cut-glass ornamentß from her friends in the office as a small token of their esteem, and wished her all kinds of good luck in her new position. Those assembled then joined in singing “ For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” followed by three cheers for Miss Marker, Mrs Mary Anti Vincent, who passed away recently at her residence, East Oxford, on the eve of her ninety-ninth year, was one of the district’s oldest identities. Accompanying her husband Mrs Vincent loft Bishopstendou, Devonshire, in 1850 for Australia. On their arnyal in Melbourne Mr Vincent went digging on the Eagle-hawk and Bendigo • goldfields. Mrs \'inceut shared in his experiences on the diggings, and could 'relate many interesting incidents of their early life in Australia, amongst which was the loss of a horse, stolen dy Burgess, the notorious Australian and Aew Zealand outlaw. After spending twelve years in Australia with varylnS success, Mr and Mrs Vincent left tor Aew Zealand, being attracted by the gold discovery at Gabriel’s Gully, iqH l ? O- The y se t foot in Duuediu in lSb3, and at once made for their goldfield objective. There tiiey had no success, and they then decided to go to Aorth Canterbury. After spending two years In Kaiapoi, they moved on to East Oxford, where they settled down for the remainder of their lives. Mr V mcenl; was engaged in pit-sawing, and cut the timber used in building White’s Bridge, near the Waimakariri.’ He died in the year 1000, at the ago of eightyone. Mrs Vincent, who had resided in Oxford fifty-six years,, leaves three sons and two daughters, also twenty-ono grandchildren and twenty-nine greatgrandchildren.