WOMENFOLK

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18641, 19 December 1928, Page 13

WOMENFOLK

A CHRONICLE OF SOCIAL EVENTS.

By

"STELLA."

The Misses E. and X. Ward will leave Christchurch this evening for Sydney. Miss Hilda Otley, St Andrew’s Square, will leave next week for a holiday visit to Auckland. Mrs J. H. Edmundson. Napier, will arrive in Christchurch to-day, to attend the wedding of her son, Mr C. D. Edmundson, to Miss Barbara Graham. Mr and Mrs 11. East. Papanui Road, will leave on Monday for the north, where they will spend a motoring holiday. A sale of work promoted hv the Catholic community of New Brighton in aid of their church will be held on Friday and Saturday. December 21 and 22. It will be officially opened by Bishop Brodie on Friday at 7.30 p.m. There will be good side-shows, also produce, fancy and variety stalls. The Municipal Band will be in attendance. The pupils of Miss Vera Carpenter. L.A.8.. and their parents spent a very pleasant social evening at the residence of Mrs F. L. Horne, Strickland Street. Pianoforte solos and duets were contributed by the following:—Misses Dorothy A. Ar.tman, Phyllis De Jois, Maidie and Reta Sanders, Jean Brown, Marjorie Grubb. Florence Dwight. Marjorie Shin, Ethel Home. Hilda Hodges Gwen Carpenter and Rona Smi*h and Master Ivan Shin. The musical programme were interspersed with games and several eluocutionarv items. Miss Carpenter •concluded the programme with a solo (by request), after which supper was served.

Latest arrivals at the Hotel Federal include:—Miss D. C. Hunt (Nelson). Master J. R. Vinicombe, Master L. Smith and Mr P. J. Sinclair (Dunedin), Mrs M. Wilkinson (Wellington), Mr A. Edgar Jones (Timaru), Miss Dowling (Ashburton). Mr A. H. Leslie iTimaru), Miss M. Bain (Ashburton), Miss Ruth Wild (Hokitika), Mrs Duncan (Akaroa), Mr John Brown and family (Lowcliffe), Colonel and Mrs Eccles (Claverley), Mr James Boyd (Kaikoura), Mr and Mrs E. W. Devereux (Wellington), Mr and Mrs J. Carr (Methven). Mr A. H. Barnett (Morven), Mr P. R. Talbot (Timaru), Mrs E. M. Herrick (Levin), Mrs A. Johnston (Dunsandel), Mr and Mrs Carson (Kaitangata) and Mr T. S. Searle (Dunedin).

Miss Gwen Muff will leave for the north this evening en route for Sydney. The Canterbury Women's Club will be closed from December 24. 1928, until January 7. 1929, both dates inclusive. Mr and Mrs IT. E. Vaughan were passengers by the ferry steamer from Wellington this morning. Miss Halmai Loughnan, Avonside, has returned to Christchurch from the North Island. Miss Hilda Mulvaney Gray left today for a. visit to the Franz Josef Glacier. Miss Merle Miller, who is a student at the Conservatorium, Sydney, arrived in Lyttelton to-dav to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs M J. Miller. Mrs T. M. Hunter and the Misses Hunter, Lyttelton, will leave this week for a visit to Wellington, where they will be the guests of Mrs W. Cable. Levy Street. Mrs IT. T. Little, ITawarden. Miss N. White, ITawarden, and Mrs S. E. Campbell, Wellington, arrived in Christchurch yesterday and are staying at Warner’s Hotel. Viscount Hampden. Viscountess Hampden. Miss Brand and Miss M. Smith arrived in Christchurch from Dunedin last evening. They are staying at the United Service Hotel. Mrs J. G. Jelfs, of Woodend, and her two sons, Raymond and Gordon, motored to North Canterbury to stay with her parents, Mr and Mrs W. Coles, of “ Budleigh.” Recent guests at the White Star Hotel, Queenstown, include:—Mr C. Hope, Mr W. Anderson, Mr T. Livingstone and Mr C. Cooke (England), Mr and Mrs Van Hiss (New York), Mr and Mrs Le Vaux (Perth), Mr W. Gregory (Melbourne), Mr and Mrs Goldsmith and Miss R. Goldsmith(Brisbane), Messrs A. Christie, E. Hunt, S. Bell and H. R. Gough (Wellington). Mr and Mrs A. Hope and Mr W. Campbell (Timaru), Mrs A. Johnston (Mt Cook), Messrs W. Spence, H. Washer, C. Chittock and J. J. Schultz (Dunedin), and Mr and Mrs Westenra (Seddon). Following are recent guests at the Hotel Ambassadors:—Misses Norris and Mason (Wellington), Mrs Fletcher (Ashburton), Messrs T. and J. Hickey (Opunake), Mr W. Morgan (Nelson), Mr A. Harvey (Little River), Mr IT. Hedge (Hanmer); Mr and Mrs D. Morris (Wellington), Mr M’Donald (Waiau), Mr R. Bremner (Dunedin), Mr Everard (Palmerston North), Mr and Mrs Stuart (Timaru), Mr B. Simpson (Karamea), Mrs Montgomery (Loburn), Miss M. Combe (Mount Cook), Mrs and Miss Legget (Scotland), Mrs A. Watson (Port Chalmers), Mrs Campbell, Mrs Amberger (Dunedin), Mr A. C. Silverwood (Wellington), Mr D. Whittaker (Oamaru), Mr J. Hickey (Wellington). Mr W. Daly, Mr and Mrs Hammond (Dunedin), Miss E. Morrison (Little River), Miss M. Hickey (Kaituna); Miss Anne Duff (Methven), Mr H. Frank (Nelson), Colonel Warwick Pett, Dr Ralph Manning (London), Mr S. Pannett (Scargill), Mr H, Seddall. R.M.S. Tainui, Lyttelton.