PERSONAL ITEMS

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20280, 14 April 1934, Page 14

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mrs H. Holland, Gracefield Street, left last evening for Wellington. Miss Peggy Marsden, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs Norman Rutherford, Parnassus, following a visit to Mrs B. E. H. Whitcombe, Merivale. Mrs Sharpe, Sydney, who has been visiting her parents. Sir Henry and Lady Buckleton, left Wellington on Thursday on her return journey. Miss Maud Wheeler, Wellington, who has been staying in Christchurch for the golf tournament at Shirley, will return home this evening. Miss Denise Colen, Kotuku, West Coast, who has been on a holiday visit to Christchurch, returned home on Tuesday. " Mrs J. H. Hall was appointed to represent the Canterbury branch of the Victoria League at the annual general meeting in London. Miss Mary Burling, Pareora East, has returned home after a short visit to her aunt, Mrs R. W. Arnold, Factory Road, Belfast. Mrs C. Mooney and her husband, who is the manager of the Raratongan branch of the Union Company, will leave Christchurch this evening for Wellington. At a committee meeting of the Victoria League it was decided to order the wreaths for Anzac Day and Empire Da>% the president, Mrs Deans, to place the Empire Day wreath at the foot of Queen Victria’s statue at midday. Mrs Kitching, England, who has been \he guest pf Sir Henry and Lady Wigram, Park Terrace, for some months, left last night en route for Auckland, where she will join the Aorangi on Monday for England. Donna Sapio Clifford, with Her husband, Count Sapio and their two children, will leave England on May 31 for New Zealand to visit her mother, Lady Clifford, Cashmere Hills. Miss Dennis, Lady Clifford’s sister, will accompany them from England. Miss Alice Blakely, Waikari, will leave Christchurch on Saturday, April 28, for Auckland, where she will join the Aorangi en route to Canada. Her marriage to Mr Gerald Morrison, elder son of Mr C. J. Morrison, Cashmere Hills, will take place at Toronto shortly after her arrival. Miss Louie Bickerton was elected a councillor of the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association last week when Miss Nell Lloyd retired from the position she has held since women were admitted as councillors six years ago. Miss Bickerton’s selection has been acclaimed by all tennis players. She is still active on the courts and is graded No. 2 in the State of New South Wales. Writing from Spain, Miss Alison M’Dougall says that her change of address from London is due to the fact that she has had a book published in London and is at present busy on another with a Spanish setting. This enterprising young Australian went home on a Norwegian boat something over a year ago, and like many another young pilgrim, took a job whilst waiting to make good in literature. She chose to work in a tobacco factory whilst waiting for success. Miss Mary Mitchell, who wrote that provocative book, “A Warning to Wantons,” will leave Melbourne shortly on a trip to England—a reward for hard work and patience. In the first place she hopes to have a long holiday. Then she has to meet her publishers, Messrs Heinemann, and interview other people who had communicated with her about film rights. There is a possibility that the story will be filmed in Britain. Moreover, there have been requests that the book should be translated into French and German, and even into Russian. Miss Mitchell has not been idle since she received a cable message from London that her first book has been accepted. She is now working on an Australian story, with the action in and about Melbourne.

Miss E. Avery, Weld Street, Blenheim, is on a visit to Christchurch. Mrs Jos. Armstrong, sen., “ Bayview,” Akaroa, is visiting relatives at Foxton. Mr and Mrs Phillip Monro and Miss Marguerite Monro, St Andrew’s, have been visiting Christchurch. The Misses Mackintosh. Rangiora, are visiting Mr and Mrs R. Fisher, Springlands, Marlborough. Mrs Gordon Coull, Fendalton, left today to be the guest of Mrs Sholto Douglas, Culverden. Miss Marjory Horton, who has bpen spending a holiday in Christchurch, has'returned to Blenheim. Miss Cara Pinckney, Glenary, Southland, who has been visiting Timaru, is now staying in Christchurch. Mrs Robinson Hall, Riccarton, and Miss Maynard Hall returned yesterday from a holiday spent in Wellington. Mrs R. Fowler, Montreal Street, is the guest of Mrs F. F. A. Ulrich, Elizabeth Street, Timaru. Mr -and Mrs F. L. Murray, Hartley Hills, Marlborough, arc visiting Christchurch. Mrs Russell Laidlaw, Oaro, will return home to-day from a visit to her parents. Dr and Mrs F. G. Gibson, Merivale. Miss Betty Ilobbs, Papanui Road, will leave for Sydney towards the end of next month, where she will be married and will make her home. Mrs Douglas Macfarlane, Rafa Downs, North Canterbury, is staying with her parents. Canon and Mrs W. S. Bean, Beverley Street. Miss Yualeen Wright, who has been visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs F. J. A. Wright, Havard Street, Akaroa, will return to Timaru on Monday. Misses Molly and Joan Masefield, Akaroa, left to-day on a motor tour to Nelson, where they will be the guests of Mrs M. Robertson. Mrs J. C. M’Caw and her little daughter Airdree, The Manse, Akaroa, left on Tuesday to visit relatives at the Hutt, Wellington. Mrs T. D. Kendall and Miss V. Kendall, Bealey Avenue, have returned from a holiday in Auckland and the Bay of Islands. Professor A. Wall will address members of the Parents’ National Educational Union at Selwyn House next Friday evening on the subject of New Zealand native plants. Archdeacon and Mrs A. C. T. Purchas, St John’s vicarage, Rangiora, formerly of Akaroa and Lyttelton, are visiting Akaroa for a few days, and are the guests of Mr and Mrs W. E. M. Jacobson, Balguerie Street. Miss Christina Whyte and Miss Mary Murdoch, Invercargill, returned to Christchurch on Thursday from a holiday spent in Greymouth, and are the guests of Mrs W. Edginton, Nelson Street, Riccarton. Mrs Alan Copeland, who is at present visiting Miss Mildred Kresse, “ Woodhaugh,” Murray Aynsley Hill, will leave on Tuesday for Wellington, where she and her husband will spend a week before leaving for Sydney. Mrs C. R. H. Taylor (nee Inez W. Day), of Wellington, formerly of Christchurch, will leave with her husband on the Maunganui on April 17 for San Francisco, on a study tour of Canada, America, England and Europe. Both Mr and Mrs Taylor are graduates of Canterbury College. Mr and Mrs J. D. Renton, Heaton Street, left last night for Hawke’s Bay for the wedding of their son, Mr Moore Renton. They will go to Auckland, where they will spend the winter months. During their absence Mr and Mrs Moore Renton will occupy their home. Miss' Betty Whelch, Akaroa, will leave on Monday for Wellington to attend the wedding on Wednesday of her brother, Mr Yewers Whelch, of the accountancy department of the office of Internal Affairs, to Miss Tompkins, of Petone.