PERSONAL ITEMS

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20312, 23 May 1934, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Dr Doris Gordon returned to Wellington by the Rangatira last evening. Miss Mavis Reese, Rossall Street, returned last evening from a visit to Hokitika. Mrs A. Iv. Warren, Merivale vicarage, will return this week from a visit to Hanmer Springs. Mrs John Bolam, Invercargill, is visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs W. I. Bolam, Rugby Street. Miss Anne Morrell, Dunedin, who has been the guest of Miss Doreen flight, Merivale, has returned home. Miss Phyllis Sutton, who has been staying with friends in Christchurch, has returned to Dunedin. Mrs E. Fleming, Dunedin, left last evening by the Rangatira for Wellington. Miss Stevenson, Dunedin, who has been the guest of Miss M. E. Kincaid, Wroxton Terrace, has returned south. Miss Evelyn Edgar has returned from a holiday at the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. Miss Stella Shaw, Wellington, returned north by the inter-island steamer last evening. Miss Isabel Bates, Murray Place, and Miss Aileen Thompson, Holly Road, are spending a holiday at the Franz Josef Glacier. Miss Lorna Rutherford, Tailjape, who has been spending a few weeks in Canterbury, returned north last evening. Miss Griffiths, Kaiapoi, who was the guest of Mrs J. I). Clark and of Mrs W. A. dlawke, The Valley, is now visiting Mrs H. ,F. Taege, Sheffield. The Christchurch patriotic societies will celebrate Empire Day, May 24, with an evening gathering in Ballantvne’s tearooms, commencing at eight o’clock sharp. The chief speaker for the evening will be Professor L. G. Pocock. of Canterbury College. The proceedings will be broadcast. There will be a short musical programme, to be followed by supper.

Miss Neroli Smithson, Merivale Lane, is the guest of Miss Marwell Burnett, Hakataramea. Miss Brosnahan, Gisborne, has arrived in Christchurch after a visit to Mrs J. J. lleasle5 r , Timaru. Miss Jean Ilursthouse, Seymour Street, Blenheim, who has been visiting Christchurch, has returned home. Dr E. Baker-M’Laglen, Christchurch, returned home last evening after a visit to Palmerston North. Miss Alice Candy, Cambridge Terrace, has returned from a trip to Mount Cook. Miss Nancy Nairn, Puriri, who has been visiting friends in Christchurch, returned to the north by the Rangatira last evening. Mrs J. 11. Watherston, .Fendalton, has returned from Parnassus, where she was the guest of Mrs D. G. 11. Bush, lona. Mrs M. Benn, the popular matron of the Y.M.C.A. in Auckland, has gone to Wellington to live privately. Prior to her departure a series of presentations were made to her by different societies interested in the work of the Y.M.C.A. Miss Nancy Cunard, the daughter of the famous shipowner, the late Lord Cunard, has just edited an anthology, “ Negro.” It is a tremendous work of 855 large quarto pages, containing at a moderate estimate 750,000 words. Miss Cunard has been working at it for nearly three years, and the result has been very much worth the trouble. To those who know her, the statement that she intends devoting the rest of her life to the negro race is not surprising. For some years, fighting against the oppression of negro peoples has been both the main passion and interest in her life. In London she hat organised a serieg of inter-racial dances, with the object of creating a better understanding between black and white people. She herself lives in one of the poorest quarters of London, leading a life remote from the Mayfair in which her mother is one of the great hostesses.