HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 256, 29 October 1934, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

I Nukumaru Hall la aid of the Nukumaru Hall fund a dance will be held in the hall on November 1. The Arcadian Orchestra has been engaged to play the music. Bus leaves Martin and Vernon's at 7.15 p.m. Lady Jellicoe (51nb There were six tables in play at the weekly gathering of the members of the bridge circle of the Lady Jellicoe Club. The..hidden number was won by Miss Seeker Members of the various committees entertained Miss Amy Kane, of Wellington, at morning tea on Friday. Pupils’ Annual Concert The annual concert by pupils of Madame Lilian Spillane will be held in St. Paul’s Hall on Thursday evening, November 8. Music lovers who attended previous concerts will remember the delightful programmes presented and the concert to be held next week should prove equally interesting. Proceeds are in aid of the Plunket Society. Social and Dance There were about 50 couples at a social and dance and presentation of trophies held by the Harrier Club on Saturday evening in the Victoria HallA very pheasant few hours were spent by those present. Mr. E. Gowen was M.-C. and music was supplied by Mr. P. Bennett. The Monte Carlo was won by Miss P. Stringer and Mr. C. Wilde, the lucky spot by Miss Carveil and Mr. G. Harrison. Euchre games were arranged for the non-dancers, the prizes being won by Mrs. Harrison and Mr. Bevege. The trophies won during the year were presentecT by Mrs. Bourgeois, and the caps by Mr- C. B. White. Spring Pair A very successful spring fair was held by the ladies of St. James' Presbyterian Church, Wanganui East, on Saturday afternoon. The stalls were arranged round the hall and were very attractive, particularly the flower and plant stall, which was laden with beautiful and fragrant blooms, also pot plants of all kinds. * The fair was opened by the Mayoress (Mrs. N. G. Armstrong), who made a charming speech, congratulating the workers on the appearance of the stalls. She spoke about the amount of work necessary for the running of a fair and the work that went on behind the scenes, work which later filled the stalls. These workers deserved every praise. MrsArmstrong wished them every success and had much pleasure in declaring the fair open. She then inspected the stalls and made numerous purchases. The stalls and stallholders were as follows: —Plain and fancy, Mesdames McLeod, Dabinett and’Fleming; sweets, Mesdames Bamber, G. Williamson and Snelling; cakes, Mrs. Papworth and Miss Hansen; produce, Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey, assisted by Messrs. Siddall and Ralph; flowers and pot plants, Mesdames Charles Humphrey and Georgetti; jumble, Mesdames King and Siddall and Miss Sutherland; afternoon tea was in charge of Miss McLeod and Mrs. Stapleton, assisted by Mrs. J. H. Wells, Misses Wanda Atkinson and Norma Brailsford.

A Woman Lord. Chancellor Shall we ever see a woman Lord Chancellor sitting on the Woolsack and presiding over the House of Lords? asks a London writer. The present Lord Chancellor (Lord Sankey) referred to the possibility recently. In presenting prizes at Roedean, the famous girls’ school, Ire said: “I am not at all sure that one of the girls I am now addressing may not some day be Lord Chancellor.” It is now 11 years since the first woman was called to the Bar. Women have been eligible to sit in the House of Commons only a year or two longer, and already Britain has had a woman Cabinet Minister. It also has women preachers, playing a prominent part in religious life. But women Judges—and the Lord Chancellor is a Judge—are another matter.