Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 268, 13 November 1945, Page 2

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Perry, Turakina, is the guest of Mrs. Anderson, Bulls. M. de la Tribouille, who has been representative in New Zealand of the Fighting French, and Mme. de la Tribouille, will leave soon on their return to France.

ENGAGEMENT.

Fifield—Sullivan.— Mr. and Mrs. E. Sullivan, Wanganui East, have pleasure in announcing the engagement of their third daughter, Eileen Mnwby, to Maurice Bernard, third son of Mrs. M. A. and the late Mr. C. P. Fifield, Westmere, Wanganui.

HITHER AND THITHER

Health Centre “Overcoming Inferiority Complexes” is the. subject of a talk to be given by Mr. E. R. Prince to-night in Harmony Hall, McGruer’s Building. Pageant of Youth A Pageant of Youth is to be held by the Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. in Christ Church Parish Hall on Thursday night next, November 15. al 7.45 p.m. The pageant, which is to be presented by the various clubs of the association, is of eleven countries, and includes songs and dances of the various countries. It is being held in connection with a special week observed tnrougnoul the world by the Y.M.-Y.W.C.A.’s and S.C.M. Members and friends will be welcome. Dutch Consul’s Wife Arrives Mrs. W. E. van Panhuys, with her tvyo imali sons, Jan, aged six, and Pieter, aged live, and their Swiss governess, has arrived from Australia by air to join her husband in Wellington, Mrs. van Panhuys is the wife of the newly-appointed Consul-Gen-eral for the Netherlands in New Zealand, Jonkheer Dr. van Panhuys, who arrived to take up his duties in Wellington about a fortnight ago. The new Consul was formerly attached to the Netherlands Legation in Ausstalia with headquarters at Canberra and Melbourne, the family making their home in the latter city. Formerly Countess Edith Deym, Mrs. van Panhuys is a member of an old Czechoslavakian family, and until her marriage lived at their ancestral home near Prague. After her marriage she spent a few years in Pome, then six years in Spain. They were fourteen raonths in Australia.

Beach Picnic Taxi Service Many entertainments and attractions have been arranged for the big beach picnic to be held on Sautraay next, November 17, by the Wanganui Nurses for the combined carnival appeal. The idea is to convey families to the beach and back home by car, for which a small sum will be charged. This offers a wonderful opportunity for families who do not live near the tramline, for they, together with their beach equipment and lunch baskets, will be taken right to the beach. You bring your lunch and hot water will be provided. The children will on joy the donkey rides; the sand-building competition and races. Londontown will stage a sensational mannequin parade of beach and sports wear. If you want a oar fill in the coupon in the paper ana send it in to P.O. Box 173. Don’t forget that the car will take you back home after the picnic is over. “Declined With Thanks”

To have two proposals of marriage in one day was the experience of Miss Norah Edwards, a teacher attached to the staff of the China Inland Mission, who has returned to Whangare* alter nearly four years in a Japanese internment camp at Hongkong. “On the first day I received notification of internment the two gentleman who knew the conditions facing me, having themselves. as Jews, been interned by the Nazis in Austria, suggested that I should marry one of them and thus relinquish my British citizenship making? me no longer an enemy alien. The offer was that we should separate when the whole thing had blown over, but I declined with thanks.” Government House Garden Party . More than 130 organisations were represented at the garden party held by their Excellencies the GovernorGeneral, Sir Cyril Newall, at Government House on Saturday afternoon. The guests, numbering one thousand four hundred and eighty nine, were volunteer war workers, each of whom had a long record of patriotic service and represented major organisations that have undertaken war work on a wide scale. It was the first garden party io be held at Government House since the Duke of Gloucester’s visit to New Zealand in 1935, the late Viscount Galway’s term as GovernorGeneral. It took over an hour for their Excellencies to shake hands with every war worker. Lady Newall, who has herself done regular war work for six years, heads the Lady Galway Patriotic Guild and is patroness oi numerous organisations. Lady Newall wore a burgundy-coloured edge-to-edge coat over a white dress, burgundy straw hat upturned at the back and threaded with matching ribbon velvet. The high crown had a cluster of ribbon velvet loops lined with white. Her shoes and gloves were white. The Governor-General wore Royal Air Force uniform. Flowers from the gardens were used for decorations in the ball and drawing rooms, where afternoon tea was served.