THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1514, 1 May 1919, Page 26

THE SOCIAL WORLD

C. KINGSLEY-SMITH.

Announcements of engagements and contributions of interest relating to weddings and social gatherings should be sent to Lady Editor, “Sporting and Dramatic Beview” Office, Auckland. In all cases the writer’s signature and address must be attached (not for publication). Photographs of wedding groups will be reproduced by arrangement.

His Excellency the Governor-Gen-eral, the Earl of Liverpool, accompanied by the Countess of Liverpool and members of his staff, have arrived in Auckland from Rotorua, and have taken up their residence at Government House, where they will remain several weeks.

Mrs. Herrick, of Tautare, Hawke’s Bay, and her sister, Miss Brandon, have been on a visit to Auckland and Rotorua.

Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Logan, of Masterton, have been spending a holiday in Auckland.

Miss Mildred Leo Clements (Mrs. Robert E. Schenck), who came to New Zealand with the Chautauqua party, left by the Niagara on her return to California.

At a meeting at Timaru it was decided to establish a district nurse. Miss Lenore Pulsford has returned to Wellington after a stay in Europe where she has studied singing under the best masters.

Mrs. John Grigg (Longbeach), who has been in England for some time, is returning to New Zealand by the Remuera. Her daughter, Mrs. McDonald, is accompanying her.

Mrs. F. Moeller, on behalf of the French Red Cross, Napier, has cabled a sum of £5OO to General Pau for the benefit of wounded and suffering soldiers.

Dr. Ag'nes Bennett is returning to New Zealand as medical officer of the transport Paparoa, and will resume practice in Wellington.

Mrs. Barrington Waters has returned to Sydney after a holiday in Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Fryer, of Hastings, have been on a visit to Auckland, staying at “Cargen.”

Miss Mina Caldow, of Wellington, came up to Auckland for Easter, to take part in two recitals at the Town Hall.

Mrs. Fitchett, of Auckland, who has been confined to her home for the past six months on account of illness, has gone to Helensville to take a course of treatment.

The engagement is announced of Miss Thelma Doris McCausland, eldest daughter of Mrs. F. F. McCausland, Christchurch, to Mr. Alexander G. McAlpine, second son of Mr; G. G. McAlpine, Westland.

Sister Emma C. Gill, formerly of Auckland, who was in Honolulu before the war, and went to the front from Canada as an “Edith Cavell” nurse, has been at No. 2 Canadian General Hospital in France. That unit having closed ' down, she has 'low gone to England.

Lieutenant Kimpton Mclntosh Barrance, New Zealand Engineers, of Auckland and recently of Thames, was married on February 6, at All Saints’, Boscombe, Hants, England, to Lilian, younger daughter of the late Mr. J. A. York and Mrs. York, Scaresbrick Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester.

The many friends of Lieutenant and Mrs. Algar Williams will regret to learn of the death, which occurred at Christchurch on April 18, of their daughter, Juliet, aged 10£ years. Lieutenant Williams, it is understood, is now on his way back to New Zealand, after nearly two years’ active service with the New Zealand Field Artillery.

The New Plymouth Hospital Board has suggested that the local war memorial should take the form -of a recreation room for the Nurses’ Home there.

Before leaving for New Zealand, Brig.-Gen. G. S. Richardson made a presentation on behalf of the men of the N.Z.E.F. to Mr. R. H. Nolan, C. 8.E., honorary secretary of the New Zealand Soldiers Qlub in Russel! Square, and to Miss Ethel M. Burnett, who has been one of his principal helpers ever since the club was formed. There was a gathering of a hundred or so of the voluntary workers and several members of the committee and of the New Zealand Red Cross.

The engagement is announced of Miss Mina Macdonald, daughter of Mrs. Macdonald, “Glenaladale,” Wanganui, to Captain Leslie Macfarlane, of Kaiwarra, Culverden, Canterbury. Miss Macdonald was one of the original promoters of the Aotea Convalescent Home in Egypt, and is expected to return to New Zealand shortly.

The winter fashions were exploited at Ellerslie for the Auckland Racing Club’s autumn meeting, Easter falling late enough this year for women to don their new apparel without forcing the season. The weather was inclined to be doubtful, urging the need for warm coats and wraps, but here and there was a smart frock, with invariably the touch of peltry to conform to fashion’s decree, and

some lovely seal coats were worn. The long entrance drive was flanked, with floral stretches ablaze with colour; zinnias, cannas, chrysanthemums, dahlias, ice plants and other gorgeously-hued flowers making a striking spectacle, while inside the greenness of the lawns was set off with beds of giant begonia. Amongst well-known people who were present on one or both days were: Mrs. T. H. Lowry (Hawke’s Bay), Miss Harcourt (Wellington), Mrs. V. Riddiford (Lower Hutt), Mrs. J. J. Corry (Blenheim), Mrs. Logan (Masterton), Mrs. Seymour Thorne George, Mrs. Fred. Waller, Mrs. Colbeck, Mrs. E. W. Sharman, Mrs. Myer (Melbourne), Mrs. A. M. Myers, Mrs. Geo. Bloomfield, Mrs. Ernest Bloomfield, Mrs. E. C. Firth, Mrs. W. R. Holmes, Misses

Kathleen and Una Holmes, Mrs. J. A. Millar, Mrs. E. W. Alison, Mrs. Gaffney, Mrs. W. Lloyd, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Ed. Horton, Misses Gwen and Rachel Gorrie, Mrs. F. E. Baume, Mrs. Clem. Lawford, Miss Margery Thomas, Miss M. Buckleton, Miss Nancye Hanna, Mrs. Ch. Brown, Miss Ailsa Brown, Miss Betty Sharman, Miss Vera Caro, Mrs. Murison, Mrs. George Roberts, Mrs. Gavegan, Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. A. Bruce (Thames), Miss Binnie, Miss Bagnall, Mrs. H. Rainger, Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. M. M. McCallum, Mrs. Cameron Owen, Mrs. and Miss Hook, Mrs. Arthur Rhind, Mrs. M. Louisson, Mrs. J. Donald, Mrs. Black, Mrs. D. Riddiford (Wellington) ; Mrs. Charles Nathan, and Mrs. Sydney Thorne George.

A smart and up-to-date toilet boudoir has just been opened by Mrs. Colledge, at No. 12, First Floor, His Majesty’s Arcade, Queen Street, where all feminine requirements are specialised in by a thorough expert. Hair-cutting for ladies and children is made an outstanding feature, and hygiene is the keynote all through. The furnishings are cosy and inviting, and the personal supervision of Mrs. Colledge should inspire the confidence of a large clientele, who are desirous of making the most of their personal charms.