TIMARU NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19176, 6 December 1927, Page 2

TIMARU NEWS.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr and Mrs G. B. Hill, who were the guests of the Misses Oliver (Surrey Downs), returned to Christchurch yesterday.

Mrs J. Page returned to Fairlie yesterday, after a visit to her mother, Mre Rickman (Church street). Mrs JYiberg (Christchurch) is the guest of Mrs Walton (Paris lane). Mr and Mrs J. N. Orraerod and Miss Oimerod have returned to Christchurch, after a long visit to Timaru. Recent arrivals at the Grosvenor Hotel include: Mr and Mrs E. T. Shand (Kokonga), Mr and Mrs-W. T. iSmellie (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs E. Cross (Christchurch), Miss McGeorge (Dunedin), Messrs \V. D. Stewart (Wellington), P. Munn (Christchurch), J. -Morgan (Christchurch), W. A. Slowley (Dunedin), F. Barker (Fairlie), H. L. Darton (Lawrence), L. McKelvie (Wellington), T. Scott (Wellington), R. E. McGregor (Oamaru), W. Morton (Christchurch), J. E. Macassev (Dunedin). and R. Duncan (Oarnaru).

i Recent arrivals at the Hydro Grand Hotel include: Mr and Mrs W. Brown (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs H. B. Manttan (Christchurch). Colonel and Mrs J. N. Findlay (Eiffelton), Dr. and Mrs Levy (Wellington), Mrs O. E. .Stephenson (Dunedin), Miss Brown (Christchurch), Messrs W. G. Had (Christchurch), P. Jones (Christchurch), E. W. Cuddon (Christchurch), and W. M. Eggleston (Christchurch). Recent arrivals at the Dominion 9.0 tel include Mr and Mrs Cecil Wood, juu. (Timaru). Mr and Mrs G. Wilson (Dunedin), Mrs L. Grainger (Sydney), Mrs D. Munro (Sydney), Miss J. Nottingham (Christchurch), Miss E. Nottingham (Christchurch), Miss M. 15. Falkiner (X.S.W.), Messrs E. Davies (Dunedin), J. McDonald (Dunedin), H. G. Behem (Oamaru), J. B. Miller (Oamaru). J. B. Pearson (Christchurch), R. W. A. Munro (Otiake), H. Preston (Otiake), 0. R. Falkiner (N.S.W.), A. Johnson (Auckland), C. C. Holmes (Rakaia), A. Rhind (Lyttelton). J. A. Philp (Christfhuych), i, G. Wellhrock (Christchurch). J. Thomson (Wellington). G. E Mills (Christchurch). _J. I-T. Prosser (Christchurch), W. McNab (Christchurch), G. Bridges (Christchurch). R. P. Connolly (Dunedin), J. Colville (Christchurch), G. Brass (Christchurch), E. Kennedy (Christchurch), W. Healey (Christchurch). T5. ,T. Rooncv (Onm.ini). J. Rparson (Christchurch), J. Middleton (Christchurch), J. Miller (Oamaru). G. Hartshorn (Christchurch). 1,. E. Wren (Christchurch), and W. Collings (ChrisTchurch). I

CANTERBURY WOMEN'S CLUB.

The 'members of the Literary Circle of the Canterbury Women's Ciub held a very enjoyable reception at the club rooms last evening, Miss Ironside, director of the Literary Circle, acting as hostess. After receiving the guests, amongst whom there was more than a sprinkling of men, Miss Ironside, who wore a handsome frock of black taffeta with eeintur© of silver lace and posies of cyclamen flowers on the shoulder and at the waist, welcomed Miss Harvey, a member of the Circle, who has recently returned from England, and presented her with a lovely bouquet. The particularly interesting programme arranged for the evening opened with a pianoforte solo, played by Mrs T. D. Kendall, followed by two vocal solos by Mr. A. G. Thompson, who was accompanied most artistically on the piano by Mrs Thompson. Miss Naare Hooper recited a scene from "Hamlet," followed by a poem of Swinburne, and Miss Jessie King, accompanied by Miss Hamerton, gave a pleasing interpretation of Brahms's Sapphic Ode'' and ''Sunday" and Schumann's "Devotion."

Mr T. W. Cane, who was greeted with applause, gave a charming and stimulating talk on "Literary London." The speaker admitted that the London of to-day was unlike the London of his dreams, which from boyhood he had been constructing from the representations of Dickens. Thackeray, Boswell, and Goldsmith, but that nothing could describe the austere beauty of the grey old city, as it appeared to him when he entered it just a year ago yesterday. Mr Cane then gave a graphic description of his wanderings, without guide or guidebook, through Highgate and Hampstead, redolent with memories of Keats, whose ashes lie in Rome, through Soho, now known for its restaurants, but inseparably connected with the life story of Do Qmncey, through Chelsea, associated with memories of Carlyle. whose house still stands in Chaney Walk, and of Swift, Smollett, George Eliot, and many other famous writers. Mr Cane visited the spot near Oxford Circus from which Elizabeth Barrett had eloped with Browning, had visited Bloomsbury, with its extreme modernists in art, and had spent happy hours in Johnson's house, which is now o'ertopped by huge printing houses, hut, having been acquired by the Northcliffe family, is faithfully preserved in its original simplicity. After describing !?£. Olive' 3 Cliurch, where Pepys repr&.Vly worshipped, Mr Cane laid stfo'-.i.. emphasis on the cheering fact tfcfrt may be explored , and greatly e£i°. ve d at small expense. J After Mrs FlesWr had thanked the and Mr Cane, supper was served. / ' As always pit the Wopen's Club, the, drawing-roomi was beautifully decorated. roses, Qinterburv bells, deep red antirrhinums be'ng used with fine effect. , 1

j-'A BIRTHDAY PARTY. A very plessant afternoon was spent at the residence of Captain and Mrs J. AY. Crampton, St. Martins road, to celebrate the eighteenth birthdav of their eldest dadghter, Thelma. The home was tastefully decorated with roses, and the guests were entertained on the lawn. During the evening musical items were contributed by the following:—Misses Jean Abraham (pianoforte solo), Stella Meyers, Thelma Crampton and Alma Crampton (song trio), and Mr Ronald Crampton (violin solo). Amongst those present were:—Mrs . IT. Martin. Misses Thelma Crampton, Beatrice Martin, Jean Abraham, Amy Hatherley, ' Stella Meyers, Jean Hatherlcy, Alma Crampton, Messrs W. H Martin. A. Wales, Ronald Crampton, and Captain and Mrs J. W. Crampton.

DANCE AT HAWARDEN. An enjoyable dance was held recently in the Hawarden Hall in aid of the Hawarden Tennis Clnb. The music was supplied by Charles Surand his Jazz Band. Among those present were:—Miss M. McDowell, Miss M. Judson, Miss K. Butler, Miss M. Butler, Miss H. Plaister, Miss Pengelly. Miss B. Stancombe, Miss M. Leary, Mrs Clarice (Waiau), Miss P. Thompson (Waiau), Miss M. Mason, Miss M. White, Miss M. McGill, Miss E. Stave, Miss B. White (Woodcrove), Miss D.™v right, Mrs R. Wright (The Peaks), Mes(rs R. Rollo, H. Sidey, R. Wright, .T, Cameron (Scargill), T>. Scott, C. Caldwell (Waikari), C. Gordon, P. Newman. J. McTamney, M. Dudley, H. Sykes, .T. Wriebt, R. Clasne, A. Pio'kerine, 'Culverden), H. Grimwood (Culverden). 0. Whiting (Culverden), R. Croft (Culverden), Lawry Patterson (Culverden), C. Mander, H. Richards, and D. Mellon (Culverden).

The pith of the sunflower is being used in Germany for making life preservers. The material is said to be four times lighter than cork.