CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22521, 1 October 1938, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Sir Cyril and Lady Ward and Miss Theresa Ward (Merivale), who have been visiting Britain, left London yesterday by the Strathmore for New Zealand, via Australia. They expect to arrive in Christchurch on November 22.

Mrs Maitland Rich (Warwick House) and Mrs John Montgomery (“Kilmead,” Riccarton) will return to-day from a short visit to Hanmer Springs.

Dr. and Mrs P. A. Ardagh (Carlton Mill road) left Wellington by the Wanganella on Thursday for a three weeks’ visit to Sydney. During their absence. Dr. Ardagh’s sister, Mrs Campbell, of Timaru, will occupy their house. Mrs Bernard Wood (St. Elmo Courts), who has been for a tour of JSTew Zealand ports, returned to Christchurch yesterday. Major and Mrs R. S. Hunter Blair (Elmwood), who are visiting Hanmer Springs, will return home on Monday.

Mrs Charles Teschemaker (Blenheim) is visiting Christchurch and is staying at Warwick House. Miss Mildred Trent (Rossall street), Dominion president of the National Council of Women, returned to Christchurch from Wellington yesterday. Miss Kathleen Rutherford (“Connemara,” Parnassus) will be a visitor to New Plymouth for the golf championship meeting this month. Mr and Mrs Paul Cropper and the Misses Pauline and Errol Cropper, who have been spending some months in Christchurch, will leave early next week on their return to Auckland.

Mrs R. G. Malcolmson, who has been staying with her daughter, Mrs A. B. Struthers, Timaru, has returned to Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs W. N. Bond, who have been spending a few months in Canterbury, have returned to Southland.

Miss June Orbell (Timaru) is expected home to-day from a visit to Christchurch. Miss Nancy Horrocks (Auck^ es ’ who has been stying with My home Wilson, Timaru, has return ’ . Miss Isa . Miss Marion Reese a£ spending Morrison, who have f nard France, a month’s holiday aLr don have returned to. . ... tj.-jio xtio is the guest of h/t MI a S St. Mary’s VicarMrs A. K. f the north to . age, will K ni S?- Eleanor Foster, who left some months ago for after completing her tramrj? as a nurse at the Christchurch xiospital. is now on the staff of the Royal Naval Hospital at Chatham. ‘Miss Mary Oliver, who has been in England for the last two and a half years, and her sister. Miss Amy Oliver, both of Greymouth, who went to England 18 months ago, left London by the R.M.S. Orcades. They expect to arrive in New Zealand at the end of October, via Australia. Lady Statham (Wellington) has received a cable message from her daughter, Mrs Godric Muntz, stating that she and her two children and her cousin, Miss Burnett, have arrived in England from Warsaw. Mr Muntz will .remain at Warsaw for the present,”

Mr and Mrs Gerald Leahy have returned to Ashburton after spending a holiday at the Southern Lakes and in Central Otago.

British dairy farmers for the first time in history are to have a woman at their head. Two thousand of them in all parts of the country have mvited the King’s only sister, the Princess Royal, through their organisation, the British Dairy Farmers Association, to act as their president for 1939. No woman has ever played such a distinctive part before in the agricultural life of England. The Princess, who, following the example of her Danish grandmother. Queen Alexandra, is keenly interested in dairy management, has acquired considerable knowledge of it from her homo farm on th 3 Harewood estate in Yorkshire.

For the last eight months several Christchurch women have met weekly for mah-jong and now one of their number, Mrs W. J. Minogue, will leave shortly for Hastings, where her husband has been transferred. Mrs Minogue has been entertained at a number of farewell parties given by her friends, one of the most enioyable being that given by Mrs W. H. Smith at her home in Stanmore road. A cake basket was presented to the guest of honour with the good wishes of her friends. Among those present were Mesdames W. J. Minogue. W. H. Smith, C A. Bruce, J. C., Richardson, G. T Hill. A. J. Adams, W. D. Burn, c! Bullivant, H. Charman, and L. Barrett.

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