SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 105, 28 January 1920, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The name of. Miss Elsbelh Biith, Wellington .Girls' College, was omitted from tho list of those who were successful in completing'their matriculation examination held in December lust. Mrs. Normiin Bhickmore (Piitnipr«lo» North) and Mrs. and Miss Pnncaii i\\V ngnmii) aro spending <i few days in Wolll«Kl<m. Mrs. 11. N. Watson (Palmersloii Norths and Miss S. Watson aro visiting Welling, ton. Mrs. and Miss Roanlan (Piilintiritiiii North! and Miss Bluokmore, arrived in yesterday on their \»,y Iliioncli to Piclou. I'rom Tielon Miss Iranian and Miss Blaekmore loiivo fur tin*' West Coast,. . ■ Liont,-Colonel Tinison, of Fiirkhaiii. stead (KnglnndV and Miss Tinison, iiro touring New Zealand, and nt prMenl. urs in Auckland. Miss Hetty Abr.ihaiw (PaWrston North) is a visitor to Wellington, \ Mr. and Mrs. A. 1 ,, . Travois ami Miti.i D. (i... Story, nrp visiiinj; I'hrisli'liui'nh, Sister Nora .Hug'nw, who ro.ce.hlly returned from .Egypt, is, with lior nislfi , , Jliss Ray Hughes,.of Vnhjatua, vUlting relatives in Carterton. ■ Sister Kate Booth has jeliirnod lo t'i\rterton from a visit to Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice- Dennislon Iμ vn returned to the Lower ITutt from ft visit, to Mtistcr.ton. ■ Mrs. M. Myers arrived from Sydney yesterday by tho Moeraki. Miss 31. .31. Simpson, the first nppninled woman inspector of schools for Now South Wales,.left for GiVal Hrilain mid Europe by tbe Orsova recently. Hefnin leaving she .was entertained by tho inspectors who comprise an institute, mid publish an educational journal. Cor which Miss Simpson is secretary. The Minister of Education, who was present, at tho farewell, expressed his appreciation of Miss Simpson's work, which ■ had tlono much towards making tho schools tho cheeriest of places, <ind in directing tho children towards the brightest sides of life.; ...... Miss'K. Monerieff, lately of Solway College staff, Mnsterlon, lias been oppointed musical instructress at Napier Girl's College.- ■ ■ ■ A number of Wellington croquet'pin j> ers left for Palmerston North on Monday to. tako part in tho tournament there. Among those who have gone' are Mrs. Faider, Mrs.' Wilkinson. Mrs. Rhodes Williams, Mrs, Hill, and Mrs. M'Kenzie, all well-kupwn Wellington players.' - Miss Thurston, C.8.E.,. R.R.C., who has been staying with Miss Coates, Hobson Street, since her Tetnrn to New Zealand, left on Monday for Christchurch. . The secretary of the Red Cross Military : Hospital Committee, Fealhortston (Mrs. -Q. Donald), advises that the following goods have been sent forward to the TrenthanV Military Hospital: .12;. armchairs, 8 wicker 2 'stretchers .(with mattresses),,2o. rugs, ; 22 ferecu..sun.blinds and fittings, 22 brown curtains and rods, -9 bathroom "mirrors, 20 cushions, ~1 chesterfield, 1 ..Perfection 6to've, N l set snooker balls, 12 vases, 2 pair cretonne curtains and rods, 1 small bath, 8 tea towels, 2} dozen cups and saucers, 12 dozen tea spoons, 3 dozen plates, 1 Methven copper, 1 .enamel sink and table, 1 tennis court marker, i tennis rackets, G gramophones and records, Red Cross cupboard. Sent to,' Wellington Red. Cross: 52 dressing-gowns, 121 pair , bid socks, 159 balaclavas, 122 pair mittens, 4 pair knee caps, 2. waistcoats. 5 chest preservers, 41 mufflers, 35 bed .jackets. 14 undershirts, 81 dozen-pair underpants, 11dozen arm 17 1H dozen phnving brushes, 7 2-3 r- dozen luiil brushes; 4 dozen toilet soap. 2.4-sth dozerr hair' brushes, ■ G dozen tooth brushes, ' 8 boot blushes, 21 razors, '11 : housewives, 1 tray doth, i hold-alls. ; ", Sent to Pukeora Sanatorium, Waipukma,u: I phno, 12. armchairs, 12 heavy hrown curtains, 12 rods, 13 short white curtains,.an'tl r«ds, 18 rugs,. 30 vases,.lß Lcushions,'l carpet sweeper,, 11-.dozen cups and eaucers,'l dozen tea plates, 0 t.umbUrSj'l.jugs," 12' knives,. 12 forks, 12 tea .spoons, 2 glass- dishes, G metal trays, 6 tray clpth's, Ired table- cover, 3 bathroom mirrors, .1 roll lino., T hedge clipper. 8 flpndes, 4 forks, .1 pruning shear,. 1 garden line, 4 .weeding forks, 2 : watering cans, 2 door mats. . ■ . . Donated •- by Liverpool- Equipment Ladies', Committee, to Pukeora Homo: 1 chcstorfield, ■ 1 eideboard.-lflower-stand. 1 invalid 'chair (gift of Eunterville ladieg to the Featherston Hospital).-.: ;■-//' Dr. Margaret Harper intends to leave Sydney for New Zeahnd at the end of this'.monthrto study the welfare system for mothers and babies adopted in tho Dominion. The'investigations are to be carried out in the interests of the Roval Welfare -' Society of ■ Australia. Dr. Harper is a daughter of Professor Harper, of. ; St.': Andrew's College, and a graduate of Sydney School of Medicine, She.:wns the first woman appointed as medical- superintendent .at the.' Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. , * Mrs, Brough in Sydney. . . ,". Mr o ' Cyril Bell (well known as Mrs, Robert .Brough) has teturned to Sydney, and in the courso of a talk with" a representative of the Pydney "Sun" sho said-that for nearly three years she was at the Royalty . Theatre .-with Vedrenno and Eadie,. like most-- other theatrical managers, once the first panic days of the-.-war were over t played to colossal business,.. -. Somerset. Ma.uham/s ' play, "Caesar's-Wife;"-was one of the outstanding.:successes. Miss Fay Compton was the leading woman in this play, and Mrs.. Bell: 'Considers her the cleverest ' young 'actress on the English stage. Miss Marie Lohr is now well afloat, as an actress-manageress, and. after some - failures, has been very successful with Ribfert Hitchens's play, "A Voice from the Minaret." , ( "Against the tremendous successes , .achieved, in London of recent years there arc certain drawbacks. Rents are so colossal that unless a manager achieves an enormous success he is simply working for the landlord." Whilo Mrs. Bell worked for the Red Cross and fillod theatrical engagements • nt the and othor theatres, Mr. Bell was vigorously engaged in the war. At the "commencement of hostilities ho applied 'for a commission in the ■R.N.V.R.. as his practical engineering experience would bo of value there. However, when ho ascertained that he would I have to wait some limo, lie enlisfed rs a . private and fought in France until about . tho end of 1315. By 'hat time tho Navy was wanting bis services, nnd lie started on'"patrol work in the North Sea. During "the rest, of the war life was mado up of .intense- anxiety for Mrs. Bell. Mine-laying, ruine-sweening in all . ,tim rigours of North Sea winters, coastal ' ''defence service, and much more lu-pt Lieutenant Bell a busy unit, of tfie Navy. Like eo many others whose keenness of vision aived the Emiiire. Lieutenant Hell was partly incapacitated by pvpslrain. After this he wont to the Admiralty nnd worked on hydrophones and other aimiz- '. ing pcientifiP triumphs. Ho was employed in helping to.'fit the mystery ships, and in the preparations for tho '£:ebru£:i?Q.,*aid.

A Golden Weddinn. Mr. John Roberts, C.M.G., and Mrs. Roberts, of Duncdin, celebrated their golden wedding on Monday. > Fifty-two years ago Mr. Roberts established tho firm of Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., the''Home partners then being Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co. Suecow at once favoured the undertaking and tho firm gradually developed and extended its scope until it is now one of tho most prominent mercantile concerns in tho Dominion with its headquarters in Wellington, ami brunches in Duncdin, Ciisbnrno and Napier. In years gone by Mr. Roberts has taken an active part in the civic administration of the Olago province and city. He was a member of tho last, of tho old provincial conncil.s, and another important position which ho occupied was that of president of Ihe Duncdin and South Seas Exhibition in 1H8!MH!I(I. In the following year ho was, appointed Mayor without any posil.inr. ai; a compliment to the services which ho rendered during the holding of Iliu exhibition, and for a similar reason hp also had the honour of C.M.G. conlonvd on him in. 1890. Mr. Roberts lias iilimftiil. upon the Vcloratiop Commission ttliieh inquired into Iho advisability; of New Zealand joining tho Australian Commonwealth and the Alien Enemies Commission, which was set up in connreIhin ivilli tho internment of enemy subjects during the. war. Mrs. Itoberls was the second daughter of ,\|r, Cliarlos Henry Kettle, Surveyor(lriienil, who, in fcho early Vlays of his pinfeii-ioii, when he was practising here, inld out the oily of Duncdin. _■ . Mr, and Mrs. Roberts had, a family of five tiniiii and four all of whom aro married. Two of tho former aro reoldcnl, in llrilniii. In addition I hero lira 211 grandchildren,, and these, with 17hOiw and daughters and sons-in-law mid iliinglilWiMn-lnw, make a: total of no finvor t liu ii '■••..