HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 15

HERE AND THERE

Tor "Smith Family" funds.

Various functions are being organised to take place in1 the near future in aid of the "Smith Family.". The spacious rooms of tho old ministerial residence, Tinakori road, will be used on 21st October for a bridge party which is'being organised by Mesdaihes B.;B. Wood; C. E. Eiehardson, E. W. Kane, T. W. Williams, ana G. Stott. As the tables are limited in number, all wishing to play are asked to ring Miss Hilda Miles. Members of the "Smith Family" are invited to play bridge or to tea. On the following, evening a danco organised by Mrs. J. Vogel and Miss Muriel Frazer will also be held at tho old residence. St. Mary's College Meeting. The old girls of St. Mary's. College are reminded by advertisement of a meeting to be held in the Assembly Hall next Tuesday, 18th October, when a large gathering is expected. St. Alban's Church Bazaar. Arrangements are well in hand for St. Alban's Church annual bazaar, which Iler Excellency The Lady> Bledisloe has promised to open, in the Masonic Hall, Main roaa, Eastbourne, at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday next. It will take the form of a cherry blossom fair, including a most attractive sweets stall and a children's stall, as well as plants and produce. Many other attractions are also provided. Obituary. /Many old friends throughout New Zealand will learn with regret that a cablo has been received in Christchurch announcing the death in England of Mrs. Arthur E. G. Ehodes, the result of an accident, which took place last Sunday. Mrs. Ehodes, as Miss Eoso Moorhouse,. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Moorhouse, pioneer Canterbury settlers, spent a great deal of her early life with her mother, at the home of her aunt, the late Mrs. Michael Studholme, at "The Waimato," a beautiful country place near Waimate South. She was a great- horsewoman and "sport" generally, an,d a very popular, cleypr girl.. She paid some visits to Wellington, and. stayed with her aunt, the late Mrs. Sarah Ehodes, of "The Grange," Wadestown. In • the year 1892 Miss Moorhouse was married to Mr. Arthur Ehodes, who-was Mayor of Christchurch, and they took a leading part in the entertainment of the present King and Queen when they visited New Zealand, lending them their fine home, "Tc Koreha," during the time they spent mi Christchureh. Mrs. Ehodes was well known in the South for many good works, and in the war-time was a prominent helper in many of the causes. She left early this year for a visit to England, and was on tho point of returning when her death occurred. Mrs. Ehodes was a Lady of Grace of St. John of Jeru- j salem. She leaves a son, Captain Tahu Ehodes, M.V.0., who is in England, and a daughter, Mrs. Hutton, wife of Major G. Hutton, D.S.O., : pf Bangor, Hawkins, and nine grandchildren.