IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 100, 19 July 1927, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

SPECIAL NEWS

NOTES

Mrs. M. Grandjean, wife of the vicepresident of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, arrived in Auckland yesterday on the Maunganui. She will go on to Wellington to-day to meet her husband. m mm Mrs. E. Bentley, who has been on holiday in Sydney, returned to Auckland by the Marama this morning. Mrs. Taine returned to Auckland by the Marama this morning after a holiday in Sydney. Miss M. McLellan, who has been visiting Sydney, returned to Auckland by the Marama this morning. Mr. and Mrs. A. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. A. Chapman returned to Auckland this morning by the Marama from Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jamieson, who have been visiting Sydney, returned, to Auckland by the Marama this morning. * * * Mrs. C. M. Browne, of Hastings, is paying a visit to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. "Walters, of Christchurch, passed through Auckland recently en route for Whangarei, where they are spending a holiday. Mr. and Mrs. R. Acheson, of Dunedin, are spending a holiday in Auckland. Mrs. W. Myers is a Wellington visitor to Auckland at^present. Mr. and Mrs. H. Kendrick and Miss Kendrick, of Palmerston North, are paying a visit to Auckland. Mrs. G. Boyes and Mrs. M. FI. Clark, of Flamilton, are visiting Auckland. Miss Ethne Lloyd has returned to Auckland from a visit to Hawke’s Bay. Mrs. Hawken, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. J. Bollard, at Tamahere. Mrs. J. 11. Whitton and Miss Whitton have returned to Hamilton from a visit to Auckland. Miss A. Ninnes, Masterton, and Mrs. E. Lissant Clayton, Gisborne, are staying at the Hotel Stonehurst. * * * Mrs. G. C. Swabey and Mrs. Grahame Watson sailed by the Tofua on Saturday on a visit to Suva. Miss Vaile, Miss Colbeck and Miss Rogers, who have ben staying with Mrs. McMillan Bull, Opetonui, Tererenga, have returned to town. Mrs. A. S. Brewis, Mrs. G. L. MaeDiarmid and Miss Brewis, of Hamilton, will leave this week on an extended visit to Java. Mrs. S. F. Burgess, of New Plymouth, is on a visit to Auckland. * m m Mrs. Charles Reid has left Chirstchurch on a visit to Auckland. Mrs. Wickstead has returned to Stratford from a visit to Auckland. * * * Mr. and Mrs. H. Sowc'len, of Christchurch, are at the Star Flotel. Among the guests staying at the Grand Hotel are Dr. and Mrs. S. Gibbs, of Nelson. Visitors from overseas staying at the Central Hotel include Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Clark, of Sydney. At the Royal Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Naylor, from Hamilton. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Miss Robinson, of Canterbury, are at the Grand Hotel. Guests at the Star Hotel include Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Johnson, of Christchurch. Ml*, and Mrs. P. Kich, from U.S.A., are on a visit to New Zealand. They are staying at the Albert Flotel. Mrs. D. M. Short and Mrs. D. K. Short, of Invercargill, fire at the Star Hotel. Among those at the Royal Hotel is Mrs. J. McCormack, of Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. Barton, from Wanganui, are staying at the Grand Hotel. Overseas visitors to New Zealand include Mrs. M. A. Cawthray, of Melbourne. She is staying at the Albert Flotel. At the Grand Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Hoadly, of Hastings. Miss E. Ford, from Napier, is at the Royal Hotel. Southern visitors to Auckland include Mr. and Mrs. C. Clark, of Wellington. They are staying at the Star Hotel. Miss Tylee, from Pahiatua, is a guest at the Grand Hotel. At the Star Hotel is Miss I. Ranston, of Timaru. An arrival by the Marama from Sydney this morning was Mrs. Best, wife of Captain C. C. Best, formerly of Auckland, and now of the Straits Settlements. Captain Best, who is at Kuala Lampur, will arrive in Auckland later to join his wife and small daughter on a visit to relatives. AN ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Miss Lois Mail*, of Vancouver, to Dr. William Flatfield, of the same city. Miss Mail* recently visited Whangarei with her father, Mr. Leslie Mair, who is an old Whangarei resident. CHOCOLATE CAKES Here is a recipe which makes small chocolate cakes of a very light texture with the minimum of trouble. Required: 2 bars plain chocolate, 3oz. butter, 2 eggs, i-teaspoonful baking powder, 3oz. flour, 4oz. caster sugar. 1 tablespoonful milk. Break the chocolate (2d bars are suitable) into small pieces, and place in stone jam jar, standing the latter in a saucepan of boiling water and keeping it over a gentle heat till the chocolate melts. Cream the sugar and butter. Add the yolks of the eggs, and then the melted chocolate. Beat well, whip the white of the eggs till stiff, add the baking powder to the previously sieved flour, add the whites of the eggs and the flour alternately till all is lightly mixed. Half fill some paper baking cases, and cook in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. To clean celluloid articles that have become dirty and discoloured, use ordinary metal-polish m the same way as for metal-cleaning. Makes old linoleum like new, revives the colours. —K.P. Linoleum Reviver. 6

ORANGE BLOSSOM TIME

COSSILL—AMOORE An especially attractive wedding ceremony was solemnised at the Presbyterian Church, Whangarei, on Wednesday, between Mr. Leo (Mick) Cossill, third son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Cossill, of “Sunbeam Park,” Lookout Hill, Whangarei, and Miss Gwendoline Monica Amoore, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Amoore, of “Brightwater,” Nelson. The officiating minister was the Rev. G. W. Lochore. The bride, who was given away by Mr. Leslie Dent, looked very dainty in a frock of creme georgette, with silver trimmings, and silver shoes to match. She wore an exquisitely embroidered silk tulle veil and a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of creme roses, intermingled with tiny pink and mauve blossoms and sprays of asparagus fern. Miss Vera Rose Cossill, youngest sister of the bridegroom, acted as chief bridesmaid. She was charmingly dressed in a frock of hyacinth blue over pink satin, the bouquet which she carired was of palest pink roses. Miss Hazele Cossill, eldest sister of the bridegroom, wore an attractive frock of maize lace over mauve satin, and carried a bouquet of pale-tinted tea roses and maidenhair fern. The eldest brother of the bridegroom, Mr. Charles Cossill, carried out the duties of best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Kensington Tea Rooms, when toasts appropriate to the occasion were duly observed. In the evening there was a joyous celebration, attended by numerous guests, at the home of the bridegroom's parents, where jollity prevailed until the early hours of the next day. The bride and bridegroom left for an extended tour of the North Island, the bride’s travelling toilette being an accordion-pleated cinnamon repp frock, with hat to tone.

KNOWLES—KERR A very pretty wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. Knowles, Norfolk Street, Whangarei, on Tuesday, when Miss Myra Kerr, of Whangarei, grand-daughter of Mrs. Fallow, Bank Street, Whangarei, was married to Mr. William Knowles, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knowles. The Rev. G. W. Lochore officiated. The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. Stewart, wore a charming frock of golden crepe de chine, with a mauve hat, and carried a bouquet composed of spring flowers and maiden-hair fern. The bridesmaid. Miss Noreen Knowles, wore green and mauve shot taffeta and a crinoline hat to tone, and also carried a bouquet of spring flowers. Mr. Frank Potter carried out the duties of best man. The guests were entertained after the ceremony to a wedding breakfast, when the usual toasts were honoured. Mr. and Mrs. W. Knowles left by the express, amid a shower of confetti. The bride travelled in a mauve repp frock, with hat to tone, and a handsome fox fur. Mr. and Mrs. T. Knowles entertained a number of young folks at a dance in the evening at their residence. TIPLADY—WALKER All Saints’ Church Maungakaramea, .was the scene of a pretty wedding on Tuesday, July 5, solemnised by the Rev. J. Rich, between Bertha Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs. George Walker, of Maungakaramea, and Herbert Atkinson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs A. Tiplady, of Eltham. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dainty frock of ivory crepe de chine and georgette, with pearl and silver lace trimming, and silver shoes to match. She wore a dainty tulle veil, prettily arra.nged under a coronet of orange blossoms and also a beautiful string of pearls. Her bouquet consisted of white rosebuds, daphne and asparagus fern, with long tulle streamers. She was attended by her sister, Edith, as bridesmaid, wearing a pretty frock of pale lemon crepe de chine, with a head-dress of silver tissue. Miss Nancy Pooley, as flower girl, was prettily dressed in pale-blue crepe de chine, with a head-dress of paleblue ribbon and tiny pink rosebuds. FJoth bridesmaids carried bouquets to tone with their frocks. The bridegroom’s gift to the bridesmaids was a tortoiseshell set, brush, comb and mirror, and to the flower girl a gold armlet. The duties of best man were carried out by Mr. C. White. After the ceremony a reception was held in the Public Hall, when about 60 guests, relatives and friends of both bride and bridegroom, were received. Among those present was the bridegroom’s sister, Mrs. H. Belcher, of Eltham. A dance was held in the evening, when about 250 guests assembled. The music was supplied by the Tauraroa Orchestra, and Mr. S. Walker carried out the duties of M.C. The hall was beautifully decorated with nikau palms, lycopodium, white, lemon and blue streamers, and white lilies. When the bride and groom left later for a wedding tour the former wore a navy ensemble suit with hat and shoes to tone. On their return they will take up their residence at Portland. CONNOLLY—BRATTLE A rainbow wedding took place recently at the Church of Christ, Vivian Street, Wellington, when Rose, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Brattle, of Wellington, was married to Arthur, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Connolly, of Auckland. The Rev. W. Carpenter performed the ceremony. The bride wore a gown of ivory georgette, beautifully embroidered with pearls and beads over white satin, her veil being held with a coronet of orange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of white roses with pink and white heather and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids were Misses Gladys Brattle, wearing a pale green crepe de chine dress with silver lace; Vera Brattle, pink with coffee lace; Freda Brattle, pale pink dress, trimmed with gold lace. They each wore a tulle

head-dress and carried bouquets to tone with the frock. The two little flower-girls, Joyce and Freda Brattle, wore dainty satin dresses of buttercups and blue, with dainty overdress and caps of silk crochet lace, and carried posies to match. Mr. Roy Connolly was groomsman, and Miss Ladbrook was at the organ, and played “The Wedding March.” A reception was held in the Empire Hall, Cuba Street, where a large circle of friends were entertained, Mr. and Mrs. Connolly leaving later for the South.