IN TOWN AND SOCIAL OUT NEWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 127, 19 August 1927, Page 4

IN TOWN AND SOCIAL OUT NEWS

NOTES Miss Madge Graham is at present visiting Wellington. Mrs. John Hawken has returned to her home at Waiototara after a visit to Auckland. Mrs. Leonard Delph, of Middlemoie, is spending a few days in Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Shan Butler are at present in Rotorua, and will leave later for Wellington. Mrs. F. Haling, of Christchurch, who has been visiting Auckland, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. G. Youngs leave to-day for a visit to England and expect to be absent from the Dominion for some time. Mrs. H. G. Mason, of Auckland, is staying with Mrs. G. T. Mason, at Ivelburn, Wellington. Mrs. J. Parkes, Remuera Road, left on Wednesday evening for Wellington, where she will be the guest of Mrs. H. W. Kersley, of Belmont Road, Lower Hutt - , * Miss H. R. Wright, who has been assistant supervisor of children’s games for the past five and a-half years, forwarded her resignation to the Auckland City Council last evening. Mrs. H. E. Kempthorne, of Weybridge, England, is at present staying with Mrs. Godfrey Devereaux, of Green Lane, One Tree Hill. Mrs. Kempthorne is returning to England next week, via Sydney. Miss Edith Lyttelton (G. B. Lancaster), who has been paying a short visit to Kelson, is now staying with friends in Hawke’s Bay. She will leave about September to stay with relatives in Tasmania. Mr. and Mrs. A. Norman-Jones, Wellington, accompanied by Miss Violet Rawson, Auckland, who were visiting Christchurch for race week, will leave shortly for a six months’ tour of the United States. * * * Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Levin, of Palmerston North, are staying at the Grand Hotel. Guests at the Hotel Cargen include Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Goff, of Washington, U.S.A. Miss Alice Harrison, of Takapuna, left for Taupo by car to-day. Visitors from overseas staying at the Grand Hotel include Mr. and Mrs. S. Elliot, of Adelaide. Mr. and Mrs. R. Hannon, from Cambridge, are at the Star Hotel. At the Albert Hotel is Mrs. Barr Brown, of Putaruru. Miss E. J. Hyde, of Tarras, is at the Star Hotel. Among those at the Hotel Cargen is Miss G. Knight, of Wellington. HANDY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES It is often convenient to use weight substitutes when away from home and no scales are to hand. Here are some useful hints: One pint of granulated sugar equals fourteen ounces. One ounce of dry substance is equal to one tablespoonful. Half a pound of flour is equal to one breakfastqupful. One pound of flour is equal to one pint cupful. Two ounces of sugar equal one large tablespoonful. Eight to ten eggs are equal to one pound flour, etc. One ounce of butter is equal to one dessertspoonful. Four cupfuls of flour are equal to one pound. LIQUIDS One tablespoonful of liquid weighs half an ounce. One dessertspoonful of liquid weighs a-quarter of an ounce. Thirty drops of liquid are equal to one teaspoonful. Six tablespoonsful equal one teacupful. Two tablespoonsful of water make half a gill. One cupful of milk will mix one pound of flour. WEIGHTS Three penny pieces are equal to one ounce. Three halfpence weigh, roughly, half an ounce. A threepenny piece and a halfpenny j equal one-quarter ounce. MEMS. FOR WOMEN MOTORISTS CARE OF THE SPRINGS When the woman driver has run her car for a season she will do well to examine the springs to see that there is no encroachment of rust. It is a messy job to take off the spring gaiters and it is one that is better left to a garage hand, but assuming the woman driver desires to perform this task herself, the procedure may be described. A good way is to take the springs one by one removing the corresponding wheel. To remove the wheel the car should be jacked up under the dumb iron instead of under the axle as is normally done when a wheel is The shape of a vessel can reduce your fuel-bill. The contents of a kettle with a broad base will heat more quickly than the contents of a kettle or saucepan with a small base. After cutting out a dress, before it is taken Qut of the fold, run a tacking up the centre-front and back. This will help to ascertain if it hangs correctly, and also be a good guiding line for pleats, collar, etc.