IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 771, 18 September 1929, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

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NOTES •I j Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Holdswortli, of j Gisborne, are at the Grand Hotel. | Mrs. A. L-. Blennerhassett, of New j Plymouth, is a visitor to Auckland. ; Mrs. Driver, of Auckland, is staying j with. Mrs. A. Jenkin, in Morrinsville, I Miss J. Masters, of Hamilton, has < commenced training - at the Ivaritane j Hospital in Auckland. Mrs. Austin Yardley and, Dr. Doris Gordon have returned to Stratford after a holiday visit to Auckland. Mrs. 15. Jefferson, who has been the guest of Mrs. Desmond Williams, Te Awamutu, has now Returned to town. * * * Miss Eileen Courtenay, who has been the guest of Mrs. J. P. Melody, Mount Eden, has returned to Wellington. Miss Mabel Baker, Auckland, lias left for a short holiday visit to Thames, where she will be the guest of her sister. 'Mrs. J. Harper arid Miss Jean Harper, who have been visiting Palmer- } ston North, have now returned to ! Auckland. Mrs. J. A. Blaekie, of Gore, is at j present in Auckland., and is the guest of her sister, Mrs. G. Wright, of Epsom. Mr. and Mrs. E. Oudaille, of Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Scarfe, of Raetihi, and Mr. and Mrs. B. Farming, of Wellington, are staying at the Star Hotel * * 0 Miss Vera Hay. M.Sc., of Auckland, who is a New Zealand delegate to the biennial conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations to be held next month at Kyoto. Japan, leaves this evening for Wellington, where she will join the Ulimaroa to Sydney en route to Japan. WAIKATO NOTES Miss Ida Carey has returned to Hamilton from a visit to Sydney, where she was successful in getting her pictures hung nt the Art Exhibitions. Mrs. Rupert Ashworth, of Te ICuiti, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Abraham, in Palmerston North. BRIDGE PARTIES On Saturday afternoon Mrs. W. D. Ross gave a very happy bridge party for some of her friends. Her drawing room was delightfully decorated with spring flowers. She was wearing a gown of gobelin blue georgette. Her guests were Mrs. J. Jolly, Mrs. H. J. Greenslade, Mrs. E. H. O’Meara, Mrs. T. Jolly, Mrs, H. Asler, Mrs. T. B. Insol, Mrs. C. Reese, Mrs. H. J. McMullin, Mrs. P. Cleary, Miss B. De Renzy, Miss C. Jolly. On Monday evening Miss May Ross was hostess at a very bright party at her home in Queen’s Avenue. Miss Ross's frock was .of wool lace in a cocoa shade. Her guests were:—Mrs. A. Matthews, Mrs. Bremner, Miss C. Bertelsen, Miss E. Jolly, Miss M. Gillies, Miss C. Chitty, Miss B. Manning, Miss E. Ward. Miss F. Hall, Miss M. Beale, Miss J. Pratt, Miss B. Vickery, Miss R. Vickery, Miss F. Lightbourne. Miss D. Yule. Progressive bridge was played, the prize-winners being Miss C. Bertelsen and Miss J. Pratt. MORRINSVILLE NOTES Mrs. J. Brown, of Dunedin, is the guest of Mrs. C. F. Hart, Morrinsville. Miss Isobel Isherwood, of Whangarei, is the guest of Miss Helen Arndt, of Morrinsville. Miss Robins, of Te Puke, is staying with Mrs. S. TI. WiPding, Mangateparu, Morrinsville. * * * Mrs. A. Aitken, of Marton, is staving with her son, Mr. N. Aitken, Morrinsville. * • * Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burt and Miss Burt, of Dunedin, are- on a visit to Morriftsville. ENGAGEMENTS The engagement is announced of Annie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. McGavacli, of Invercargill, to Andrew, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Duncan, of Christchurch. The engagement is announced of Jean Isabel, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Harper, of Feilding, to Alexander George Melles. of Dannevirke, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Melles, of Palmerston North. The engagement is announced of Lilian Gertrude, third daughter of Mrs. Kemp and the late Mr. B. J. M. Kemp of Glen Massey and Auckland, to Clive Austin, youngest son of Mrs. A. Cox and the late Mr. J. G. C. Cox, formerlv of Wairarapa, and now Glen Massey. ENTERTAINING EVENING BRIGHT PROGRAMME AT FRENCH CLUB MRS. O’HALLORAN AS HOSTESS j Lilies and spring flowers decorated ' the rooms of the Auckland French I Club on Monday, when many members and friends attended. Mrs. O’Halloran was hostess for the evening. M. Paul. Serre, French Consul, read a poem of his own composition on the club, tiiis being much enjoyed. The reminiscences of conversations with Major-General Sir George Richardson during the war, given by M. Emile Bonnechaux, were" most interesting, adding greatly to the pleasure of the evening. Mrs. O’Halloran wore a gown of black satin faille, with draped skirt, caught with a diamente buckle. Enjoyable items were:—Songs, by Misses G. Pickett, Joan Everington and M. l oungson. An excellent pianoforte solo was given by Miss Una Cleaves. A play, “Odette depeche toi (Odette, hurry up!") was given, the parts being taken by Miss Germaine Van Osselaer and Mr G II Bassant.