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Her Excellency, Lady Alice Fergus - : son, as warden of the Auckland ; [ Lyceum Club, has signified lier inten- ! tion of visiting the club on the after- ■ noon of November 27, to bid farewell I to the members and to open the rose j show, being held by the Gardening { Circle in the lounge on that day. • * * I Mrs. H. Clark lias returned to Napier. I Mrs. K. Fulton is at present in Christchurch. A 'Wellington visitor to Auckland is j Mrs. J. Picot. ! Mr. and Mrs. A. Gillies, of Manurewa, j are at the Hotel Cargcn. | Mrs. B. M. Prendergast is an Auek- j land visitor at the Hamilton Hotel. ' Mrs. Carston has returned to Auck- 1 t land from a visit to Palmerston North. Mrs. W. A. Ford ham and Mrs. T. ! Brice, of 'Wellington, are staying in | Auckland. j Miss Isobel Chaytor, of Blenheim, I has returned from her holiday in England. Mrs. Mark Davis, of Auckland, has gone to Christchurch. She is the guest of Mrs. Ernest Boulton. Mrs. A. G. Copeland is a Sydney visitor to Auckland and is staying at | the Grand Hotel. ! Mrs. R. Sutherland, of Wellington, 1 and Mr. and Mrs. P. Harris, of Christi church, are guests at the Grand ! Hotel. j Mr. and Mrs. Abercrombie, of Auckland, have gone to Claudelands. They i are staying with her daughter, Mrs. F. I Horspool. * * * ; Guests at the Grand Hotel include Dr. Doris Gordon (Stratford), Mrs. Crofton Embers and Mrs. W. Brown, of Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. A. Derbie, and Mr. and j Mrs. If. E. Moore, of Invercargill, Mr. j and Mrs. J. Clark, of Dunedin, and Mr. j and Mrs. E. Cooper, of Tc Kuiti, arc j staying at tho Central Hotel. Guests at Chateau Tongariro include Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Abbott, Mr. i and Mrs. Watson Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Todd (Auckland), Mrs. E. D. Mather i ancl Mrs. Rose O’Connor (Chicago); j Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Hurst j Seager, Mrs. D. Smith, Miss D. Wilson and Archbishop Redwood (Welling- ! ton), Mr. and Mrs. W. Webster (Bang- ; kok, Siam), Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Flacker (Singapore). Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson, Mr. and Mrs. L. Williams, Mrs. Meta | Clarkson (Christchurch), Mr. and Mrs. i C. Collins (Sumner). Mr. and Mrs. J. j McSly, Mrs. L. Z. Chapman, Miss If. j Marshall, Mrs. D. Christie (Wanganui). ENGAGEMENTS The engagement is announced of Lillian, second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Eastwell, of Dudley Terrace, Frankton, to Ernest, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Evans, of Weka Street, Frankton. j The engagement is announced of { Daphne May. second daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. D. McCracken, of Pinesdale, : Kio Kio, to Frank, second son of the i late Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Caley, of Cambridge. LABOUR PARTY ' AUCKLAND WOMEN’S BRANCH At a recent meeting of the Auckland women’s branch of the New Zealand Labour Party, the Rev. Wilna Constable addressed the members, her subject being “Youth and Its Needs.” The speaker outlined the spiritual and mental questioning of present day youth, and its various methods of ; satisfying inquiry. She spoke also of | her work among the young people of her church at Warwick, England, and I the impression gained since coming to this country. A lively discussion l'oli lowed and Mrs. Constable was thanked j by the president, Mrs. L. Harrison, for { her interesting address. At last j Thursday’s meeting a report of the 1 children's recent fancy dress ball was I received, and the result proved most • gratifying. The proceeds have been j forwarded to Mr. Walter Nash to assist ? in financing the campaign for the Hutt i by-election. It was decided to hold i a jumble sale on December y. j At the meeting this evening Dr. ! Hastings will address tho members on i “Sex Education for the Young.” AT HOME ROCKY NOOK CROQUET CLUB ENTERTAINS | A successful. At Home was held on ! the lawns of the Rocky Nook Croquet 1 Club on Thursday last, the visitors j and members taking part in progresj give croquet and bowls. ! The prize-winners for the croquet • were: First session. A, Airs. Ellis; B, ! Mrs. Thompson. Second session: A, Aliss Waldron; B, Mrs. Allen. Bowling: First session. Aliss Halliwell and Airs. Carson: second session, Airs, j Hyde and Airs. Kingdom. PADDY’S MARKET LADIES' GUILD AT PAEROA i In connection with St. Paul’s | Ladies’ Guild, Faeroa, a very sucf cessful Paddy's Alarket was held last | week. ; The following were the stall-holders, j who were kept busy during the after- ; noon and evening:—Jumble, Alesdames J Holes, Mettam and Morland; flowers, ‘ Alesdames Andrews, Argali arid Towers; Christmas tree. Alesdames , • Barclay, Fathers and Hubbard; straw- ' j berries and cream, Alesdames Davis, : Niehol and Simmons; tea, Alesdames 1 Alexander. Hargreaves, Lipsliam, Rat--1 liffe and Roberts. ! A musical programme was given during the evening, those contribut- ? ing being Mrs. Barclay. Miss Grace Dale, Miss Emmott and Messrs. Lin- ■ ton, Eskrigge and F. G. "Williams. Aliss | Swann and Aliss D. Fraser gave an ex- | hibition of an apache dance.

PURPOSE OF EDUCATION

ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY WOMEN "The real purpose of education is to train ” This opinion was expressed by Miss Lilian ledger, M.A., who was the fourth woman in the Empire to graduate. lecturing to the Federation of University Women on Saturday evening. Miss Edger pointed out that education developed power of tackling subjects and of study in after life. In I training the child, she considered, ! help should be given it to learn to live i its own life and its individuality must ' express itself fully in life. Selfeffacement went hand in hand with I self-development, she said. A vote of thanks was accorded Miss Edger. Among those present were -Mrs. Gaukrodger. Mrs. Xorthcroft, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Judson, Mrs. It. Enlrican. Mrs. 11. B. Thompson, Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Shepherd, Mrs. X. Thomas, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Mawson, Mrs. Bevago and Mrs. Dawson; Misses Begg, Stewart, Abercrobie, E. Taylor, I\ Taylor, Macdonald; Sheat, Campbell, Phillips. Astlev, Cranwell, Pound. D. Judson. Clouston, Currie, Gates, Johnston. Dr. Buckley-Turkington. Dr. Warnock, Dr. Gladys Kowley. Dr. G. De Courcey and Dr. TI. Xorthcroft. Mrs. Mulgan. president of the federation. said that the two candidates for the federation international research scholarship, Miss Cranwell and Miss Moore, were both exceptional botanists.