IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 956, 26 April 1930, Page 22

IN TOWN AND OUT

pmL Klim

NOIES

Mrs. Otway, of TVhangarei, has been visiting Auckland. Mrs. G. AV*. Forbes, of "Wellington, is staying the Grand Hotel. Mrs. Humphrey Haines, of Waterloo Quadrant, is^ visiting AVellington. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Culpan. of Remutra, have left for a visit to Kotorua. * * * Miss Isobel Bunby, of Stanley Bay, has been the guest of Mrs. Steele, Whangarei. * * * Mrs. E. McMillan, of Rotorua, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Glenalvon. * * * Mrs. lan McEwen, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland and is staying at the Grand Hotel. * * * Mrs. C. H. Rhodes, of Wanganui, and Miss Holmes, of Feilding, are visiting Auckland. * * * Mrs. Clouston, of Devonport, who has been visiting Whangarei, has returned to town. * * * Mrs. H. S. Bannister, of Whangarei, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Bane, Remuera. • * * Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, of Taumarunui, are staying at the Hotel Ventnor, Devonport. * * * Mr. and Mrs. D. Fox, of Walrakei, are visiting Auckland and are staying at the Hotel Ventnor, Devonport. Mrs. P. Milne, of Kenya, South Africa, is staying with her uncle, the Rev. W. T. Currie, of 15 Epsom Avenue. * ♦ * Mrs. H. R. Hesketh, who lias been spending the Easter holidays at the Bay of Islands, has returned to Auckland. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, of Matamata, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Carl Williamson, of Clifton Road, Takapuna. * * * Tho Misses Peppercorns, of Whangarei, are visiting Auckland and are staying at the Hotel Ventnor, Devonport. * * * Mrs. B. L. Hewitt, of Erin Street, Great South Road, returned on Thursday evening from a visit to New Plymouth. * * * Lady Sinclair Lockhart, who has been in Nelson for the christening of her grandchild, returned to Auckland on Wednesday.

Miss Alice Toogood, of Vivian Street, Wellington, is visiting Auckland, and is the guest of Mrs. J. Martin Wilson, of Shore Road, Remuera.. * * * Mrs. A. Gray, of Wellington, and Miss Marjorie Gray, who have been in Auckland in connection with the legal conference, left this morning on their return to the South. * * * Mrs. W- G. Kendrick, of Takapuna, left by the Maunganui on Thursday for an extended tour of the East, after which she will visit Europe and Great Britain. * * * Mr. and Mrs. P. Smith, of Waiuku, accompanied by Miss Thelma Smith and Mr. W. J. Lowe, spent the Easter week at Hinemoa House, Hot Springs, Helensville. They will visit Te Aroha and Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, before returning home.

Vice-Regal Reception

Function Preceded by an Investiture PICTURESQUE SCENE Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Bledisloe held their first official reception at Government House on Wednesday evening, the function being preceded by an investiture, when the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, the AttorneyGeneral, Sir Thomas Sidey, Mr. E, W. Kane and Mr. Robert Parker received the insignia of the honours recently conferred upon them. The ballroom, where the guests assembled for the investiture, presented a picturesque scene, Their Excellencies with tlieir suite and guard of honour occupying the dais. The Governor-General wore the magnificent robe of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, appropriate to the day. After the ceremony, Lord and Lady Bledisloe stood in the drawing room, where glorious chrysanthemums were arranged, and greeted the guests afe thgy were presented. Sqpper was set in the billiards-room, hall and dining room, where the tables were gay with red flowers in silver bowls, tall silver candelabra adding a very charming note. Lady Bledisloe was gowned in graceful printemps green chiffon, veiled in finest silver lace, the deep two-toned green tulle hem falling to the ground. Her Excellency’s jewels were pearls and diamonds, with a large aquamarine drop and a diamond headdress. A fan of white feathers completed her toilette.

ENGAGEMENTS OF THE WEEK

The engagement is announced of Dorothy Freda, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. IT. Grenville, of Mount Albert Road, Auckland, to Charles Frederick, elder son of Mr. and the late Mrs. J. W. F. Jones, Ngaheia, Pakaraha, Bay of Islands. The engagement is announced of Lois Gladys, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark Fenton, of Te Ivopuru, to Jack, eldest son of Mr.

and Mrs. E. Bassett, of Herne Bay*, Auckland. * * * The engagement is announced of Roberta Sybil, youngest daughter of Mr. and Airs. R. S. Thompson, Fairfax Road, Epsom, to Francis Victor, eldest son of Air. and Airs. M. V. Lindberg, of Pukekawa. The engagement is announced of Alary Florence, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Funnel 1, Pah Road, Epsom, to Alaurice, only son of Air. and Airs. S. W. Sell, of Buckland Road, Otahuhu. * * * Tho engagement is announced of Aluriel Bernice, second daughter of the Rev. and Airs. AV. Butterworth, The Alanse, Te Awamutu, to David Ogilvie, youngest son of Air. and Mrs. J. P. Alurray, of Stoneshiel, Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe. The engagement is announced of ATadoline Alina, only daughter of the Rev. and Airs. R. Hill-Johnson, of Helensville, to AVilliam John, youngest son of the late Robert and Airs. Throne, of Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland. * • * The engagement is announced of Alargaret Ellen, third daughter of Air. and Airs. AV. Ballantyne) of AVhangarei, to Kenneth Alontgomery, second son of Air. and Airs. H. AV. J. Salmon, of AATiangarei, and late of Hamilton. The engagement is announced of Aladge, third daughter of Mr. and Airs. AA~. T. Simons, Alain’s Avenue, to AVilliam John, second son of Air. and Mrs. C. F. Collins, Graham Street, Whangarei.