WOMAN'S WORLD PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1920, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD PERSONAL.

Mrs. Tonka has returned to Hawera. ~ Mrs. \V. Armstrong and Miss 11. Esse i (luglcwood) are spending' a holiday at s Ngamotu. 1 *-,*** 1 Mrs. Geo. Knowles left on Thursday for Wangauui. * ; *. < ( Miss L. Reed, of Wellington,' is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. Eberlet. < Mrs. John Fraser, of Christchurch, Is | spending a few days here. i Miss Goldwater is on a visit to Auckland. * * * • Mrs. Addcnbrooke arrived from Auckland on Wednesday, and is the guest of her son, Mr Gordon Addeibrookc, at Uruti. « ♦ • * Miss N. Heppell (Auckland) is spending a holiday with her mother, Mrs. W. H. Heppell,' Mangorei Road. * » » * Mrs. Dodgshuh left on Wednesday for Te Awainutu. * * * • • Sister Ratcliffe, who has been spending a few days here, left this week for Wanganui. » * * • Mrs. James Clarke and her sister, Mrs. Dobson, leave next week for Blenheim. * • . • • Mrs. G. Turnbull, who has been the guest of Mts. R. H. Qujlliam, has returned to Christchurch. « * • » Mrs. W. J. Penn returned on Saturday last from a trip to Canada. * * * » Miss V. Greatbatch (Auckland) is staying with* her aunt, Mrs. E. Greatbatch. Mrs. Lovell (Hawera) is spending a short holiday here. . * . • . Mrs. H. Greig returned yesterday from a trip to Wellington and Auckland. * * # * Mrs. J. S. Winstanley, who has been visiting Wellington and Napier, has returned to Opunake. Mrs. R. A. Gray is the guest of Mrs. C. Williams, Milford, Auckland. Mrs. Wyatt (Wellington) is spending a §hort holiday here. * * . • Visitors at the. White Hart this week include Mrs. J. Barron, Mrs. Sale, Mrs. J. Fraser, Miss Chapman (Wellington), Miss Pendreigh (Hawera), Mrs. Barstow, Mrs. Peacod, Mrs. H. Douglas, Mrs. Harper (Auckland), Nurse Collier; Mrs. Hogg, Mrs. Ca3srels, Miss Fenton (Wanganui), Sister Porteous (Rotorua), Mrs. Harris (Hastings), Mrs. McDonnell (Petone). * * • » Visitors at the Terminus this week include Mre. Coull, Mrs. Blandford (Wanganui), Mrs. Gledhill, Mrs. Escott (failiape), Mrs. Wolland, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Adams. Mre. Gray, Miss MeCormack, Miss Barnes (Wellington), Mrs. Lovell, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Tonks (Hawera), Mrs. Duncan (Hunterville), Mrs. Burton (Opunake), Mrs. W. J. Pehn (New Plymouth). An offer is made in this issue to Taranaki ladies of a free summer frock for a young .girl. Read the article on Page 4 describing the competitions to be held in connection with the Christmas Number of the Daily News. RECEPTIONS. Mrs. Fairfax Cholmeley entertained Mrs. Ceo. Knowles at a delightful afternoon tea party at her residence last Wednesday. At a reception given in her honor by the Victoria League on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Geo. Knowles spoke of the wonderful help gjven to her by the Air Force and the Navy, and also of the high esteem in which the New Zealanders were held. Mrs. Knowles was the recipient of the Order of the Chevalier de la Belgique for her work at Dunkirk. WEDDING. ZOHRAB-MABIN. The wedding was solemnised at St. Mark's Church (Wellington), by the Rev. A. T. B. Page on Monday last of Miss Vera Constance Zohrab, youngest daughter of Mrs Edith Zohrab, '7O, Rox-burgh-street, and Mr. John Balfour Mabin, of Onaero, Taranaki. The bride was. given away by her brother, Mr, F. Zohrab, and wore a dainty frock" of white eharmeuse with overdress of palest pink georgette. She also'wore a handsome embroidered veil with circle of orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet of cream tea roses, lilies of the valley, and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaid was Miss Alice Gunn, who wore a pretty frock of pink muslin and Let, with tiny frills, and large picture hat, trimmed with pink berries and ribbon. bride was also attended by two tiny tots—her niece and nephew, Zoe Colledge and Bob Bevin. The best man was Mr. Egglestone, of Taranaki. After the ceremony Mrs. ZohraT) entertained a few relatives and-friends at her residence. Mr. and Mrs. Mabin left for their new home, Onaero, By motor. APPLICATION FOR DIVORCE. Unusual circumstances were disclosed in an undefended action for divorce which was before Mr. Justice Salmond at the Wellington Supreme Court. The petitioner was a young Englishwoman, and the respondent a German, wiio was deported with the Willochra draft. The petitioner said she was married on September 22, 1011, and came to New Zealand in the following year. There were three children of the marriage. In August, 1914, her husband was interned on Somes Island, but was liberated a month ' later. His employers, a freezing company, kept his position open for him, but the other workmen refused to work With hirn, and he then applied successfully, to be reinterned on the island, where he was employed as a conk. He was kept on the island this time for 15 months, a period during which she re- " ceived from him, through the Defence Department, £lB per month. Earlv in 19TG, he was again liberated, but within si few days he got under the influence of liquor and used language which resulted in his internment for the third time. On this occasion he worked at : road-making, receiving 3s a day, but h Mvei ajrain sent bar ens money far

maintenance. Just before he was deported, he told her he. would take her to Germany, but she refused the offer, Petitioner asked for a decree on the ground of desertion, but His Honour 6aid there was no evidence of desertion. The respondent maintained his wife until his final internment in 1910, and also offered to take her to Germany. Counsel submitted that the fact that respondent failed to maintain his wife since lflHi constituted desertion, and brought him within the four corners of the Act of 1914. His Honour: Then you might as well argue that a man who is in gaol for over four years is guilty of desertion. His Honour ruled that there was no evidence of desertion, but said he would give counsel an opportunity to argue the point, and to that end he adjourned the hearing.