Pot Pourri

A Dying Art. A New Zealander who has made good overseas is Mary Colbert, a member of the Colbert family of Te Puia Springs. She is a wig-maker who has lived and worked for the last fourteen years in Honolulu.

Mary learned her craft in England when she visited her mother's family in North Newcastle, where a friend of the family, who was a wig-maker, taught her.

After returning to New Zealand, on a boat trip to Australia, she met the owner of The Hair Clinic, Honolulu, who encouraged her to go to Hawaii, and now, after fourteen years in the business, is one of the foremost exponents of wigmaking and hair care.

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Mary Colbert ventilating (sewing in) hairs onto the nylon foundation of a wig. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Photo).

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Wedding Bells. Bell--Horvath. In Melbourne, Elizabeth, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs F. Horvath, 37 Hotham Road, Melbourne, to Murray, only son of Mr and Mrs J. Bell, formerly of Gisborne, and now of Auckland.

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Golden Wedding.Celebrating fifty years of marriage are Mr and Mrs J. A. Culley, 114 Stanley Road.