News For Women

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21027, 1 December 1933, Page 2

News For Women

CURRENT NOTES The last vacancy on the staff oi' the new Shirley intermediate school has been filled by the appointment of Miss Lillian H. Mitchell, who is J at present on the staff of the Oamaru North School, as sixth assistant. With Mr E. S. Lorking as principal and a staff of eight teachers, the new school will open i on February 6. Mrs Scott and Miss Shirtcliffe (Timaru) are the guests of Mrs d'Auvergne. I Mrs Douglas McCrostie is now living in Cromwell, Central Otago. Did you know that your corn could be removed painlessly? We use an anaesthetic in all cases. Have your tee't attended to now and enjoy the hot summer days! All consultations free. McArthurs, Ltd., Chemists and Chiropodists (opp. Ballantynes), Christchurch. — 1 SALE! SALE! SALE! The Ten-day Clearing Sale at the James Shoes Stores, 148 Armagh street, offers Exceptional Values in Fashionable Shoes. These include Summer Shoes and a large stock of Reptile Shoes. Must be seen to be appreciated. Buy Now. —1 ' PIANOFORTE RECITAL Music-lovers crowded the Jellicoe Hall last night lor the pianoforte recital given by Mr Noel Newson. The assisting artist was Miss Lillian Hanham (soprano,, who was accompanied at the piano by Miss Bessie Pollard. Miss Hanham wore a frock of turquoise blue lace made with a flounced skirt and epaulet flares, the waistline being finished with a narrow sash of blue velvet ribbon. Miss Pollard's frock of black panne velvet was trimmed with a black and white plait oj[ the material at the neckline, and she wore also a coatee to match. The stage had been beaytifully decorated with large bowls of arum lilies, tawny tiger lilies, tangerine poppies, and white peony roses. Bouquets of roses and aquileglas were presented to Miss Hanham *md Miss Pollard. GIFT PARTY An enjoyable gift party, organised by Mrs W. Higginson and Mrs R. A. Reynolds, was held at Ashley Gorge in honour of the approaching marriage of Miss Doris Cottam. Mr A. Blain was master of ceremonies. Musical items were given by Miss N. Mann and Miss J. Baxter, and dancing and cards were also enjoyed. Music was supplied by Miss E. Paget, and Miss L. Knowles led the community singing. About 60 guests were present.

CHRISTMAS TREE FETE At a meeting of the Relief Workers' Sports and Carnival Committee and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the St. John Ambulance Committee, arrangements were made for the Christmas tree fete to be held at Linwood Park on December 16. The children will be specially catered for. It was announced j that donations, no matter how small, would be gratefully received by Messrs J. W. Niven and H. S. Feast. Donation penny tickets may be obtained I from the committee or at the City Council building. J TIMARU NEWS ♦ SOCIAL AND PERSONAL j Major and Mrs P. F. Pope will motor j to Timaru to-morrow, where they will be the guests of Mrs Faver Brown for a few day before leaving for England. Mrs A. C. Wigley and Miss Willis ("Opuha Lodge," Park lane), are staying for a few days at Four Peaks. Mrs R. Dawson-Welsh (Dunedin) is staying with her mother, Mrs C, A. Paterson, Sefton street. Mrs L. Balfour (Gisborne), who was the guest of Mrs P. R. Woodhouse (Blueclifls), has returned to the North Island. Mr David Aitken, managing director of the Union Steam Ship Company, and Mrs Aitken (Wellington), who were staying at the Grosvenor Hotel, left yesterday for Pembroke. VISITORS TO CHRISTCHUftCH Warner's Hotel: Mr and Mrs A: Hudson, Miss Gin-gill (Dunedin). United Service Hotel: Mr and Mrs W. A. Wiggint! (Wellington). Hotel Federal: Mesdames M. Brett (Iveefton) and Meredith (Dunedin). New City Hotel: Mr and Mrs J. S. Hunt (Pembroke), Miss 11. Fenwick (Dunedin), aud Miss I. P. Sims (Timaru). VISITORS TO HOLIDAY RESORTS Anaiviwa Homestead: Mrs Graham and Mr ■T. Graham (Oust), Mrs Linklater and Mrs It. Linklater (Palinerston North), Mr and Mrs Menlove, Mr and Mrs Milner, Mr and Mrs Biniield, Mr and Mrs . Monson, Messrs Devenish, Redworih, and BrougrH (Nelson). A flannel datice in aid of the Governor's Bay queen carnival will be held in the Allandale Hall on Saturday evening. . One of the most striking features of the Albert Hall in London is its marvellous organ, and musicians all over the world are at present watching closely for reports concerning it. For some time the organ has been in the hands of a famous firm of organbuilders, who have been rebuilding and enlarging it. The cost of the work has been somewhere in the neighbourhod of £25,000 and the work is nearing completion. With its 120 registers and about 8000 pipes the organ was one of the largest in the world when it was built about 65 years ago.

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WEDDINGS PASHBY—CRESSWELL The wedding was celebrated at the Shirley Methodist Church on Wednesday night, of Doris, only daughter of Mr and Mrs G. N. Cresswell, Papanui, to Robert Allan, younger son of Mr and Mrs R. Pashby, of Rangiora. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. S Bailey, and Mr W. D. Marks was the organist for the service, which was fully choral. . , , . The bride's frock of ivory angel skin lace was worn with a hand-embroid-ered veil held in place with orange blossom. Hothouse flowers were arranged in her armlet. Miss Beris Cresswell, a cousin, who attended the bride, wore a frock of apple green georgette with touches ot pink made with frilled caplet sleeves, and small hip frills. Her hat was of pink pendaline straw, and she carried pink roses. _ _ , The best man was Mr E. Palmer. A guard of honour was formed by members of the Saxon Club and Joy Girls of Shirley. . The guests were received in the Methodist schoolroom by the bride s mother, who was wearing a black crepe de chine frock trimmed with green, and a black Baku straw hat. She carried a bouquet of vivid tints. Mrs Pashby wore a black and white ensemble and a hat of racello straw to match. Red roses composed her bouqUThe bride travelled in an ensemble of navy phantom crepe relieved with grey and red, and a hat of ballibuntl straw to tone. _____ FAIRWEATHER— cusdin The marriage of Winifred Clarence, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. J. Cusdin, Duvauchelle Bay, to Harold Cave, third son of Mr and Mrs W. Fairweather, of Kaikoura, was celebrated by the Rev. J. T. McWilliam at St. John's Church, Latimer square, on Wednesday evening. Mr Ford Davies was the organist. Pink roses had been arranged throughout the church by friends of bride wore a frock of ' vor y satin beauie, made with an inset yoke of latticed satin, and the long sleeves shirred below the shouldei s, were fully uuffed to the elbow and fitted to long tight cuffs finished with tiny satin buttons. The skirt, moulded to the hipline by means of shaped seaming, was flared to the ground. Her veil oi pale pink tulle was held with clusters of orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of cream roses with touches of pink. Miss Joan Cornish and Miss Jessie McKay (Takamatua), who attended as bridesmaids, wore frocks of shell pink chiffonette mounted on satin. The pulled sleeves were shirred at the shoulders, the long, gored skirts were weighted with flared frills at the hemlines. The backs of the waistlines were finished with bows and long tie ejids. Their matching hats of Baku straw were trimmed with chiffonette, and their bouquets were composed of gold roses. The bridegroom was attended by his brothei - , Mr J. Fairweather, as best man, and Mr Lester Cusdin, the bride's brother, was groomsman. Mrs Cusdin received the guests at the Cadena. Her frock of black crepe de chine was relieved with touches of yellow, and she wore a small hat to match, and carried a bouquet of yellow flowers. For travelling, the bride wore a frock of brown marocain and yoke and puff sleeves being of brown beige and marigold crepe, and her beige hat was trimmed with brown. She carried a mown coat trimmed with musquash fur. WAKELIN—JONES At St. Mary's Church, Merivalc, the wedding was quietly celebrated on Wednesday afternoon, of Miss Sadie Jones, only daughter of Mr and Mrs C. Jones, of Poranui, to Mr Albert Wakelin, only son of Mrs F. Rowberry, of Okuti Valley, Little River. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. G. Brittan, who was assisted by Archdeacon P. B. Haggitt. Mr A. Worsley played the wedding music. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore an ivory satin frock made with a fitting bodice, and a flared skirt which formed a slight train. The long sleeves were fitted to the wrists, and a bow of satin softened the Vneckline. Orange blossom held in place her long, embroidered veil, and she carried an arm bouquet of white and cream roses and white begonias. A frock of deep delphinium blue crepe de chine was worn by the bridesmaid, Miss Annie Blomquist. Her hat iof fawn felt was trimmed with blue and fawn velvet ribbon, and she carried a bouquet of pink roses, begonias, and tritonia. The little flower-girl, Miss Rachel Jones, a niece of the bride, wore a j | frock of pale pink crepe de chine rei lieved with white. The circlet of pale i | pink rosebuds which she wore in her I hair toned with her Victorian posy of j pink and mauve sweet peas, forget-me-nots, and mignonette. I Mr Arthur Baines (Little River) was [best man. I After the ceremony, a reception for ' intimate friends and relatives was held at the Hotel Federal. Yellow and

tangerine poppies, tiger lilies, and delphiniums decorated the lounge, and vases of pale blue and white flowers were arranged on the tables. The guests were received by Mrs, Jones who was wearing a suit of brown woven tweed, and a nigger brown straw hat. She carried a bouquet of gold and tangerine roses and abutilons. The bridegroom's mother wore a navy suit and hat to match. Her flowers' were red roses and carnations. For travelling, the bride wore a navy marocain frock trimmed witn white, a coat of corded material, and a navy hat to match. JENNINGS—NICOL [THE PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, November 30. At St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral this afternoon, the wedding was celebrated of Miss Nancy Hameen Nicol, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Ersldne Nicol, Portland road, Auckland to Dr. David Richmond Jennings, Invercargill, a son of the late Mr Jennings and of Mrs Jennings, of Christchurch. C.anon Percival James performed the ceremony. The bride was given away by her father. She wore a frock of ivory chilfori embossed velvet, cut on long, classical lines, and flaring to form a train. Her veil of filmy tulle was held in place with a narrow strand ol orange blossom, and her sheaf bouquet of lilium regale brought in a deeper shade of ivory which matched the georgette dress of the only bridesmaid, Miss Adelaide Minnitt, of Christchurch. Miss Minnitt's picture hat was encircled with a wreath of real delphiniums, cornflowers, and forget-me-nots, and her bouquet, trailing, like

OBITUARY MRS A. BRUSTAD Mrs Mary Lucy Aroha Brustad, who, as Miss Aroha Clifford, was well known throughout New Zealand as the first woman to gain her pilot's license through an Aero Club, died from pneumonia in the Amuri Hospi- j tal, Rotherham, yesterday morning, ] at the age of 25 years. Her death followed the birth of her son at the hospital two days ago. Mrs Brustad was the youngest daughter of Mr and the late Mrs Walter Clifford, of Garden road, Fendalton, and niece of the late Sir George Clifford. She was born in Wellington, and received her education at St. Mary's Convent, Colombo street north, Christchurch, and at Ascot Convent, England. Early in her teens she became keenly interested in winter sports and alpine climbing. She was a very frequent visitor to the Hermitage, Mount Cook, and she became an expert skier and climber. One of the most notable of her exploits in this region was the "round trip" over the Copland Pass (7400 feet) to Waiho, and back to the Hermitage by way of Graham's Saddle (8739 feet), a journey that called for great endurance and experience. She was accompanied on this trip by Mr Alf Brus- | tad, then a guide at the Hermitage, whom she married in 1931. Mrs Brustad was the first pupil instructed by the Canterbury Aero Club in May, 1929, a month or two after the club's inception. She flew solo for the first time in June, and was granted her "A" license when under the age of 21 by Major L. M. Isitt, the examiner, on August 5. Mr J. C. Mercer, instructor to the club, responsible for her training. After some experience of cross-country flying in New Zealand she went to England in 1931. While there she spent three months at the de Havilland factory, taking the private ownership course in mechanics. She was at this time a member of the London Aero Club, and did a considerable amount of flying from the Stag Lane Aerodrome. She purchased a machine of her own—a Puss Moth—and this she brought back to New Zealand with her. It was later acquired by the New Zealand ' Permanent Air Force which now uses it for aerial survey work. Mrs Brustad resumed her flying on her return to New Zea- | land, and she was the first woman to pilot an aeroplane over Cook Strait in a flight from Wellington to Christchurch.

After her marriage to Mr Alf Brustad in September, 1931, she gave up active flying, although she maintained a keen interest in the activities of the Canterbury Aero Club. Mr Brustad was stationed in Christchurch as an alpine guide and winter sports tutor until two or three months ago, when he purchased a farm. Mr and Mrs Brustad settled in the Waiau district only two or three weeks ago. Mrs Brustad possessed a remarkable knowledge of an extremely wide range of subjects. She was equally at home in the country and in the city. In spite of her outdoor activities she was extremely capable in the home, and her beautiful needlework was frequently the delight of her friends, to whom her generous and kind-hearted nature endeared her. Possessing an accurate knowledge of the many phases of farm life she had been looking forward to settling down at Waiau. She is survived by her .husband, her infant son, her father, and two sisters, Mrs Shirreff-Hilton (Christchurch) and Mrs W. Wallis (Wellwyn Garden City, England). The funeral will leave St. Mary's Church, Manchester street, tomorrow morning. MRS W. FULLER (lUUSSB 4.SSOCUTJOS TBLIG*AIt.) • WELLINGTON, November 30. The death has occurred of Mrs Dorothy Fuller, wife of Mr Walter Fuller, and sister-in-law of Sir Benjamin ancl Mr John Fuller, of Sydney. Mrs Fuller was an accomplished singer and musician, and in her younger days she was associated with the professional stage for some years. During her married life in Wellington she was for a time a member of the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. Mrs Fuller leaves two children, Jean and June Fuller. MRS SARAH CARTER The death occurred at her residence at Te Rapa, Waikato, at the week-end, of Mrs Sarah Carter, aged 78 years. Mrs Carter was born in Adelaide and came to New Zealand 76 years ago with her parents, who resided for many years in North Canterbury. In 1874 Mrs Carter was married, and later removed to Feilding, where her husband took up farming. In 1919 Mr and Mrs Carter retired and took up their residence at Te Rapa.