CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22269, 7 December 1937, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss Aileen Mulcock (Fendalton) has returned from, a visit to Gisborne. At the monthly meeting of the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women, a motion of sympathy was passed with the relatives of the late Mrs Jeannie Grant. Mrs W. O. MacKay is visiting her daughter, Mrs Hex Pearce, Willowby, Ashburton. Mrs Ross Clark (Tauranga) is the guest of Mrs Bernard Fanning, Riccarton. Mrs A. J. Tutton and Miss Audrey Tutton (Swannanoa) left yesterday for Wellington. They will leave by the Awatea to-day for Sydney, and will spend several months in Australia. Miss A. Harris (Ashburton) is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs H. Harris, Knowles street. Mrs L. D. Dalton, former vicepresident of the New Zealand Women's Club in Sydney, will leave to-morrow to visit her son in Auckland. She will spend two months there, and will also travel in other parts of the North Island before returning to Australia. Mrs Dalton expressed appreciation of the welcome given her by the Canterbury Women's Club, and to all who made her visit to Christchurch so enjoyable. A motion of sympathy with the relatives of Mrs E. D. Howell was passed at a meeting of the Canterbury Pilgrims' and Early Settlers' Association yesterday afternoon. The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk and her daughter, Lady Winefride Fitzalan-Howard, who have been spending a few days in Christchurch, will leave this morning for the West Coast. Mrs S. J. Gordon and Miss E. Gresson have taken up residence at 8 Holmwood road. Mr and Mrs D. H. Butcher (Shirley) have returned from a motor tour in the south. Mrs Geoffrey Myers (London) will arrive in Christchurch this morning to visit her parents, General and Mrs A. W. Andrew, Cashmere Hills. At a meeting of the Redcliffs committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the sum of £24 15s 6d was handed in towards the society's funds. The committee expressed gratitude to those who had assisted with the work. A concert party organised by Miss Mina Ward provided an enjoyable programme at the Cashmere Sanatorium. Songs were sung by Mrs Frank O'Brien, Miss Pessy Hollander, and Mr Thorpe Cherry, a piano solo was played by Miss Ward, who also was accompanist for the singers. Recitations were given by Misses Joan Brosnahan and Pauline Stevens, and a one-act play was read by the Drama Circle of the Catholic Women's League. Buying men's presents is easy at Triggs and Denton's. Special lines in English Dressing Sets for 13s 6d. English Pocket Wallets in finest Morocco for 10s 6d. English Real Suede Gloves in Bronze or Grey for lis 6d. At Triggs and Denton's (opp. Kincaid's); also at Timaru. —6 FOOT COMFORT CLINIC. Miss K. Sullivan, Warden's Buildings. 'Phone 36-816. — 6 MOST DISTINCTIVE GIFTS. Give something that is better—something a little different. 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DOWAGER DUCHESS OF NORFOLK WAR-TIME HOSPITALITY RECALLED GUESTS AT MIDDLETON GRANGE Many nurses and other women from overseas who worked in England or Europe during the war have reason to remember with gratitude the kindness of the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, who is now visiting Christchurch. Her Grace, who was at that time the Duchess of Norfolk, gave her historic home, Norfolk House, in St. James s square, London, to be used as a residential club by overseas nurses and women war workei-s, and a comfortable haven of rest it proved to hundreds of tired women. To prove to her Grace that her hospitality is still gratefully remembered, Mrs John Studholme, vice-president of the Christchurch branch of the Overseas Women War Workers' Association, entertained her and her daughter, Lady Winefride FitzalanHoward, at her home, Middleton Grange, Riccarton, yesterday afternoon, and asked to meet her the committee of the association and a few of her own personal friends. Miss M. G. Havelaar, acting-presi-dent of the branch, recalled her Grace's great kindness, and assured her that her wonderful gesture of friendship would never be forgotten in New Zealand. Mrs Studholme added her tribute to the thoughtfulness and practical help given by the Ducheses. . After tea was served, the visitors strolled through the grounds, and each of those present was introduced to the guests of honour. Those who enjoyed Mrs Sludholme's hospitality, besides the DuChcss and her daughter, were Miss Lilian Bowen, Miss Laura Bowen, Mrs J. F. Studholme, Mrs John Grigg, Miss Hilda Williams, Miss Havelaar, Misses Lily and Ethel Wilson, Mrs G. J. Smith, Miss Margaret Nixon, Miss Gertrude Petre, Miss S. L. Clark, Miss Jean Erwin, and Miss D. Harman.