CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22600, 4 January 1939, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Sir Hugh and Lady Acland (Chippenham, St. Albans), who spent Christmas and New Year at Mount Peel, returned to Christchurch last evening.

Mrs George Cotterill (Havelock North) is the guest of Mrs George Gould, “Avonbank,” Fendalton. Mrs W. Diamond and Miss Gladys Diamond (Innes road), who have been visiting Britain, will arrive in Auckland to-day, and will return to Christchurch on Friday morning. Mrs Donovan and Miss Patricia Donovan (Sydney), who are visiting Mrs Donovan’s sister, Mrs Frank Graham, Heaton street, will leave on Monday on their return journey to Australia. With Mr and Mrs Graham they left yesterday to spend a few days in Timaru. Miss Hay (Melbourne) arrived in Christchurch yesterday to visit her sister, Mrs Walter Fox. Victoria Mansions.

Miss D. Allen, wljp is visiting her parents, Sir James and Lady Allen, Dunedin, will return to Christchurch at the end of next week and will take up residence at ‘Tnveresk,’’ Armagh street West. Miss Mary Latham will arrive next week to stay with her. Mrs F. H. Pyne and Miss Colin Pyne (Naseby street) are spending a holiday in the Geraldine district. Flight Lieutenant A. G. Lester and Mrs Lester (Auckland), who are visiting Dr. G. M. L. Lester, Webb street, will leave for the north on Friday. Mr and Mrs R. H. Livingstone (Weston road) left yesterday to spend a holiday at Tekapo. Mrs Coleridge Farr (Cashmere Hills), who has been attending the summer school at Nelson, returned home last night. Mr and Mrs Edwin Milnes (“Manningham,” Rhodes street) are spending a holiday af the Marine Hotel, Sumner. Mrs Aylmer Vivian (Riccarton road) is visiting Mrs H. L. Widdowson, Wanganui. Mrs Maurice Thomson (Brown’s road) and her sister, Miss Kirker (Auckland) will leave to-day for Pukaki.

Mrs Rutherford and Miss Joan Rutherford (Victoria Mansions) will leave to-day for a visit to Wanganui. Mrs Clive Crozier (Heaton street) is visiting her mother, Mrs T. W. Satterthwaite, Timaru. Mrs Eric Beaven' and her children (Papanui) are spending a holiday at Wainui.

Miss Patricia Powrie (Cashmere Hills), who was staying with Mrs K. H. Hargreaves, Kakahu, is now the guest of Mrs C. L. Orbell, Pentlow, South Canterbury. Miss Helen Hayes (Dunedin) is spending a holiday with her parents, Dr. and Mrs E. C. Hayes, Naseby street.

Mr and Mrs J. Trengrove (Dunedin), and their son, who have been staying with Mr and Mrs J. R. Grange, Peterborough street, have left for Auckland to meet their daughters, who are returning from a 12 months’ tour of Europe and America.

Dr. and Mrs P. A, Melville Heath, with their infant daughter, will arrive in Wellington by the Rimutaka. Dr. Heath will take up a position at Sunnyside Mental Hospital, Christchurch. Until the eve of his departure he was at St. Andrew’s Hospital, Thorpe, Norwich. While . m Norfolk he was a member of the Norfolk Broads Yachting Club, yachting being his chief form of recreation. Mrs Hfeath is a daughter of the late Rev. Granville Ramage, of the United Free Church of Scotland.

Mr and Mrs S. F. Smithson, who have been spending a few months in Canterbury, left on Saturday by the Akaroa on their return to England. Mr and Mrs R. Winterbourn, who have been attending the summer school at Nelson College, where Mr Winterbourn was one of the tutors, are now spending a week at Kaiteriteri, near Nelson. Dr. G. Jobberns (Merivale lane) and Mr Cumberland (Wellington), who also attended the school, left yesterday to do field work on the West Coast. Mr and Mrs G. G, Burnes, former residents of Christchurch who now live in England, left, London early in December by the Rimutaka for New Zealand. Mrs A. Macdonald and Miss Mary Macdonald (Papanui) are visiting Mrs John Macdonald, Avenal, Invercargill. Mrs M. A. Constable (secretary of the Mid-Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institutes) will leave Ashburton to-morrow to act as commandant at the Ashburton Health Camp at Staveley. Mrs L. W. Spencer <lnvercargill) will arrive to-day in Christchurch to visit her sister, Mrs J. E. K. Brown, Stanmore road. She will leave from Auckland by the Rimutaka on February 9 for England." Mr and Mrs Leslie Burt (Gloucester street west), who have been visiting Mrs L. Macassey, Dunedin, returned home yesterday. FOUND—ONE APPETITE'. However hot or trying the weather may be, there’s one dessert that’s always welcome. JUNKET—but Junket made with BIRTHDAY RENCO in the six delightful flavours. BIRTHDAY RENCO is made in N.Z, at the world’s largest rennet factory, and is only lOd a bottle at all grocers. Try it today! Your choice of Raspberry— Greengage—Orange—Lemon —Passionfruit—Vanilla. . —4 TREATMENT OF THE FEET. MISS B. WILSON. 8.1.C.L., 699 Colombo St. (near Hereford St). Falling Arches. Soft Corns, Enlarged ,J6ints, etc., etc. ’Pnone 32-641. W8229 Descriptions of weddings may be inserted at the rate of five shillings (ss) per column inch, with a minimum charge of One Pound (£1), and photographs of wedding groups at the rate of five shilliegs (ss) per single column’ inch, with a minimum charge of Two Pounds Two Shillings (£2 2s).

LEARN TO RELAX

CHASE AWAY WRINKLES “I’m just a mass of nerves”—that’s a feminine cry, not a masculine one. And all because the average woman doesn’t know how to relax, states a writer in the London “Daily Mail.” As a woman’s nervous system is more highly pitched than a man’s, she must first learn how to get her nerves in good trim and keep them that way. You must learn to relax. Whenever you can, wherever you are. \7hen you sit down for a few moments with nothing to do, don’t grab a book or

the newspaper, or, if you are at home, turn off the wireless. Leave these diversions until the evening. Instead flop. . Consciously withdraw the muscular control from your arms and legs until they feel like dead weights; let your, backbone sag, your head fall forward, your eyelids drop. Do it as though you had no control over your body, and, after a few minutes, feel the vitality pouring into you. And, finally, chase away your wrinkles as well as your nerves with a daytime nap, if you, can possibly manage it. Don’t be ashamed of it. Have it and enjoy it. Don’t allow yourself to sleep too long; half an hour is long enough for most people. But see that it is a deep restful sleep. A daily nap

will do more to keep your face free of wrinkles, your outlook on life serene and happy, your nervous system in proper condition, than anything else. A ’ hot bath is death to sleep, for it wakes you up, and you will lie awake, every nerve on edge, for hours. After your bath it is a good idea to take a hot milk beverage as a good-night drink. At lunch time make a “cocktail” from the juices of young carrots or celery. These will help to enrich the blood, for impoverished blood means sick nerves. Give your digestion a chance to relax, too. Give up heavy meals. Don’t eat when you are angry or emotionally upset in any way. A little very nourishing food at regular two-hourly intervals will help you. HEAD OF MIXED SCHOOL WOMAN’S APPOINTMENT

A controversy is raging in England at present over the appointment of a woman as head of a mixed school in Hackney. The London Schoolmasters’ Association objected to the appointment of Miss Spender, M.8.E., as head of the school and actually ordered a plebiscite. Ratepayers were aske'd to say whether they preferred a man as head of the school or a woman, with the result that 2957 voted for a man and 198 for a woman. The Education Committee responsible for the appointment, however,, heroically refused to be moved by the objections or the result ,of the plebiscite and Miss Spender- will take over charge of the school this month.

Mr and.Mrs A. J, Campbell (Aikman’sroad) returned yesterday from Nelson, where Mr Campbell was tutor at the summer school held for a week at Nelson College. Dr. H. Field and Mr John Johnson (Christchurch) and Mr Brailsford (Dunedin), all ofi whom were attending the school, arrived in Christchurch last evening. About 160 , persons from different parts of the Dominion attended the school; those from Canterbury, who were in the majority, returned last evening, travelling via Lewis Pass. Mrs A. W. J. Peacock (Wanganui) is visiting her daughter, Mrs Dunnage, Papanui. Miss Ruth Manning, daughter of Dr. and Mrs L. S. Manning (Fendalton), will return to New Zealand this week by the Sultan. Star. Miss Manning has been absent from Christchurch for the last few years.

Miss Millicent Kennedy (Stoneyhurst street) will leave on Friday for Napier to attend the teachers’ summer school, which will open on January 9. While there she will deliver an address on the International School at Geneva.

Miss Nora Newton (Andover street), who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs Harman Reeves, at Waikouaiti, returned home yesterday. Mr and Mrs T. Watts (Blenheim) and their guest, Miss V. Wrigley (England), are visiting Mr and Mrs Arthur Nicoll, Ashburton. Miss Mary Talbot (Knowles street) returned yesterday from a visit to Dunedin.

Misses Margaret Ewing and Rae Murray (Dunedin) arrived in Christchurch yesterday to commence their training in nursing at the Christchurch Hospital.

Passengers to New Zealand by the Rimutaka due in Auckland next week include the following medical men (accompanied by their wives), who are under appointment to the New Zealand Government;— Dr. P. C.-Calvert and Mrs Calvert, Dr. T. J. Daly, Dr. I. R.’ Gray and Mrs Gray, Dr. E. P. Houghton, Mrs Houghton, and Miss P. and Master P, Houghton, Dr. A. F. McLean and Mrs McLean, Dr. W. O’Reilly and Mrs O’Reilly. Dr. and Mrs Gray are accompanied by their two daughters. Mr and Mrs J. Smith (Prebbleton) are spending 3 holiday on the West Coast.

Miss Eileen Parsons, who has been the guest of Mrs H. Kennedy (Prebbleton), has now returned to Rangiora.

Mr and Mrs C. Hands and Miss Bessie Hands (Prebbleton) spent the New Year holidays in Timaru. Mr and Mrs W. Carpenter and family have left Prebbleton - to live in Christchurch. Miss Nola Smither* (Christchurch) is the guest of Mr and Mrs A. A. Radford (Little River). Miss Ina Brewster and Mr W. Brewster (St. Albans) spent the Christmas and New Year at “Valley Green,” Cooper’s Creek, Oxford. Mrs P. C. Read and Miss Joyce Read (Wellington) have returned home, and Mrs L. Cocker and Miss Celia Cocker (Wellington) have left for Ashburton, after spending a holiday together in Christchurch. Miss Blanche Cocker (Dunedin) in spending a holiday in Christchurch.