BUSINESS WOMEN’S CLUB

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22796, 23 August 1939, Page 2

BUSINESS WOMEN’S CLUB

ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR TOCKER At the fortnightly meeting of the Business and Professional Women’s Club held at the Young Women’s Christian Association club rooms, Mrs L. G. Pocock concluded her series of talks on China.and Japan, and gave a resume of the outstanding events of recent years. Professor A. H. Tocker was the principal speaker for the evening. He gave an interesting address on some of the aspects of international conferences and recounted some of his experiences at conferences at Geneva and London. He showed how attempts were made to overcome the difficulties of language by simultaneous telephonic translations, and illustrated many of the difficulties that attended international negotiations. He said these difficulties were real and deepseated, and were due possibly to the fact that races and nations had grown up as distinct Units, but had now been thrown much closer together by the speeding up of transport and communications. There was a great necessity to recognise the innate differences of all nations and to exercise greater tolerance in order to make international relations more successful. BLENHEIM NEWS The annual banks and law dance, held at the Masonic Hall, was a great success. It was capably organised by a committee comprising Miss M. Smith and Mrs S. Maxwell (secretaries). Misses M. Macdonald. M. Mitchell, M. Olliver, Messrs K. Elvy, R. Bullen, J. Sams, and A. McLeod. Those present included Mesdames A. A. Macnab, A. C. Nathan, W. K. Gill, C. Macdonald, G. M. Spence, A. G. Wicks. W. T. Churchward, G. Tobin, C. T. Smith, J. S. C. Thomas, R. Grigg, T. Watts, L. C. Chaytor, E. Reid, P. J. Fogarty, J. C. Irving, R. Murray, L. Mowat, W. F. Watters, J. Todd, W. R. Day, J. W. Douglas, J. Dagger, D. M. Furness, D. Young, W. S. Pratt, W. Hazelden, H. Cox, H. Thompson, L. Mills, and G. M. Smith, Misses M. Churchward, Furness (3), E. Gill, J. Chaytor, Pattie (2), H. Waddy, P. Grigg, C. Ward, M. Fairweather, M. Jackson, J. Mackay, Parker (2), J. Rose. M. Wilmot (Wellington), P. Mitchell. D. Tylor, L. Mills, L. Morrin. G. Hillman, C. Mills, E.-Thomas, and P. Coulter, Messrs A. A. Macnab, A. C. Nathan, W. K. Gill, C. Macdonald, G. M. Spence, A. G. Wicks, W. T. Churchward, G. Tobin, C. T. Smith, J. S. C. Thomas, T. Watts, L. C. Chaytor, J. C. Irving, R. Grigg, J. Todd, F. P. Morrison, D. Young, G. M. Smith, R. Murray, H. Grigg, B. Collyns, Hazelden, D. M. Furness, A. E. L. Scantlebury, D. Ward, R. Harvey, W. R. Day, R. Maskew, E. Good, P. Adams, G. Andrew,; A. Monro, R. K. Harvey, B. and K. Parker, W. Jackson, D. Ovens, I. Cameron, K. Reid, P. Coulter, L. Forsyth, A. Hood, S. Southgate, Waddy (2),* D. Morrin, B. Waoher, and P. Johnston.

Miss M. Bell is visiting Hawke’s Bay. Mrs. Leicester Murray has returned from a .visit to Christchurch. Mrs T. S. Davies is visiting Christchurch. HOCKEY CLUB’S BALL Members of the Hororata Women’s Hockey Club held their annual ball in the Hororata Public Hall, which had been decorated for the occasion with evergreens and the club's colours, black and gold. Members of the organising committee, with Miss D. McKenzie as secretary, are to be congratulated on the success of the ball. Colin Campbell’s orchestra (Christchufch) supplied the music, and extras were played by IVTlsscs P. Payne. N. and F. Gray. The masters of ceremonies were Messrs R. D. Gray and A. D. Oliver. Mrs Cullen, president of the Malvern Hockey Sub-Association, presented the Hororata hockey team, of which Miss Ivy Hockrldge Is captain, with the Malvern Hockey Association’s shield, which had been Held, by Greendale for the last two years. * M Amongst those present were Mesdames W. Teale (Glentunnel). S. Marsh (Glentunnel). F. Smith (Glentunnel), A. D. Oliver, J. Crump, H. D. Gray, T. F.Hight, J. Ballagh, EK D. Gray, R. Wilke, L. Paintin, P. Phillips. L. Hughes, Canty. J. Ryan, Porter (Amberley), T. Keltic, M. Watson (Lake Coleridge). H. Simms, JBoucher (Lake Coleridge), Fr Cullen (Greendale), F. Mitchell (Glentunnel), W. G. Smith, A. King (Glenroy), Misses Ivy Hockrldge, Daphne McKenzie. Noellne Foster, Jean Wells, Neta McKenzie, Ena Wells, Noellne Gray, Frances Gray, Betty Locker, Winnie Lamb, Freda Locker, Gwladys Locker, Joyce Hore, Pauline Payne. Margaret Harrington (Snowdon), Lyla Phillips, Crystal PhlUips tGlenroy), Lorna Marsh (Glentunnel). Edith Teale (Glentunnel). Mavis Gibbs and Betty Gibbs (Hawkins). Alma Paintin, Noellne Smith (Glentunnel). Nancy Smith, Doreen Beatty (Homebush), Shirley Phillips, Hazel Phillips, Una Hunt (Glenroy), Melba Scott (Wlndwhistle), Dons Isherwood (Glenroy), Ella Chapman (Christchurch), Edith Thome, Elma Felton. G. Ivey (Mayfield), Olive Alloway, Joyce Hockrldge (Greendale). Valmai Banks (Greendale). Jean Hockrldge (Greendale), Thelma Cooper (Darfield), Esme Cooper (Darfield), Margaret Anderson (par Held), Ena Henderson and Ngaire McKay (Kirwee), Mary Fisher (Greendale), Jun# Oliver, Bettv Oliver, Joan Oliver, Jessie Williamson , (Christchurch). Marion. Williamson (Christchurch). Marjorie Thwaites Christchurch), Dulcle Thwaites (Glenroy). Molly Field, Mary O’Sullivan, Valmai Reddecliffe (Te Pirlta). Gwen Cherry (Glentunnel-), Dorothy Black (Greendale), Dorothy Gibson (Lake Coleridge).