CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23003, 24 April 1940, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Archbishop Averill and Mrs Averill (Auckland), who are the guests of Dr. and Mrs L. C. L. Averill, Bealey avenue, will leave to-morrow for Hanmer Springs. Mrs A. K. Warren (St. Mary’s vicarage) will leave for the north on Tuesday to visit Mrs T. J. C. Warren, Hawke’s Bay. Mrs Herbert Macandrew, who has been spending some months in Christchurch, will leave to-morrow for Greymouth, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs Stanley White, with whom she will stay for some time. Mrs Hubert Nathan (Wellington) is visiting her daughter, Mrs Owen Johnston, Brown’s road. Dr. Elizabeth Gunn (Wellington), who has been visiting her sister, Miss Helen Gunn, Aikman’s road, left for the north last night. Dr. Gunn, who recently retired from the position of Director of School Hygiene, will take over the practice of Dr. Montgomery Spencer, a children’s specialist, who is going overseas on military duty. Mrs Cecil Bonnington (Brown’s road) left last night for a holiday visit to Wellington. Mrs J. L. Grant (Timaru) is spending the winter with her mother in Christchurch. Miss Hilary Newton (Christchurch) has joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service and is working as a pay officer near Edinburgh. She sailed from New Zealand the week before war broke out, and • she had intended to study interior decorating in London. Miss L. Murray (Hastings), who has been spending a holiday with her mother, will leave for the north to-morrow night. At the annual meeting of the Friends of St. George’s Hospital held yesterday an apology was received from Mrs A. Vere Winchester, who left last night for Hastings because of the sudden illness of her sister. Mrs Colin Mclntosh (West Eyreton) is the guest of Mrs A. W. Ironside, St. Albans. Mrs C. Mcßeath (Napier) is the guest of Mrs W. P. Clarkson (Brown’s road) during the Dominion conference of the National Council of Women. Yesterday the National Council of Women of New Zealand found a link with Royalty in its history. It was disclosed that in 1899 the Tsar of Russia was written to by the secretary of the council and thanked for his manifesto to the Powers of Europe suggesting to them a scheme for general disarmament. Mr and Mrs R. Carpenter (Prebbleton) are spending a holiday at Akaroa. Miss A. E. Lorimer will arrive from Wellington to-morrow to spend a few days with her parents, Mr and Mrs J. Lorimer, Edgeware road. Miss Lorimer is analyst to the Wellington City Council and chairwoman in Wellington of the Food Value League. She will leave on her return to Wellington on Saturday night. Mr and Mrs K. Hammond (Prebbleton) are among the visitors to Akaroa for the centennial celebrations. Mrs A. G. Gillies (Papanui) is the guest of Mrs J. N. Armour, Invercargill, for the Giller—Armour wedding. Mrs F. W. Gresham (St. Andrew’s Hill), who will also attend the wedding, is the guest of Mrs J. D. Gilmore, Invercargill. A photograph of the world president of the International Council of Women, Countess, Pol Boel (Belgium), occupied a prominent place on the conference table at the National Council of Women’s sessions yesterday. Miss. I. M. Jamieson, who met the Countess at the jubilee conference in Edinburgh, spoke of her as an excellent chairwoman, with commanding presence—she is 6ft 2in in height. She wa~ retiring and self-effacing, but a truly great woman, said Miss Jamieson. Lady Aberdeen had referred to delegates as her “dear grand-daughters,” but the Countess she called “my dear daughter, Margaret.” A special message will be sent to the Countess from the conference. Greetings and a memento from the Dominion conference of the National Council of Women were sent yesterday to the Dominion secretary, Miss Frances Cooper, who is ill in hospital. It was decided that the letter bearing the greeting should be signed by all delegates. Greetings from the conference were also sent to Mrs T. E. Taylor, one of the early members, and to Miss Kirk, past president. At the reception to National Council delegates held in the Canterbury Women’s Club last evening, Miss I. M. Jamieson (acting-Domin-ion secretary) presented to the National Council of Women of New Zealand a bronze medallion struck in honour of the late Lady Aberdeen at the jubilee conference of the International Council of Women held in Edinburgh in July, 1938. The medallion is a copy of a beautiful bas-relief in white marble which was presented to Ladv Aberdeen on the jubilee day of the conference, and is c aid to be a remarkable likeness. The bas-relief was the work of the late Ida Thoresen, a Scandinavian sculptress of note. The reverse of the medallion is a symbolic representation of the International Council of Women showing the women of the world united in the aims of the council. A ribbon connecting them bears the initials of the organisation in English. -French, and German, and round the edges is the motto of the council—the golden rule. The medallion is to be placed on the conference table at each Dominion gathering of delegates. Calling all Mothers: Your boy about to go overseas would like the home away from home—-cake made only by Ethne Tosswill, 123 A Cashel street. She. tori is doing her share—you can do yours by taking advantage of Ethne Tosswill’s overseas hamper, specially packed in airtight tins: a wonderful assortment all N.Z. troops will enjoy under any clime. ’Phone 33-478. —1 HOT-WATER BOTTLES ARRIVE. New stocks of the best quality HotWater Bottles are being landed at E. Cameron Smith, Ltd., chemists, Cathedral square. Secure your Hot-Water Bottle while stocks last. Absolute satisfaction is guaranteed with every bag purchased. - —6

Mrs James Hargest (Rakauhauka) arrived in Christchurch yesterday from the south. Miss Hester Wigley and Miss Mary Bridges, both of Timaru, who have been nursing in England for some months, have been called up for service in Palestine with the Queen Alexandra Auxiliary Nursing Division. At the luncheon party given yesterday by the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women the president, Miss M. G. Havelaar, paid a tribute to the splendid work done by Miss I. M. Jameson, who, at very short notice, had undertaken the secretarial work of the conference and had carried out all arrangements most efficiently. Mrs H. W. Hay (Timaru) is visiting her daughter, Mrs Maurice Warren, Fendalton. Mr and Mrs Frank Clark (Innes road) left last night for a short visit to Wellington. Mrs M. Angus (Auckland) is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs R. Beresford Poore (Ashburton), and intends spending the winter with them. The Women’s Auxiliary of the Canterbury Navy League has received from Auckland an urgent request for knitted goods and handkerchiefs for men of the Navy. Fifty balaclavas, 50 scarves, 50 pairs of gloves, all of navy wool, and 50 handkerchiefs are required immediately. Mys-H. Wyatt, president of the auxiliary has bought a quantity of navy wool and will be grateful to hear from women willing to knit the articles. All ready to help should communicate immediately with Mrs Wyatt or call at the Navy League office in Gloucester street. For 20 years Miss S. E. Jackson (Auckland) has irfade the distribution of the International Council of Women’s bulletins her special branch of work for the National Council of Women of New Zealand. Now more than 80 years of age, she has tendered to the Dominion conference her resignation, which has been received with much regret.- Tributes to her work were paid yesterday by Mrs McNair (Dominion treasurer) and Miss E. Melville. At the annual meeting of the Friends of St. George’s Hospital held yesterday the chairman, Mr George Gould, said that during the year the hospital had lost through death two valued workers, Mr John Fleming and Mrs Lawrence E. Haines. Mr Haines, one of the earliest members of the executive, had since left Christchurch to live in Roxburgh. At the morning session of the Dominion conference of the National Council of Women yesterday a subcommittee was set up to consider the possibilities of again issuing a monthly national bulletin. The subcommittee includes Miss M. G- Havelaar (Christchurch), Miss E.'Melville (Auckland). Miss A. Basten (Auckland), Miss Langsford (Auckland), Miss Elsie A. Andrews (New Plymouth), Mrs Hefford (Wellington), and Miss H. K. Lovell-Smith (Dunedin). Members will make investigations and report either to the conference or to the Dominion executive within a set period after the conference. Most of us like three good meals a day, but few of us get sufficient exercise and the system naturally becomes clogged. R.U.R., the perfect health remedy, does away with common health ailments. - —4

LUNCHEON PARTY

VISITORS ENTERTAINED That the eternal verities will stand in a distracted world; that above and beyond the clash of war and national discord the sound of heavenly music could still be heard, was the opinion expressed by Miss E. Andrews, of New Plymouth, when speaking at a luncheon party given at Ballantynes yesterday by the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women in honour of the delegates who are attending the Dominion Conference in Christchurch this week. Certain values must be constantly emphasised Miss Andrews said. Destruction was easy; construction was possible only when the Spirit of God moved upon the waters. She urged all members of the National Council to be true to their ideals of kindness, generosity. integrity, to act as if every action determined the fate of all men for all time; thus would their influence be unbounded. Miss M. G. Havelaar, president of the Christchurch branch, welcomed the delegates and the specially invited guests. Miss M. Trent. Dominion president, and Dr. Elizabeth Gunn thanked the local branch for its hospitality. Invited guests, besides the delegates, were Miss M. Gow, who was warmly welcomed. Dr. Gunn, Miss Bastin, and Miss A. Bastin.