CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23444, 26 September 1941, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss Betty Howard (Oxford), whose marriage will take place soon, is the guest of Miss Gwen Drayton, St. Albans. Mr and Mrs Caesar Otway, formerly of Invercargill, left for the north last night for a holiday at Cambridge, before returning to take up residence in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs F. R. Dudley, Roa road, Fendalton, have been advised by cablegram that their daughter, Natalie, has been transfered from Admiralty House, Portsmouth, where she has been doing administrative, work, to the Royal Naval College,' Greenwich. Mrs George Laurence (Hawera) is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs W. R. Carey, Cashmere Hills. Members of the St. Martins-Opawa Garden Club met at the home of Miss D. Harman, Hawford road, for their September meeting, when Mr W. S. Young gave a talk on growing bulbs and tulips. Three new members .were welcomed and afternoon tea was served by the hostesses. A successful spring flower show was held by members of St. Cuthbert’s Guild, Governor’s Bay. Mrs Evans declared the show open, and presented the prizes. Winners of the competitions were as follows:—Cut flowers: Mrs L. Brown; decorative work, Miss Allen: domestic section, Mrs Greig: needlework, Mrs Bishop; knitting. Mrs Gilders; children’s section, John Delamain. You’re fortunate if you need a new spring hat just now, because the Louise Millinery Salon, 706 Colombo Street, are selling smart straw semimodel hats (sailors, halos, etc.) at two prices only, 14/9 and 19/6 each.

Miss D, Irwin, formerly of Timaru, now of Palmerston North, has been appointed assistant welfare officer to the Manawatu branch of the Crippled Children Society,-the position from which Miss Margaret Poole resigned recently. Miss Irwin has had experience in massage work and was formerly in dharge of the plaster depart-ment-of the Dunedin Public Hospital. The lady editor of "The Press!’ gratefully acknowledges receipt of three large knitted scarves and three large tins of cocoa, for men on minesweepers, from an anonymous friend, a black skirt and cardigan for the Lady Galway Guild, from an anonymous friend, and eight pairs of khaki mittens and a scarf, also from an anonymous friend. Miss I. F. Milnes presided at the Christchurch branch of the Federation of University Women held at the clubrooms in Montreal street. Miss Baker gave a talk on the formation of a post-war reconstruction study group, and Miss Hursthouse gave a talk on democracy. Members brought to the meeting gifts of warm clothing for the New Zealand Lady Galway Guild. Say it in Icing. What are you doing about your 1941 Xmas Present? Why not give a decorated cake looking like a Xmas Card? These are only obtainable from Ethne Tosswill. Order early Xmas Card Cakes posted (in tins) to any part of N.Z., 6s 6d, 11s, and 16s. Any scene or design carried out. Call and see some examples. Elthne Tosswill, Hereford Court. ’Phone 33-478. —6 Embarrassed with grey hair? Turn every silvery thread into a revitalised, youthfully coloured hair strand with Primrose Hair* Dressing.,. A tonic colour restorative—not a tint or dye! From Woolworths, Cook and Ross, chemists and elsewhere. —7