For WOMAN

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23478, 5 November 1941, Page 2

For WOMAN

Mrs .Goddard, wife of Air Commodore R. V. Goddard. C.8.1L the new Chief of the Air Staff in New Zealand. with her two children, has arrived in Wellington. Mr and Mrs A, R. Jordan (Rossall street),- who have been visiting 'the Southern Lakes and Eglinton valley, left Invercargill for Christchurch yesterday. . Madame Gower-Burns and her daughter, Mrs Milner Harris (Chester street west) have returned from a visit to Timaru.

Miss Fox (Timaru) has arrived in Christchurch to attend the wedding of her nephew, Leading Aircraftsman T, W. O. Fox.

Advice has Just been received from the New Zealand Forestry League that Miss Joyce Creighton, St. Catherines College, Invercargill, has been awarded first place in the Phillips Turner essay competition, held in September. Miss E. Campbell, Dominion secretary of the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union, and Miss P. Abercrombie, minute secretary, Auckland, are attending the annual conference in Timaru,

Mrs R. E. Adair (Murray place) has returned from a visit to Wellington,

Nurse F. M. Wilkes has resigned from the staff of the Wairau Hospital, Blenheim, in order to go to Karachi, India.

The death has occurred at St. Teresa’S Convent, Wellington, of Sister M. Romauld, the first death in this community since its establishment in Wellington. Sister Romauld was a native of Luxemburg, and for 33 years laboured among the natives of Tonga. She .arrived in Wellington about a year ago for medical treatment. The death Is announced in Greymouth of Mrs Thomas Scalmer. formerly Miss M. J. Jones, who, before her marriage, was one of the few women linotypists In New. Zealand. She worked for some years on the Hokitika “Guardian” and the “Grey River Argus.” Mrs M. S. H. Manning and Misses Lois and Dorothy ISahniiig (Papanul road), who have been spending eight months in Sydney -ana Melbourne, have returned to Christchurch. y Soft, white hand* return to everywoman who use* Lemon GUsco, made with fresh, pure Lemon juice. GUsco stops skin shine, make* powder cling, and removes freckles and sunburn. Only 1/6, from Woolworth*. McKenzie *, and Cook and R6*s (Chemists), and elsewhere^

CURRENT NOTES

Mr C. S. Hammond, president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs Hammond (Wai-iti terrace) will leave to-day for Invercargill, where Mr Hammond will attend the annual meeting' of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. < Mrs Percy Hall (The Hsldons. Seddon), who has been visiting her mother (Mrs J. F. Buchanan; Fendalton), returned home, yesterday. Mrs Noel McKenzie Gibson (Auckland).’who is visiting her daughter, Mrs T. L. Fancourt, Naseby street, will leave for the north to-morrow night. Mrs M. A. Mackle, who has beenstaying with her daughter, Mrs- PGouldmg (Christchurch.) for the last 12 months, has returned to Kalkoura after a trip to Queenstown, Mrs Walter Mac Gibbon (Hartley avenue) and Mrs Geoffrey Falck (Queens avenue) will leave to-morrow for Hastings, to attend the wedding next week of their sister. Miss Sheila Lynskey. They will stay with another sister, Mrs Effingham Howard. A party of 20 women, members and friends of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union and of - the* Women s Institute, with Mrs R. W. Worn all* as leader, have left on a 10 days’ tour ,to the Franz Josef glacier. At the Canterbury Women’s Club last night more than 100 members attended an enjoyable bridge party, the proceeds of which will be given to charity. Next week another gathering to which members may bring friends, will be held to augment the fund, which will be allotted to different deserving causes. For many years the Cholmondeley Home and other Institutions have annually received gifts from the club. The lady editor of “The Press" gratefully acknowledges receipt of books and magazines from Mrs A. M. Cordery for men on minesweepers. The Dionne Quintuplets passed another milestone recently when they were enrolled as Brownies of he Girl Guides. Wearing their uniforms and the regulation knitted toques, the Quints were questioned on their knowledge by the divisional commander of the girl guides. A sister of the Quints also became a member at the same time. Ethne Tosswill advises that through the relaxation of the Postal Regulations she can now meet the urgent demand for parcels for civilians.* In Britain. Send your friends a delicious- Xmas Pudding or Cake rflade by Ethne Toss will. Fresh condition on arrival guaranteed. 133 A Cashel st. ’Phone 33-478 for details. —8