£lOO RAISED

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23494, 24 November 1941, Page 2

£IOO RAISED

CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOCIETY TO BENEFIT The crippled children in and round Christchurch have a staunch friend in Mrs W. S. Newburgh, who is a life member of the Crippled Children Society* and is keenly interested in the welfare of all young persons who are physically handicapped. As a further proof of her sympathy with them she held a garden parly on Saturday in the beautiful grounds of her home on Murray Aynsley Hill, and with the help of some friends stocked many stalls with fancywork and Christmas presents, sweets, cakes, and produce, all of which promptly sold. The party was officially opened by Mrs Cecil Wood, representing the Crippled Children Society, and at the close of the very pleasant gathering Mrs Newburgh had raised the splendid sum of £IOO, and Mrs W. Mpckay, secretary of the society, had enrolled a new life member. TE WAI POUNAMU ANNUAL GARDEN FETE “I am just back from a tour of the North Island, where I visited the different Maori colleges, but nowhere did I see anything more attractive than this little Maori chapel here at Te Wai Pounamu,” said Archbishop West-Wat-son, speaking at the opening of the annual garden party held at Te Wai Pounamu Maori Girls’ College pn Saturday afternoon. The Archbishop said there seemed at present to be a great awakening of responsibility towards the Maori people, and the Government was taking a keen interest in establishing secondary schools for the education pf Maoris. He commended the work being done at Te Wai Pounamu, where girls were being trained to teach in schools for Maoris. Mrs A. C. Sandston formally opened the fete and wished the organisers great success. Mr John Stewart, secretary of the school council, said the founding of the school in 1909 had been an act of faith on the part of the Rev. C. A. Fraer, and his faith had been justified. More recently the school council, wishing to train the Maori people to provide their' own leaders, had, also as an act of faith, founded two scholarships—each tenable for four years—and again they had been justified. The firm of T. J. Edmonds, Ltd., had provided the money to pay fees for a four years’ course for one girl at the school, and the present pupils, by their own work, had provided most of the money for the second scholarship. Two scholarship funds, he said, were still open—the Fraer memorial, to commemorate the work of Mr and Mrs Fraer, and the Mabel West-Watson scholarship, in memory of the late Mrs West-Watson, who was greatly interested in the Maoris, Mr Stewart hoped that the financial results of the party would be large, as the school relies almost entirely on the supoort of its friends. A very brisk business was done at the various stalls, and tea was served indoors. The following were the stalls and stallholders:—Produce and cakes: Miss V. Gardiner, Mrs S. Baxter. Mrs A. F. Lange, Mrs J. L. Parish, and Mr J. E. M. Rountree; cakes: Mrs T. E. Chisnall. Mrs V. J. Gough. Mrs H. C. Hewland. Miss T. West-Watson, •>nd Mrs L. W. Clark; flowers: Sirs Peter Kennedy, Mrs Clifton Manhire; homemade sweets: Miss J. Horth and the Good Companions; ice-cream and sweets: Miss R. Yeatman and the Avonside’ and Mount Pleasant branches of the Girls’ Friendly Society; fancywork: Mrs R. Ma'nihera, Miss E. J. Paynter (acting for Mrs Selwyn Baker, who is ill), and Miss M. McMahon' tea stall: representatives of St. Peter’s, St. Saviour’s. St. Michael's, and Soreydon parishes; pupils’ work stall; Miss W. K. Tnhiwi. Mrs E. Palmer, Miss E. M. Wright. Mrs R. Francis. Mrs M. Norman, and Miss P. Ainsworth; sideshows, Mr R. Duff and members of the Christchurch Maori Club, and Messrs B. Fleming, K. Braybrookc, A. Wagner. S. Hosking, and other members of Toe H. Maori songs were sung by the pupils, who also gave a display of Maori dancing, and great interest centred round the Maori haangi—the old-time Maori me f hod of cooking. The financial remit was slightly greater than of last year, which was a record for the party. ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Aircraftsman Brian David, vounger son of Mr and Mrs D. C. Marshall, Wellington, to Nydia Frances, adopted daughter of Miss M, E. Sims, Christchurch,