CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23744, 16 September 1942, Page 7

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs j, M. Tripp, who has been .Ending some weeks in Christchurch, fm return to-clay to Silverton. Geraldine. Mrs Spence, wife of the Rev. G. A, n Spence (who left New Zealand with ♦ha Ist Echelon, and has been awarded the Military Cross) is working in one of the army canteens in rniro Mr Spence was minister at Knox Church. Parnell, Auckland, for five years before the outbreak of war. Mrs M Hunt (Montreal street) will leave to-morrow for Wellington to visit her daughter and her aunt, Lady McGavin Mrs H. T. J. Thacker (Belvedere Flats) has left for Wellington to attend a cad/erence of Free Kinder.delations. Mrs Cecil Teschcmaker (Fendalton) will leave to-morrow for a visit to Wellington. Mr and Mrs Frank Sice (Westport), who have been spending several weeks in Christchurch, will return home on Saturday Mrs S. M, White, who has been spending some months in Christchurch, has returned to New Plymouth. Mrs H. Willcox (Timaru), who hRS been the guest of Mrs Owen Clissold. Weston road, has returned home. Mrs G. R. Loveridge (New Plymouth) is visiting her daughter-in-law, Mrs L. G. Loveridge. Riccarton. Mrs James Macfarlane (Lyndon, Waiau), who is visiting her parents. Mr and Mrs H. D. Acland, Park terrace, 'will return home to-morrow. Sister E. E. Claridge (Invercargill), who has just returned from army nursing service overseas, was appointed sister-in-charge of the children's iward, Oamaru Public Hospital, at yesterday's meeting of the Waitaki Hospital Board. The following recent donations to the Mayoress’s Parcels Fund have been received by the honorary treasurer, Miss M. Orbell:—Waimate County £2 14s, Christchurch branch of the New Zealand Labour Party £B, Durham Street Methodist Church Ladies Guild £l2 ss, Redcliffs Ladies’ Bowling Club (second donation) £2 2s. Y.W.C.A. £lO. The comforts committee of the Canterbury Provincial Patriotic Council asks its knitters to call tor wool from which to knit scarves. The committee now has a good supply of wool. Philatelists are eagerly awaiting the issue of the 1942 health stamps, and many inquiries have been received as to the date on which they will be for sale. At a meeting of the Health Stamps Sales Committee, held yesterday afternoon, the deputy-chief postmaster in Christchurch, Mr D. J. Baltimore, said that the date had, so far. not been fixed. Later, in reply to a telephone inquiry from him, he received a telegram from Wellington, saying that there was every prospect of the stamps being placed bn sale on October 1. At the hoipe, of Mrs D. Egan, Konini street, members of the Riccarton Garden Club met for their monthly meeting. Mr M. J. Barnett gave a talk on seed propagation. Mrs’Rebecca Wilkins and Miss Helen Frost, probably the oldest twin sisters in Dunedin, celebrated their seventysecond birthday on Monday. The Cambrian Society of Canterbury held its monthly evening social on Saturday in Hay’s lounge, the president, Mr J. G. Parry, presiding. The programme was arranged by Miss Bessie Pollard, assisted by Misses Helen Hodgins and Phyllis Mander, and Mr Trevor Hutton. Flute solos were playesideAjMr- Hutton, recitations were 'gfcia, Miss Hodgins, and songs striig C-/? Miss Mander. Miss Pollard gave an illustrated talk on English folk music, illustrated by Misses Hodgins and Mander. On behalf of the society, Mr Party thanked Miss Pollard and party. The Christchurch Business and Professional Women’s Club held a tea meeting at Beatb’s recently, when D.e-tective-Sergeant F. Sinclair gave an instructive address on “Don’t Talk.” Miss H. M. Pirie thanked the speaker. More than 200 years ago the Nigerian natives were using lipstick in the same manner as present-day women do, and when I went there in 1925 I found them using a vermilion paint to put on their finger-nails and toe-nails, Mr J. S. Nicholson, a missionary, told the Citizens’ Lynch Club at Palmerston North recently. An enthusiastic'* tneetlng of the local area health stamps committee was held in the City Council Chambers yesterday afternoon, Miss Mary Enright, president, presiding over an attendance representative of most of the women’s organisations in the city, Mr D. J. Baltimore, deputy-chief postmaster, announced that the sum of £76118s 4d had been raised in Christchurch in the 1941-42 period by the *ale of health stamps, to which was added the proceeds of parties and donations. This sum exceeded the previous record by £262 12s, 3d. H was decided to sell stamps this year in the vestibules of the General Post Office and of the new post office in Hereford street. Tentative arrangements were made for the sale of stamps at suburban post offices on two or three days each month. The date of the arrival of the stamps in Christchurch is not yet known, but immediately they arrive, they will be on sale. A roster of sellers was compiled and members expressed their readiness to help to organise gatherings to augment the fund. Delicious cooked food, cakes, books, flowers, and plants will be on sale today in Victoria square, to raise funds to carry on the work of the Plunket Society. —6 Now that you can’t go home tor lunch, remember Ethne Tosswill can provide you with a delicious lunch to takeaway. Call at “Ethne’s” at Hereford Court and make your own selection. Something different every day. —6