For WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23817, 10 December 1942, Page 2

For WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES

Miss B. L. Heath, of the staff of the stationmaster’s office, Greymouth, will leave on Saturday on transfer to Christchurch.

For the next shipment of parcels to men and women serving overseas, the Christchurch and Timaru districts are to supply 10,710 parcels. The Christchurch committee will pack its quota of parcels on January 26 and the two succeeding days. Miss M. Wilkie, who has resigned from the position of principal of the Christchurch Technical College Girls' Training Hostel after 23 years' service, was entertained at the college by the principal, Dr. D. E. Hansen, and members of the staff, and presented with parting gifts. She also received presentations from the home science students of the college. The Chief Postmaster, Mr V. C, Lawn, has advised Miss M. Enright, chairwoman of the Local Area Committee, that the face value of health stamps sold in Christchurch and district during October was £354 18s BJd, as against £242 18s lOd in October last year. The value of the sales in November was £169 6s lid, comparing favourably with £129 9s 2id in the same month last year, and £7l Is 3Jd in 1940. From these sales, one-third of the value is set aside for the maintenance of children’s health camps, and this money is subsidised by the Government. As 120 children—6o girls and 60 boys—are to be taken to a health camp next month, the area committee is working hard to raise a record sum as the expenses of the camp will be heavy. Members of the Shirley Methodist Bible Classes met at the homo of Mr and Mrs G. E. Palmer, Petrie street, to honour Naval-Telegraphist Gilbert Gordon, who is on leave from a naval training base. The winners of the competitions were Misses M. Holland A Marks, J. Welsh, and N. Wilson. The Rev. C. H. Bell, on behalf of those present, presented the guest of honour with a pocket edition of the New Testament.

Mr Nicholas Fitzmaurice, C.1.E., late British Consul-General at Amoy, China, will arrive in Dunedin this afternoon to rejoin Mrs Fitzmaurice, who has been resident in Dunedin during the last 18 months.

The death has occurred of Miss Janet Calder, aged 86, sister of Mr C, M. Calder, of Parnell, and aunt of the Rev. Jasper Calder, Auckland City Missioner.

The view that in the future the present E.P.S, will become (he Home Guard and that the future E.P.S. will be composed almost entirely of women was expressed by Miss M. Malentre. Dominion secretary of the Women’s War Service Auxiliary, at a meeting in Masterton. For that reason, she emphasised the need of women and girls registering with the Women’s War Service Auxiliary organisation. Concern was expressed by delegates and members of the Wellington branch of the National Council of Women at the growing number of young mothers who are being absorbed into employment of one kind or another. It was felt that such employment was not in the best interest of the nation, and was likely to have most serious effects on the children themselves in the years to come. Two resolutions were adopted. One, that the attention of the Government be drawn to the danger of taking young mothers into industrial employment, with the consequent neglect of the children, and the other urging the Manpower Board to release mothers who had been working the whole year, for the school holidays, unless the work done was of supreme national necessity. The North Canterbury provincial executive of the Women's Division of the Farmers’ Union, at a meeting held at Beath's yesterday morning, voted £lO to the funds of the Ladies' Guild of the British Sailors’ Society for the purchase of wool for comforts for men of the Merchant Navy. Mrs H. S. Vestey, who is in charge of the guild’s comforts department, addressed the meeting, thanking members for their co-operation in knitting for the Merchant Navy, and reporting that the branches had knitted 1340 garments for distribution, some of the wool having been provided by the branches and some by the guild. Mrs J. H. Doak, president of the executive, presided at the meeting, and Mrs A. H. Gillingham, of Fairlie, gave an interesting talk on the drying of small plums for use in cake making. She gave valuable information on the preserving of fruit and the drying of beans, arid emphasised the nutritive value of whole wheat as a food. The lady editor of “The Press" gratefully acknowledges receipt of a scarf from an anonymous friend. Have soft, velvety skin loveliness, under all conditions—rub in a little Lemon Glisco —it, neutralises skin waste, beautifies face and arms and neck, from Woolworths. McKenzie's, and elsewhere. —3