For WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23943, 10 May 1943, Page 2

For WOMEN

CUKKENT NOTES

Hostesses at the Welcome Club for tea on Saturday were members of the Canterbury Women's Institutes, who entertained about 300 men. Junior members of the Navy League served supper during the dance. On Sunday the firm of Duckworth and Turner provided tea and supper for about 350 men. The concert party which entertained last night was organised by Mrs A. J. Moore and Mr R. Ferris. Members of the Crippled Young Men’s Club met on Saturday night at the Masonic Hall to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the foundation of their club. There was a good attendance, and Mr G. E. Horton, president, gave a brief outline of the club’s activities since its inception. Messrs John Buckley (honorary secretary) and Mr Ray Chapman (honorary treasurer) were assistant hosts. Items were given by Miss Joyce Chambers, Mr • Mann (songs), and the Geary sisters (vocal quartets). Other items were given by the club’s harmonica band, and a play was presented by members of the. newly formed drama circle. Miss Annas Gale was producer. Mrs C. W. Barrell presided at a meeting of the North Canterbury executive committee of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. There was a good attendance of town and country members. Mrs Clark took devotions. Mrs Woodward gave the scientific fact. It was reported that Miss Gainsford was now free to visit districts. Mrs Mitchell reported on a visit to Oxford, where she presented Mrs Ryde with a long service badge. Regret at the death of Miss Straw, a member of the North Canterbury executive committee of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, was expressed by Mrs C. W. Barrell at the last meeting of the committee.

Tht lady editor of “The Press gratefully acknowledges receipt of a donation qf £l, from L.E.8., for comforts for men serving in the Navy in New Zealand waters.

Next Wednesday, at 2.30 p.m.. m Hay’s Exhibition Hall (on Hay’s roof), Miss Beatrice Benjamin, of Melbourne, will give a demonstration of the “Model-U” Dress-form ... the idea that swept America. Miss Benjamin will show how, in your own home you can make a perfect duplicate of your own figure . . . correct to the smallest detail of shape. The “Model-U” Dressform makes dressmaking a pleasure and success . . . the complete outfit with instructions costs only 12s 6d. Following the demonstration, Free Buffet Afternoon Tea will be served, and there will also be a brief Mannequin Parade featuring Hay’s newest millinery. Admission cards are now obtainable . . free . . . from the Toilet counter or Inquiry Desk at Hay’s, Ltd. You must not miss this “Model-U” Dress-form demonstration. (See Hay’s Special Window Display in Colombo street.) 4300 WEDDING CAKES. Ethne Tosswill is happy to be able to announce that she still has stocks available of e erything necessary for the complete Wedding Cake.. Order yours early at Ethne Tosswill’s. 123 A Cashel street. “6

SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT

LEGALISING WEDDING OF NEW ZEALANDERS (Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON. May 8. A special Act of Parliament has been passed to make legal the marriage of two New Zealanders. They are Miss Sheila Mac Donald, of Dunedin, and Flight Lieutenant Jonathan Neilson, of Haumoana, who were married on April 7, 1941, in the chapel ofi Catton Hall, Croxall, Derbyshire. It was later discovered that the ceremony was not legal as the chapel is not licensed for weddings and that though a licence had been granted for a marriage in the parish church, none was granted for a marriage in another place. The bride and bridegroom were told that the only way to legalise the marriage was to secure a special Act of Parliament. On May 7 a bill confirming a provisional order to make the ceremony valid was issued. Colonel Anson stated that the bride flew the Atlantic in the last stage of her journey to England. His nephew, who is now a squadron leader, spent his boyhood at Catton Hall and as the Chapel of Ease was in the garden, he naturally preferred to be married there. At least three Chapels of Ease, dating from the fourteenth century, had previously stood in the grounds.

ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Private Sydney Joseph Pavers (overseas), only son of Mr and Mrs E. Rivers, Wharenui road, Riccarton. to Doris Jean, younger daughter of Mrs H. and the late Mr G. Walker, Ward street, Addington.