For WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23971, 11 June 1943, Page 2

For WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES

At the monthly meeting of the Christchurch committee of the Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial Fund for the Blind, a cheque for £l9 Is 7d was received from the executive of “The Clothes Shop” to pay for one issue of coal to needy blind persons in Christchurch. Many letters of thanks for coal were received from the blind and also two donations, each of £l, from two well-wishers. On Wednesday afternoon members of the Canterbury association of the New' Zealand Federation of University Women entertained Miss Maud Griffin, who is paying a short visit to Christchurch. Miss Griffin is principal of the Dudley House School in Suva, a day and boarding school f6r Indian girls. Dudley House is at present being used as an emergency hospital, and the boarders have been sent to their homes, while the day school is being carried on under great difficulties in makeshift buildings. Miss Griffin expects to return to Suva after a holiday in New Zealand. At the missionary market, held at the Caledonian Hall on Wednesday afternoon, the parishioners of St. Matthew s Church, St. Albans, under the direction of Mrs E. C. W. Powell, served afternoon tea. The sixth annual report of the Friends of St. Helens expresses regret at the death of Dr. Alice Morland, who had long been interested in maternity work in the city. Sympathy is extended to her relatives. On March 15, a daughter was born to Mrs Norman K. B. Kimbell (formerly Pamela Spurrier), at the maternity hospital, Preston, Lancashire. Squadron Leader Kimbell. Pv.A.F.V.R., formerly of Lower Hutt, who is a surgical specialist and gynaecologist, is at present serving with the medical branch of the R.A.F. He is a nephew of Messrs H. G. and R. H. Livingstone, of Christchurch. Mrs L. B. Stevens presided at the monthly meeting of the Fendalton sub-branch of the Plunket Society. Nurse Pritchett reported as follows: For April and May: in attendance at rooms, eight half-days, nine whole days; nurse’s visits to homes, 17; visits to rooms, adults 263, babies 263, total 526; new cases, 9. The engagement is announced in London of Ruse Anthony Hay Burton, eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. u H. Burton, and of the late Mrs Burton, and Margaret Violet Gertrude Jeffreys, eldest daughter of the late Dr. H. E. Jeffreys and of Mrs Jeffreys, of Nelson. The lady editor of “The Press” gratefully acknowledges receipt of a package of used stamps, etc., from an anonymous friend. There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Mount Pleasant Garden Club, held at Mrs R. T. Sladen s home, “Parihaunui,” St. Andrews Hill. The following committee was elected; Miss Hood-Williams (president), Mesdames Buxton and Worrall (vice-presi-dents), Carter (honorary secretary), Lewers, Sladen, Kincaid, and Le Quesne. Results of competitions were as follows; For the year, Mrs Buxton I, Mrs Sladen 2; something for morning tray, Mrs Buxton 1, Mrs Sladen 2; best vegetable, Mrs Gill and Mrs Sladen 1 equal; guessing, Mrs Kincaid and Mrs MacDonnell; lucky flower, Mrs Holst and Miss Menzies. A donation of £1 Is was made for comforts for men of the Merchant Navy. Hostesses were Mesdames 1 Sladen, Holst, Clark, and Bell. Mrs Mary Fuller has been appointed education and exhibition officer for the trustees of the National Art Gallery. Her duties will consist of arranging exhibitions, not only in Wellington, but in provincial centres, giving talks herself or arranging for others to give lectures on pictures, and otherwise fostering an appreciation of art, and, in particular, an understanding of the pictures contained in the national collection. . ' The third annqal meeting of the Christchurch branch of the Waitaki Old Girls’ Association was held at the National Club rooms. The annual report showed a big increase in membership. In spite of the increasing hometies as a result of the war, an active year was recorded. Afternoon gatherings had enabled members to honour teachers and former pupils from other centres, and country members had thus been able to share in the activities of the branch. The following executive was elected; —President, Mrs M. Hall; vice-presidents, Miss L. Mitchell and Mrs J. Williamson: honorary secretary, Miss M. Meldrum; honorary treasurer, Miss B. Deal; honorary auditor, Mrs M. Buller; committee, Miss E. Thomas, Miss L. Forbes, Miss J. Kidd, Mrs Buzan, and Mrs M. Farr. Votes of thanks were passed to Miss N. Nutt, of the National Club, the auditor, Mrs Buller, "The Press” and the “Star-Sun.” SERENELY CONFIDENT, To be poised, serene, unworried, even In the most trying times—that Is a woman’s triumph. For Immaculate daintiness and for perfect comfort and freedom, wise moderns prefer Nu.tex, the modern internal sanitary protection. Non-revealing, invisible, Nu.tex, being super-absorbent, gives the protection without the use of belts, pins or pads. Ample stocks are on hand at Departmental Stores and Chemists everywhere in the new trial 3-unit packets, for only IOJd, or the standard 10unlt packets for 2/6. —1 PRINCESS’S BIRTHDAY From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, April 22. Princess Elizabeth spent her seventeenth birthday quietly in the country, where she went with her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, for a short holiday. One of the first birthday greetings to reach Princess Elizabeth was a special message from the officers and men of her own regiment, thd Grenadier Guards. Once again, the King’s gift included a pearl towards the Princess’s “Birthday String.” He gives her one pearl a year, so that by the time she comes of age, she will have the nucleus of a valuable necklace. To avoid the unlucky 13, he gave her two in 1939. So Princess Elizabeth has now received her eighteenth pearl. According to Royal tradition, Princess Elizabeth comes of age on her eighteenth birthday. Twelve months of hard work in the final phase of her training lie before her. Plans for her own household are already under consideration, and gradually she is being coached for the position she will occupy when she comes out as heiress to the Throne. Recently the scope of her duties has been extended more and more. Only a few days ago, as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards, she carried out an inspection alone for the first time.