for WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24020, 7 August 1943, Page 2

for WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES The wedding took place in Wellington yesterday of Mr Justice Blair and Mrs Ada Jamieson, of Christchurch. Archdeacon Bullock performed the ceremony. Mr Justice Johnston was best man. The bride is well known in racing circles. She owns the Melbourne Cup winner. Catalogue.— (P.A.) Yesterday, the Navy League Spinning Circle celebrated its first birthday. Mrs Gerdt van Asch, director ot the circle, outlined the steps taken in its formation and thanked her secretary, committee, spinners, and men carders for their co-operation during the year The Rev. H. L. Blamires. on behalf of the spinners, presented Mrs Van Asch with a sheaf of spring flowers, and each member of the committee with a shoulder spray, in appreciation of their untiring work for the circle. The Sumner Patriotic Committee has sent a donation of £4O to the Mayoress’s Parcels Fund. Since the opening of the Red Cross Cafeteria at the Public Hospital in Dunedin, at the end of June, 1324 cups of tea have been served to returned men ot the present war. Each day the cafeteria is open from 9 a.m. until noon, and is staffed by the Voluntary Aids ana members of the local Red Cross sub-centres. Teams from Avonside Girls’ High School visited Timaru on Thursday to play the annual fixtures with the Timaru Girls’ High School. In the basketball match the result was 19 goals to 13 in favour of Timaru, and the Timaru team also won the hockey by 2 goals to 1. The Lyttelton Soldiers’ reception committee has given to the Canterbury Provincial Patriotic Council a donation of £250, of which it asks that £IOO be ear-marked for the Mayoress’s Parcels Fund. Mrs M. Constable, of Ashburton (Dominion voluntary organiser for women’s institutes), was presented with the gold horn urs badge at the South Island con-erence of women's in stitutes this week, the presentation be ing made by the Dominion president • Miss Amy Kane). The badge is the highest honott ' that can be given to a member of the women’s institute. Mrs Constable has been president and secretary of the Mid-Canterburv Federation of Women’s Institutes, and has also been president, of the Hampstead Women’s Institute. Dropside Cots 57s 6d each Drage's Stocktaking Bargains New Model Full-size Cot with solid ends soundlv constructed in Rimu ready for paint ■mg Only 57s 6d Stained Light ot Dark only !& od extra Drases ’o Ltd., "Home-Planning Outre.” enr Manchester and Tuam streets -2 WEDDING CAKES. Ethne Tosswill is happy to be able to announce that she still has stocks • variable ol everythme necessary ior the complete Wedding Cake Ordei vours early at Ethne Tnsswill’s, 123 A' Cashel street ' —6 £750 RAISED STREET COLLECTION "I think the citizens ol Christchurch are wonderful in their generosity, and I am most grateful to them for theii wonderful response to-day to the street appeal for the parcels Fund,” said the Mayoress, Miss E. Couzins, last night, when announcing that the result of the street collection was £750. with a few small sums yet to come. Miss Couzins said she had not expected such a splendid response, especially as the weather 1 yesterday had been most unfavourable. She expresseo Jeep appreciation of the work done by the executive committee. . the. collectors, who stuck gallantly to their posts, in spite of the cold and the rain, to all who helped at the council chambers, and to the citizens, on whom many demtmds have recently been made. She also thanked the girls at Mount M»gdala and St. Saviour’s orphanage for putting pins in the thousands of badges that were used in the collection. The sum collected yesterday is neatly as great as that .-collected in thq streets on the corro .ponding day lastyear when ‘he weather was good, but last year many large donations from city firms, one tor as much as £ 100, were Included in the collection, bringing the total to £I2OO. The collectors yesterday were all impressed by the generosity of the soldiers, now in Christchurch on furlough from the Middle East,'-who -were eager to help with donat)<giStA' £.5 The Mayoress’s Parcels Fund will remain open until September 30.