NEWS FOR WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24739, 3 December 1945, Page 2

NEWS FOR WOMEN

I CURRENT NOTES j The following principal officers were' i elected at the annual meeting of the Linwood branch _of the' Women's Christian Temperance Union:—president, Mrs C. R. N. Mackie; vice-presi-dents, , Mesdames Fuller, Turner, and Switzer; - secretary, Mrs R. Black; treasurer, Mrs A. Beck; delegate to convention, Mrs Beck.- Reports on the activities'6f the branch during ttie last year were presented.' : The children who have been at the permanent health camp at "Glenelg," Murray-Aynsley Hill, for the last eight weeks, will return to their homes today. A bus, bringing the children from the camp, is due to arrive at the office of the Department of Health, Hereford street, at 11 a.m. On Thursday, another group of 30 will go into residence at the camp. They will assemble at the office of the Department of Health at 9.30 a.m. and at 10.15 will be taken by special bus to 'fGlenelg." On Saturday, Miss M. McNaughton, secretary of the Sunlight League Health Camp Committee, which is in charge of the camp, gave a picnic reunion for girls who had attended the camp since its opening early in May. The children, several of whom came from the country, spent a happy afternoon at Victoria Park, Cashmere. The death occurred at Hyllon House, Rottingdean, on November 18 of Lady Strathspey, wife of Lord Strathspey, states a message from the London correspondent of "The Press." She was Alice Louisa, daughter of the late Mr Thomas Maslerman Hardy-Johnston, M.1.C.E., of London, and subsequently of New Zealand. In 1905 she married the Hon. Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, of the New Zealand Civil Service (second son of the tenth Earl of Seafield), who succeeded his elder brother, the eleventh Earl of Seafield, in 1915 in the United Kingdom barony of Strathspey, created in 1884. and in the Nova Scotia baronetcy created in 1625, while the earldom and other Scottish peerages devolved upon the eleventh Earl's only daughter. Lady Strathspey had one son and one daughter. ''The ever-changing current of world affairs complicated by many serious post-war problems places, upon women grave responsibilities," states the annual report of the Women's Service Guild. "The tragic loss of valuable lives through the wastage of war leaves New Zealand with an ill balance in her social economy. It is therefore of vital importance that women should make their influence felt in all matters that affect the common weal, Constructive and dispassionate criticism of all questions that arise for discussion, decision, or remedial action is most essential.' In matters of public interest women should steadily- adhere to principles of' moderation and common sense and should, to the utmost of their ability, combat the self-interest of the different powerful pressure groups that are so clamant in our national life." Women are promised that dresses, underwear, and shoes will be "more glamorous" by next spring and children's clothes gayer, states a message from the London correspondent of the New Zealand Press Association. Women's high-grade non-utility garments are in some cases to be reduced in price by nearly one-third by a Board of Trade ruling. The latest in footwear is- plastic shoes which, freed from austerity and style restrictions, will be on sale in the New Year. Plastic will be. used only in the uppers, and will at first be in two shades of brown, navy blue, and black. The new material is claimed to be as waterproof as leather, and also as hardwearing, comfortable, smart, and easily repairable. The shoes can be cleaned with soap and water. During tests. miners wore the new material on the uppers of their boots.

The lady editor of "The Press" gratefully acknowledges receipt of magazines from Mrs R. B. Neill.

The single-handed rescue effected by Miss Chase Clarke, a student of the Dunedin Training College, when a bather got into difficulties in the surf at Brighton on February 1, has been recognised by the Royal Humane Society, which has awarded her its bronze medallion, states the "Otago Daily Times." Miss Clarke's effort was a particularly, courageous and meritorious one. The tide was running out at the time, and the bather, a man weighing about 13 stone, was caught in the undertow and was being carried out when Miss Clarke went to his assistance and, single-handed, brought him to the shore, where a number of other rjeople assisted in carrying him up the beach. The man was unconscious, and Miss Clarke applied artificial respiration for a considerable period, her efforts being successful. A former Otago intermediate breaststroke swimming champion. Miss Clarke h?s represented her province at the New Zealand championships. ~t£??. , y . ol if J?" ocer for Buchanans 'HOLLV OATMEAL the new process pre-cooked breakfast cereal that cooks in two minutes It's delicious and better than old-fashioned porridge —3