CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24814, 2 March 1946, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

On Wednesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs H. G. Livingstone, Riccarton. members of the women’s suburban auxiliary of the Returned Services’ Association were entertained at afternoon tea served out of doors, and games and competitions were enjoyed . by the guests. Mrs J. G. L. Vernon, vice-president of the Canterbury Red Cross Society, 1 presided at the annual meeting of the Sydenham sub-centre of the Red Cross Society. Mrs Vernon complimented the sub-centre on the work done during the year It was recorded that £25 17s had been sent to the centre to pro- : vide food for Britain. £1 10s for relief of China. £5 for tinned ‘oods for 1 Europe and £5 for cakes, for servicemen in hospital as well as Christmas . presents for servicemen About 1200 garments had been sent to the depot 1 for shipment overseas, besides 100 knitted garments and 100 made-up garments Mrs Vernon was thanked for her interesting address and congratu- 1 lated on the honour that had been conferred on her recently bv the King. The annual general meeting of the Girls’ High Schoo] Parent-Teacher Association was well attended The bal- , ance-sheet was presented bv the chairman (Mr C E. Anderson), who reported a successful year The following officers were elected for the ensuing vear:—President. Mrs C. E. Anderson; vice-president. Mr A. S. Mazey: honorary secretary. Mrs W. R Caverhill: honorary treasurer. Mrs G. Purvis: committee. Mesdames C. Bate- ’: man. A. Mazey E A. Lee. Netting. Tucker. L. W McCaskill Misses E ■ Waller and H Hervey Messrs D Cullen G Hattaway. M Kevs, L. G. Taylor F Lamb, and H. Wilson Violin solos were nlayed by Miss Wendy Cameron and songs were sung by Miss Valerie Barton Arrangements are now completed for the Women’s World-wide Day of Prayers to be observed next week In Christchurch, on Thursday at 7.30 p.m. in the Anglican Cathedral, a service will be held primarily for business women and those unable to attend the services on Friday. These will be held be” morning and afternoon in the Church of Christ. Moorhouse avenue The victory convention of the New Zealand Society of Accountants concluded in Christchurch yesterday, and many of the delegates from the North Island left for their homes last night. Others will spend the week-end m Christchurch. The garden party, which was to have been held at the home of Mr and Mrs W. S. Newburgh, Murray Aynsley hill, yesterday, was cancelled, because of rain, but visitors were entertained at afternoon tea in the Mayfair Lounge, where Mr D. H. Steen, immediate past president of the society, congratulated the local committee on the excellence of its arrangements for the convention and thanked members for their hospitality. Later in the afternoon, when rain ceased, many of the delegates and their wives visited Mr and Mrs Newburgh’s home and enjoyed the beauty of -their hillside grounds. “There are many hospitals in Malta,” said Lady Dobbie when speaking at a civic reception held last night in honour of Sir William Dobbie and herself. “In the leper hospital there are about 70 patients; there are between 800 and 900 patients in the mental hospitals, and there are also maternity, civil, and military hospitals/’ Lady Dobbie said that she and other women on the island visited the hospitals at short intervals, not to see the patients, but to find out in what way they could be helpful to the staff. Briefly describing difficulties and shortages, she said that in one combined general and maternity “hospital with 500 beds, the staff had eight pieces of soap a week for all purposes. There was no fuel with which to heat water and washing for the hospital was done in three ordinary sized baths. She described how she had managed to get some enormous century-old baths from a palace and these were used for the hospital laundry. From bombed buildings she had obtained slabs of marble which were placed orr kitchen tables/ These .proved a boon to sorely tried workers who had little soap or hot water with which to scrub their tables. “The women of Malta,” she concluded, “are brave, pattent, and resigned to the Will of God.” You are.-invited .to consult Klexema Specialists about Baby Eczema. Falling Hair all Skin or Scalp ailments ’Phone for appointment, 34-566, consultations are free Klexema Rooms. Triangle Buildings, 281 High street Established 30 vears. Advt BILLIONS OF BUBBLES! Let the countless effervescing bubbles of Stevens Health Salt make your system alert and alive. The importance of internal freshness is equally as great as that of external cleanliness. From the interna] sparkling power of Stevens Health Salt springs the external pep and personality that tells of real From chemists and stores. (Mfrs.: H. F. Stevens, Ltd., Ch Ch.) Advt