CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24867, 6 May 1946, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Qtieen Mary, accompanied by Lady Margaret Wyndham* visited the International Wool Sedretariat, Lohddn, Recently to see a display of the finest, lightest Wool fabtics ever produced* according to a cablegram received by the New Zealand Wool Board. The visitors greatly admired wool fabrics weighing from loz per square yard woven with carrier thread Of alginates, a kind dr sea-weed.

To-day is a special day of celebration for the Dutch residents of Wellington, as Queen Wilhelmina has decreed that the date of liberation be nehCeforth regarded as a national holiday. This morning there will be an official ceremony at the Kolonie Miramar, which will be fbiloWdd by an entertainment for the children. A special celebration luncheon will also be held, and in the evOhihg members Of the Kolonie and their friends wiU hold a dance. After five years’ service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Squadron Officer (Mrs) S. R. Julius, supervisor at Whenuapai, retired last week. Mrs Julius joined the W.A.A.F. ih April; one of the original 90 who commenced their duties at Rongotai, Wellington. She was the first supervisor appointed to a station and served in this capacity at a number of stations before taking up her appointment at Whenuapai.

The smstsf' baa been .left to the Mother ■ AuWTTSlpmfe of Compassion by Elizabeth Phelan, who died recently in Wellington. Bequests also include £5O fa the .Makogai Leper Trust Board dnd : £25 to the Catholic Seminary fund, Wellington. Mr Leslie Lefeaux. formerly Governor of the-Reserve Bank of Netv Zealand, and" Mrs Lefeaux left Wellington by the Akaroa for England. They* will live in Sussex, where they have a cottge by the sea. Last Wednesday their only daughter. Miss Muriel Joyce Lefeaux, Was married in Wellington to Mr Gerald Fancourt Nevins, a sheepfarmer, of Pahiatua. The death' i§ reported from Auckland of Mr Adam Nixon, father of Mrs Hilda Ross, M»P. for Hamilton. Mr Nixon, who' was a marine engineer, leaves , a widow, a daughter (Mrs Ross) and a son, Mr Richard Nixon, of Auckland. •Under .the ,of . Mrs Mary Ann Heath Mdhh, of Auckland, a bequest of £3500 is provided for the Salvation Army. Mrs Freda Grant, London, is exSected to arrive in New Zealand ih une to conduct examinations for the Royal 4 Academy of Dancing, London, in major and children’s grades. When the Tamaroa left Wellington on Friday she carried among the passengers lour women bound for China, where they will undertake secretarial work for UNRRA. They are Misses Helen Fenwick, formerly deputydirector of the W.R.N.S. in New Zealand, Louise Tomsett, Kathleen Robinson, and Sylvia McLaren. Leaving the ship at Australia, thp quartet will probably fly from there to China, via Manila. The death occurred recently of Mrs Elizabeth Ann Farrelly, widow of Mr Matthew Farrelly. Farrelly, who was born in Christchurch, had lived in Khandallah. Wellington, for the last 55 yeart. Mrs Farrelly is survived, by three daughters, Mrs Margaret Ward and Mrs CL Tukjbs of Whangarei. and Miss Edith Farrelly of Khandallah, and by two sons, Messrs C. and M. Farrelly. One son. James, was killed in the war of 1914-18.

“It is most earnestly urged by your committee that your membership of the association should not be allowed to lapse because hostilities have ceased,” states the annual report of the V.A.D. Association of Canterbury. “The problems of peace are more often than not infinitely greater than the problems of war, and oUr ideal of service to mankind must ever be our guiding principle. It was felt that with the cessation of hostilities the need for our association would not be so great, but it must be obvious to all our members that no efforts; "Should be spared to alleviate the suffering which always fbllowi in the train of war. If for rib other purpose than this, the members of St. John and Red Cross will fully realise their responsibilities, and the association can have no better effect than to weld the members of both organisations into a unit which will fcive encouragement to and protection of worker in humanity’s cause.” life lady editor of “The Press” gratefully acknowledges receipt of a packet of used stamps from ah anonymous friehd.

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