NEWS FOR WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25061, 18 December 1946, Page 2

NEWS FOR WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES

Mrs Leonard Clark, who formerly lived at “Thorrington,” Cashmere, has returned to Christchurch after having been in England for many years. Mrs John Buxton, with her two children, will arrive in Christchurch this morning to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs Denys Hoare, Kilmpre street west.

Mrs James Liddle, accompanied by her three children, arrived in the Dominion from Sydney by the Ormonde, and will come to Christchurch to-day to stay with her parents, Mr and Mrs F. W. Hobbs, Papanui road. Mr Liddle will join his family within a few weeks.

For many years in succession, Lady Acland has organised an afternoon gathering in aid of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, and has raised hundreds of pounds for this worthy cause. Yesterday, in the beautiful grounds of “Chippenham,” Sir Hugh and Lady Acland’s home in Browns road, the annual gathering which took the form of a pleasant garden party was held and good business. was done at the stalls. The sum of £5O was raised, and will be transmitted immediately to England where, according to a letter received by Lady Acland on Monday, the need for help in the Dr. Barnardo Homes is acute. Miss L. M. Banks, matron-in-chief of the Palmerston North Hospital, has been invited by the New Zealand Registered Nurses’ Association to represent it at a meeting of the Inter, national Council of Nurses to be held at Atlantic City, U.S.A., in May, 1947. Arrangements have been made • for Miss Banks to travel both ways by air, and the Palmerston North Hospital Board, realising the value of the conference, granted Miss Banks permission to attend. Miss Banks gained her initial nursing experience in Christchurch. She went to Palmerston North in 1934 as chief sister, and was appointed matron in 1937. She is past Dominion president of the Registered Nurses’ Association and a member of the Dominion Board of Registered Nurses and Midwives. She was awarded the 0.8. E. in the 1946 New Year Honours.

Nurses whose job it is to instruct student nurses are now in Wellington from public and mental hospitals throughout New Zealand for five days’ instruction on the student side of the lecture room. The refresher course and conference for tutor sisters, postponed from last year, is the first ever held in New Zealand, and is taking place at the Wellington Public Hospital, where 50 instructors, including one or two matrons, several bluegarbed sisters from the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Auckland, and the Home of Compassion, and representatives from every public and mental hospital in the Dominion, met for the official opening on Monday morning. Miss E. R. Bridges, instructor at the post-graduate school of nursing, is the refresher course conference organiser. Yesterday the lady editor of “The Press” appealed to readers for a tent to be lent or hired to a former prisoner of war, who is now in hospital, but who will be going home for about 10 days at Christmas. Before 11 a.m. offers of the loan of eight tents were received. The first offer was accepted, and the lady editor and the serviceman on whose behalf the appeal was made wish to thank most sincerely all those who kindly responded to the appeal. Gratitude is expressed to Mrs A. Hazleton, Mrs R. W. Wornall, Mrs E. Sinclair (Stanley street). Mrs G. Hutchison, Dr. Dorothy Simpson. Colonel R k B. Smythe, Mr J. B. Mawson (St. Andrew’s College), Mr W. Glasgow, Mr C. W. Allard, and Mr A. J. Johnston, each of whom promptly offered to lend a tent.

A Federation of* the Nursery Play Centres’ Associations was formed m Wellington last week. Representatives from the Auckland. Palmerston North, Wellington, and Christchurch associations were present. The Christchurch association was represented by the secretary (Miss Mavis Reese) and by Mrs R. O. Page. Common difficulties were discussed and recommendations framed to be made to the various associations. The following officers were elected:—president. Mr A. J. Waghorn; secretary, Mrs L. A. Hughson-

Miss Helen Thomson (Riccarton), who has been in England for the last two and a half years, is returning to the Dominion by the Port Jackson, which is due about the middle of January. Miss Thomson, who was on the staff of Otago University, has been doing wool research in England.

Mrs van Panhuys, wife of the Con-sul-General for the Netherlands (Dr. Jonkheer van Panhuys). arrived in Auckland yesterday after a visit to relatives in Cuba and the United States. She and her husband will spend a few days in Christchurch this week, and will return to Wellington about Monday next. Miss Nola Luxford, who recently visited Christchurch, has returned to Wellington after a tour of the South Island. She will go this week to Hastings and later to Rotorua, and will return to Wellington late in January, before leaving for the United States.

Matron E. Morton, of Tauranga, and Matron R. Morris, of Auckland, who were in South Africa at the outbreak of the war and who served in the South African Nursing Service in the Union until the end of hostilities, returned to New Zealand in the Ormonde this week.

The lady editor of “The Press” gratefully’ acknowledges receipt of games from Mrs Templeton, used stamps - and cards from A.M.8., toys from an anonymous friend; and children’s clothing from an anonymous friend.

During the year since its inauguration. the Association of the Friends of the Hospital has accomplished a great amount of useful work. At the final meeting of the year, the president (Mrs G. H. Watts) thanked the many kind friends who had ably helped in many ways at the hospital and subsidiary institutions.

•Women particularly are invited to consult Klexema specialists about skin and scalp ailments such as seborrhoea, alopecia, and baldness. 'Phone 34-566 Triangle Buildings, 281 High street.

Advt. COOKS In two minutes—" Holly" Oatmeal —the new process pre-cooked breakfast cereal. Ask your grocer for “HOLLY” Oatmeal or Rolled Oats—you’ll enjoy the Delicious Nutty Flavour. Advt.

USEFUL GIFTS FOR MEN Bonnington’s, the Chemists, make a feature of gifts for men. Shaving Brushes from 7s 6d; Bowls, 3s 6d to 7s 6d. Military Brushes. Pocket Wallets, and Holdalls. Toilet Sets, Early Colonial and Colgate’s, 3s lid to 15s 6d. Compare Bonnington’s prices. Advt.