NEWS FOR WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25084, 16 January 1947, Page 2

NEWS FOR WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES

Lady Statham, widow of Sir Charles Statham, a Speaker of the House of Representatives for more than 12 years, returned to New Zealand by the Port Chalmers after spending nine months in Europe. She spent a holiday with her only daughter, Mrs Godric Muntz, whose husband is the first secretary at the British Embassy in Lisbon. Lady Statham also visited Spain and France.

Music teachers from the North Island who will attend the annual conference of the Society of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand, which will open in Christchurch on January 22, will include Mrs F. J. Stewart (Martinborough), Miss Evelyn Rawlings (Palmerston North), Mrs I. M. Clayton (Havelock North), Miss Florence Hobbs (Petone), Miss E. Dowling (New Plymouth), Miss I. Robeson Hunt (Gisborne), Miss Diana Green (Lower Hutt), Miss Mavis Francis, Mr J. Holmes Runnicles. and Miss M. Roper (Palmerston North), Mr Irvin Moore (Gisborne), Miss Elizabeth Marshall (Halcombe), and Mrs F. G. Mclntosh (Waiuku).

Mrs E. Beaglehole, wife of Dr. E. Beaglehole, lecturer in philosophy at Victoria University College, Wellington, returned by a pan American Clipper on Tuesday from a visit to her parents at Alexandria, Louisiana. She was accompanied by her four children. Dr. Nellie F. Paterson arrived at Auckland by the Largs Bay on Tuesday to take ut> her appointment as senior lecturer in zoology at Auckland University College. Bom in Scotland, Dr. Paterson went to South Africa as a child and lived in Johannesburg.There she matriculated, and at the University ■of Witwatersrand took the degrees of B;Sc. and M.Sc. She then went to England, and from Cambridge University graduated doctor of science. Returning to Johannesburg, Dr. Paterson joined the staff of the University of Witwatersrand. and since 1934 had been senior lecturer in zoology. Miss Helen Thomson (Riccarton), who has for several months being doing research work in wool in England, is returning to New Zealand by the Port Jackson, due on Sunday, and is expected in Christchurch on Tuesday. On the following Saturday she will leave for Dunedin to attend a refresher course at the Home Science School, Otago University, where she will give lectures on some aspects of the work she has done in England. Miss Thomson has for some time been a member of the staff of Otago University. Miss Phyllis Kidd and Miss Pauline Woodroffe, who left New Zealand 18 months ago, returned by the Largs Bay this week. Late in 1945 they took back to England the first batch of British evacuee children in New Zealand. They have since toured Britain and made two trips to Europe. Both work in Napier, Miss Woodroffe being commercial mistress at the Napier Girls’ High School, and Miss Kidd on the staff of the Child Welfare Department. In Scsndinavia, Miss Kidd did research work in child welfare, and found Sweden particularly advanced In this service. Juvenile delinquency was dealt with, not through the medium of the Court, but by a private group of persons with very wide powers known as Child Welfare Councils. Psychiatry was extensively used to*de? 1 with the problem of child delinquency and the special homes for the children were, in Miss Kidd’s opinion, among the finest in the world. The staff members were all specially trained for the work, and there were so many of them that every child had individual attention. Some weeks ago, the lady editor of “The Press” appealed to readers for gifts of umbrellas or dark parasols for use of the veranda patients at the Coronation Hospital, Cashmere. The response was most generous. The umbrellas were greatly appreciated by the patients, and are being put to good use at the Coronation Hospital. But a few more are needed for the Upper Sanatorium, where there are about 30 patients. Gifts for them Would be acknowledged and delivered by the lady editor, A case of peaches, the gift of an anonymous friend at Halswell. was delivered at the Coronation Hospital yesterday, and the fruit was greatly enjoyed by the patients. “Georgette” Millinery Summer Sale now on. Straws and Summer Felts from 9/11. Advt.