NEWS FOR WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25129, 10 March 1947, Page 2

NEWS FOR WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES Captain A. W. McKellar, retired commodore of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s fleet. Mrs McKellar, and their daughter and son, arrived in Wellington recently and intend settling in Dnedin. News of the sudden death at sea early last Thursday morning, while on passage to England, of Mrs Kathleen Faulkner, wife of Commodore G. H. Faulkner, D.S.C., First Naval Member of the New Zealand Naval Board and Chief of Naval Staff, has been received in Wellington. Commodore Faulkner is at present in Australia. The third Maori nurse to receive a bursary for post-graduate study from the McKenzie Trust is Miss Pamela Jackson, of Cornwall Hospital, Auckland. Miss Jackson will study this year at the Post-Graduate School of Nursing. Wellington. As no student was available last year, the bursary was nps awarded for 1946.

Miss Constance Macdonald, of Napier. has been appointed judge of the dancing sections of the Westport competitions, which are to be held in May.

Two former Auckland residents, Captain F. K. Garry, of the Royal Engineers, and Mrs Garry, arrived at Wellington on-Thursday from England by the Rimutaka. Captain Garry, who is the only son of Mr and Mrs F. A. Garry, of Northcote. went to England in 1935. He in the Royal Engineers during the war. and spent two years in Burma. He will be demobilised in New Zealand. Mrs Garry, formerly Miss Joan Abel, of Auckland, is a trained nurse and psychiatrist, and has been on the staff of Guy’s Hospital. London, for several years. Miss Agnes Ireland, who has been appointed third secretary to the Office of the High Commissioner for Canada in Wellington, is expected to arrive at Auckland to-day on the City of Swansea. She was born in Liverpool, England, and went at an early age with her parents, Mr and Mrs Josiah Ireland. to Windsor. Ontario, where she attended public and high school, and worked for several years with the Windsor Board of Education. She graduated from the University of Toronto with an honour B.A. in history, and was winner of the John H. Moss scholarship. In 1943 she received her M.A. in history from Bryn Mawr, where she held a Bryn Mawr graduate scholarship. The lady editor of “The Press” gratefully acknowledges receipt of a packet of stamps from “Well-wisher,” Papanui.

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ENGAGEMENT

Mr and Mrs J. R. Oliver (“Allandale.” Clyde) have pleasure in announcing the engagement of their second daughter. Betty Eileen, to Leslie Edward, only son of Mr and Mrs William Knott, Winston Hill, Kaikoura.

QUEEN CARNIVAL

TWO PARTIES HELD More than 70 guests attended a •pleasant party given by Miss Natalie Vale at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs H. Vale, Ham road, to further the candidature of Miss Joan candidate for queen for the northern zone in the carnival to be held in aid of the memorial stand at Wilding Park. Games, competitions, and an exciting treasure hunt provided entertainment for the visitors, who enjoyed the beauty of the grounds and of the gay gardens. Tea was served on the lawn. The financial result of the gathering was most satisfactory. Another party held in aid of Miss Burt’s candidature fas a “yankee” tennis tournament played at the Elmwood Tennis Club’s courts. Fifty players took part, and the winners were Miss P. Hutcheson. Mr J. T. N. Fisher, and Mr J. Munro. Mr Tillman presented the prizes and thanked the Elmwood Tennis Club for lending its courts for the tournament.

PARTY AT “MONA VALE”

Y.W.C.A. BENEFIT Visitors from all parts of the city and from many of the suburbs seized the opportunity given them on Saturday to spend a few hours in the beautiful grounds of “Mona Vale,” the home of Mr and Mrs Tracy Gough, Fendalton, and their pleasure was increased by the music played by Derry’s Band. The grounds were lent to the directors of the Y.W.C.A. to enable them tp hold a garden party in aid of the association’s special appeal for £20.000 with which to purchase and alter “Riverlaw,” which will be used as a hostel, to carry out necessary alterations to the association’s buildings at Latimer square, and to enable it to carry on its educational work in Lyttelton and Christchurch. . Mr R. McPherson, chairman of the men’s appeal committee, said that the sum of £4OOO was already in hand, and included a donation from the City Council and several subscriptions from business firms. The party on Saturday, he said, had been organised bv women’s organisations, some of which were planning further activities for the same cause. The Mayoress (Mrs F. Hardy Cookson) formally declared the party open, and Mrs Peter Wood. >for the directors of the Young Women’s Christian Association. thanked Mr and Mrs Gough for lending their picturesque home for the gathering, Mrs Cookson for opening the fair, the women’s organisations for their co-operation, and the conductor and members of Derry’s Band for their music. The following were the stalls and stallholders:—produce. Women’s Christian Temperance Union: afternoon tea, Parents’ National Educational Union and the Navy League- books. Friends of St. Helens: cakes. Women’s Division of Federated Farmers: aprons. St. John Amublanoe Auxjliarv and No’’th Canterbury Post and Telegraph Women’s Association: Home Economics Association: eardenincr. Townswomen’s Guild; variety, Y.W.C.A. Business Girls’ Lvceum: surprise packets and bran tub. Mothers’ Club. Young Women’s Christian Association; sweets, ice cream, and soft drinks, bran tub. and surprise packets. Young Women’s Christian Association- games. Christchurch High School and St. Margaret’s Old Girls’ Associations.