NEWS FOR WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25134, 15 March 1947, Page 2

NEWS FOR WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES

Sir Patrick Duff (British High Commissioner in New Zealand) and Lady Duff will leave the Dominion soon for a visit to Britain.

In the final of the autumn foursomes match played at the Corstorphine links, Dunedin. Mrs Dolan and Miss Shand (Otago) beat Mrs W. Toomey and Miss E. Nutt (Christchurch), 3 and 1.

Miss Amy Kane (Wellington), a former Dominion president of the Women’s Institute, has been appointed vice-president for Australia and New Zealand of the Associated Country Women of the World.

Dr. Helen Deem, medical adviser to the Plunket Society, has been appointed part-time lecturer in paediatrics by the University of Otago.

The Canterbury Women's Club Garden Circle, of which Mrs A. E. G. Lyttle is director, held its first meeting of the new year yesterday, when there was a large attendance of members. About 160 entries were received for a dahlia competition the entries ranging from small pompon dahlias to very large blooms. The speaker was Mrs E. L. King, who gave useful information about the growing of dahlias and also gave a demonstration of floral decorations.

At a recent meeting of the ShirleyRichmond Sub-centre of the Red Cross Society. £2O \yas voted for the Food for Britain campaign.

Mrs W. H. Elliott (Clanredon), Dominion president of the Women's Division of Federated Farmers, is visiting Wellington to preside this week over meetings of the Dominion Advisory Board of the division

The monthly meeting of the Spreydon Women’s Christian Temperance Union took the form of a cradle-roll party, at which the children enjoyed games on the lawn, and were treated to ice-cream and soft drinks. A short Srogramme of songs by Mr. David [acKenzie and recitations by Mrs Woodcock entertained the adults. Miss Cook, a returned missionary from China, described some of her ex- ? leniences during the Japanese occupaion of China, and told of many miraculous escapes from bombs and imprisonment.

Members of the West of England Women's Association held their first meeting of the year at theif rooms in Montreal street. Mrs Widgery, vicepresident. presided. A travel talk was given by Mrs Brownings, and Mr Small (England) *gave reminiscences of life in the army. It was reported that during the recess a picnic and garden parties had been held. A member living in Devonshire returned thanks for food parcels.

While a woman was being brought into the Whangarei Maternity Annexe the district nurse found i v . necessary to take her into a house at Ngunguru, about 15 miles from the annexe. A child was born within 10 minutes. The woman and her baby were then taken to the annexe, where, shortly after their arrival, another child was born. The twins and the mother are progressing satisfactorily.

Mrs A. E. Chnsp presided at the March meeting of the Lyttelton Plunket Society. It was decided to hold the annual May Day party in the Oddfellow’s Hall early in May. The nurse’s report for the month of February was as follows: —visits to rooms: Lyttelton, babies, 112, pre-school children 7, adults 117, new baby cases 9, visits to homes 44: Heathcote, visits to rooms: babies 6, pre-schoo] children 2, adults 6; Diamond Harbour: babies 8, adults 8; Governor’s Bay: babies 10, adults 10.

The lady editor of "The Press” is most grateful to the kind friends who have answered her appeal for sticks for blind persons. Already she has received six sticks from Miss Pilkington and several anonymous readers.

The annual meeting of the Christchurch branch of the Southland Girls’ High School Old Girls’ Association was held in the Victoria League rooms this week, when Miss Marion McKie (president) was in the chair. The annual report showed that an interesting programme had been carried out and that the members had contributed £9 6s 8d towards food parcels for Britain. These parcels had been forwardto persons whose addresses had been supplied by Miss Jean McKenzie of the staff of the High Commissioner and an old girl of the Southland High School and to old girls of the school now in England. Donations had been sent to the Maori Girls’ College and to the prize fund of the Southland Girls’ High School. Arrangements were discussed for the working of the branch and for the annual dinner to be held in April It was decided to support the bridge party which is being arranged by the executive council of the Old Girls’ Association and to sell the coupons for the gynaecological hospital in Auckland. The following officers were elected: —patron. Miss Marion McKie: president. Mrs R. Jenkin: vicegresidents, Mesdames Wilson and olio: treasurer. Mrs Burt: honorary secretary. Miss C Garmson

’ Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, mother of five children and grandmother of 11, has added another child to this already large family. The new member of the family is six-year-old Christiane Berthelot, who is living with her two brothers and four sisters at an orphanage at Nantes, in France. Mrs. Roosevelt has adopted Christiane through the New York organisations. Friends of Widows and Orphans of the French Resistance, of whom she is an original member. Every month she sends 291 b of food and additional parcels of clothing to Christiane. Mrs Roosevelt is one of the 300 foster-parents who have adopted children through this organisation. A New York woman, Mrs Robin McKown, chairwoman of the movement still has 2000 orphans on her list. She is trying to interest big firms in making group adoptions. The staff of the Book of the Month Club has adopted 80 children, and everyone contributes to their support.

After a wait of more than seven years, Mrs Hermine Steiner, a native of Prague, left England early this month by flying-boat to join her son. now a carpenter in New Zealand, whom she last saw four days before war was declared in 1939. Aged 72. and unable to speak English. Mrs Steiner escaped into France from Praguer when the Germans entered Czechoslovakia in 1938. The French Government granted a passport to her son and his wife in September, 1939, but refused a visa for Mrs Steiner. She spent the war years in a French hostel for poor people and remained there until she flew from Paris to London on the first stage of her 14,000-mile journey to settle with her son, his wife and the two grandchildren she has never seen.

Plunket Society, Papanui-Merivaie fub-branch. are holding a Garden Party at Sir Heaton Rhodes’s. “Elmwood.” Heaton street, on Thursday, March 20. 2.30 p.m. Stalls—Cooked Food. Cake. Produce. Variety. Children’s Knitted Goods. Books, Toys. Aprons, etc., etc. Bran Tub. Pony Rides. Photographer. Admission Is, includes Afternoon Tea. Advt.

Make an appointment on Klexema Telephone, 34-566. and benefit by specific treatment of skin and scalp troubles Address: Triangle Buildings. 281 High street —Advt.

Miss Marian Wade, late of Duncan and Cook, has now purchased R. and M. Beattie’s Toilet Salon. ’Phone 30-988. Advt.