CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25249, 30 July 1947, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

On Monday next, August 4, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her forty-seventh birthday. Formally Lady " Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the fourteenth Earl of Strathmore, who died in 1944, she was married in 1923. Lady Nathan, who will accompany her husband, Lord Nathan (Minister of Civil Aviation) to New Zealand at the end of August, was formerly Miss Eleanor Stettaner, whose father was a member of the London County Council. She is a master of arts and a Justice of the Peace as well as chairman of the London County Council. She was married in 1910 and has one son and one daughter. The son who is 25 years oltf. is a lieutenant in the 17/21 Lancers. Lord Nathan, who was created a baron in 1940, is a solicitor. He served at Gallipoli and in Egypt and France during the 1914-18 war.

Sir John Bagnall (who was unofficial member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of the Straits Settlement before the outbreak of the World War, is visiting Invercargill, accompanied by Lady Bagnall. Sir John Bagnall, who came from Liverpool, was chairman and managingdirector of a large trading company in Singapore, and was knighted in 1936. His wife, to whom he was married in 1934, was the widow of Major Alan Turnbull, D. 5.0., M.C. Sir John and Lady Bagnall have no children. Mrs R. J. W. Rose (Palmerston North), with her small daughter, Marie Stewart, arrived in Christchurch by air yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs R. E. Agassiz (Linwood). Mrs Rose has just returned from America, where her daughter, Marie, formerly a “blue baby,” was successfully operated upon by Dr. Alfred Blalock at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Mrs Rose was formerly Miss Grace Nixon, well-known in theatrical and musical circles in Christchurch.

Miss Marjorie Black, at one time headmistress of Archerfleld Girls’ School, Dunedin, will return to Wellington in January, 1948, to take up the position of general secretary of the Y.W.C.A., with which she has been working for some years.

One of the best known personalities in the Rotorua district, Mrs H. Taiporutu Mitchell died suddenly on Saturday. Mrs Mitchell was the widow of Mr H. Taipotutu Mitchell, the first chairman of the Te Arawa Trust Board.

The lady editor of “The Press” gratefully acknowledges receipt of used stamps and cards from Mrs H. G. Mills (Cashmere), magazines from Mrs C. B. Mackisack, and woollen mittens from the Christchurch Ladies’ Guild of the British Sailors’ Society, for patients at the Cashmere Sanatorium.

The day of his arrival in Rotorua, last Sunday, had been a sad one for him, because 20 years before had been his wedding day and 10 years ago his wife had died, said Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery in addressing the people of Rotorua and the surrounding district this week.

An operation has removed the threat of almost total blindness from Princess Maryke, fourth daughter of Plincess Juliana of the Netherlands. Princess Maryke has had a cataract from birth, and it had been slowly clouding her sight. It was kept secret until she was considered strong enough to undergo an operation. Doctors operated five weeks ago, and now she is reported to be a “normal, healthy baby.” Princess Maryke was born on February 18. “We have been glad, to welcome among new members of the council this year, many younger representatives, so we can really feel after many years of wondering ‘how’ that at last we are drawing in the young mothers,” says the annual report of the Mothers’ Union. The hope, is expressed that these young women will find their membership a great help and inspiration in their home building. The formation of new overseas links with" branches 'of the Mothers’ Union has gone on very satisfactorily, the report continues, and many members have sent food parcels to links in Britain. The union’s book club has continued study and discussion and the invalid members’ prayer circle has increased in numbers. Mrs Freeman (Georgette Millinery Salon) has just arrived back from a buying trip throughout the North Island and now has a lovely selection of Spring Millinery on display. Ballantynes Buildings, Cashel street. And also at Ashburton. Advt.

Tickets are now selling freely for the Plunket Fancy Dress Ball, “A Night in Mexico,” Friday, August 8, at the Wentworth. Tickets 15s jingle, from Beggs, United Service, Warners, Clarendon, Ballantynes, Olga Miles,

Jacobs. Advt. JVomen 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.