CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25272, 26 August 1947, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

An afternoon social was held recently by the Christchurch Central Townswomen’s Guild. A play was presented by members of the drama circle, and songs by the singing circle. A duet was sung by Mrs Cairns Bell and Mrs Parton, accompanied by Mrs H. Wilson. Elocutionary items were given by Miss Beryl Baggs. A Treasury order has been issued prohibiting the use of gold in the manufacture of jewellery for the home trade. It means that there will be no more gold wedding rings for British brides, says the “Daily Mail.” All gold wedding rings will now be exported. Bound for Newnham College, Cambridge University, a student of Auckland University College, Miss B. P. Menzies, only daughter of Mr and Mrs A. G. Menzies, Remuera, left Auckland by the Waiwera on Saturday. Miss Menzies, who has just completed the master of science course and has submitted a thesis, will be away for two or three years. She will undertake research in mycology, the study of fungi. Some idea of rents ruling in New York for hotel rooms, flats and furnished rooms has been given by a Wellington woman, Mrs J. R. Osbaldiston, whose husband is assistant to the New Zealand Consul-General in New York, Mr T. O. Brebner. A well-furnished apartment at approximately £5O a month, hot water and electricity included, was considered a reasonable rent, and an overseas consul and his wife had paid £9O a month for a small flat on the eighteenth floor of an hotel, she said. A New Zealand girl attached to the United Nations in New York shared a furnished room arid kitchen for which she paid as a share £l7 monthly, while a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel would be as much as 10 guineas a day. Formerly Miss Elizabeth Graham, Wellington, Mrs Osbaldiston went to America this year with her husband. Mr and Mrs Francis Bate and Mr Ernest Jenner will leave Christchurch to-night to fulfil trio recital engagements in Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton, and Gisborne. They will be accompanied by Mrs Jenner and Miss Janice Bate, and, intend to return on September 6. A successful “bring and buy” meeting was held recently by the Christchurch Women’s Institute Centre, in aid of the funds of the Institute Federation. The guest speaker for the afternoon was Mrs Candy. Items were given by members of. the Kaneke Club. Winners of competitions were Mesdames Keen, Jamieson, Barron, Jenkins, Robson, Kenny, and McCall. Miss Isobel Vivien Brown, of Gladstone, Invercargill, is now on her way to China to nurse in the Canadian Mission Hospital at Chungking. Miss Brown is the sixth New Zealander to be sent by Corso to China to help in the urgent work of relief. Others who have already arrived are Dr. and Mrs B. Spencer, who will work with Rewi Alley at his school at Sandan; Miss Betty White, a dispenser; Miss Joyce Horner, a nurse; and Mr N. R. McDougall, an X-ray technician working with the International Relief Committee. Mrs Spencer is a trained nurse and will help her husband. Mr S. L. R. Halliwell, accompanied by Mrs Halliwell (North road, Papanui), has left Christchurch to attend the Dominion conference of the New Zealand Dental Association, which will open in Auckland to-day. Other Christchurch dentists who will attend the conference include Messrs A. H. Weir, A. M. Barr, and J. R. H. Hefford. The conference will continue for about seven days. Miss Dora Earle (Dominion president of the Girls’ Life Brigade Movement, with headquarters at Auckland) visited Ashburton yesterday, and in the afternoon she met cadets of the Ashburton Battalion of the Girls’ Life Brigade. Officers and non-commission-ed officers of the battalion, ministers, and their wives, and members of the governing body of the brigade at Ashburton entertained Miss Earle at the Arcadia tearooms at 5.30 p.m. An address on the movement was given by the president at a general meeting of the battalion held at the Church of Christ Hall, Ashburton, last evening. The visitor also had the opportunity of reviewing the four companies of which the Ashburton battalion is composed. Miss Earle, who is on a Dominionwide tour, will leave for the south this morning. Miss R. Mason, formerly of the staff of the Gisborne High School, left Gisborne last week on her way to Christchurch, where she will take up the post of headmistress of Rangi-ruru, Hewitt’s road. Before leaving Gisborne, Miss Mason was entertained at many farewell parties, including one given by Mrs J. Leggat 4wife of the rector of the Gisborne High School) and others by Mrs W. Neal and Mrs Gilbert Burns for members of the staff and the wives of masters at the school. She received a presentation from members of the Poverty Bay Women Teachers’ Association and was the guest of honour at a party given by the prefects of the High School. The lady editor of “The Press” gratefully acknowledges receipt of magazines from Mrs Roy Eskett and several anonymous friends and also a parcel of used stamps sent anonymously. Mrs Freeman has an extra nice selection of Spring Millinery, both Felts and Straws, on display at present. Come and see her selection next time you are in town. “Georgette,” Ballantynes Buildings, Cashel street, and at Ashburton. Advt.