CURBENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25303, 1 October 1947, Page 2

CURBENT NOTES

Mr and Mrs C. F. Ronalds (Sydney) will arrive in Christchurch next week to visit-Mr Ronalds’ mother, Mrs Guy Ronalds, Merivale lane. Mrs Guy Pascoe (Cranmer square), who left Christchurch about six months ago to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Major David Morgan and Mrs Morgan, Yorkshire, has returned to Christchurch. She travelled to and from England by air. In England, she met, among other former residents of Christchurch, Miss Margaret Bowen, who conducts a very successful school at Duncan Park, Yorkshire, at which Mrs Morgan’s daughter is to be a pupil. Other former friends whom Mrs Pascoe visited were Mrs Kane, widow of Mr Thomas Kane, formerly well known in education circles in Christchurch, and Mrs Burgess, a daughter of Mrs John Deans, of Riccarton House, who died some years ago. News was received in Christchurch late yesterday afternoon from the Prime Minister’s Department in Wellington advising that pictures would be taken to-day of the health stamp campaign activities at “Glenelg” health camp. Early in the day pictures of the camp and its amenities and of the children at school and at play will be taken and in the afternoon the official opening of the sales at “Glenelg” by the Mayor (Mr E. H. Andrews) and sections of the crowd who visit the camp will be photographed for the Government Publicity Department. All St. Martins buses leaving Cathedral square after 2 p.m. will run up Murray Aynsley hill to the camp, and members of the camp management committee will be in attendance to help post and telegraph office officials and to show visitors over the building and grounds. Dr. Helen Bakewell, of London, a former member of the Department of Health, is visiting Wellington after an absence of 12 years in London. Dr. Bakewell is staying with her mother, Mrs Bakewell, Wellington. After a few months in the Dominion, she will return to her position of assistant medical officer for the Metropolitan borough of Lewisham, London. Major H. Rogers, of the Salvation Army, recently addressed members of the Business and Professional Women’s Club at the Young Women’s Christian Association on her work as a city probation officer. In describing some of her varied experiences, Major Rogers said that it was the lack of proper home life which in many instances caused girls to get into trouble. She paid tribute to the work of the policewomen and police matrons, and to the excellent work being done at the Girls’ Training Centre at Burwood. Miss L. B. Bishop presided at the meeting. The Malayan Union’s wedding present to Princess Elizabeth will be a carved table of best Malayan ornamental wood, covered with a length of the finest cloth from the State of Trengganu and bearing three pieces of silver from the State of Kelantan, in the. form of a centre and two fruit dishes.

An excellent evening’s entertainment, was provided for wives of members of the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club last night when the club’s annual “ladies’ evening” was held. The guests were welcomed by the president of the club (Mr R. A. Young). After a buffet tea in the Mayfair Lounge a short programme of songs was presented by Mr Colin Campbell, Mr R. Allison and Miss M. Nelson. The accompanist was Mr G. Russell. The members and their guests later attended the film “Caesar and Cleopatra” in the Mayfair Theatre. A contract bridge team from Wellington visited Christchurch during the week-end to play against Crockford’s for the Stringer Cup. Crockford’s won the match by 168 points. The local team was as follows: —Mesdames H. B. Holder, M. E. Pipe. T. Armstrong. R. R. Bell. F. Moginie, E. E. Crawshaw, G. S. Cowper, H. H. Wauchop, C. M. Dixon, R. Law, G. B. Morgan, J. Ardagh. N. Laver, C. Stringer; Misses M. Cocks, P. Norton, J. Webster. O. Kerr, and S. Fraser; Messrs D. T. McCormick, E. F. Stead. N. H. Barlow, J. J. Ardagh, J. Bruges, and Dr. J. P. McQuilkin. The first conference of the Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs will be held in Melbourne on Saturday, October 4. Delegates from the clubs throughout Australia are expected to be present. Formed in June of this year with a foundation membership of clubs in every capital city, with the exception of Adelaide, the federation was officially recognised at the Paris Congress of the International Federation held in July. The headquarters are in Melbourne, and the president is Mrs R. G. Chandler.

At a meeting held recently at the Edgeware Road Methodist Sunday schoolroom, and attended by 70 women, it was decided to form the St. Albans Mothers’ Club, members of which will meet monthly to discuss their problems and matters of general interest and to listen to a guest speaker who will deal with some subject of interest to mothers, especially those with young children. Mrs B. H. Gilmour (president of the Christchurch branch of the Plunket Society), and Miss Carter (charge nurse of the Plunket Society) attended the meeting and gave short addresses. Officers elected till the end of the year were as follows: chairman, Mrs A. C. Pratt; vicechairman, Mrs N. C. Goode; honorary secretary. Mrs T. Hanham; honorary treasurer, Mrs G. E. Fischer; committee, Mesdames W. J. Weir. F. Collins. Stanley, T. B. Burt. G. C. Hannafin. Mitchell, R. C. Neithe, C. J. Brosnahan, and C. H. Brander.

Mrs Freeman wants you to know about a special one week sale of Felt Hats for 10s and £l. Choose yours early at the Georgette Millinery Salon (Ballantynes Buildings), Cashel street; and at Ashburton. Advt. Women 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. KNITTING WOOL. Buyers of knitting wool will have a field day on Friday. Starting at 12 noon. H. G. Livingstone and Co. will sell by auction 8001 b of knitting wool in many colours at 16 skeins to the lb. Twelve thousand eight hundred (12,800) skeins will be sold by auction. The sale will be unique.—Advt.