CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25306, 4 October 1947, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss I. V. Shrimpton left Christchurch by air yesterday morning to attend a Dominion conference of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in the North Island. Miss Shrimpton is secretary of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and of the Canterbury Junior Chamber.

A talk on her travels, fif England and Paris was giVfiXCjfey Mrs A. C. Brassmgton at a recent-meeting of the Christchurch Business .and Professional Wc men’s Club. A. Schumacher presided, and musical items were given by Miss' Marion Kidd and Miss Doris Irvine. The accompanist was Mrs W. E. Olds. Competitions were won by Miss E. M. Guy and Mrs E. Foster.

All the South Island entrants in the Miss New Zealand quest will be judged at Christchurch on October 15, 16. 17 and 18. The North Island girls will be judged on October 20, 21 and 22, at Wanganui. The district winners will go to Wellington for the selection of the finalist on October 31, and the name of the winner will be announced at a function in the Wellington Town Hall on the night of November 5. This will be broadcast by the National Broadcasting Service. Members of the Board of Governors of the Christchurch Technical Colleges congratulated a teacher on the staff of the college (Miss C. Graham) on her appointment as a member of the New Zealand apprenticeship committee on baking and pastrycooking. Miss Graham would be the representative of technical education on the committee, it was stated. The board agreed to release Miss Graham from her instructional duties at the college whenever she was required to attend meetings of the committee in Wellington. Mrj Renwick, formerly of Christchurch, who has been living in England for many years, has arrived in Christchurch to visit her sister. Mrs Peter Wood. Papanui road. Slack posture, which was the cause of many ailments in children, was a common fault in New Zealand, and was receiving close attention by the health authorities, said the Medical Officer of Health for Timaru (Dr G. L. McLeod) in an address to members of the Central branch of the South Canterbury School Committees’ Association at Timaru this week. “I am sure that bronchitis and frequent colds could be relieved by proper breathing and concentration on correct posture, and it is to be deplox'ed that parents are not more interested in the maintenance of this.” added Dr. McLeod.

“My opinion is that a child ought to have its hot meal in the middle of the day, but I know that some children must take their lunch to school. At any rate, they should not be given a heated up meal of heldover food at night” said the Medical Officer of Health for Timaru (Dr. G. L. I/cLeod) in an address at the quarterly meeting of the central branch of the South Canterbury School Committees’ Association this week. “For children who lunch at school, nutritious and satisfying foqd can be packed in brown paper bags. I have seen some lunches which have been simply atrocious. I have seen children who have been given money to buy themselves some chocolate and a soft drink,” he said. Dr. McLeod added that milk for school children was paying handsome dividends.

At the September meeting of the Woolston sub-branch of the Plunket Society Mrs Algar Williams presided. T?e Plunket sister’s report was as follows:—attendances at rooms at Woolston: mothers 98, children 1, babies 97; visits to homes 8, new cases 4; Aidwins road: mothers 188, children 21. babies 1 209: visits to homes 46, new cases 13. The sum of £2l 10s 8d was added to the sub-branch funds by the “bring and buy” held in the rooms at 'Aidwins road during the month.

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