CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25449, 22 March 1948, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mr Justice Callan and Mrs Callan (Auckland) will leave soon for a visit to England.

The Bov Scout Association’s Medal of Merit has been awarded to Mr R. Wild, of Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, and to Mrs Wild. This was announced last week by the Boy Scouts’ Association. This is the first time that two Medals of Merit have been awarded simultaneously to husband and wife. Mr and Mrs Wild are widely known in New Zealand scouting, and have been active in many branches of the organisation.

Mrs C. Turner presided ax the annual meeting of the Halkett subcentre of the Red Cross Society, and ?ave a review of the year’s activities, t was reported that the sub-centre now had 38 members. Receipts for the year from the sales table amounted to £26 12s. This money had been given to the Food for Britain campaign. Eighty-eight garments had been sent to the Red Cross depot. It was decided that 10s be given to the Florence Nightingale fund. A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring president (Mrs C. Turner) for her work for the sub-centre during the year. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mesdames S. Pascoe, A. H. McKay, and E. Thomson. The following officers were elected: president, Mrs E. R. Thomson; vice-presidents, Mrs A. H. McKay and Mrs C. Turner; secretary, Miss M. K. Henderson; treasurer, Miss P. Calder; committee, Mesdames R. McLintock. C. S. McKay. Alec. McKay, G. Calder. W. Oakley. R. Henderson. and Miss J. Thomson.

Mrs A. Hobbs was re-elected president at the eighth annual meeting of the' Spreydon sub-centre of the Red Cross Society. Other principal officers are as follows: secretary, Mrs S. G. Clements; treasurer. Miss J. Yemm; vice-presidents, Mesdames Sewell, Wootton, Ede, and MacDonald; executive, Mesdames Taylor, Hall, Farmer, Menzies, Stevens, Sturge, Sloane, Milne, Spence, and Rickerby. The secretary in her report outlined the activities of the sub-centre during the past year. Members, she said, had been very generous in their response to appeals for tinned foods for Britain, and 24 parcels had been sent overseas. Nearly 300 new garments had been sent to the North Canterbury Centre of the Red Cross Society for shipment overseas. A successful drive for clothing to be sent to the devastated areas of Europe had also been held. Several members had manned the depot in Cathedral square, which had been opened for the collection of fat and food coupons. Visits had been paid to the Public Hospital, the servicemen’s and servicewomen’s wards at Burwood Hospital, the Cashmere Sanatorium, and the Jubilee Home. Mr G. E. Andrews, of England, the guest speaker, gave an interesting talk on “The Trend of World Affairs* at a tea meeting held recently by the Christchurch Business and Professional Women’s Club. Mrs A. Schumacher presided. Miss F. Nicholls thanked the speaker. Mrs Humphrey Sandwith, who recently arrived in Christchurch from England and has been staying with Mrs Endell Wanklyn, Rossall street, will leave to-day to visit Mrs Neill Rattray. Waimate. Mrs Sandwith, who was formerly Miss Buckley, lived for many years at Redcastle. Oamaru.

The Auckland branch of the Nelson College Old Girls’ Association has adopted a school at Parliament Hill, London, and at the annual meeting of members last week letters of appreciation of this kindly gesture were read. Mrs A. G. Talbot (a former principal of Nelson Girls’ College) and Miss B. Beaumont were elected patrons of the branch, and Miss Jean Stewart (who relinquished the post of principal about 18 months ago) was elected president.

Last week, Miss M. G. Havelaar (president of the Christchurch branch of the Save the Children fund) received from headquarters in London a list of names of 30 children for whom immediate help is sought. For the first time the names of Dutch children , are included in the list, but an appeal is also made for children in Germany, Austria, Greece and Finland. , One Dutch child, a little girl of five years, is a foundling and is in charge of a family in very poor circumstances. A child in Vienna, for whom the welfare officer made a special appeal, is one of a family of 11. Five of the sons fought in the war; only two returned and one of them is a hopeless invalid. The father is blind and the mother is lame. Amongst letters received recently by Christchurch residents who have sponsored European children is one from a little German boy, who had received a parcel from New Zealand. ‘‘There is great exultation here,” he wrote to his benefactor, “and I hope you will live to be 100.” He added that he had never seen chocolate before the arrival of the pared!. Substitute for Flaked Rice Pudding! 3 Tablespoons "HOLLY" Rolled Oats, pint boiling milk. Mix; stand one hour. Add two beaten eggs, tablespoon sugar, flavouring essence; bake as custard. Ask for “HOLLY” Brand Rolled Oats. Advt.