CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25549, 17 July 1948, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mr and Mrs Horace G. Miller, who for many years have lived in Wellington, will soon make their home in Christchurch, where Mr Miller's company has established a factory. Before coming to Christchurch Mrs Miller will pay a three months’ visit to the United States, where her two daughters will continue their studies.

A supper party was given by the Canterbury branch of the Society of Registered Music Teachers in honour of the Nev/ Zealand pianist, Richard Farrell. The guests were received by fife president (Mr Claude H. Davies) and Mrs Davies. Overseas visitors present were Madame Rambert and Miss Vera Howe of the Ballet Rambert, and the examiner for the Trinity College of Music (Mr Morrison). The nineteenth kindergarten of the Christchurch Free Kindergarten Association will be opened in Waimairi in September, provided staff is available by then. The use of a hall has been offered to the association by the scouts of the district. The hall has been re-, conditioned -and enlarged, and will accommodate between 30 and 40 children. A piano has been given to the kindergarten by Mrs McCreanor (formerly Miss Kassie Turner). The annual speech competition for intermediate forms was held at the Avonside Girls’ High School this week. The set subjects were ‘‘A Great Discovery in Science or Medicine,” or “Study of a Native People.” The winner was Janice Beaumont, who spoke on “Radium.” Anne Stone, who was placed second, chose as her subject, “Scientific Discoveries Made at the Cawthron Institute.” Margaret Bergman, who spoke on “Hopi Indians,” and Anne Wederell, whose subject was “Vitamins,” were placed equal third. Of particular interest to the girls of the Training Centre, Burwood, is the proposed visit of Miss Helen Keller to Christchurch. Miss Keller intends to pay a visit to the centre which Jias one house named after her. Some months ago the girls wrote to Miss Keller telling her that they had named one of their houses after her. Miss Keller sent them a photograph of herself. which now has pride of place in the girls’ sitting room. The letter which accompanied the photograph thanked the girls for the honour they had done her. “I think it wonderful that young people 6000 miles away should find my story an inspiration, and direct to me words full of appreciative friendship,” writes Miss Keller. “People often ask me if I sense the love of those about me. Proudly I say, ‘lndeed I do. and I would not exchange it for the wealth and the kingdoms of the world.’ ” Madame Marie Rambert, director of the visiting ballet company, will be welcomed to Christchurch at a reception in the Mayor’s room at the City Council Chambers on Tuesday morning.

Appreciation of three cases of clothing from CORSO which have been distributed for the use of the boys and girls of the Salvation Army Orphanages in Peiping, is expressed in a letter received at CORSO headquarters in. Wellington. The letter was signed by Colonel Arthur Ludbrook, of the Salvation Army, who states that Mrs Ludbrook, who superintended the unpacking, claimed that of all the secondhand clothing they had handled these were the cleanest and most neatly prepared. Socks and gloves were in pairs and the goods were mostly in good condition. It had made the work of sorting very much easier. At a meeting of the Parents’ National Educational Union, held yesterday, Mrs Douglas Anderson, who presided, referred to the death of Mrs Malcolm Powrie, who had been a member of the Christchurch branch of the union, and a motion of sympathy with her relatives was passed. Thirty-year-old Lord Derby, one of England’s richest men, has become engaged to 27-year-old beauty. Lady Isabel Milles-Lade, a sister <. Earl Sondes. Lord Derby’s father, the late Lord Stanley, left £2,000,000 in 1938. His grandfather, whose title he inherited, left more than £3,000,000. Ladies! Fur Coats Remodelled. Repaired. or Dyed. A. S. Cantrell, 205 High street (Opp. Knight’s Butchery). Advt.