CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25550, 19 July 1948, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Mr and Mrs Noel Newton, with their daughter and son, will leave Christchurch this-week to join the Rimutaka on July 27 on their return to England. Before her departure from West Melton, Mrs Ashwell, past president of the West Melton branch of the Women’s Division of Federated Farmers and a of the branch since itfe inception, was presented with a monetary gift from members and other friends in the district at a gathering held by. the division. Mrs J. D. Henderson, who made the presentation, paid tribute to Mrs Ashwell’s work for the division, and to her work for the' Red Cross .sub-'centre, of which she had been president for the last year.

Miss Mae Seaton, the only woman with the 8.C.0.F. headquarters broadcasting station W.L.K.S. at Kure, returned to Melbourne on leave recently after two years’ serviceJn Japan. She will return to Kure shortly for a further year. Miss Seaton was in th: A.W.A.S. during the war, and was the only woman radio announcer in the service, being attached to SDR. Darwin. She has been in radio for 20 years. Her broadcasts from W.L.K.S. were made in a session designed for women and children of the occupation forces and were called Magazine of the Air. She devoted some time each day to giving recipes, in which women were advised how to make the best use of army rations and to make substitutes for luxuries which were not available. The edict that bare heads or head scarves were forbidden in the enclosures at Royal Ascot this year delighted English milliners, who have been fighting the popularity of the head scarf over more glamorous, but more expensive creations of straw, flowers and tulle. One woman racegoer at Ascot defeated both the regulations and the milliners. She had made herself a smart little bonnet hat of braided white crepe paper, which had the appearance of coarse white straw. This revived a fashion of the 1920’s when small hats, and handbags, crocheted from strips of crepe paper were popular. The New Era Co-operative Organisation. which was formed some time ago oy an Australian woman, enables Aus j tralian women to market articles they have made in their spare time at home, and at the.same time assists charitable institutions. Through this scheme, articles made in the home are sold and distributed to city shops, and the money received is sent to the individual minus 10 per cent., an amount agreed upon by members for donation to charity. Each member is given a working chart and a pfice list. Members may undertake the production of any particular article from orders on hand, prices received being governed by the Prices Commission. Management and administration of the scheme are entirely voluntary, and are in charge of a former buyer and designer. Tlie work so far has given to elderly and partially incapacitated people a useful and profitable occupation for their spare time.

Financed by a recent gift of £5OO from the estate of Mr T. E. Smith, the St. 'John Ambulance Association in Auckland, assisted by the Women’s Emergency Guild and workers from I the Beresford Congregational Church, I is providing free hot meals on six days of the week for many old people in Auckland who are living in slum areas. Since the service was started a short time ago about 70 persons day have visited the Beresford street lounge for meals. Hot soup and sweets are taken at midday to the rooms of those old people unable to attend. Three sisters of the association are engaged full time in visiting and attending to old people who are unable to gain admission to hospital, and who have no one to look after them. On the recommendation of tnese sisters free hot meals are delivered to the bedsides. In addition to this service the association transports, free of charge, old people to and from a holiday home given by an Auckland woman in memory oi her son who was killed on active service with the R.A.F. in the last war. The house accommodates 12 guests, each of whom has a single room. About 100 old people a year are given a free holiday at the home. 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.