CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25610, 27 September 1948, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss Tui Thomas, of the reporting staff of the “Timaru Herald,” has been appointed by the New Zealand Press Association to report the Royal tour from the women’s angle. Mrs Hugh Fraer (president of the Christchurch branch of the Dominican Convents Old Girls’ Association) was hostess on Saturday at a buffet tea party given at her home, Galway avenue, in honour of Mrs E. J. Ironside. About 30 former pupils of Dominican convents in different parts of New Zealand were present to extend good wishes to Mrs Ironside, who has been secretary of the branch and who will leave Christchurch soon to make her home in Wellington. On behalf of the guests, Mrs Fraer presented Mrs Ironside with a parting gift and wished her happiness in her new home.

A 13-year-old schoolgirl, Lady Anne Juliet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, inherits £200,000 under the will of her father, Earl Fitzwilliam. She was his only child. Earl Fitzwilliam, landowner, racehorse owner, and sportsman, was killed in an air crash during a storm in Southern France last May. He left £711,704 gross and the duty pafd was £114,432- —London, September 24. Visitors to Dunedin for the annual conference of delegates of power boards and supply authorities were accorded a civic welcome on Friday night, and on Saturday and yesterday were taken for scenic drives. To-day a cocktail party will be held, and the biggest social event of the week will be a ball td be held on Thursday night. '

Advice that the Student Nurses’ Association would benefit by £2OO from a bequest by Mr C. G. Butcher, a member of the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board, who died recently, was received at the monthly meeting of the’ board. The bequest' was made for some permanent adornment of the nurses’ home at Napier, and nurses will be asked for suggestions.

A large crowd recently watched th' wedding at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Oxford, of Miss Maureen Gardner. Oxford’s Olympic hurdler and sprinter, to Major Geoffrey Dyson, chief athletic coach to the Amateur Athletic Association. Police were in attendance to keep the main road clear of traffic. Among the five bridesmaids was Miss Sylvia Cheesman, the British 200-metre women’s champion.

Fur-trimmed suits and coats were among the highlights of utility autumn and winter fashions featured recently in a manequin parade in London. The slimmer lines for autumn, apart from the classic swagger coat, were reflected in suits and dresses. Double-breast-ed suits with Peter Pan collar of beaver, fitted town coats with revers and collar of astrakhan, and swagger coats with high Regency collars of velvet or contrasting material were among the more distinctive styles shown. Colours include green in many shades, purple, grey, and several soft tones of brown. The dircetoire cloche, with large draped crown, and the gnome cap, softened by pleating or draping, were the leading millinery styles. Pastel velvets and velours included butter yellow, night moth, and waterfall blue, while corduroy was used for darker tones such as bottle green. An unusual feature was the two-toned reversible cravat or scarf in stiff moire silk, designed to match the hat. Mrs A. H. Gillingham, of Fairlie, has edited a book for the Women’s Institute giving accounts of the holiday tours organised by the institute for members. Those who went on the tours have contributed articles giving interesting incidents and anecdotes. Proceeds from the sale of the book will be devoted to the holiday cottage fund.

Mary King, author of a book recently published, entitled “Truby King, the Man.” is a foster-daughter of Sir Truby King. She grew up and was educated in New Zealand, but has lived during recent years in Australia. She is the wife of Anthony H. White, of Adelaide, who served for five years in the R.A.A.F. After leaving school. Mary King trained at the Truby King Mottiercraft Hospital in Auckland. She also took a course ‘in kindergarten work, and qualified for the teacher’s certificate. Later she acted as her father’s confidential secretary, and helped him establish the Truby King Mothercraft Society in Australia. In addition to many articles and short stories published in Australian papers, she has written a book. “Mothercraft, ’ now in- its seventeenth impression, and has also published a book of verse, “Mary of Bethlehem.” A club for mothers of servicemen who lost their lives in the two World Wars was formed in Auckland on Wednesday night, under the sponsorship of the Returned Services’ Association. This decision was made unanimously at a well-attended meeting which* was presided over by Mr A. P. Pcstlewaite, president of the R.S.A. The name of the club will be chosen later.

Orders for more than £2OOO worth of 1948 health stamps have already been received from overseas philatelists bv the stamps branch at the General Post Office. It is expected that the total w’ill have reached about £6OOO by October 1, the first day of issue. This will be more than the total value of health stamps sold throughout New Zealand in the year they were first issued in 1929. Last year £14,000 worth of health stamps were sold to overseas collectors. Because of the alteration in the exchange, however, it is expected that this year’s total may be smaller.

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