CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25955, 8 November 1949, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

The Mayor and Mayoress of Auckland (Mr and Mrs J. A. C. Allum), who have been visiting England, returned to the Dominion during the week-end.

Mrs J. K. Milner, Ashgrove terrace, Cashmere Hills, who has been visiting Great Britain, returned to New Zealand in the Athenic. Mrs Milner, who has been away from the Dominion for about seven months, returned to Christchurch on Saturday.

Through many enterprising efforts of the Fendalton School members of the Junior Red Cross Society, four bassinets, twe trolleys, and an engraved tablet were presented to the matron cf Karitane Hospital (Miss K. G. Hall) by a member of the executive of the group (Rosemary' Mcßryde) yesterday afternoon. The ceremony took place at Karitane Hospital. The money fox' the gifts, which amounted to almost £3O. was raised chiefly by means of a concert and bazaar held some weeks ago, and other considerable amounts were raised from garden parties/ stalls, and fancy dress parties.

Mrs G. V 7. C. Smithson presided yesterday at the monthly meeting of the Christchurch Ladies’ Guild of the British Sailors’ Society. Final arrangements were made for a book and coin afternoon to be held .’ater this month at the home of Dr. and Mrs L. McDougall. Reports were given by members on regular visits to the hospital and sanatorium, and members of the junior branch reported on the entertainment of seamen in port during the month.

An entertaining and well-planned programme of drama and music was presented last evening in St. Paul’s Sunday School Hall. Papanui, by the drama' group of the Papanui Community Centre and the Papanui Technical College orchestra. The drama group chose two one-act comedies. “A Sirius Cove” and “That’s Murder.” both by Michael Shave. Once the players recovered from their initial nervousness the action went smoothly and the humour “got across” very well. Those taking part were: V. Kettle, P. Mackenzie, I. Rankin. B. Dini, M. Obery. M. Collier, N. Buckland, H. Rains. R. Wilson, and B. King. A worth-while performance was given by the Papanui Technical College Orchestra, whose members played with precision and confidence. For the first time, the display of the Department of Agriculture at the Agricultural and Pastoral Show this week will include a section catering especially for the interests of women. Models of kitchen arrangements will be shown. Posture in household tasks is also dealt with, and illustrations show the correct height for wash tubs, iat what height to place a basin when beating eggs, and various w’ays to guard against unnecessary stooping. The home dressmaker is also given her place, and there are complete diagramatic instructions for the alteration of commercial patterns.

A talk on dental health was given by Mrs Strong, dental officer in charge of the Normal School Clinic, at a recent meeting of the Christchurch Girls’ High School Parent-Teacher Association. Mrs Strong spoke of the dental benefit scheme for children, the training of dental nurses and the work undertaken at the school dental clinics. Mrs G. E. Mathias presided. Mr Edgar G. Harris, formerly of Christchurch, will be married on Saturday to Mrs Edith Cathie, of Point Piper, Sydney, at St. John’s Church. Darlinghurst, Sydney. Reports on the year’s work were read at She annual meeting of the Sydenham branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. The vicepresident of the North Canterbury district (Mrs Griffiths) presided for the election of officers, which resulted in all present officers being re-elected. Modern secondary schoolgirls suffer under the strain of excessive out-of-school interests, 'niis is the view of an English headmistress, expressed at an annual prize-giving ceremony recently. All secondary schools in England were concerned at the strain on girls who attended them, she said. Modern opinion pitied the children of earlier’ centures who, forced to ape their 1 elders in dress, were restricted in their movements. “Yet I think the majority i of children in our day are still more hardly used,” said the headmistress. “They are so often expected to keep .adult hours and indulge in adult amusements that are unsuitable for them. Many girls find the week-end bt home .much more exhausting than a week’s school work. We pick out unfailingly the children who go to bed late. I beg parents to see that their girls are not robbed in their childhood of the good health necessary for enjoyment of their lives when they are older.” she said.

A New York hotel, which has kept records over a period of 10 years, says it can Drove that men are far more forgetful than women, in the matter of leaving belongings in hotel rooms. Not only are men more scatterbrained than women, but married men are even worse than those who are single, the hotel manager said. Honeymoon couples have been the hotel’s most careless guests, leaving behind jewellery, wallets, underwear and once even the wedding ring and marriage certificate. The hotel manager says salesmen seldom forget anything, but big business executives are always leaving things behind. Few guests take the trouble to reclaim inexpensive articles, although one man wrote back for half of his celluloid soapbox, and a woman returned in person to.collect a jar of salad dressing one-third full. The lady editor of “The Press” gratefully acknowledges receipt of two umbrellas from the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club for patients in the Cashmere Sanatorium.