CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26127, 1 June 1950, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss Bernadine Wood, formerly of Christchurch, only daughter of' Mr and Mrs B. B. Wood, was among New Zealanders who were presented by Mrs W. J. Jordan to Their Majesties at Buckingham Palace on May 10. She wore a dress of light green and white patterned silk crepe and light green straw hat trimmed with white jasmine.

Two Wellington women artists, Mrs Mary Moynihan and her sister, arc represented in the Royal Academy exhibition in London. They lived in Wellington during their school days, and will be remembered as Mary and Marjorie Heath.. Mrs Moynihan’s picture is a water-colour study of white lilies painted in New Zealand, and her sister's picture is a portrait study. The following officers were elected at the first meeting of the Somerfield Memorial Free Kindergarten Committee of the Somerfield Burgesses’ Association: president. Mrs R. L. Jacobsen; vice-president, Mrs D. C. McDonald; secretary. Mrs S. ’M. Lindsay; treasurer. Mrs C. R. Bell; committee, Mcsdames D. V/. Mann, J. Cave. C. M. New*, on, S. J. Woods, M. Aydon, F. Beaver F Sim. R. Jones, and L. M. Men-'i

Maud. Sherwoou, lhe former New Zealand artist whose work, both as. Maud Kimball (her maiden name) and Maud Sherwood, is well known in this country, is still to the fore as a water colourist in Australia, where she has lived since her return from Europe. The 18-year-old Invercargill singer, Miss Alwyn Leckie. who in the last few years has had outstanding results at the Invercargill. Dunedin, and Christchurch competitions and who was one of the few in New Zealand to pass the practical L.R.S.M. in singing last year, has already shown great promise in the nine weeks in which she has been studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, according to information received recently. Her teacher of singing at the Conservatorium. Goossens, a Frenchwoman, stated recently that Miss Leckie’s voice was one of almost perfect tone. She withdrew her from the Grand Opera chorus, mentioning the fact that Miss Leckie. with further study, would be filling a solo part in Grand Opera. Madame Goossens is also entering her pupil for the City of Sydney Eisteddfod in September and also for a scholarship. Miss Leckie. who studied French and German at the Southland Girls’ High School, and Italian from her former singing teacher. Mr James Simpson, is continuing‘her study of these languages. Her Sydney teacher stated that her German was excellent and was surprised to learn that she had learnt the language at a New Zealand school and not from a German.

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