CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26204, 30 August 1950, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss M. Skoglund and Miss M. Ray Will be delegates from the Canterbury branch of the Victoria League to tue Dominion conference to be held in Wellington from September 16 to September 19. The comert nee will be officially opened by her Excellency Laay Freyberg on the afternoon of September 16, and a reception for the delegates will be held that evening.

The Navy League of New Zealand will hold its annual conference in Christchurch on September 21 and 22, and the women’s auxiliary of the league will hold its biennial conference at the same time. It is expected that Commander C. H. T. Palmer (president) will preside at the league’s conference, and Mrs Coats (Auckland), Dominion chairman, at the auxiliary’s conference. At a meeting of the committee of the Victoria League, held yesterday, with Mrs Frank Scott presiding, it was decided that the next mo.ning tea gathering ior members should be held on September 27, with Mesdames Gladstone Ward, L. W. Matson, and E. Tapley as hostesses. The secretary (Miss M. Skoglund) reported that four large parcels of clothing had been sent to England for distribution, and other gooqs would soon be packed for transport overseas. Several remits for submission to the Dominion conference that will open in Wellington on September 16 were discussed, and delegates instructed how to vote.

A French child, Babette Muller, of Heiteren, has been sponsored by the Cercle Francais through the Save the Children Fund, the president (Mr M. Honore) reported to the August meeting of the circle. The programme included talks on early French explorers connected with New Zealand, given by Miss D. Sommerville, and on the settlement of Akaroa, given by Mr Neil Buchanan. ’Cello music played by Mr Karl Kallhagen, of the National Orchestra, was much enjoyed. Mr G. S. Troup and Miss Sommerville read from the Jean-Paul Sartre play, “La Putain Respectueuse.”

Mrs M. Hodgkinson, director-general of Red Cross V.A.D.’s, will visit Christchurch on Saturday to attend the South Island conference. Delegates from Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Ashburton, Greymouth, .Blenheim and Dorth Canterbury will be present.

An informal musicale, one of the most popular of the many activities carried out by the Canterbury Women’s Club, was held in the club rooms yesterday afternoon and was vorj’ well attended. The programme, arranged by Mrs Alfred Bunz, was particularly enjoyable. Songs were sung by Mrs Mackay Ross and Mr R. Thompson, recitations were given by Miss Audrey Eady, and piano solos were played by Miss Alispn Edgar, who also played the accompaniments lor the singers. The president of the club (Mrs G. H. Watts) expressed appreciation of the programme and thanked Mrs Bunz and the artists.

A tea dance was held by the joint committees of the Christchurch branches of the Dominican colleges’ Old Girls’ Association and the St. Kevin’s College Old Boys’ Association, in the Waldorf on Saturday. The president of the Dominican Old UJirls’ Association (Mrs Hugh Fraer) welcomed the guests, many of whom were former pupils of St. Dominic’s (Dunedin), Teschemaker’s (Oamaru), St. Catherine’s (Invercargill), and St. Kevin’s. Guests of honour were representatives of kindred associations from Nelson Girls' College, Otago Girls’ High School, Sacred Heart College, St. Margaret’s College, St. Mary’s Convent. Southland Girls’ High School Villa Maria. St. Bede’s College, and Waitaki Boys’ High School.

Arrangements for a concert to be held next month to augment the funds were mede at the August meeting of the Marshland sub-centre of the Red Cross Society. It was reported that £l7 12s ud and a large quantity of produce had been sent to headquarters in response to the Red Cross Society's appbal. Members of the Junior Red Cross Society who helped with the work were thanked for their assistance. The treasurer reported that £5 had been received for the funds. A talk on the cultivation of pot plants was given by Mr J. C. Moran, who was the guest speaker at the August meeting of the Woodend Garden Club. A letter of thanks for a lood parcel and seeds sent to England was read by the president (Mi s M. Percy), who presided. Competition: for the month resulted as follows: three !;prigs of japonica. Miss Dawkins; decorative vase of violets. Mr D. Stent; one cabbage, M’s H. Robertshaw. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mcsdames Robertshaw and L. Churchill. A wedding of interest which took place in Wellington recently was that of Miss Helen Gunn, eldest daughter of Mrs Gunn and the late Mr G. Gunn, Wellington, and Mr George Bennett, youngest son of Mr and Mrs G. H. Bennett, also of Wellington. The bride was "Miss Wellington” finalist in the last "Miss N.Z.” quest. On sale in Sydney last week was a powder designed, according to the makers, to prevent snags and runs in silk and nylon hosiery. A teaspoon of the powder dissolved in half-a-pint of warm water is said to strengthen the fabric, without changing the colour. Each packet contains enough powder to treat four pairs of stockings.

If the carpet expert has his way, the vacuum cleaner would be banned tor use on new carpets for three months, according to the "New Zealand Retailer.” No carpet should have a vacuum cleaner over it until it is well trodden down. The loose hair, of which a vacuum cleaner picks up so much from a carpet, is put there for a purpose, to be trodden down into a felt that will make the carpet wear three times as long. Determined to join the sheep and wool clase; at the Technical College, Sydney. Truda Haddin, of Camden, New South Wales, worked as a “jilleroo” (the feminine of jackeroo) at Bombala, another New South Wales country town, to convince her father that her interest in sheep was genuine. She is one of six girls who joined 55 men doing the sheep and wool course which began at the college recently. FIRST LORD AT THE BOWLING GREEN At a local R.S.A. Bowling Tournament a well-known skip sent his bowl along on the wrong bias—to the great amusement of his fellow players. “Well, fancy doing a thing like that” he grumbled, as he accepted the consolatory offer of a FIRST LORD Cigarette. “Still, I’m biased the right way in my liking for FIRST LORD,” he added, "it’s the finest cigarette I ever smoked!” FIRST LORD, corktipped, 2s for 20. Advt. Brackenfield Hunt Club Ball.— East Eyreton Hall, Wednesday. September 6. Tickets obtainable at Warner’s Hotel and Beath’s. Advt. FUR COATS! —A big range, with Coneys at Cost Price. A. S. Cantrell, “Furrier.” 205 High st. (opp. Knight’s Butchery). Advt. Flowers Telegraphed to Friends Overseas and in N.Z. World-wide service. Consult Miss Feaver. Advt.