CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26395, 13 April 1951, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

The Chief Justice (Sir Humphrey O’Leary) and Lady O’Leary (Wellington) will leave New Zealand soon for Sydney, where they will join the Orcades for England. Mr and Mrs J. Boyd-Clark, and Miss Antonia Boyd-Clark (Fcndalton) will leave New Zealand*by air on April 23 for a visit to England.

Mr and Mrs A. C. Middleton (Clarence Bridge) and Mr Middleton’s sister, Mrs L. W. de Lambert (Mount Pleasant) will leave Christchurch on ‘April 25 for Auckland on their way to Sydney^where they will join the Orion for England. They expect to leave England on their return journey towards the end of November. Mrs R. Malcolmson (Riccarton) will leave Christchurch on April 24 for Sydney, where she will join the Orion for a visit to Britain. At a meeting of the Travel Club yesterday, the president (Sir Joseph Ward) thanked Mrs Malcolmson for the splendid work she had done for the club’s Food for Britain Committee, and wished her a pleasant holiday.

Forty-five volunteers for the New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps have arrived at the Papakura Camp from all parts of the Dominion for two weeks’ basic training. None has had previous experience in the armed forces. The course is being held here because of the present transfer of the Army School from Trentham to Waiouru. The recruits will be trained in basic military subjects and physical exercises. The Waacs will be attached for duty to various corps of the Regular Forces.—(P.A.) An address on the work of the women in the New Testament was given by the minister of the Spreydon Baptist Church (the Rev. A. E. Larsdale), Who was the guest* speaker at the April meeting of the Spreydon branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. The president (Mrs Woodcock) presided. Extracts from the temperance quiz held for school children recently were read by Mrs Ancall. Miss Brown reported on visits paid to the mental hospital Much interest is being shown in th< Christchurch Dance Club, which will start its weekly dances for the season on Saturday. English and Scottish country dances and the sword anc Morris dances which are again comint into favour overseas, will be feature; of the gatherings. The following offi cers were elected at the annual meeting held recently: president, Mrs E Goodchild; vice-presidents. Mrs D. Macdiarmid, Misses J. Beackman, J. Struthers, D. Simmons and E. Fairbairn; secretary. Miss A. Fairbairn; treasurer. Miss B. Moon; committee, Missea H. Munro, G. Carr, B. Wood and R. Slater. The Government’s intention to strengthen the Maori Women’s Welfare League by setting up a New Zealand body was announced bv the Minister of Maori Affairs (Mr E. B. Corbett) at Te Kaha this week. He said the councils of the league would be called together in September for the purpose. He hoped that the Dominion organisation would join up with the National Council of Women and complete the alliance of the women of New Zealand. The death has occurred in Dunedin of Mrs J. R. Glendining. She was 78. She was the widow of Mr J. R. Glendining, who was a son of one of the founders of the firm of Ross and Glendining. In her younger days Mrs Glendining took an interest in local organisations, in particular the Dunedin Free Kindergarten. Mrs Glendining was a daughter of the late Mr Adam Johnston, pf Milton, an engineer of the £ ol ?P lal Government, who surveyed the Caversham tunnel and the southern railway.

s ??. r^ s da Y of the cadet section of the Girls’ Life Brigade was held }” Christchurch. The twentyfifth Christchurch Company (Bryndwr Methodist) won the cup, with the fifteenth Christchurch Company (Shirley Methodist) second, and the thirteenth Christchurch Company (St. George’s Presbyterian), third.

Wedding and Birthday Cakes supplied or your own cakes iced and decorated. The Ethne Toswill Cake Shop, 123 Cashel street (opp. Ballantynes).

Wljy? No wonder there’s been a rush at the “ Hosiery Bar ” this week. They have purchased 1200 pairs of highest grade English Nylon firsts, and you* can buy them for 8/6. Although they’re selling fast, there are some left. Take several pairs of these English Nylon firsts. Remember only 8/6 a pair at the “Hosiery Bar,” 118 Armagh Street (next Reynolds, Chemists). —Advt.

Always see the window at The Gloucester Jewel Box before buying new watches, cameos, pearls or diamond rings, and satisfy yourself that they are the best value in Christchurch. The address is 113 Gloucester street, three doors from Hay’s.