DISTRICT NURSING GUILD

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 244, 8 July 1908, Page 5

DISTRICT NURSING GUILD

■■"•'Tho Committee, of th©'.District Nursing .Guild met yesterday afternoon, when the following members. were.present:—Mrs. S. ARhodes, Associate of the Order of St. .John of Jerusalem, Mesdames W. H. S. -Moorhouso, ;W; B. Tripe,. J. J?. Luke, H. ;W. Preston, W. iß.' Fisher (h'on. sec!)j;'and Miss Higgie. .Tho -.monthly report submitted by tho senior:dis-|-trust nurse, showed that' 24 additional patients had .been registered during' Juno and 15 discharged. ; :r Nurses Sexton, "and. Macaridrow paid: 992 : visits to .the'sick poor, and found much' Sickness . and misery .among many o!. the patients. :.Nurse Sexton,'rendered "first aid" . to,ay-man. with a.broken ■ a.rm, ■ and her , trcatinenttwas commended by >the doctor wlio ' subsequently 'attended tho case! Threo deaths, occurred, duringlthb month, and four patients .were sent to the general hospital.. The .'fol-lowing--''--""additional : subscriptions i ; towards ; the District .' Nursing Fund are. acknowledged with thanks Mr. Walter Nathan', £2 2s;-; Miss Coatos, £1 Is.; collected'.at Nurse Palmer's Hospital, £3 35.; Nurse Palmer, £1 Is!; Ng'atawa Private School (per Miss Blackett), £l 65..8 d, ; 'Mrs. J. P. Luke, Ross arid Glenderining, Mrs. 'W.-; B. lusher, Briseoo.arid Co.,' Mackay; Logan; and-Caldwell, W.Ca.blo; E; ---W. Mills-ahd Co., " Nelson, iMoatevand: Co., M.rs. Dr. Findlay, .£1 Is. each ; Miss "Partridge, 10s. 6d.; Mr. ll.' Plimnier, Mr. -Shortt,- Miss ' Holmes, Mrs. Brandon, ','A Friendj"- : Mrs. M'Whannell, ss.' each; Mrs. Menteath, Mr. M'llraith, "Sympathiser," and Mr. A. Robertson, 2s. 6d. each. Gifts of old linen, etc., have been received from-Mesdames Watsoli; Field, Rand, Pascoej Ryan, Deck, Moorhouso, Hisiop, Erwing, Moulton, Dunlop-Smitli, Ross, Barnard, Dawson, Hacon-Campbell, Cooper, . Whito, Hill, Lewis, Judah : Myers, Patterson, M'Carthy, .Preston, Grey, Macmorran, Wilson, Roe'beck, Nathan, Madeley, Mill, Webb, "A- Friend," Thomson, Riley,' Winder,' Penlington, Blackwood, Stevens, Blundoll, Grunsler,- Povey , Ewen; Dr. E. Gumi, : Kia. Ora Girls' Realm Guild, Terrace Congregational Young Women's Club, and the-Gear Company.: ' ■ ; - ' V'vv

■ There is no cookerv in Europo so often maligned without cause as. that 'of' Italy. People who are not sure their facta often dismiss-it contemptuously as being fall garlic and oil;" whereas very little oil is used, except at Genoa, where- oil—and-very ' good oil, , as a ■ rule —takes,.' the place of buttSr, and no more garlic; than is .necessary , to give a'slight flavour'to the dishes in which it plays a.part—Liout.-Col. NewnharaDavis.

An-air of reserve_.has a wonderful way of attracting - interest. Outsiders are' prone to, think there is so much coucealed By it: Of course,-it. does-not follow that'they will always ■be - rewarded. They, will probably draw a blank-sometimes. But the trouble with those'who build a wall of reserve between them and their follows is that' they are- apt to build it, too thick. Life is at such high pressure with;us that we have not time to delve for the good things the air of reserve may. conceal. There are always so many interesting people witli lesser>walls that one, naturally, hies to them in one's sparo moments. ...