WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2702, 23 February 1916, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

continued from Pago 2.) Petone Queen Carnival. In connection with the Petone Easter Queen Carnival, Councillor Cox intends to suggest to tho committee that tho number of candidates should bo limited to ten, and that cacli one shall represent 0110 section jf tho Reinforcements sent from New Zealand to the front. Sale of Werft. At the Petone Church of Christ yesterday afternoon the annual sale of work was opened by tho Mayor of Petone (Mr. J. W. M'Ew.in)'. The chapel has been gaily decorated with flags .and evergreens, and there is a largo display of plain and fancy sowing, and a sweets and produce stall. The stallholders are as follow:—Mesdames Ashby, Crump, Batteriby, Murgatrovd, Verity, Leibozeit, Clout, and Miss Battcrsby. Tho salo will be continued this afternoon, and will conchide with a conccrt this evening, a ~no programme haying been arranged by tho South Wellington Choir. Women's New Labours, A very great increase in the lists of (vomon medical and dental students ia to bo observed since the war (states a l<ondon writer). JJut some of the mosl valuable and leaßt noticed work accomplKiioa has been that ot the scientiho yeomen who have laboured unceasingly iu tile laboratories, making anti-toxins and synthetic drugs. Iu some puts ol the country, too, women havo takuil ill) herb-growing on a business basis to supply druggists with the medicinal simple*; formerly obtained from the gardens of the enemy. l'rom the popular point of view, certainly tho most striking of women's new activities is their munition-making, ihousands upon thousands are already employed in this work, yet a fortnight ago Mr. Lloyd George announced that 90,00p more skilled and 300,000 more unskilled workers would be needed iu the pre&ent year—of these it is estimated that the vast majority are liualy to be women. 0110 notes that women seem to have shown espccial aptitude in aeroplane work, in ail departments, iioin those "which deal with .the intricate mathematical problems arising out of specifications to thoso where the work of proofing and stitching 6ails is done, feminine heads and hands are engaged. At one of the. gramophone company's works, where this branch of munitionmaking is now in progress, no fewar than 700 girls aro employed. A notable development of the year has been tho promise that a "woman assessor shall be appointed to every Munitions Court in which women or girls are heard.

Mrs. M. Knudsen, who went to Egypt as a member of the Volunteer Sisterhood, cabled from Cairo to her son in Christchurch last Saturday stating that she is employed in tho Giza Hospital and well. Mr. Knudsen asked that tho Midhuist people, whoso representative she is nnder the scheme of subscriptions to. tho Sisterhood, should be advised of tlie position.

Sirs. F. Neville and Miss Cargill returned to Feilding on Monday from a visit to Wellington.

Tlio marriage took place ill St. John's Church, Danuevirke. last week of Miss Ivy Strong, daughter of Mr. E. W. Strong, of Dannevirke, to Mr. Charles Hawkins, of Wellington, late of Blakeney, Norfolk, England. Tho bride was away by her father (who is leaving shortly on active service), and was attended, by her sisters, Miss Violet Strong ana little Miss Edie Strong.'

Dr. J. A. Cowie, of Masterton, and Dr. Helen Cowie aro expected to return from their visit to England towards the end of March.