SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3073, 8 May 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Motor Ambulance Fund For Dr. Asnes Bennett. In her letter to the secretary of the l inneoc -Club, in which she asks whether it would not bo possiblo for a 'Mtor ambulance to bo sent from New Zealand to assist in her work among tho_Serbians, Dr. Appies Bennett acknowlcdKos receipt of the sum of £14 which had been sent her during tho past year from club members. Yet another sum was forwarded her on behalf of Pioneer Club niembors, that of £31 17s. 6d., tho result of an evening civen by the Kelburn loaders, and Mrs. D. C. .Bates's evening at tho Pioneer Club, making in all a sum of £'15 17s. 6d.- As the result of further efforts _ that havo since been made there is in the bank .it Ihe present time an amount of £33 135., which it is proposed should bo the' nucleus of the amount which it is hoped can be raised to purchase a motor ambulance for Dr. Bennett in her work among tho suffering Serbians. Contributions to this fund, if sont to the secretary of tho Pioneer Club, will be very gladly received. On Mny 23 the Victoria 'League Concert Tarty is giving an entertainment, and on the afternoon of the same clay there will be a sain of work, the proceeds of which will be devoted to this motor ambulance fund: Meeting of Liverpool Committee A meeting of the Mayoress's Committee of the Countess of Liverpool Fund was held yesterday morning. Present were Mrs. Luke (president), Mesdames Crawi'ord', ITindlay, Nathan, Asheuden, Townsencl, Tripe, Myers, Tripp, and Murphy. An apology was received from Mrs. Barltrop. Ttio arrangements made with tho Government to renew the contract for holdalls and Tiousewives for six months from tho end of June was confirmed by the committee. It was decided to add tho following ladies to the committee: Mesdames It. Smith, JFordhnm, Brice, Yeats, and Laing. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. W. R, Kock, engraver, for his kindness in making stencils and repairing same from timo to time, and also to Messrs. Cook and Cook, boxmakers, for their donation of cases for 'packing parcels. An executive committee was formed, consisting of the' Mayoress, secretary, and trea-. surer, Mrs. Tripp, and Mrs. Townsend.

Mrs. Green and Mrs. Kirchcr, of Seatoun, will havo charge of tho Woodward Street R-ed Cross shop on Wednesday, and will have a good supply of cakes, Russian toffee, "and flowers. The mafriago of Miss Doris Baldwin, daughter of Dr. Pearce' Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin, of.Rarotonga, to Mr. Russell, of Christchurch, took place at St. Sepulchro'e, Auckland. Mrs. F. Riddiford and her daughter, Mrs. H. F. Arkwright, left Christchurch on Saturday on their return to Marton. Mademoiselle Charboneau is spending a fow days in Palmerstou North before rotuming to her home in Noumea. Sister Lewis, of Otaki, who is again leaving on service abroad, was entertained by a number of Maoris last week. Mrs. It. Quilliam (New Plymouth), has come to Wellington to meet her husband, Lieut. Quilliam, a returning soldier from the front. Mrs. Austin Bewley (New Plymouth) has come to Wellington to be near her husband, who has gone into camp. Miss E. Bayly (New Plymouth) comes to Wellington this week to join her eister, Mrs. M'Naughton Christie, who has been living in Dunedin for the past three months, where Dr. Ohristio has been stationed. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Rutherford (Canterbury) have been spending somo days in Auckland.

Tho death of Sister M. Raymond, Provincial of the Ordor of the Sisters of_ St. Joseph, who wa6 born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1854, took place on Friday, states the Auckland "Star." She joined the Educational Order of tho Sisters of St. Joseph in that city, and hero • entered the Novitiate. After the nsual course of training Sister Raymond laboured 'in the schools of South Australia for some years. In 1883 the late Rev. Father Fauvel, S.M., whilst on a visit to Sydney, heard of the young Australian Order; which was destined to do so much good in the cause of Catholic education, and, becoming deeply interested in the aims and aspirations of this young Ordor, approached the foundress, tho late venerated Mother Mary of the Cross, with a view to secure a community of Sisters for New Zealand. As the result of this interview a littlo band of Sisters, among whom was Sister M. Raymond, arrived in April, 1883, at Temuka, where was established the first convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph in New Zealand. After labouring zealously for a number of years, Sister Raymond was in 1897 appointed Provincial. Later sho was transferred to St. Benedict's Convent, -Auckland, whero for tho past 16 years sho laboured untiringly in the interests of Catholic education.

Tho Plunket Society (Christchurch) is going to hold a "Savo tho Babies AVeek," and the timo selected is tho first week iii July, when the effort will be contemporaneous with the great movement in tho Old Country initiated by Mr. Lloyd George. At the annual meeting held recently the need for a children's hospital was stressed, and tho society has laid upon itself tho task of raising funds for this very desirable institution.

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