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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 9

The Baby Coronation, which takes place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, will be a very pretty sight. The little one chosen to be "Her Majesty" is Edith Sawkins, only eight months old, and the daughter of a Naval Reserve man who went to the front with the Main Expeditionary Force. Mrs. Sawkins has received news that her husband is among the wounded at Cairo Hospital. The little queen was chosen as a compliment to the women of New Zealand, whose husbands are fighting for the Empire. A dress rehearsal will take place to-morrow, when sixty children will take part. The queen's bodyguard will be provided by the Boy Scouts. Tho insignia of royalty will be carried on a white satin cushion, followed by four throne-bearers, the Lady High Chancellor, heralds, and maids of honour. After the Coronation, a "command" performance will take place, in which the following children will take part : — Misses Eunice Watt. Evelyn and Irene Marsh, Lina Ilickey, Rita M'Gee, and Masters Harris and Winston M'Carthy. A large number of people usually purchase flowers on Saturday, and they are asked to look out for the street flowersellers this week, as a special effort is being made to make a good sum for the Wounded Soldiers Fund. The Tramway boys a,nd their friends are endeavouring to collect flowers and ferns and pot plants, all of which will be sold very reasonably. The Carnival Committee has wisely decided not to extend the time, so it is hoped that the citizens will try to make ! Saturday a record day in the way of contributions. At the Wellington Synagogue Mr. Morris /Domb, third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Domb, of Wellington, was married to Miss "Violet, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Lyons, Stafford, Westland. The bride wore a navy blue costume, black hat with a lancer plume, and carried a bouquet of fresias and jonquills. She was attended to by two bridesmaids. Miss Dover and Miss Domb, the former wore a navy blue costume and black velvet hat, and carried a bouquet o£ chrysanthemums- Miss Domb wore a white embroidered froak and also carried a bouquet of chrysanthemums. The presents included a silver tea service pi^sented to the bridegroom by the members of the Jewish Club, Wellington. '"Women and Their Work" is the name of an exhibition lately opened in London. The two-fold object of the organisers wa-s to present a view of every phase of women's work, and to give women new ideas of earning a livelihood. Thousands of women have come forward to take the places of men who have gone to the war. but it is realised that many must be displaced when the men return, and also much of the work they are doing is quite unsuitable for a permanency. The exhibition aims at showing wha.t women have already accomplished in such callings as agriculture, horticulture, photogiaphy, hand-weaving, enamel work, hanrlwrouglifc jewellery, sculpture, and alabaster work, the manufacture of homemade sweets, and the cutting of jig-saw puzzles. Helpful demonstrations and lectures were given each day and various entertainments by women. Denmark appears to have "gone one better " than New Zealand in the matter of women's franchise, as an exchange says :—": — " News was lately received in London that the Danish Parliament has adopted its new Constitution, by which all sex privileges are extended and women have the right to vote and stand for Parliament."' Swedish women have had these privileges for some time, and apparently her near neighbour considers the experiment successful. A scheme which came in for a good deal of fun in the different papers in London was inaugurated some time ago by Lady Bushman to create o fleet of " named " ambulances for the front bearing the Christian names of tho women who subscribed for it. Thus " Lauras "' sent in to the Laura car "Joans'' to theirs, etc. Some 95C0 subscribers contributed a total of yiO,u^u, which will provide in all twen-ty-two ambulances and leave a small margin for running expenses. Orders for these ambulances have been placed, and it is hoped they will be completed by the end of May. Miss B. E. Dormer Maunder, formerly of Rangitikei, has received the Cross of the Order of Leopold in recognition of her services in the hospitals for wounded British and Belgian soldiers. Since Christmas she has been general directress oi' the Hospital at Rouen. The decoration was presented to Miss Maunder by General de Selliers de Moranville, Inspector-General of the Belgian Army. The patriotic tableaux arranged by the Misses Holm, which take place this evening in the large Town Hall, will be well worth seeing. Two hundred children will take part in dresses representing the Allied countries. There will be national dances and songs. Mrs. Kennedy will sing "Britons All" with a chorus of children, ?ir. Clarkson "Rule Britannia," and Master Rodney Pankhurst several solos. Some of the best winning items from the late competitions will also be given. Altogether a most interesting programme is promised, and should be well patronised, as the entertainment is in aid of the Wounded Soldiers Fund. Visitors staying at the Albert Hotel are: — Mr. and Mrs. D. Thomas (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs. .Freeborn Parsons and Miss Parsons (Kaikov.ra), and Mr. and Mrs. P. Mills (Clnistchurch). Mrs. Allen and Miss Johnston (Gisbonie), Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence (Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs. Hunter (Wyndham), Misses Eaton and Rosewarne (Canterbury), Mr. and Mrs. Aridge (Wanganui), Miss Dane (Sydney), are staying at the Empire Hotel. Sister E. Brooke, who has been at the Military Hospital, Samoa, since the beginning of the war. is returning by the Atua in a few day's to sail with the Hospital Ship. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hill (Rotorua), Mrs. Adams (Auckland), Rev. and Mrs. Ford Hutchison, are staying at the Empire Hotel. Women and girls in Canada have been facing a much more difficult problem than we have had to solve, says a, Sydney paper. Unemployment in the Dominion has been a. severe proposition, and it does mot look as if things would be any better for some time. Domestic servants have had their wages lowered owing to the war, and in many other spheres women and girls have been thrown out of work for the same cause. The glut in the domestic ' servants' supply is caused by the many employeis who have had to reduce their household staffs, aaid also to tho fact that women from other employments are crowding into the registry office. One Canadian newspaper says that " girls have had to work for their board this winter, pnd wages art much lower than in tho previous threo years. Later, Canada will no doubt have increased trade, but at £rasjutu.tiiimirA_c6uld jiqJL .waU h£Ljmr«e

than they are," This ie very different to the state of affairs* in New Zealand, judging from the laet report from the Women's Branch of the Labour Bureau, and also from the experiences of the registry offices. It is proving a difficult task to deal with all the applications sent in for appointment to the women police section which it is proposed to establish at once in connection with the New South Wales Police Force (writes The Poet's Sydney correspondent). In fact, the superabundance of applications is said to be causing the authorities to consider whether, | in place of the experimental appointment of threo women "policemen" for the city of Sydney, a much more substantial number of women shall not be put on in the places of the proportion of the men police who have enlisted for service at the front. The New South Wales Chief Secretary.. Mr. Black, who is responsible for the innovation here, is receiving requests from the authorities in the other States for details of his scheme, and it is said that South Australia will shortly follow the New South Wales example. The matter of a. suitable uniform is stated to be a trying one, and it is rather unkindly suggested that Mr. Black made a hopeless mistake when be astfed a little committee of ladiee to agree as to what would be both useful aaid becoming for the female members of the force. Amongst the guests at the Occidental Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Atkins- (Feilding), Mr. and Mrs. Brown (Feilding), Mr. and Mis. Porteous, Mr. and Mrs. Fox, Mr. and Mre. Gordon Coates (Kaipaxa.). The doll competition in connection with the Doll Stall at tho Town Hall bazaar was closed on Saturday, and the dolls were judged by Madame Bonomi and one of the St. John Ambulance nurses. The first prize, given by Her Excellency Lady Liverpool, was awarded to Miss Sunnersley, of Island Bay, and the second, given by Lady Ward, went to Miss Bertha Morris. A special prize was given to Mrs. Cameron. A doll, dressed in pale blue satin and swansdown by Miss Hard, was highly commended, but was, unfortunately, stolen from the stall during the evening, the sneak-thief being in evidence even on such an occasion. A special feature of the stall was the Hospital, made and beautifully arranged by Mrs. Rolfe. The prize dolls are to be raffled, and can be seen in Mrs. Stamford's window, in Cuba-street. The Hospital is to be raffled also, and tickets for either can be obtained from Mrs. Rolfe or Mrs. Stamford.