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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 13

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Victoria Hospital. A very enjoyable concert was given recently in the women's ward at Victorial Hospital by tho Toe H. League of Women Helpers. Items were contributed by Miss Johnston, Miss Webb, Miss Harris and Mr. Frank Stanley, Miss Iris Mason, Mr. Seth Harris, Miss Coy, Mr. Kitchener,' and Miss Shirley. Miss "" orothy Quinton was chairwoman. A vote of thanks was passed by the patients to the entertainers for the pleasant evening • they had provided. A Request. The District Nursing Guild of St. John will be very glad to receive a verandah blind of some description (states a member). They have a very sick patient who has been bedridden for some years in a small room. Lately the nurses have moved her to a room fronted by a verandah, and if they could get a blind they would be able to place the patient on the verandah on fine days which would be, indeed, a godsend to a very sick woman. A gift of this kind would be very acceptable if sent to the surgery, 106, Courtenay place. Lantern Lecture. A very interesting lantern lecture on the Channel Islands was given in St. Mark's Schoolroom by Mr. G. W. Barltrop. A map of the islands, which originally were part of Normandy, was shown, together with various slides of Jersey and Guernsey. Mr. Barltrop described the government of Jersey, with its many very old and quaint laws and customs. The culture of Jersey cows was described with accompaning slides. Views of Guernsey and beautiful Sari, and a final slide of the Casquets, with its lighthouse, concluded the lecture. A hearty vote of thanks was proposed by the Rev. H. E. K. Fry. Obituary. The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hoskins took place at Dannevirke Hospital recently, removing from active service a well-known member of the Salvation Army, a fine social worker whose activities have been spread over a number of years. As Miss Redman, Mrs. Hoskins came out to New Zealand with her parents in the early 'sixties when the Gabriel Gully goldfields were first attracting attention. Her first connection with' Dannevirke was as Captain Redman, when she took charge of the Salvation Army Corps there, about thirty years ago. When visiting Australia she. met Mr. A. R. Hoskins at Broken Hill, and they - were married there, returning to New Zealand several years later. Mrs. Hoskins ■ was honorary Child Welfare Officer in the Dannevirke district, and. there aro many who owe her a debt of gratitude for wonderful and consistent kindness shown. Mrs. Hoskins was associated with Mr, Alan Anderson in the Band of Hope work, and was privately kind and helpful to many people.: She is survived by her husband, and four of a family—one daughter, Miss Mavis Host kins, and three sons,. Messrs. Frank. (Dannevirke), Aubrey (Northern Rhodesia), and Nelson (Petone). To them in their bereavement will be extended a very widespread sympathy. Victoria League Party. There was a large gathering of members of the Victoria League at the Pioneer Club this morning when a fare-, well tea party was given in honour of' Mrs. Phillips-Turner (who is leaving Wellington for Hamilton.) and Mrs. J. A. Doctor (who will represent the league at the annual meeting held in London). The reception room was charmingly decorated with yellowtinted flowws and hydrangeas, and a delicious tea was served. Lady Buckleton voiced the good wishes of all to both ladies. Mrs, Phillips-Turner, she said, was always a worker, not only for the league (though her work on , the executive had been' excellent),'but on the committees of a number of .other societies. She felt that in Hamilton she would be welcomed warmly, and there would be plenty of opportunities for her kindly and efficient help. Mrs. Doctor, who was also a member of the committee, would be much missed, but they were fortunate in knowing that she would return to Wellington. "Bon voyage and a safe return" was the wish of all to her. They were glad to know that she would again represent the Wellington League in London, and would be associated with Mrß. James Mackenzie, who was also in London, and was willing to be a representative^ having been- one of the foundation ■members of the league in Wellington. Mrs. Phillips-Turner, in reply, thanked all for their kindness, and said that, speaking personally, she could assure those present of the great value of the league to members in England. Her son had had the greatest kindness shown him through its agency, and had made some of the pleasantest friends of his life. He had paid most hearty tributes to the league while away. Mrs. Doctor also spoke of the benefits received while in England, as she had had many opportunities given her of meeting interesting people, and going to delightful places, all through the agency of the Victoria League. Beautiful posies were presented to each lady, and cordial farewells ■ were expressed by. all. Death of Woman M.P. - Dr. Ethel Bentham, Socialist M.P. for East Islington, who died recently in London, aged 70 years, was for many years one of the leaders of the feminist movement. She was born in London, but spent her youth in Dublin, and studied medicine first there and afterwards in London, Brussels, - and Paris, graduating M.D. in the London University. She started practice at Newcastle on Tyne, but later removed to London. She was a life-long Socialist and a strong supporter of the women's . suffrage agitation. She sat for thirteen years on, the Kensington Borough Council, and as soon as women were made eligible she was appointed a Justice of the Peace. Her medical experience enabled her to do effective work in connection with National Health insurance, juvenile courts, and the administration of the lunacy law. The M'Donald Memorial Children's Clinic was fo,unded at her instance, and she remained till her death its consulting medical officer. Since 1919, with short intervals, she had served on the national executive committee of the Labour Party; but she did not enter

Parliament till 1929, when she was elected for East Islington .at • the fourth attempt. In the House of Commons she spoke on mining matters, of which she had acquired some knowledge from her Newcastlo practice; but her main interests remained feministic. Sho introduced a Bill to preserve the nationality of English women married to aliens, and obtained a second reading.

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