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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1931, Page 15

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' Pctone Plunket Society. The report.given at the.. monthly ■ meeting of the Petono Plunket Society ; showed that Visits to the rooms during "the. month ...had., numbered: ■■. : 337 J (adults), 214 (■babies)i!.-3!) .(older children^ total-586.. The/amount placed-in the collecting box at the official opening of "the newsrooms was £3.115. This has been added to the furnishing fund. Mrs.: Kirk presided at tho meeting, and there was a good attendance of ihem-: bers. ' The Alexandra Home. The matron's report given at the monthly meeting of the Alexandra Home Committee stated that there were 30 adults and 26 infants in the home, and that there had been 40 confinements and four district cases had been attended. There were 220 attendances at tho ante-natal clinic. Citizens' Day Nursery. Mrs. Frazer presided at tho monthly meeting of the committee of tho- Citizens' l)ay Nursery, opening the proceedings By making feeling reference^ to the passing of- tho-late Mr. JvVJ?{ Firth,', C.M.&.> Members, stood*': ini'j'-siK once-as a mark, of ..-^sympathy1 andy'ren spcct.for Mrs. Firth in her grea£ loss, a losa not only to liis friends, but to the whole country. Lady Luke and other members spoke of -Mr. Firth's goodness to the institution, shown in tho most practical way. In spite of hard times aud. unemployment, the nursery work goes on quietly, the matron . and staff performing wonders in economical ac'lministratiori. Members agreed to attend the party given in honour of Miss Amy Kane, who had done good service to the nursery many times. Croquet at Newtown. Tho Newtown Croquet Club recently closed tho 1930-31 season, when, a good representative number of members was present. The trophies usually contested for this season were dispensed with, all funds for these being diverted to the Napier Earthquake "Belief Fund. A competition afternoon was arranged. Miss Petersen donated the prizes, one also being given by Mrs. Fabian. Votes of thanks were tendered to the officers of the club—Mrs. Booth (captain), Mrs. Press (vice-captain), Miss Mitchieson (secretary), and Mrs. Kae (treasurer). Special thanks -were tendered to Miss Petersen for the prizes and interest taken in the club at all times. Prizes were won as follow:—Golf, Mrs. Loasby; French, Mrs. Meek; peg, Mrs. Fabian; numbers, Mrs. Vine; angles, Mrs. Lestrange; ball on peg, Mrs. Henderson; butterfly hunt, Mrs. Mark Smith; ladder, Mrs. Mackenzie; thero and back, Mrs. Johnson. Woman Stag-Hunter. Because she believes stag-hunting is a healthy sport without cruolty and should not bo allowed to die out, Mrs. Wimbush, of Triscombc House, Bagborough, Somerset, has consented to be the first woman master of the Quantock staghounds (states the "Daily Mail.") She succeeds Sir Dennis Boles, master since he revived the pack in 1917, who has resigned on account of the. burden, of taxation. ". Mrs. Wimbush will not. join the field herself.. She said: "I am too old to hunt.: I have not ridden a horse since I was a-girl, but I am •very proud to have been offered the mastership. I have undertaken the position because it will ensure tho deer being treated without cruolty. If the hounds aro not kept up, the deer will be shot by poachers, and many people will be thrown out of work." Mr. Harold Worrall will assist Mrs. Wimbush as field master of tho hunt. Florence Nightingale Belie. Tarnished and cra'ckc.7. by years in a museum, the carriage Florence Nightingale used in the Crimean War has been given a place of honour in St. Thomas' Hospital, London. It was at St. Thomas' that the "Lady with the Lamp" started her training school for nurses after the war. The carriage is ton feet long, five feet wide, and about eight feet high. League of Mothers. Tho Brooklyn Branch..of the League of Mothers held its monthly meeting, when a large number of members and friends listened with much interest to an address by Miss M. M'Lean, C.8.E., on "Ourselves aad Some Notable Women." The speaker mentioned some who had given and wcro giving their all in tho service of humanity., and urged those- present to fit themselves by leading and other means of education to fake their part in national and social work. At the close of the tidilrnss Mrs. Goring expressed Hie keen

appreciation of the inc-moors to Jsliss M'Lean. New members of the league were welcomed, and afternoon tea was served, during which Mr. John Bishop attended and spoke of tho aims and objects of the Juvenile Concert League. The singing of the National Anthem brought to a close a very enjoyable and instructive afternoon. At tilt? next meeting all are looking forward to a visit from Miss Eileen Russell. Residential Nursery. Mrs. L. 0. 11. Tripp presided at a meeting of the executive of the Women's National Reservo Residential Nursery, Owen street. Tho matron's report stated that March bad been an exceedingly busy month, there being many inmates. Her Excellency Lady Bledisloe paid a visit to the nursery, this being «. great pleasure. Misses Bennett and Gentry were specially tluuiked for their voluntary assistance at the nursery. A meeting of the Management Committee of the Residential Nursery followed, Mrs. Alf. Gibbons presiding over a good attendance.