HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 12, 16 January 1933, Page 11

HERE AND THERE

Princess Learns Deportment. Princess Margaret is learning deport-' ment.. The Duchess of York is sending her, at the. age of two, to a West mil dancing class, where she is being taught rhythmical walking and movement to music, states a correspondent. Princess Margaret has' already attended her first class, and enjoyed herself marching up and down and doing simple exercises with other little boys and girls in time to nursery rhymes ana simple tunes on a . gramophone. The idea of these lessons is to teach children the secrets of good movement and balance at the earliest age, laying the foundations of a graceful carriage and good deportment. Princess: Elizabeth, who' goes everywhere with her little' sister, watches the classes with' the critical eye of an expert, for she is already a good dancer. Trip on Queen's Yacht. A trip to Spitzbergen in a yacht' ■which formerly belonged to Queen Alexandra was made some years ago by Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Kerr, of Sydney, who arrived at "Wellington by the Wanganella to-day. In an interview with a "Post" representative, Dr. Kerr said .that the yacht was now owned by a Swedish firm which charged exorbitant fares for passages in it.. The cabin' formerly occupied by Queen Alexandra cost £130, and the price olmost of the other cabins was in the vicinity of £90: Nuhaka Women's Institute. _ The annual picnic organised by the Nuhaka Women's Institute was held at Opoutania, the day being bright and" the conditions ideal- for swimming. Members and their children were conveyed by bus to the beach in the mornJlS> and a haPP y day was spent by all. Ihe children enjoyed games until lunch time, and during the afternoon races, were run, in which they all joined. Visitors from the Opoutama Institutewere present, among whom were Mrs. Johnstone (president), Mrs. and Miss Foster, and Mrs. A. Harare (secretary). The Institute Committee appreciate the help given by all the members toward the success of the picnic. A sixpenny surprise packet "bring and buy" caused quite a lot of amusement. Farewell. Among the passengers by the lonic, which left for Southampton last week were .Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Slundell, of Island Bay, who are returning to Ensland after several years' residence in the Dominion. Last week the members of the Island Bay branches of the League 'of Mothers and Baptist Women's Missionary Union met Mrs Blundell to wish her bon voyage. During her residence at the Bay Mrs. Blundell was closely associated with the women's organisations, She was the recipient of_ many tokens of esteem from her i friends, and general Tegret was ex-1 pressed at her departure. onemployed Women in Cnristchurch. ' ■. ; The Women's Unemployment Committee in Christchurch had a very busy time in the holidays. They supplied 837 meals to necessitous cases,-449 to the staff, 388 to outsiders, and 830 whole dinners to needy families. They made and distributed a great number of plum puddings, and numbers of- hampers containing ham, peas, potatoes, mince, pies, tomatoes, almonds and raisins, and chocolate were delivered, to unemployed girls. The sewing committee was re-i sponsiblo for 104 articles of clothing

made for the needy, ones, and a great number of repairs were done, while parcels of clothing were sent to a number of ' families. Gifts of fruit and jam jars meant that a great deal of good home-made jam. had been at the disposal of the committee. Certificates of merit in the cookery examinations were presented by a "well-known firm, and had given much pleasure. Three of the trainees received 70 per cent, of marks, and quite a number gained 60 per cent! The last register showed 161. unemployed. "-. " • "..-'-.■■ Dr. Beatrice Bdgell. . For the first time in its history, the psychological section of the British Association is this year to have a woman president, states a. London writer. That honour -has fallen to a London woman, Dr. Beatrice Edgell, university professor of psychology, Bedford College. As a girl she went to Notting Hill High School, and later she studied at Aberystwyth and Wurzberg, Bavaria. Several other women are giving papers in this section, including Miss L. G. Fildes, who will, speak on the relation" between educational backwardness and "behaviour difficulties in children. Enter Madame.. ,-.'... .■}._ ".-... '". China sees its Government hinging,' apparently, upon the wits of a woman. Wang Ching-wei, civilian head who resigned in protest against Marshal Chang Hsiao-liang, will not see pleaders who come from Nanking and Hankow (states a . correspondent). But Madame Wang soes them all. Herself an accomplished politician, she' is expected to get assent to all her husband's demands before he appears and graciously agrees to resume his - im-' portant post. " China is a pendulum, swinging between earth's oldest institutions and its newest. Ancient- war lords disagree, distrust,• disrupt," and then—enter "Madame. Obituary. Mrs. Agnes Mcßean, an old and. respected resident of Wellington, passed away at the age of 74 at her residence, 11, Scarborough terrace, recently. She arrived from. Strathmingle, Scotland^ on the. 22nd January, 1863, and .was predeceased by her huaband, Mr, Donald Meßean; twenty-six years ago. The late Mr. Mcßean was at one time foreman of Messrs. Lukes, engineers, of Wellington j he was also a prominent member of St.' John's Presbyterian Church, being on the board of managers. Mr. James Mcßean, for many years committee clerk to the Wellington City Council, who died in 191,8, was a con of Mr. and Mrs, Donald Mcßean.

The late Mrs. Meßean wa& a keen member of the Early Settlers' Association. Members of the family are: Mr. Donald Meßean, second engineer, t.s.s. Wahinc; Mrs. H. -H. Price, Wellington; Mrs. M. S. Galloway, Khandallah; Mrs. O. G. Smith, Miramar; and Mr: Norman Meßean. The funeral services were performed by the Eev. James Baird, of the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church (of which Mrs. Meßean was a member), the pall-bearers being Messrs. Donald' Meßean, M. S. Galloway E. Price, and Gordon Meßean.