TEA AT KARITANE

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 105, 31 October 1933, Page 13

TEA AT KARITANE

THREE HUNDRED GUESTS

HER EXCELLENCY PRESENT

Karitano nurses in trim blue uniforms made a charming guard of honour for her' Excellency Lady Bledisloe when she visited the hospital ■ yesterday afternoon. Nearly three' hundred members of suburban and coastal town committees were present as the guests of the Wellington central committee of the Plunket Society. . ■ Her Excellency wore a spring green frock under a squirrel coat and a turban hat of tucked green velvet. She was aecompanifld by Miss Diana Harris, who wore a frock and small hat of cherry lainage and a brown fur coat. Her Excellency was received by Mrs. Tythe Brown (president of the Wellington Plunket Society) and Miss. Clark (matron of the Karitane Hospital). In a short happy speech, Mrs. Tythe Brown welcomed her Excellency and Miss. Elsmie Ward (secretary of the: Wellington Elunket Society). She then presented the presidents and secretaries of visiting committees. . A tour of the wards and living-rooms, which were bright with flowers, followed, and each of the sisters and nurses was in turn presented to Lady Bledisloe. Tea was served in the sitting-room, where golden Iceland poppies made vivid decorations. ■ Before leaving, her Excellency, accompanied by Sir Truby King, visited the gardens. • : Mrs. Tythe Brown wore an ensemble of black lace and georgette and a wide-brimmed black straw hat. Miss Elsmie Ward wore an elephant crepe ensemble of hazel-nut brown and a hat of brown and cream. Dr. Platts-Mills (first president of the Wellington Plunket Society), who was also present, wore a black sealskin' coat and a black felt hat. ■■ ■ . . • Presidents ' and secretaries of suburban committees who were present included Mrs: C. E. Richardson, Mrs. Luke, Mrs. Hope Gibbons, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Hall, Miss Barnett, and Miss Cameron (Wellington^ vice-presidents); Mrs. H. R. Wright, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Ralph .(Brooklyn); Mrs. Jowett and Mrs. Girdlestone. (Eastbourne); Mrs. Woodhead, Mrs. Carswell, and Mrs. Dunlop (Hataitai); Mrs. Emerson and Mrs. Bartleet (Island Bay); Mrs. Jack and Mrs: Rowland (Karori); Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. Thomas (Kelburn); Mrs. Gray (Khandallah); Lady Armstrong, Mrs. Houston, and Mrs. Nees (Kil: birnie); Mrs. . Macmillan, Mrs. Prescott, and Mrs. Paterson (Miramar); Mrs. McNab (Ngaio); Mrs. T. Wright and Mrs. L. G. Brown (Seatoun); Mrs. Litchfield and Mrs. Ongley (Wadestown); Mrs. Binet Brown and Mrs. Tonks (Wellington South); Mrs. Gray, Mrs.. Hassell, Mrs.. Vella, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Larsen, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Hook (coastal towns).