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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 47, 24 February 1934, Page 8

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Women's Privileges. • Senora Elisa dc Garcia Bosell, Nthe iounder and- president of the most influential and important women's society in Peril, is the editor of the illustrated magazine. for women, called '' Universal," states an exchange. It is surprising to hear from Senora Boscll of some of the legal advantages of the Peruvian woman. For instance, she has the right, tp look after her own property if she marries; she has the Tight to be represented in the Upper CounC\ • vOr Labour and Social Welfare, ,wluch is a Governmental body, whose auty.it is to draft laws and regulations on social questions; she can participate in arbitration tribunals for settling disputes between employers and employees; and can also "exercise' the municipal vote. What Senora Eosell did not say was that much of those advantages that her fellow ..countrywomen enjoy are due to her own untirine pioneer efforts to obtain them. To Leave for England. The departure for England of the itev. W. Constable and his wife, the Eov.Wilna, L. Constable, is announced (states an Auckland, message). They have acted as joint ministers of the Auckland Unitarian Church since July, 1929. The Eev. Wilna Constable has the distinction of being the first ordained woman minister to speak in Auckland, although she had been preaching for seven years in Warwick prior to coining to New Zealand. She is vicepresident of the National Council of Women. .The Bey. W. Constable is president of-the Workers' Educational Association and is actively connected with the Little Theatre Society and the British, Drama League. The ministers will-, sail from Auckland on March 22 by the- Monowai, ,their destination ' being London. Their plans after landing have not yet been de cided. .'■ . ..■■"'."'. "-■ Bluid^lndustry. .'■ , .^Blindness has brought to Mr. Eobert Bplam, aged 47, of Boundary Cottage, Dipton, near Stanley, Durham, happiness he. has never'known before, states a correspondent. | Fourteen years ago Mr. Bolam while; acting 'us an..official shot-flrer, was rendered sightless by-an accident. But' that was only the start of a new.life- for him!' He buiit. himself t a workshop: which adjoins his house, and it is here that-he spends the greater part of the day. Mr. Bolam has'tnade a three-valve wireless set and gramophone. In addition he is an. expert mat-maker,, ichair andj table- constructor. Attached to his cottage is a I large plot of land upon which ho-raises produce, goatSj-and; hens; He is iey.er idle, and is always/busy working for himself or his iiieigh-bours. Work,, he says, hasl been his-salvation. ..'. Submerged Fashion Resort^ ::;'. ■; • " The sharp eye of a'Sritish:Royal Air Force pilot ; was Jresponsible :ior what is said to be_ one'of the;.rnbst;iniportant archaeological discoyeriesT <in recent years.; While;flypg.neartNelson Island Group,...Capta:inu"JohttSvT. i >'Cull.' saw something, shaped.\like.a lai-gohorsa-shoo beneath";the clear- MediterraneanHe informed* Princei :Omar; Toussoun, the Egypftair archaeologist/ Swho' sent a' diver down.' It was ascertained that tho- horsesho6'. is niade up ;of columns of marble, and red granite and' the foundations of ancient.i buildings. Experts .believe the ruins.>may;be those, of Canopusi ?a.;fashionably: seaside': resort duririg'tho.'Eornaii;ruie'an;Egyp t'} v:' :-

Queen's';Jewel.^bi|^: :-■>:■ fl .■■■pr.'S:-'^ : Ail jutricateljricarVed jewel scase,niade fr'om;Que>rislandOwalnut,;has-,been mado.ifOrv.ithef.QueOTsland Government asi^jgiftj^for f^e^Ducsiiess of: Yorki'whp, w^n^viiiUiii^^r»i|ui;e house; i^Eoii- \ fgexprossedtasiSnis^en' fc 'M\aX'-£^iit i-< ojof. jQiieetf sifa^r%y ;|Hra^j[)feitHc nnest cabinet; ; she The" incident:;-was";£epor'ted~-i to" ■? "the Queensland Forestry Department,^: and the Government two % or three months agpidecided to ask her acceptance of a jewel case. ; , It is probable that the gift ■will be shown atrt'he ;Sydney; Royal Show and later in Melbourne. Ciookery'Lecture.;l •■>.i:. Vi i .-.' " Miss Eennie, of ■the Home Science' Department, ' Wellington Technical College, will giveia lecture.to the public on Monday evening at 7 o 'clock, vtaking., th a,- bottling, of fruit and making of; preserves as her 'special ..subjects. Miss Reuuio hopes that , now, while fruit is plentiful, all those who would like to learn,good and safe methods of bottling and preserving, will: attend. • Invitations Issued. : . 'v' :; ; Invitations have been issued/ by; the president and memliers; of the New-Zea-land' Newspaper •Prpprietars' Ass(*i a . tion and the members of: the. I New Zealand branch of the Empire Press Union for a, reception, to Le held at the Hotel St. George, on Tuesday 27th, at half- J president and committee of the tTmtanan F ree Church, Wellingtoi r l ib;d»f." tl!':"" i »«'b 's»»i»Bi "Stormy Weather." ;(: ■• ! _.Bitter winds bring furs in to focus Every collarette designed for the W Neck aSa° r n p TS': */' • COnle into ■■^SS.' rf**,* 1? muffled in scarves if an mdmdual' h as no = furs, many of thma neatly under the chin. Son^ seal coats look magnificent with theUgolden glow under the limelight. A new fe too, is on the tapis-Ondatr a %orlpwti .wear-and it looks just as smart 2 the Hudson seal. A coat in -blue tweed accentuated by a leopard collar has the new "stormy .weather" look to lut out m a stifEand stark Janner or wrapover across the front^aSing to the rise and fall of,the barometer ? Famous Mothers. •, . ;By .the death of Lord Thomson's eT\^-^ m ha« Maimed ™ \l aftermath its second woman . victim (sates the "Daily Mail") Its W was the widow of Squadron-Leader-E L. Johnson, who was. navigator of the 8100 dunng: its ' tjvd transatlantic Mights, and then navigator .of the ElOl dunngjits fatal flight towards' India. Mrs. Johnson was unable to. recover from the shock, and, though a younrr' iWoman,' she - died, within two years of the disaster. Mrs. Thomson belonged to a family .which. 'had ; done.great" work in. India, either, as. spldiers or members of the Civil Servlcejfor several generations. ;if Lord Thomson's life had been spared and if, as many predicted he had succeeded Lord Irwin as1 Viedroy' ofvlnclia, Mrs. Thomson1 would have had the rare distinction of being related to tno two most important men in India. For her nephew -is FieldMarshal Sir "William Birdwood, now Master of Peterhouse, v,ho succeeded Lord Eawlinsonas Commandex-in-Chief in India,. . '••". ■ . .; . ■ Fashions in Shorts.;,,. .j. ,: .The American Women's squash team adoptcdj sports fashioug that were studied 'with interest when they arrived in England last month (states the "Daily Telegraph"). Miss Eloanora Sears, their captain, wears white shorts. Miss Margaret Anderson, a pretty fair girl in the New York-team, has stripes down the ,seams of .hers, and "Babe" Bowes,: of ■ Philadelphia,'".wears the most attractive, ones of. all, se%'erely cut with two flatsteel buttons on each side. The Americans wear iong woolly trousers - aver^their. shoxtsr^hile^waitigg^to

play, a good idea for warmth. Miss Anne Page, the secretary, Mrs. Stewart Green, vice-president, Mrs. Lamme, and Mrs. Madeira all wear skirts, and several of them play in berets or • caps, which are not so neat as a hair-ncl. Slow —But Surel That the Burns cult in Scotland is of an enduring • nature" is proved by the fact that by'means of a fund started in 1884 a grand statue of the poet is at last to be erected in Arbroath. When the Arbroath Club was founded half a century ago, the then, president started the fund and each year'it has been increased by voluntary subscriptions from members, till it now totals—with interest— £700. An effort is to be inado to raise the fund to £1000 beforo proceeding with the erection of the memorial. A Chilly Task. Tasting 500 samples of ice. cream in two - days was the chilly task of six men at Olynipia, London, lately. They were the judges in competitions for tho best ice cream ■ sent, to tire fourth National Dairy and Ico Cream Exhibition. To finish their task by the specified time madq it necessary for the judges to sample ica creams at the rate of at least twenty-five per hour! Life-saving Record. .Forty-five vessels were saved from shipwreck or, helped to safety by life, boats belonging, to tho Eoyal National Lifeboat Institution in 1933, and 308 hves.were saved. The number of lives saved was the highest for five years although 1933 was remarkable for the Sf th A™"?, b/ in j?nee °f its summer From April to September—six of thebrightest months^-182. ] ires Vere Australians Too Tall? fn?J"i Jv2 et srelg>srelg> medlcal inspector for the Education Department, in an address to the Medical Congress held in Hobart recently, predicted that the height of Australians would bo hiehlv inconvenient "Aheady," she sa^ i £ yl" S I °£ age ' but ln "cent years twi theij ef\t of Snls of twelve an " thi^een that is surprising."