HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Issue 12, 14 July 1936, Page 15

HERE AND THERE

Farewell Party

A farewell party, arranged by the committee of the" Island Bay-Berham-pore branch of the League of Mothers, was given in honour of Mrs. Hindmarsh (retiring president) prior to her departure for England. It • was held at the residence of Mrs. E. Williamson, Island Bay. Each lady brought a small gift, "wanted on the voyage," and later a competition was held guess- | ing the contents of the parcels, Mrs. IH. Lunn arranged the programme, which consisted of games, competitions, two vocal solos by Mrs. P. N. Williams, and a musical competition by Mrs. H. Cook. All committee members were present and. a bright and enjoyable evening was spent. Hataitai R.S.A. Dance. The Hataitai returned soldiers' dance, which will be held tomorrow evening in the Realm Hall, Hataitai, promises to be a very successful function, and all those who attend are assured of a very enjoyable evening. ■ Social and Dance. I A most enjoyable social evening and dance was held at Te Aro School recently. Musical items and songs were given by Mrs. Childs and Messrs*. Childs, Williams, and Homann. ing the supper interval the headmaster, Mr. Willmott, spoke on the welfare of the school, and Mr. MeNamara, chairman of the school committee, also addressed the meeting. A telegram was read from the Hon. P. Fraser, Minister of Education. At the conclusion the chairman, Mr. Vincent, proposed three cheers for the convener, Mr. Chirm, and stated, in response to numerous requests, that the social would foe repeated once a month, the proceeds being in aid of the Te Aro School's sports and picnic fund. Leaving for England. A very successful bridge party was given by Mrs. Ken Wiggins at her home in Hautana Square, Lower Hutt, yesterday afternoon^ the guests of honour being Mrs, Er- W.. Meek and Mrs. Wellsted, who .will leave shortly by the Ruahine for England.' ■ Tea was served in a room charmingly decorated with early spring flowers. Mrs. McKenzie gave two items, which were much appreciated by the many guests, among whom were Mesdames Millard, Crump, Bishop, E. Rothwell, Lund, Aim, Hanson, Hellier, Livingston, and Welke. Nursing Guild of St. John. Many members of the committee of the District Nursing, Guild of St..John attended the meeting- which . took place recently in the guild rooms, Vivian Street. Mrs. Osborn presided. Sister Collins reported on. cases attended during the month as follows: —Patients admitted 30, discharged 21, visits to homes 452, patients to surgery 173, sent to hospital 2, died 1. The committee expressed : thanks to the following for donations: Miss E. Young, Busy Bee Club, Miss E. M. -Lewis, Khandayah Sick Poor Guild, Mrs. G. Barltrop, Anon., Mrs., C. Dick, Mrs. H.S., Miss IX Moore, Miss Evans, Mrs. Joliffe, Miss Benbow, Mrs. Horace Smith, Mrs. W. Mantell, Mrs. A. Weir, Miss E. A. Wilson, Miss E. Wallace, Miss M. Eves, Mrs. Osborn, Mrs. Jack. It was reported that there had been a good response to the appeal • for coal, the following being further donations: Miss Evans (£>l), Wellington Municipal Croquet Club, trampers' section (£1 ss), Anon. (£5), E.W. (10s), A Friend (10s), Mrs. ES.-(£2), Mrs., C. J. B. Norwood (£5), Mrs.-J.J.R. ,iC£3), Mrs. M. F. Baker (10s), M:S.J.: (tOs), Miss: McColl (£ 1), Mrs: Ay Weir (£1)." The committee thanked the drivers for the month, who were Mesdames Luke, Lauchlan, Campbell, Wiren, and Misses Barry and Evans. "Pack to the Xand." "The problem of bringing children back to the land is one,of the biggest that we have to meet," said Miss E. Kellogg, one of the party of; visiting, teachers from Hawaii. Although the islands were pirmarily concerned with agriculture, too many of the young native people were being absorbed into "white-colour" jobs. As a result, special departments had been created in the schools for the teaching of agriculture, and particularly such branches as hog and chicken raising. Girls were taught very many things that would be of use in the home. Itwas; hoped by these means to create a different attitude towards agriculture. '-' '.■■■'• ■■ ■ ■ ■■; ..-:. -.. ••'-." ' ■..■ ; ■ Exchange Teachers. .'■-■" A hope that there might be more exhanges of teachers and students between Hawaii and New Zealand was expressed by Miss E. Kellogg, one of | the party of American women teachers ] from Hawaii, during the course of a talk to the Wellington Travel Club last night Miss Kellogg said that in the last few years there had been exchanges between Hawaii and United States, Canada, and England. So far,, however, there had been no exchange between the university arid schools of Hawaii and New Zealand. Women and Gardens. . ' A description of the fine work being done by a women's organisation in Hawaii, the "Outside Circle," to make Honolulu a garden city was given by Miss E. Vogel, one of the party of visiting . American teachers from Hawaii, during a talk to the Travel Club last night. The circle, she said, had obtained flowering trees from all over the world and had planted them for shade about the streets of Honolulu. Thousands of varieties of beautiful flowering trees had been planted, including a large number of .the lovely hibiscus. As a result, during May and June the city was a boyfer of flowers.