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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 108, 9 May 1941, Page 4

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| hospital and Clinic for Animals. '.The;S.-P.C.A. of Wellington is making a "'special effort to, establish a .'hospital* and animal clinic here similar to those of Auckland and .Christchurch. On Monday, May 12, at 8 p.m., an evening will be given at the English-speaking Union rooms in Nathan's Building, to which all animal lovers and sympathisers are invited. Supper will be provided, and Mrs. G. White, of Christchurch, who is an excellent speaker, will give 'an address on her work in that. city. As admission will be free, it is hoped that there will be a helpful and representative attendance. Bionecrs' Diamond Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. R. Dale celebrated their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary in Christchurch this week. ,Mrs. Dale, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Green Buck, was born in Wellington in 1855. Mr. Dale arrived at Lytteltpn from London in 1856 with his parents, and his father owned the ferry which- crossed the Heathcote _ River at Ferrymead - before the first bridge was built. Mr. Dale was in charge of the harbour works office of the Provincial Government contractor for the construction of the breakwater forming the inner harbour at Lyttelton. Later, he was for many years in charge of the New Zealand Shipping Company's wool store on Norwich Quay. Patriotic Social. A social evening and dance was held on Wednesday night at the premises of the Maple Furnishing Co., Ltd., Manners Street, the proceeds of the function being given to support the Commerce Queen. Dancing, table tennis, darts, etc., were included in the entertainment. Maori Girls' Success. Miss Polly Te Awe Awe Larkins, 19----year-old daughter of Mr. W. K. Te Awe Awe Larkins, of Rangiotu, and Miss Moan a Lane, Kaikohe. are the first candidates to win the McKenzie Trust Karitane Scholarship founded for the training of two Maori girls as Karitane nurses, and will train at the Truby King-Harris Hospital, Dunedin. Miss Larkins, whose great-grandmother, Rangi Topeora, was one of .the three Maori women whose signatures appear in the Treaty of Waitangi, was educated at the Rangiotu School and the Palmerston North Girls' High School She has trained for two years at St. Barnabas's Babies' Home, Khandallah, Wellington, and her younger sister, Miss Waitohi Larkins, has begun the same training. Croquet Season Closes. The official closing of the Central (Petone) Croquet Club for the 1940-41 season was celebrated recently when the president, Mrs.' E. I. Pawson, presented the prizes to the various successful competitors, The Jensen Cup Went to Mrs. G. Porter, who with the president was the winner of/the trophy in 1940-41. Mrs. Pawson was presented with a gift, on" behalf of members, byMrs. A. Y. Tuckwell, the vicepresident, for the able way in which she had carried on b.er duties. Mrs. Pawson mentioned the great loss the club ha'/ sustained irf the death of Mrs. C. P. Brockelbank. Towns women Heli^ at Fete. Members were congratulated on their successful effort in connection with the recent Plunket fete held at Waterloo, when the Waiwhetu Townswomen's Guild held its recent meeting. New members were enrolled, and conveners were appointed to various circles. Miss Patterson gave a talk on speech training, ' . V, J