HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1944, Page 8

HERE AND THERE

Race Week Plunkct Ball. As usual, the Plunket Ball will be held on the Friday of race week (July 14), and preparations are. going forward with energy and enthusiasm. The Town Hall is again the venue, supper will be in the Concert Chamber, arid there will be alcoves for parties. Prospective debutantes are asked to write to "The Ball Secretary," 18 Kent Terrace; 'Address by Polish Resident. Mrs. Sendyk, of the Polish Consulate, addressed the members of the Women Writers' and Artists' Society on Tuesday evening, her subject being Polish literature and art. Running through the historical background of literature, Mrs. Sendyk outlined the growth, of her country's culture. Translations of various poems were read by Mrs. M. Kelly to illustrate Mrs. Sendyk's address. Miss M. Seaton (president) read out the results of the. one-act play competition. The winner was Miss J. McLeod(Christchurch), with Mrs. E. B. V. Phillips second. Matron's Thanks. ,The matron.of the Wellington Hospital wishes to thank all those who have recently contributed gifts and provided- entertainment for the patients. Daughter of West Coast Pioneer. The death has occurred in Auckland of Mrs. Mary Jane Cherrie, aged 76. Mrs. Cherrie, who was Miss Wasley before she married the late Mr. Robert Cleland Cherrie in \ 1886, was the daughter of a well-known West Coast pioneer family. Mr. Cherrie, had extensive coalmining experience in the South Island and was under-manager and deputy for the Hikurangi' Coal Company, Limited, for about 30 years. He retired in 1936. . Tribute to Doctors. At the Women's Study Circle on Tuesday the speaker, Mrs. De Ment, of the Crippled Children's Society, gave an informative account of the. work done by that organisation. Last year there were 558.members registered m the Wellington district. The speaker paid tribute to the wonderful work of the doctors and the'splendid results they have achieved. The children's education, she stated, was also well looked after. Mrs. Outhwaite was in the chair. Lord Bledisloe's Daffodils. The Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John fund benefited by over £320 as a result of the sale of daffodils grown on the driveway to Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, the home of Viscount Bledisloe. About 60,000 blooms were sold at different prices to raise the amount, the'labour being provided free. Lydney Park at present'house's a gii'ls' school evacuated from a bombed area in South-east England. The long drive from the house to the roadway has about 750,000 daffodils growing along it. >