Women’s Institutes

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 March 1947, Page 8

Women’s Institutes

' Blaketown The annual meeting of the Blaketown Women’s Institute was well attended. Mrs Moreland presided. One new member was welcomed. A number of members intended accepting 'he invitations of the Moana and Ngahere Women’s Institutes to their birthday parties.

It was decided to make a rose bowl the aggregate prize for annual competition. The winners of the annual competitions this year were as follows:- —horticulture, Mrs F. Smith; handwork, Mrs L. Stewart; cookery, Mrs S. Moreland.

The following officers were elected: president, Mrs Moreland; vicepresident, Mesdames West and Longstaff; secretary, Mrs McDowell; treasurer, Mrs Herring; committee, Mesdames Devonport, Innes, Gordon, Mann, and Maughan. An interesting talk on life in England was given by Mrs Vernon and a demonstration of tatting will be given next month. The evening closed with the singing of the National Anthem. Reef ton

The annual meeting of the Reefton Women’s Institute was ■ well attended. Mrs A. Wells presided. The following officers were elected for the year:—President, Mrs A. Wells (re>-elected); vice-presidents, Mesdames W. J. Duff and H. Miller; secretary, Mrs J. Eager; treasurer, Mrs R. Hobbs; committee, Mesdames Mitchell, C. Smith, W. Harvey, and O. Sharpe. Mesdames Harvey and Eager were appointed hospital visitors for the ensuing month. It was decided to send a deputation to the Inangahua County Council requesting improvements to King George V Jubilee Park. Monthly competition winners were: best bloom, Mrs Nicholls 1, Mrs .Harvey 2; runner beans, Mrs Harvey 1, Mrs Eager 2; best apron, Mrs Duff i, Mi's Eager 2. 3 he hostesses for the meeting were Mesdames Smith and Sharpe. The Sanctity Of Home Life: Lady Bledisloe’s Tribute To Queen Victoria “I suppose in the history of our Empire there was no one who did so much lor the benefit of man, or who, raised the sanctity of home life as our beloved Queen Victoria,” said Lady Bledisloe speaking to members of the Victoria League in Wellington at a reception held in her honour. “That is what we want today. If we lose the sanctity of home life we do our Empire grave harm,” she stated. Lady Bledisloe- said that in a land of plenty, such as New Zealand, it' was hard to realise how hard were the sufferings of the people of Brit-

ain. There the working man scarcely had sufficient food to enable him to do his work properly, and that was the reason that food parcels sent from the Dominion were so joyously received. She paid a tribute to the women of England who kept their homes going against great odds. Lady Bledisloe said she would report to those in the Victoria League at Home of the great progress here.