WOMEN’S WORLD

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22664, 15 June 1948, Page 7

WOMEN’S WORLD

; TO AND FRO ; Mrs. T. Birchnal!, Harris street, is back in Gisborne after a visit to Wellington. Following three weeks’ leave in Whangarei and Auckland, Miss Beth Cameron, has returned to duty at the Cook Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. H. Meara, Salisbury road, have returned to Gisborne after a holiday visit to Hamilton, Auckland and Whangarei. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rathbone. Waipawa, were visitors to Gisborne for the diamond wedding of Mr. and Mrs. W. Graham, Ngakaroa, Ormond. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Beale, Iranui road leave Gisborne this week for Auckland, where they will make their home. Back in Gisborne after their annual holidays are Miss Dawn Jarman, who spent her leave in Wellington, Miss Fay Reill, who is back from New Plymouth, Miss Mary TrafTord, who was at. Hicks Bay, and Miss Barbara Shearer, whose holiday was spent in Napier. All are on the Cook Hospital staff. Mrs. Amelia Emily Carpenter, M.8.E., who received her award in the King’s Birthday honours, is the wife of Mr. R. W. Carpenter, Mayor of Waipukurau during the war years. Mrs. Carpenter took a leading role in patriotic work in Waipukurau during the war, and was in control of the social committee. She was president of the W.W.S.A.. a member of the Navy League, the Air Force Relations Committee and the Patriotic Committee. She is also a member of the Women’s Institute. ENGAGEMENTS Doherty-EUmers.—An engagement is announced between Eric Steele, younger son of Mr. Doherty and the late Mrs. M. J. Doherty, Gisborne, and Lois Eva, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ellmers. Matawai. King-Spence.—An engagement is announced between Wilfred Truby, younger son of Mrs. King and the late Mr. Truby King, New Plymouth, and Kathleen Marjorie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Spence, Whatatutu, Gisborne. WOMEN LIKE ARCHERY Archery is a sport which has suddenly become very popular with women in Gisborne and of a total of about 45 archers in the Gisborne club this year, nearly half are women. The club is affiliated with the Miniature Rifle Club and has an interesting though short history. The archery activities came into being when members of the rifle club could not obtain ammunition and took to bows and arrows as a means of “keeping their eyes in." One of. the lesser known sports in the past, archery is becoming increasingly popular all over New Zealand and is one of the comparatively few sports in which women compete on an equal footing with men. It is considered that women are as good shots as men and they receive no advantages. SHIPWRECK BALL A return to “dressing-up” on a surprisingly large scale characterised the “shipwreck" ball held in the Army Hall on Saturday by members of the Ex-Royal Navalmen's Association when dancers who came representing various ideas of suitable clothing for a shipwreck easily outnumbered those who conservatively did not enter into the spirit of the ball. A happy spirit pervaded the hall and the undoubted success of the function must have been an ample reward to the committee for the planning and organisation which the ball necessitated. CLUB ENTERTAINS Committee members of the Povetry Bay Club proved themselves singularly hospitable hosts on Saturday when in the late afternoon they gave a cocktail party for members and their wives. This was to mark the club’s occupancy of its present premises for 50 years, the function proving memorable because it was one of the very few occasions on which women had been invited into the club. Guests, numbering several hundreds from Gisborne, the district and the Coast, were made welcome by the president, Mr. G. M. Reynolds, and Mrs. Reynolds, before entering the various rooms which were thrown open for their use. Refreshments were provided in the reading, dining and billiard rooms, all of which were crowded, presenting a most animated scene. The billiardroom. especially, with its lofty domed ceiling and general air of spaciousness, captivated many of the guests who entered it. A cheerful fire in the reading-room, ! and colourful bowls of flowers added further to the charm of the interior of the club, with its panelled walls and comfortable, upholstered furniture.

- DAILY ROUND

DIAMOND WEDDING In celebration of their marriage in Gisborne GO years ago, Mr. and Mrs. W. Graham, Ngakaroa, Ormond, were the guests of honour at a party given on Sunday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. Roland Graham, Ormond. This diamond wedding was attended by about 50 relatives and old friends and was a particularly happy occasion, with Mr. and Mrs. Graham the recipients of many good wishes, telegrams and flowers. Roses, early spring bulbs, hydrangeas and late autumn leaves provided a decorative background for the party, to which Mrs. W. Graham wore a brown gown with a fur cape and orchid spray. Mrs. R. Graham, who had pinned a spray of roses to her navy frock, served a dainty afternoon tea for the guests. MORNING TEA PARTY A happy little function took place in the tea-room of Potties, Limited, on Friday when the staff tendered Mrs. E. Toneycliffe a morning tea to mark her eighty-fifth birthday. The good wishes of all present were tendered to the guest of honour by Miss E. D. Sanders and Mr. .J. Crawford, senior members of the staff, Mrs. Toneycliffe, who also received a delicate posy, took the opportunity of saying “thank you” for the function and for the staff's kindness to her. GARDENING CIRCLE The monthly meeting of the Poverty Bay Gardening Circle was held at Low's reception rooms last week, Mrs. R. P. Baigent presiding over a good attendance. A talk on the lilium species was given by Mrs. Crone, after which a gardening quiz session took place. It was decided that a voluntary donation be given by members each month towards a food parcel for an English hospital. Donations were made towards the children's appeal fund and the flood relief fund. The tea hostesses were Mesdames Dodge and G. Jones, and at the sales table were Mesdames Sinton and Kape. Mrs. Johnstone judged the decorative class, for which she had donated first and second prizes. Mrs. F. Williams judged the cut flowers. ' Results, of the competitions were:— Decorative: Mrs. R. Mann, 1; Mrs. E. Woodrow, 2; Mrs. R. Orchiston, 3. Annuals. Mrs. F. Birkett, 1; Mrs. I. Owen, 2; Mrs. F. Sinton, 3. Perennials: Mrs. R. P. Baigent, 1; Mrs. I. W. Owen, 2; Mesdames S. Richardson and E. E. Jenkinson, equal, 3. Shrub: Mrs. E. E. Jenkenson, 1; Mrs. F. E. Ormiston, 2; Mesdames E. Woodrow and F. Sinton,. equal, 3. GISBORNE GIRL FINDS FIJI INTERESTING While life in Fiji is providing no novelty for her husband who saw wartime service in the Pacific, Mrs. W. S. Norman, formerly of Gisborne, is finding plenty of interesting and unusual features in her life at Nandi airport, where her husband is assistant flying control officer. In letters to Gisborne friends she describes the flats in which members of the staff live as very low with a long verandah along the front which has huge shutters running the full length, propped open with long poles all the time and henceforth very cool. The walls of the bedrooms are made of Dlaited bamboo and built about 4in. off the floor and 1 ft. from the ceiling for added coolness. Pineapple plants are included in the garden which Mr. and Mrs. Norman are gradually planting. They find the soil very fertile, with acres and acres of pineapples and sugar cane growing around. Nandi is 150 miles from Suva so Mrs. Norman's nearest shopping centre is Lautoka, 17 miles away, to which the station transport goes three times a week. The shops in Lautoka are mostly shoe-makers’ and tailors’, these last all with a sewing-machine by the front door. “The wog-wagon” is the transport used when Mrs. Norman goes to the market, a vehicle, incidentally in which the windows have no glass. Some foodstuffs, she finds, are dearer than at home; for instance, New Zealand butter, which is 3s 6d in the tin and 2s lOd in the wrapper. Fijian butter is 2s 3d. Sugar is cheaper, also jam and tinned fruits. Eggs are 4s a dozen when procurable. Fruit, of course, is delicious and very cheap. Staff amenities appear to be comprehensive, including a picture theatre, and a dance every three weeks at the staff club for the staff and their wives. Gisborne housewives will perhaps hear with envy of Arna, Mrs. Norman’s house-girl, who, when told to scrub the verandah steps did the whole verandah, 30ft. of it!