FOR WOMEN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17859, 3 August 1918, Page 3

FOR WOMEN.

NEWS AND NOTES. Mrs J. D. M'Cracken has been on a short visit to town. Mr and Mrs T. M. Page (Ekctahuna) r.re visiting Christchurch. Mr Justice Stringer and Mrs Stringer 'U: back in Christchurch. Miss K. M. Nmmcley (Wellington) is in the N.Z.E.F. Pay Depot in London. Mr and Mrs Richard Brewer (Wellington) arc staying at the United Service. Miss Park (Dunediu) arrived from the south on Thursdayj and is staying at the Clarendon. Mrs Howard Jackson lias returned to Dunediu a iter a holiday spent in Christchurch and Hanmer. Mrs N. W. Stephenson (Wellington) arrived from the north yesterday moaning, and is staving at the Hotel Federal. Mr and Mrs Aufrcre Fen wick have gone to Sydney, and intend to spend the rest of the winter months in Australia. Miss Ivy Gunn, who for the last four and a half years has been instructor in dressmaking, millinery and needlework at the Southland Technical College, has been appointed chief instructor in these subjects .at the Christ-church Technical College. The Lady Liverpool stall will he in charge of the Linwood Croquet Club on Wednesday next. The members and their friends have provided a. splendid lot of goods for sale. Several useful articles will be disposed, of by competition, including three quarter-tons of coal, a. garden seat, a sea-grass chair, an electric iron,, an oak coal scuttle, a ham and a crepe de chine blouse. Miss Edith Bourn, who has been assistant to Mr Sarelius during the last fourteen months, proceeded to Dunedin yesterday to take up duties in connection with the new Government massage scheme. The weekly meeting of i-lip Avotiside Division of the St John Ambulance was held on Thursday, Mrs Rhodes, lady superintendent, being in charge. An interesting lecture was given by Nurse Newman, matron of St Helens Hospital, who accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Home Dressmaking is made an easy matter, with smart style, and good fit assured, through the special service which Ballantyne's have arranged for, whereby ladies buying their materials at Ballantyne's may, for a small charge, have them cut out. tacked and fitted ready for home-sewing. X HUNDRED YEARS OLD. Mrs Domaris Brick wood Williams, of '.Mullet Point, Auckland, celebrated her' hundredth birthday on July 10, says the Auckland "Herald." A great number of relatives and friends attended the celebration, and Mrs Williams received many telegrams of congratulation. Mrs Williams, whoso maiden name was Millar, was born at St Ger-

mans, Cornwall, on July 10, 1818, and left England with her uncle and aunt in the ship Victoria in June, 18-19. for New South Wales. They landed at the Cornish Settlement in 1850, and live years later Miss Millar was married to Mr Zachariah Williams at the Settlement by the Rev Benjamin Chapman, of the Bathurst Methodist Church. Mr and Mrs Williams then left for New. Zealand in the steamer William Denny, and in February, 1855, landed on the Auckland waterfront at a spot now crossed by Victoria Street. In Juno of the same year they took up land at Mullet Point, landing at the beach now known as Sncll's. Mrs Williams assisted with the building of their house, and she later assisted with the- general farm work,, taking a hand at all duties with the exception of the mowing. Mr Williams died about thirty'years ago. and Mrs Williams carried on the farm for seme years. At the age of eighty she dug and prepared a strawberry bed, aud tended the crop until the f r "' ! ' " ,Vils gathered. Mrs Williams takes a. bright and intelligent interest' in everyday affairs, especially in the war, and spends her time knitting for the soldiers. She rarely requires to use her spectacles. although she reads a great deal. She rises at daybreak and goes to bed at dusk, and. although she does not now leave the house, is able to get about from room to room. One of her proudest boasts is that she has not tasted • tea for fifty years. WOMEN'S NATIONAL RESERE. At the monthly meeting of the Women's National Reserve, held at 257, Manchester Street, Airs Wood presided over a good attendance The honorary treasurer, .Miss Cocks, read a statement of the finances, which was adopted. Mrs Wood said it. would be necessary, in view of further work to be undertaken to raise money for funds for the, upkeep of the association. After a. discussion it was resolved to hold a jumble sale in St Luke's Hall. Mrs Newell, of the Lyttelton branch, said it was proposed to hold, a jumble sale on the same day in Lyttelton. The president reported she bad received correspondence from the head office of the reserve, Wellington, regarding registration of the association. If had been decided on legal advice that there wae not the need for the registration of. the Christchurch branch, but it would be necessary to have local rules drawn up. It was decided that: the entertainment of the soldiers' wives and mothers should be postponed until the spring, when it could take the form of a' garden party. Mrs Tomlinson reported" the afternoon tea 3 at the Soldiers' Club -were entirely satisfactory. Mr Green, secretary of the Soldiers' Club, wrote asking members of the reserve to assist .with the proposed Anzac ball in aid of the club. After discussion it was decided that owing to greater work in band this year by the association, if would be impossible for members to accede to the request..but flowers for decorations would be sent. Mrs Wood said she had received another request, from the chairman of the Efficiency Board asking that further work for the board be undertaken by members of the association. A letter was read from the. chairman of the Lady Liverpool Fund asking that the, reserve should sell tickets for the Copper Trail. It was decided to undertake the sale of tickets three days a week. A vote of thanks was passed to Mrs Vincent for her gift of an invalid chair for the use of wounded and disabled soldiers.