WOMEN’S NOTES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 23, 26 December 1925, Page 11

WOMEN’S NOTES

Mr J. L. Stout and Mrs Stout, of Palmerston North, are visiting Wellington.

Miss, Cochrane, who was recently appointed matron to the Infectious Diseases Hospital of the North _ Canterbury Hospital Board, has resigned,the position for' family reasons.

Miss Norris, who for 25 years has been in the service of the Nortli Canterbury Hospital Board, has been granted eight months’ leave of absence on full pay to enable her to spend a holiday in England.

Mrs Thomas Hoult, who passed away in Auckland this week, aged 85 years, came to New Zealand 65 years ago and after her marriage resided for a long time in Christchurch and Ashburton.

The marriage took place .at the Hastings Methodist Church on Monday night last of Miss Melva Robinson, youngest daughter of Mrs A. M. Robinson, Hastings, and the late Mr Robinson, and Ralph Angus Elliott, of Maraetotara, son of Mr and Mrs Elliott, Palmerston North.

A wedding of much interest in Wanganui last week was that of Miss Catherine (Kitty) Martin, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Martin, of Wilson street, to Mr Charles Fairhall Treadwell, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. J. Treadwell, of St. John’s Hill.

The wedding was quietly celebrated at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Wellington, on Wednesday afternoon of Miss Janie Post, second daughter of Captain and Mrs Post, of Upper' Hutt, to Mr J. M. Gamble, son of Mr J. E. Gamble (treasurer of the Harbour Board) and Mrs Gamble, of Wellington. The Ven. Archdeacon Johnson officiated.

The death occurred at Ramarama, near Auckland, this week, of Miss Adelaide O’Rorke, aged about 68 years. She was a sister of the late Sir Maurice O’Rorke, for many years Speaker of the House of Representatives. She acquired a farm at Ramarama 22 years ago and lvad lived there since, superintending the farming operations herself. Previously she resided at Mangore. . SCORCHED NECKS. My lunch yesterday, says an English writer, was completely ruined by a peeled and flaming nose that cnmo and sat opposite me, and only a little further on at another table were five scorced necks arising out of low-cut gowns that seemed to take a delight in exposing them. Why do women do these things or permit them to be done P, Shady hats and sun-shades are cheap and becoming. Cream and powder are procurable, one would imagine, even on a desert island, whilo once the damage is done witch-hazel jelly, lemon-juice, or a solution of peroxide, wouldn’t put too much strain upon even a post-holiday pocket. But perhaps scorched ones arc proud of their appearance. Perhaps they think they look properly open-airish and hearty, and that they are intriguing us all—ill that case let them go on thinking.

MRS LUCY SMITH. By the death of Mrs Lucy Smith, relict of the late Richard Smith, whose demise occurred at her late residence, No. 13 Terrace street, at ail early hour on Thursday morning, Manawatu has lost still another of the fast decreasing band of pioneers. Born at Slough, Buckinghamshire, 75 years ago, the deceased ladv in her younger days attended the church in the yard of which Grey’s Elegy was written. In 1871 she married her late husband and three years later, together with their two childron, they came to New Zealand, arriving in Wellington in June of the year 1874. The party joined a coastal boat on route for Foxton from whence they proceeded overland by horse tiam to Palmerston North. Following a brief period of residence in Grey street, which was then but a wilderness of bush and scrub, Mr Smith built a house in Terrace street and that site proved to be their home for the long period of 51 years. In August last Mr Smith succumbed to a heart attack and his death told on the health of Mrs Smith. However, she was about as usual on the Wednesday, hut suffered a seizure shortly after 10 p.m. Medical assistance was hastily summoned and she rallied, later sinking into a deep sleep from which she never emerged. Of a quiet disposition, the deceased lady had been greatly beloved by her friends and her unexpected end came as a shock. There are left to mourn their loss three sons and six daughters, also 37 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. The sons are: Messrs Benjamin Richard (Auckland), Ernest Edward (Kawhia) and Herbert Smith (Palmerston North), and the daughters Mesdames H. J. Donald (New Plymouth), E. Johansen (Waitoa), L. Horn (Palmerston North), E. Horn (Palmerston North), A. Blake (Kawhia) and N. Green (Gisborne).