DIAMOND WEDDING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 302, 19 November 1935, Page 11

DIAMOND WEDDING.

MR AND MRS GEORGE HAYWARD A happy milestone in the life of Mr and Mrs George Hayward, of Ashhurst, was passed when they celebrated their diamond wedding on November 14, and congratulations and good wishes were accorded them by a wide circle of relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Hayward are highly respected members of the Ashhurst community, their sterling qualities endearing them to all with whom they come in contact. They have enjoyed excellent health until of late years, Mrs Hayward having had to enter hospital for treatment and having been only recently discharged after about three months’ treatment. Mr Hayward has had rhenmathoid. trouble! otherwise her carries his age remftrkl.v well.

On November 14. 1575, the couple were married at St. Bartholomew’s Church of England in Worcestershire. As children they attended school together, as had their respective fathers before them,' and their union was the consummation of a friendship formed during their early years. On September 1, 1880, Mr and Mrs Hayward, with their two children, arrived in New Zealand by the sailing vessel Waimed, under the command of Captain Mathers, landing in Wellington. They recall with inteisist that the first mate was Mr Greenstreet, who in later years became the popular commodore of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s fleet. The couple journeyed to Feilding, where Mr Hayward secured work at his trade as a carpenter and Joiner. Of their arrival in Feilding, which was then only a small settlement, Mr Hayward lias memories of the bush that stretched from Feilding up Kimbolton Road to Kimbolton, Apiti, Ilangiwahia and surrounding districts, roads in those days being mere tracks. Among of Kimbolton, and Messrs W. Wilkinson and W. Watts, of Feilding, buildhis early employers were Mr D. Banks, ers, some of his jobs being oil the first Hotel and the English Church at Rangiwahia, two town halls at Kimbolton and the dairy factory at Apiti. Mr Bartholomew’s sawmill was sawing timber at Kiwitea about that time. From Feilding, Mr Hayward went to Masterton where he worked for a time, and then went to Ashhurst, where he was employed by Messrs llinmier and Craven on their building jobs. The lioxt shift was back to Feilding, and while there lie obtained a situation on the railway, removing to Marton and then to Palmerston North. After years in the employ of the Railway Department, Mr Hayward left to take up a position as a joiner in the Te Aroha West Glaxo factory, being employed there for nine and a half years. After his retirement from active work, Mr and Mrs Hayward lived at Frankton Junction, returning to Ashhurst about live years ago, where they have since resided. A family of nine children has been reared, comprising five sons and four daughters, E. G. Hayward, carpenter, of Ashhurst, being the eldest of the family. The other sons are Arthur, engineer in charge of the power house, New Zealand Dairy Company, Frankton; Harold, of Feilding; S. E. Hayward, foreman of motor works in Worcester, England, he having emigrated to his father’s birthplace. The other son was the late Mr \V. Hayward. All were married. All the daughters have married, too, Florence having passed away, leaving a family of seven. Mrs Haynes, of Springdale, Mrs Hurdle, of Feilding, and Mrs Arkley, of Bulahdelah, New South Wales, are the other daughters. There are 46 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN,

MANAWATU BRANCH

The final meeting of the year of the Manawatu branch of the National Council of Women was held yesterday afternoon, when Miss C. McKenny (Pahiatua) presided. Also present were Mesdames J. A. Harris (Marton), H. Paterson (Pahiatua), K. Ross (Feilding), W. Howell (Raumai), Colquhoun (Feilding), Hibberd (Utiku), J. F. Clausen (Foxton Line), 0. Niederer (Palmerston North), S. McDowall (Feilding), Misses Simpson (Marton), M. Grant (Palmerston North), and C. Moore (lion, secretary). The secretary was authorised to draw attention to the rule that organisations not represented at the meeting might send deputies. Regret was expressed that the most was not being made of this privilege. Questions regarding ivomen police and housing problems in New Zealand, which might be put to candidates seeking Parliamentary honours, were intimated by the Dominion secretary. Members expressed their approval of the Bill for pensions for chronic invalids and, with one dissentient, approval of an emergency remit from New Plymouth: “That the same franchise as that obtaining in the towns be extended to rural electors for the election of representatives on hospital and harbour boards, etc.” A letter was received from headquarters stressing important matters which came before the recent conference, such as child welfare, improvement's of films and literature, mentality of the unfit and housing and pensions problems, for discussion by the branches. The letter also notified that deputations had waited on the respective Ministers following up resolutions passed at the conference, particularly concerning a grant for goitre research, greater privacy in the Courts, women police, etc. Special reports from the conference, which were liefore the meeting, will be circulated among members. Tlie Marchioness of Aberdeen, president of the International Council of Women, has accepted an invitation from the National Council of Women in India to hold the international conference in Calucutta,during the third week in January, 1936, and will herself attend the conference. Subjects to be dealt with include “Education,” “Public Health,” “Legal Disabilities of Women,” and “Traffic in Women and Children.”

At the conclusion of the meeting, Mrs Clausen eulogised the work done by Miss McKenny as president, her remarks being warmly endorsed. She extended the season’s greetings. Miss McKenny, in replying, said she had felt it a privilege to be associated with the branch, and reciprocated the Christmas wishes.

The branch will go into recess until February.

CROQUET. Tn a croquet match played at the Northern Club’s green yesterday for the Bennett Buttons, Mesdames Batchcior and Nielsen, the holders, defeated Mesdames Moxon and Lee, 26—10. ( A USE FOR EGG SHELLS. Don’t throw away your egg shells, but put them in a jam jar instead and pour boiling water on them. In three or four days they will have melted—anyway the shells aren’t there any longer—and the resulting mixture is wonderful for watering your ferns or bulbs or even window boxes. It has the most stimulating properties.