WOMEN’S WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 53, 1 February 1943, Page 3

WOMEN’S WORLD

(fey “Nanette.”) Mrs W. Wallace Cook, of College Street', will go to Wellington tomorrow to spend a holiday. Mr and Mrs R. B. Robertson, of Fitzlierbert Avenne, returned borne to-day after a visit to Napier. Mr and Mrs M. Abrahams, of Cuba Street, went to Raumati Beach to-day to spend a holiday. Mrs M. Briggs, J.P., and Miss Briggs, who have been on a visit to the South Island, have returned to Palmerston North. Miss T. M. Breene, of Dunedin, has taken up her duties in Palmer; ston North as a senior supervisor in the telephone exchange. Misses P. Robertson and J. Clark, of Fitzlierbert Avenue, who have bee t n spending a holiday at Queen Charlotte Sounds, returned to Palmerston North yesterday.

A humorous incident occurred recently to prove that not only do our soldiers go “over the top,” but girls can do so on occasions. After a social evening had been enjoyed at a popular city clubroom it was found that the 7ft grid at the outer door, which was shut, had jambed. After many unsuccessful offorts to open it, assistance from outside was solicited and a bicycle stand was used to form a ramp, over which the girls were assisted, and they were at last able to go on their way.