Women’s Institutes

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 174, 26 July 1938, Page 9

Women’s Institutes

TABLE FLAT The August meeting was held in the school on Thursday afternoon. As thei president, Miss R. Elliott, was absent' through sickness in the family, the vice- j president, Mrs. H. Jensen, presided over the small attendance. The secretary,' Miss N. Hogan, being on holiday, Miss i E. Jensen was appointed to the position in the meantime. It was decided to hold a bring and buy stall at the August meeting to raise money for the Chinese children’s fund. Mrs. Pettigrew kindly offered to mako up the Peggy squares, of which quite a number had been brought. The competitions decided for August are a saucer of spring flowers and a quilted article (hand-sewn) and, the usual garden circle best bloom. Mrs. Pettigrew is to demonstrate broken china pottery. Mrs. and Miss Jensen served afternoon tea, at which the power board linesmen working at the school were entertained. The competitions were judged by tho men and Mrs. Kilgour and Mrs. Clarke, resulting follows: Best bloom (garden circle), Miss Pettigrew 1, Mrs. Pettigrew 2 and Mrs. Jensen 3; jam tarts in puff pastry, Miss Pettigrew 1 and 2, Mra. Jensen 3; wool-embroidered cushion cover, Miss Pettigrew 1 and 2, Miss E. Jensen 3. Box circle: There were very few members present at the S.A.R. Box lecture meeting on Wednesday last owing to ■ sickness and inclement weather. The I subject was the history of nursing, and i was very interesting indeed, and it is , to be regretted that every member could not attend. OPIKI “A good deal of talent is lost in the world for want of a little courage” was the motto at the monthly meeing of the Opiki Women’s Institute on July 20. Mrs. B. A. Noran presided and welcomed in two new members, Mrs. S. Troy and Mrs. O. T. Priest. The secretary, Mrs. D. G. Yule, being unable 1 attend, Mrs. I G. J. Wilde ably deputised for the afternoon. A prospectus of the Homomakers’ Course in Domestic Science to be held at Massey College in November was received with interest by those present and it is possible that some may attend. The golden thread—a display of articles from other countries, with a short talk by their owners—brought forward an amazing variety of; interesting mementoes from all parts of the world. These included a rose-wood musical box brought out to New Zealand in 1842 and still tinkling out tunes of another day; a bead-work snake, made by Turkish prisoners of war in Egypt in 1916; brass models of the great Pyramid and the Sphinx, also from Egypt; photographs of the Glasgow Exhibition; a boomerang from Australia; old pieces of crockery from England and Germany; brassware from India; and beads, tortoise shell and coins from Fiji attracted great attention. Impromptu * 1 story

I without words,” organised by Mrs. S. Horn, proved the histrionic ability of (many members and was the cause of much amusement. The competitions for a knitted cardigan (seniors) was won by Mrs. L. T. Webb, Mrs. P. R. Kriven I' 2, Mrs. J. Mabey 3; knitted baby’s vest (juniors), Miss Joan Mabey 1, Miss Ella Marriott 2. The gardening circle’s competition for apc of violets was { won by Mrs. W. Irwin, Mrs. P. R. Krij ven 2, Mrs. J. Percy 3. T 1 hostesses i for the day, Mesdames W. Jackson and Mrs. G. Larsen and Miss B. Jackson, very thoughtfully lit a huge fire in the supper room and this was mupli appreciated on a cold day. m he artistic table decorations of late autir a leaves, berries and moss were tho work of Mrs. Jackson. Tho August meeting will be a members' day, the programme being left entirely to members who may bring friends and arrange their own entertainment. The compet’ion will be fof the best tea cosy, tho work being in knitting, crochet or embroidery, no restriction to be placed on the entrant. Other competitions will be for the best decorated basket of spring flowers and the best hyacinth. OROUA DOWNS The monthly meeting of the Women’s Institute was well attended. Mrs. Dench (president) occupied the chair. A demonstration on winter decorations was given by Mrs. Evans, of Levin. Tho winners of the senior competition, a knitted bed jacket, were Mrs. N. Batchelor 1, Mrs. V. Bird 2. The junior winners were Miss Christensen and Miss K. Dench, who were equal. The floral competition was won by Mrs. Dench. Songs were rendered by Miss C. Gates. AWAHURI There was a fair attendance at tho July meeting of the Women’s Institute, over which Mrs. E. O. Bond presided. Several members are at present ill, and it was decided to forward best wishes for their speedy recovery, also a letter of sympathy to Air. Crewe and family. A letter of thanks was received from Airs. Alair. Tho proposed now cookery book recipes are to be handed to Mrs. H. Port. It was decided to hold a further “bring and buy” stall for the Hawke’s Bay Flood Relief Fund at the next meeting, which has been altered to the third Tuesday of August. The competitions for tho group meeting at Awahun in August are ono pot of marmalade, also a tray cloth worked in colour, with a crochet edge. Tho decorated saucer competition was won by Airs. Rowlands, the xinze being donated by Airs. Port. Scones: Airs. Christian 1, Airs. Baker 2. Flowers: Miss Henson I, Miss Pearce 2, Aliss Alatthews 3. The hostesses for next month are Airs. U’Farrell and Misses Henson and Matthews. The members were privileged to hear a travel talk on a trip to Australia, given by Mr. Waters, who has visited Australia on fivo different occasions. {Speaking of {Sydney, the

Harbour Bridgo was described, also various interesting factories. The Blue ' Mountains were visited, also Mascot j aerodrome, where thero are numerous } .industries carried on; ovCr 100 aero- * j planes are quartered there. Mr. Waters j described an air trip from Sydney to 5 Brisbane, the journey only taking about 5 2£ hours, against 20 hours by rail. Bris--1 bane was gorgeous tropical place, with ' a W'onderful town hall. Darwin aero- * drome was also visited, and one could 5 not but notice that air travel was very > popular in Australia. Canberra, in Air. Waters’ opinion, is a “politician’s

I } dream and the ratepayer’s nightmare/' There are some ISO gardeners to look ■ after the various gardens. Melbourne 1 was a striking contrast to Sydney and r was a line city. The terrible drought • conditions played havoc with the pas--1 tures. In New South Wales there were } about 5000 New Zealand people. When * visiting the bush with an inspector in } search of power poles Mr. Waters had ■ occasion to have lunch with one of the ' cutters in his slab house, and, strange ■ to say, these people had ordered white ' pine from New Zealand to build their ' new home because the ants do not touch r this wood. A vote of thanks was pass--1 ed to Mr. Waters for his address.