MANGONUI WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

Northland Age, Volume 7, Issue 49, 7 September 1938, Page 9

MANGONUI WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

Mrs. R. T. Wrathall presided at the monthly meeting of the Mangonui Women’s Institute which was held in McKay’s hall on Thursday, September 2nd. A very interesting report of the conference at Wellington was given by the delegate, Mrs. Stanley Harris. Mrs. W. A. Wrathall and Mrs. R. T. Wrathall were both elected for their names to be added to the dental clinic committee. A new member, Mrs. Anso, was voted in. Afternoon tea was then served, the hostesses being Mrs. W. A. Wrathall and Mrs. Stanley Harris. • The competition for the month was a sugar bag apron, the best one to go to the thrift table which is to be held at Peria in November; the winners were Mrs. R. T. Wrathall 1, and Mrs. C. W. Harris 2. During the social half-hour a competition by Miss D. Wilton was held, “Hidden Animals,” and the roll call, “Riddles,” was very amusing also. The motto for the day was “Smile and the w- ild smiles with you.” A visitor for the day was Mrs. F. McEvoy. The singing of the National Anthem brought a very pleasant afternoon to a close. Kaitaia Tennis Meeting Postponed The annual meeting of the Kaitaia Tennis Club which was to have been held last night, was postponed until Monday evening next, and will take place at the same time and place. ☆ ☆ ☆ Anglican Church Card Evening Another of the series of card evenings in aid of the Anglican Church funds, was held in the Parish hall, Kaitaia, last night, the attendance being very satisfactory, fallowing were the prize winners : Ist—Mrs. C. Berghan and Mr. B. Buckley; Consolation —Mrs. A. G. Bell and Mrs. C. S. Puckey; Hidden number competition —Mr. Brent. The hostesses for the evening were Mesdames Vaughan and Archibald. There are now half a million people in Britain engaged in road transport. ☆ ☆ ☆ Mrs. Kitty Sullivan, “the NZ. Grandmother,” who walked from the North Cape to the Bluff, and has just finished a walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, wants to break Jean Batten’s record in flying to Ne v Zealand.

The superstition regarding the breaking of a mirror as a sign of death arose from the belief that the image in the glass was indeed the soul of the person reflected. This belief still survives among the Australian aborigines. To break a man’s mirror which contains his soul is equivalent to murder.