SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19459, 15 October 1926, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

Miss M. Canavan, oi! Auckland, is on a visit to Christchurch. Mrs. W. B. Jerome, Heme Bay, leaves by the Maheno on a visit to Sydney and Melbourne. Miss Jessie Rosewarne, who has been on a visit to Auckland, has returned to Christchurch. Miss Stansfield, of Auckland, who has been on a visit to Dunedin, is at present in Christchurch. Mrs. N. Howard, Mrs. C. Lennard and Mrs. J. Thorburn left by tha Niagara on Tuesday on a holiday trip to Sydney and Melbourne. The first 'voman in the/British Empire to obtain the degree of bachelor of architecture is Miss Norah Dumphy, who hails from Llandudno. Her degree, which exempts her from the final examination of the Royal Institute of British Architects, was conferred by the University of Liverpool. A very pleasing ceremony took place at Ramarama, when a farewell evening was tendered to Misses F. and M. Wright, prior to their leaving the district, where for some years their readiness to assist has won for them the esteem of their many friends. Mr. Armiger. warmly supported by Mr. Lynch, expressed the general regrei felt at their departure and amid great applause presented each lady with a suitcase. The usual monthly meeting of the Women's National Reserve was held on Wednesday, there being a good attendance of members. Several matters of importance were discussed and final arrangements made for the annual reunion of soldiers' wives and mothers, to be held on October 21. A resolution was passed asking the Government 10 grant a £1 for £1 subsidy to the Si, John Ambulance Association. The Te Awamutu children's queen carnival, in aid of the Munioip&l Band, was originally intended to terminate on October 27, but the executive committee has decided to curtail the effort by closing the carnival next Monday. The position of the candidates now is: Peggy Armstrong, townspeople's candidate; June Blundell, sports; Marie McDonald, Hairini,- and Marjorie Anderson, Kihikihi. The school garden fete this week to raise funds to purchase a piano, proved very successful. It was ueld in the school grounds in delightful weather and there was good public patronage. The proceeds totalled £SO. Though the number of women magistrates is very considerable, their work as a rule is only known locally and the extanf, of their activities would undoubt«dly come as a revelation to many people, says a waiter in an exchange. In the biggest of its sections the women J.P.'s committee, the National Council of Women has 500 members. But the total number of women on the bench is very much greater than that, and this committee is now engaged in drawing up a complete list of names. As the number is constantly being added to; frequent revision of the list will be necessary; but it will undoubtedly be a* very useful guide. An appointment to serve on the bench is becoming an increasingly popular method of recognising women's ability and is frequently adopted in the case of a headmistress who has filled her post with distinction. The women selected have been very active and capable and their influence has been correspondingly helpfuL Chiropody is definitely established as a new, perhaps the newest, profession, under the guidance of the Incorporated Society of Chiropodists, and is rapidly assuming the place to which it is entitled as one of the ancillary branches of the great art of healing. Fully equipped schools have been opened, cne in London and one in Edinburgh, where a comprehensive course of study is pursued under the direction of eminent surgical and medical lecturers and a staff of expert chiropodists. In almost all the more important towns throughout the country men and women who have graduated through these schools and obtained the diploma conferred by the society are in practice; and their competence is recognised by the medical profession in the same way as that of dentists and masseuses, and patients in need "of special treatment are accordingly sent to them.