WOMAN'S WORLD

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24868, 14 April 1944, Page 5

WOMAN'S WORLD

APPEAL FOR. V.A.'S

CIVIL NURSING RESERVE Conditions of pay, sick leave and uniform allowances for V.A.'s were outlined by Miss H. Iris Crooke, Director-General of the New Zealand Red Cross Society V.A.D., when appealing in a broadcast last night for women to join 'the civil nursing reserve. Her remarks were directed particularly to those women who have had elementary training in home nursing and first-aid with the Hed Cross Society or the Order of St. .John. All women between 17 £ and 45 were eligible and six months was the maximum time at which each reservist was required to serve at any one hospital, Miss Crooke said. The hours of work were 48 a week and leave was granted every six months. The salary was £9O a year for the first year and £lO5 for tin? second. The uniform allowance for the first year had been increased from £l2 to £l6 and reduced the second year from £l2 to £lO. On application a Y r .A. was required to pass a comprehensive medical test, and special tests and precautions were taken in regard to tuberculosis. No girl under 21 was acceptable for service in sanatoria. Sick leave was granted for certain periods, with pay subject to the length of service in the reserve, and special provision was made for reservists contracting infection or sustaining injury while on duty. CHAMPION KNITTERS Although leading a very busy life on their Pakaraka dairy farm, Mrs. F. Marshall and her daughter, Miss Olive Marshall, have nevertheless achieved a record in knitting for patriotic purposes. In the year just ended they have knitted 323 articles between them. These include

30 scarves, knitted double, 15 balaclavas and five pullovers each requiring 28 skeins of wool, all for the merchant seamen; three cardigans for the Red Cross, and an assortment of scarves, balaclavas and mittens for the patriotic committee. NOUMEA ANNOUNCEMENT (0.C.) NOUMEA, April 2 The engagement is announced between Captain Stanley Lambert, of New Jersey, U.S.A., and Miss Audrey Boyce, of Balmoral Road, Mount Eden, Auckland. Captain Lambert is a member of Lieutenant-General Millard Harmon's G 2 (Intelligence) staff in the South Pacific area. The wedding will take place in Noumea shortly, probably on April 22. and the religious ceremony, following the usual civic marriage at the Town Hall by the acting-Mayor, M. Dalmayrac, will be performed by the leading Protestant chaplain in the area, Lieutenant-Colonel Kroencke. ENGAGEMENTS Ellis—Butters.—The engagement is announced between Ivan Edwin (Ted), younger son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Ellis, Kentucky Street, Ellerslie, and Mollie Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Batters, Spreydon, Christchurch. Lansdoun—Libeau.—The engagement is announced, and the marriage will shortly take place, between Charles Lansdoun. of Hawera, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Lansdoun, of London, England, and Phyllis Miller (Dolly) daughter of Mr. L. Libeau and the late Mrs. Libeau, of Hamilton. La Quaglia—Morgan.—The engagement is announced between Corporal Julius A. La Quaglia, U.S.M.C., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A La Quaglia, Illinois, U.S.A., and Dulcie Coral, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Morgan, 18 Auckland Road, St. Heliers, and grand-daughter of Mrs A. E. Bullen, Te Wharema, Russell. Patterson—Johnson.—The engagement is announced between Maxwell Chaytor Patterson, R.X.Z.N., only son of Mrs. W. A. Scott, of Takapuna, and Fay Lavinia, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Johnson, of Whangarei. Taylor—Fitness.—The engagement is announced between Hed ley Max, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. If. A. Taylor, Chalmers Street, Avondale, and Vida Clarice, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Fitness. Henry Street, Avondale.