NOTES FOR WOMEN
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs Claude Sawtell returned to Christchurh on Sunday, after a short visit to Wellington. The Hon. G. J. Smith, M.L.C., and Mrs Smith, returned to Christchurch at the week-end, from a visit to Wellington. Miss A. J. Simpson, superintendent of the Wellington Borstal Institute, is visiting Dunedin. Mr and Mrs P. R. Baillie, of Hataitai, Wellington, are making a visit to Dunedin. Mrs H. Mace has returned to New Plymouth from Wellington. Miss Hyde has returned to New Plymouth from Wellington. Mrs F. D. Bamford, of Wellington, has returned from a visit to Dunedin. AI. Lindsay, of Chr-stchurch, left Wellington en route to Sydney, where she will in future reside. Miss K. Hamerton has returned to Inglewood from Wellington. Mrs T. P. Anderson has returned to New Plymouth from Wellington. Mr and Mrs C. W. Shepley, of Wellington, aro among the visitors to the south. Mrs Arthur Thompson, of New Plymouth, is visiting Wellington. Miss Cooper left Wanganui on Monday for a visit to Wellington. Miss' D. Findlayson has returned to Wellington after spending Easter in Wanganui. Misses Bayley are Wellington visitors to Christchurch.
The Misses Halse, of Wellington, who have been making a brief stay in Christchurch, after a holiday visit to Drftiedin, returned yesterday to Wellington. Miss Ena Johnston (Wellington) left Inglewood with her sister for Wanganui and Hastings. Mrs Folder, Wellington, is staying at Toko. Mrs T. W. Stringer has arrived in Christchurch from Wellington, and is staying with her son, Dr. Bruce Stringer, Papanui road. Sir George Clifford and Misses June and Aroha Clifford, who were in Wellington for the races returned to Christchurch on Saturday night. Mrs W. Edwards, Mr and Mrs Keightley, and Mr and Mrs Fuller are Wellington visitors to Christchurch. Miss W. Anderson returned to Wanganui on Thursday, after a visit to AVellington. Mr and Mrs Ramsey, of Wellington, who have been visiting Wanganui, returned recently to Wellington. Mrs H. Stubbs, Wellington, is visiting Mrs McDowell, in Stratford. Miss Elsie K. Morton, of the literary staff of the “New Zealand Herald,” is at present visiting the Exhibition.
Mrs Kendall, who has been visiting Alasterton as the guest of Mrs A. B. Wallace (Cambridge terrace), has returned to Wellington. The monthly meeting of the Wellington Convalescent Home was held at Mrs W, Young’s last week. Present: Mrs Martin (in the chair), Mesdames Kemp, Morris, Young, Joseph, Stout, Miss Barron and Miss Morris (hon. secretary). The matron reported seven patients admitted and 1 seven discharged during the month. The dance in the Town Hall to be given by the Wellington branch of the Navy League on April 33rd promises to be a great success. The committee hope there will be a large and representative gathering to welcome the officers of M.M.S. Dunedin and Diomede. Much regret is expressed that this is the last occasion, on which the AVellington branch of the Navy League will have the pleasure of entertaining Commodore and Mrs Beal, who have made so many' sincere friends during their stay in New Zealand. The men of H.M.S: Dunedin ana Diomede have not been forgotten. A dance is to be given for them in the Town Hall- on Thursday 22nd. The committee of the Ladies’ Auxiliary and the members* of the girls’ branch are providing the supper, and making all arrangements to give the men a pleasant evening. A wedding was celebrated at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes street, Christchurch, on Wednesday morning, when Phyllis May, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. McKay, ‘‘The Bruce,” Akaroa, was married to Daniel, youngest son of Mrs J. Sloan, of Christchurch. The wedding ceremony was celebrated by the Rev. Father Lordan, and appropriate bridal music was played by Miss O’Connor. There passed away quietly at the residence of her son in Palmerston North on Saturday morning one of the old colonists in the person of Mis G. F. Spooner in her 86th year. Born in Gloucestershire, England, the deceased lady.came to New Zealand in 1874, and settled in Christchurch, moving to Auckland about 30 years ago, and for the past ten years she had resided in PalmersSon North. She is survived' by four sons and three daughters. In addition there are 23 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The members of the family are Mr 0. F. Spooner, of Palmerston North; Mr AV. J. Spooner, of Palmerston North; Mr G. E. Spooner, of Auckland; Mr Arthur Spooner-,. .01 Sydney; Mrs W. Porter, of Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay; Mrs J. Copeland, of Mt. Albert, Auckland; and Mrs Wolfenden, of Opotiki.
Members of tiro St. John Ambulance Brigade visited Petone 8n Saturday afternoon, to hold a daylight parade. There was a fair attendance, and good work done, drill and stretcher work, under the direction of Air Dutton, Lieut. Petrie and Mr Hislop. Petone ambulance division was congratulated on gaining second place at the Wanganui competitions held on Easter Monday, and the Petone divisions thanked for entertaining the visitors at afternoon tea before returning to AVellington. Ma.ior Vine introduced Mr McEwen, the Mayor of Petone, who presented Mrs Bennett and Mrs Corner, with twelveyear service medals.
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Members of the AVellington Suburban Nursing Division paid a surprise visit to Mrs Batltrop recently. Mrs Osborn, lady superintendent, spoke of the valuable help the division had received from Mrs Barltrop, and on behalf of the members presented her with several gifts, which they hoped would be useful to her during her sojourn abroad. Mrs Barltrop suitably thanked the members for their good wishes. During the evening Miss K. Ross Miss Gilchrist sang delightfully. A clever competition arranged by Airs Osborn was won by Mr Barltrop. Mr and Airs Stace were also present. Tire singing of Auld Lang Syne brought a very pleasant evening to a close. Mrs McVicar has returned to Wellington after a visit to Nelson, where she attended the opening of the new hospital. Aliss J. Bicknell, Director of the New Zealand Nursing Division, was trained at the Nelson Public Hospital, The Alinister for Health, in referring to this fact during the course of his. address at the opening of the new institution in Nelson, said it was something for Nelson to feel proud of that this lady was now head of the Nursing Division. <
An event of interest to New Zealand tennis folk, is the wedding of Air Gordon Henderson, of Wellington, to Aliss Alma Grant, of Sydney. The marriage ceremony took place in Sydney on April 10th, at St. James’s Church Air Alurray Kean represented the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association at the ceremony. Air Henderson haa been a member of the Alanagement Committee of the N.Z.L.I'.A. for about twelve years. At her residence, “Balvraid,” Dunedin, on AVednesday evening, Airs J. AI. Ritchie gave a danoe in honour of her son, Captain Ritchie, of H.M.S. Diomede, which was among the most important social functions of the week. At the Orthopaedic Department of the Christchurch Public Hospital last week, the presentation of a valuable etching was made to Sister S. L. Clark, N.Z.A.N.S., who, after five years’ service as Sister-in-Charge of the Medical Massage and OrthopaedicBranch, has severed her connection with the hospital to start in private practice as an electro-therapiste and medical masseuse. Aliss Salter made the presentation. The marriage of Aliss Ivy Saver, eldest daughter of Air and Mrs Len Sayer, of Alasterton, to Mr James Hanlon, of Ellendale, Tasmania, was solemnised at St. Alatthew’s Church, on Wednesday evening by the Rev. W. Bullock. The bride was attended by her sister, Aliss Myrtle Sayer as bridesmaid, little Aliss Sayer being flower girl. Mr James Alurphy acted as best man. The young couple will make their home in Stratford.
Miss M. Myers, of AVellington, writes to friends here that she met many New Zealanders at a reception given by Air Shayle Gardener to Stella Murray. Among -them was Eileen Clifford of Wellington, known on the hoards in England as Coleen Clifford. Of her a correspondent says:—Miss Colleen Clifford has returned to London after a very successful tour ■ of thirty weeks with the Lydia Kyasht Company, .and, athough offered another long engagement by the same company, she has decided to remain for the present in London. Throughout her travels she has had excellent receptions from the public and the press, her talent being immediately recognised, and her winning ways ensuring her hosts of admirers among patrons of liigh-elass variety productions. Recent' criticisms hail AIiES Clifford as the successor to Margaret Cooper, the London favourite, who travelled New Zealand a few years age. Hostesses for the Community Club this week will be:—Tuesday, Mrs G. AlcGregor; ‘ Wednesday, Mrs J. O’Shea; Thursday, Airs E. C. Cooper; Friday, Mrs H. Lundius; Monday, Airs E. G. Pilcher. I ate my first dish of snails the other day in a little London restaurant, the “patron” of which provides theso “escargots” for many foreign eating places in 'Soho, says a London writer. The snails are served up on a round enamelled dish, with half a dozen indentures for the shells to lie in. With it one is given a plated contraption almost like grape-cutters; theso are to hold the shells firmly while the snail is pulled out with a two-pronged fork. “Some people eat three dozen,” the garcon told me, “and think nothing of it I” The little restaurant is decorated with an enormous red-brown snail, which hangs from the ceiling of the main room, and the “patron” 'is very distinguished-looking —more like a general than a restaurantkeeper.
A WOMAN ADVOCATE Miss Margaret Kidd, Scotland’s first woman advocate, had the further honou.; of being the first woman to appear in wig and gown, before the House of Lords. Lord Dunedin presided, and another Scottish Law Lord, Lord Shaw, was among the peers hearing the appeal. A daughter of Mr .Tames Kida, M.P. for Linlithgowshire, she was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1923, when she was 23 years of age, and a month after her admission to Parliament House she received he.' first brief and defended a woman charged with murdering two children. Miss ICidd has had the distinction of seeing an Act of Parliament passed primarily for her benefit. When she was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates she applied to become a member of the Faculty’s pension fund. The pensions, however, were for widows, and, as obviously Miss lvidd could not leave a widow, the Faculty promoted a bill in the House of Commons, which was passed by Parliament last year, to provide that pensions should also be paid to the widowers of lady members of the Faculty. A pleasant incident of Miss Kidd’s admission to the Faculty may be recalled. HCr father’s old political opponent in Linlithgow was Lord Strathclyde, then Mr Alexander TJre. Lord Strathclyde had retired from the Bench at the time Miss Kidd was admitted, and to mark the event he refurbished his old briof-box, had Miss Kidd’s initials placed upon it, and presented it to her.
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