NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12470, 11 June 1926, Page 5

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs R. A. AVright has returned to Wellington from a visit to Auckland. Mother Mary Aubert has much pleasure in acknowledging with sincerest thanks the receipt of 212 garments (new and old) from the Two Garment Society, for the children of the Home of Compassion. Miss Nieoll. of AVellington, is on a visit to friends in Hastings. Mrs Mayne, Napier, who has been visiting her. daughter, Mrs Ewan McLaren, Heretaunga, AVellington, has returned home. Mrs Mayne went down to see her son, Mr A. Mayne, who will accompany Mr and Mrs AVilliams to England on the Surprise. Commander and Mrs Middleton, who have been the guests of Mr annd Mrs lilair, Upland road, Kelburn, have returned to Auckland. Mr and Mrs George Anyon, of AVellington, are visiting Auckland, and are staying with their daughter, Mrs AV. J. Bailey, AVestern avenue, Mount Albert.

Miss N. Mitchinson, of the Health Department staff, AVellington, is at present visiting Mrs T. A. Hastings, of Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North Miss R. Richardson, for several years’ postmistress at Sanson, and lately on the staff of the G.P.0., Wellington, has been appointed to the Palmerston North Chief Post Office.

Miss Olive G. Loate, of Hamilton, Victoria, is a recent recruit to the Jega, ranks of Melbourne. She was the only woman among 23 law graduates admitted last month to practise as barristers and solicitors. Miss Loate’s success is rendered the more notable by the fact that all her study was done by correspondence.

Miss Anderson, organising secretary of the Australian Young AVomen’s Christian Association, is relinquishing her work in Australia, and is returning to New York (says “The Age”). Her work will be carried on by Miss Griffin, who has just arrived from New Zealand. The Federal headquarters of the Y.AV.O.A. are now established in Melbourne.

A quiet but pretty wedding took olace at St. John’s Church, Danne virke, on June 2nd, when Miss Myrtle Gwendoline MoLean, voungest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. McLean. A r ictoria avenue, was married to Mr Walter Henry Weeds, only son of Mr and Airs AV. AVeeds. AVaione.

The following cantrbntions were made by branches of the Plunket Society to the work of the Mothercraft Home, in AVellington, during the past year:—Masterton, £2O; Carterton, €10; Petone. £10; Gisborne, £lO, Hastings, £10; Featherston, £10; Lower Hutt, £5; Dannevirke, £2 2s; Pnhiatua, £1 16.

The annual report of the Plunket Society says that the death of the late Mr John KirkcaTd(ie deprived the Society of a very staunch friend.

■ ? ed Cross Society acknowledges the following gifts:—Case of apples. Misses Eaddy and Poole, Mr H. Nathan; books, Mrs Thompson; box of mushrooms, Mrs Mcßride; gramophone records, Mrs Clarke; magazines AVellington East Girls’ College; homemade sweets and vegetables, Girl Guides; magazines, Mrs C. Vallance, Mrs Morris, Miss Jackson; ‘‘Daily Mirrors,” Mrs Rigalsford; New York papers, Mrs AV. L. Lowrie; grapes, Mrs Maxwell; socks, Mrs Kebball; vegetable marrow, Miss Joan Jackson; “Punch’s,” Mrs AVaters; “Tatlers,” Lady Liverpool; chocolates, Messrs Dawson and Bishop.

The most gratifying feature in connection with the AVellington work of the Plunket Society is the close cooperation between all institutions which work for the benefit of women and children and the society (Says the annual report.) The AVellington Hospital, St. Helens, Alexandra Home, Home of Compassion, and many of the private maternity hospitals all work in unison with .the Plunket nurses.

The providing of . a Mothercraft Home has been a very great assistance to AVellington and the surrounding country’ and to the Plunket nurses (says the annual report of the Plunket Society); they are able to send cases there that require closer observation than they are able to give in the district. Tlie carrying on of this work lias been attended with many difficulties, chiefly lack of accommodation and financial troubles; the former have been cheerfully borne by the staff and the latter the committee have faced, all realising that the work itself is a vital necessity to the community. By this time next year we hope to be established at the new Karitane Hospital at Melrose. A pretty wedding was solemnised at Knox. Church, Masterton, when Miss E. Hutchings, daughter of Mrs H. J. Hutchings, of Eketahuna, was married to Mr Geoffrey AV. Bicknell, son of Mr A. Bicknell, of Martinborough. The Rev. J. Davie officiated. Auckland will not allow a woman to be a conductor on a ’bus, but other parts of New Zealand have a more advanced outlook, judging by the remark* of a member of the Timaru AVomen’s Citizen Association at their public meeting last week., The speaker surprised the meeting by stating that a- little conductress about 18 years of age had made herself widely known to residents of the AVest Coast town ot Greymouth. This little lady, the speaker ".said, was most obliging, and had earned the respect of all her customers by the manner in which she dincharged her duties. The ’bus was always run to suit the convenience of residents, as it would be stopped outside i the goto of any home where so desired, and the conductress, instead of calling out the name of the street, would call out “Mrs Jones,” and so oil. airs Jones was not allowed to leave the ’bus while carrying a parcel, and she was immediately relieved of it by the girl, who, no matter how small it was, from a bottle of medicine to a baby, insisted on carrying it until the passenger had safely alighted from her 'bus.

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St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu, was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Wednesday last, in the presence of a large number of well-wishers and friends of the contracting parties. The Rev. AV. Butterworth officiated. The bride was Miss Betty Civil, second daughter of Mr and Mrs J. AV. Civil, of To Awamutu, and tho bridegroom, Mr Alexander Hanna, son of Mr and Mrs AV. Hanna, of Te Mawhai. The church had been prettily decorated with floral emblems of good wishes by girl friends of the bride, and Mrs F. Gibson officiated at the organ.

The Begum of Bhopal, India’s only woman ruler, has been in London some time, and has been living in Portman Square and thoroughly enjoying herself with her family. Now she has taken the enormous residence occupied by the Maharajah of Jodhpur and his suite at Wimbledon Park, AV. It is known as Belmont House, and is a very beautiful old Georgian residence with 12 acres of grounds. It is owned by the Due de Vendome,' a brother-in-law of the King of the Belgians, and it has 30 bedrooms and 10 reception rooms, and the exquisite furniture is antique, with some priceless hits amongst it. Tlie monthly meeting of the council of tho Women Students’ Hostel Society took place on Tuesday last, the members present being Mrs J. S. Elliott (president), Sirs J. Adamson, Dr Agnes Bennett, Sirs E. ,\V. G. Coleridge, Mrs T. H. Gill,-Sirs A.-L. Hansell, Sirs AA’. Shirer, Sirs D. S. Smith, and Mrs H. E. Evans (hon. secretary,). The financial position was reported to be satisfactory, although there have been several vacancies this year owing to the Education Department transferring so many of the students to other districts. The Terrace Hostel is now full, but there are still four vacancies at the Kelburn Hostel, Fairview Crescent. Fortunately there is a full list for 1927. The council has much to be proud of in the work of the students, many of whom take more than one degree during their course. One student in particular, Miss Vera Reader, has done excellent, work, gaining her B.Sc. in 1923 and M.Sc. in 1924, and being at- present in London, -where she has now gained her Pli.D. Others who have gained their degrees this year are Miss Scatrow, M.A., Misses Milnes. Mitcalfe, Moncrief, MoNiven, and Marion Smith, 8.A., and Miss Copping. B.Sc. Tlie annual report of the Society for the Health of AVomen and Children states: “The committee wish to take this opportunity of placing on record the gratitude and appreciation of work done for them by the citizens* committee, its president (Mr Kirkcaldie), secretary (Mr Amos), the hon. architect (Mr Gray Young). They feel sure that their consciousness of the benefit to the community at large and the results of their efforts will fully repay them for all their trouble and labour. The Kyitane Hospital when once established will be a lasting memorial to the altruistic motives of the citizens’ committee. The committee is also very delighted that the men of AVellington have realised that the Plunket work is for all citizens, both men and women, and appreciate very keenly their sympathetic understanding of the wide educational work of the society, and the great help that the women workers are receiving from the men. It has been an uphill fight for eighteen years since the AVellington branch was founded, hut we look forward with confidence to the future.

LYTTELTON WEDDING

The many friends of Mr A. To Lamont, combined m wishing him every success in his venture upon the sea of matrimony, when he was married to Miss E. Jeffery, at the Methodist Church, Lyttelton, last Wednesday. Mr A. Lamont has been one of the most popular stewards on the ferry boat, s.s. Maori, for some time past, and many of the regular travellers will x’cmember him. Tlie ceremony wes performed by the Rev. B. Dudley, and the bride’s father gave her away. The bride looked very charming in pussy willow silk, trimmed with pearls, and she carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums and maidenhair fern, and the dainty dresses of the bridesmaids made the scene particularly picturesque. Miss Olive Jeffery was the chief bridesmaid, supported by Miss M. Lamont, and little Bubble Curry. The best man was Mr H. Meade, and the groomsman Mr H. B. i’caohy. Subsequent to the ceremony, members of the family, and their many friends were entertained at the home of tho bride’s parents, 11, Cornwall road, where tho bride’s mother received them. There were various toasts, alt wishing the young couple every success in their future life. In the evening the bride and bridegroom travelled by the s.s. Mararoa to AVellington. in the vicinity of which they are spending their honejmoon.

WEDDING IN SYDNEY

A wedding of interest to New Zealand took place at St. Philip's. Church, Sydney, on June Ist, when Eric Ramsden, son of Mrs H. 0. Ramsden, of Martinborough, and the late Mr Ramsden, was married to Miss Eve Graham, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. N. Graham, of “Ardwell,” Point road, Woolwich, Sydney. The ceremony -was performed by the Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev. .Dr. Orotty, D.D.), a personal friend of the bridal pair. The wedding drew a large attendance of Sydney’s writing fraternity, as both are well-known in the newspaper world. Mr Ramsden is a member of “The Sun” staff, while Miss Graham had been associated with the Sydney “Morning Herald,” and the “Daily Telegraph.” Tho best man was another New Zealander, Mr Hugo Freetli, of the Sydney “Morning Herald” (and formerly of Palmerston North). After the ceremony the guests were entertained- by Mrs Graham at the Wentworth Hotel. Among tho -guests were Mrs AVilliam Moore (Dora Wilcox), tho New Zealand poetess, and her husband, the “Telegraph’s” well-known art critic. Mrs J. F. Mendelssohn (formerly Miss Vera Caselberg, of Mastertoil), and Mr Mendelssohn, who have recently returned from America to reside in Sydney, were among tho many others present. Prior to her wedding, Mrs Eric Ramsden was entertained by her colleagues on the Sydney Press at a linen tea. From the staff of the “Telegraph” she received a presentation of cut glass. The staff of the “Sun” sent Mr and Mrs Ramsden a rosewood clock. Gifts were also received from journalists and other friends both in Australia and New Zealand.

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GOLF.BALL

One of the most popular of Wairarapa functions is the Golf Club Ball, which was held at the Municipal Hall, Masterton, on Wednesday night. The hall was charmingly decorated with festoons of bracken and lycopodium, the chandeliers being draped in jazz colours. There was a large attendance. of golfers and friends from all over the district. Mr H. J. AV. Lord and , Mrs E. Hornabrook were the ball secretaries, and Messrs G. Cl. Williams, R. McKenzie, H. P. Hugo and E. Hornabrook proved capable M.C.’s. Tlie 1 music, which was particularly good,- was supplied by Larkin’s Orchestra (Palmerston North). Tlie ladies’ committee, whose huge task of carrying out the supper preparations was not tlie lease important of the-function, comprised the following: Mrs P. Gordon, who wore gold lace; Mrs S. J AV. Gill, bronze tissue;’ Mrs G. AV. Sellar, azure blue; Mrs G. O. AVilliams, black • Mrs H. G. Moser, black; Mrs AV. H. Robieson, embossed jade green georgette: Mrs "R. McKenzie, yellow georgette; Mrs 'A. B. Lawrence, black beaded frock; Mrs L. B. Maunsell. blue and gold georgette; Mrs H. V. Halse, black; Mrs N. H. James, royal blue chenille; Mrs H. F. Coom, gold embossed georgette; Mrs A. Caselberg, black and geranium; Mrs R. Morrison, cyclamen ninen; Mrs H. E. Hart, cerise georgette; Miss E. Robieson, pink and gold crepe de chine; Miss Payton, black and silver; Miss A. Perry, floral satin; Mrs J. A. Betts, Mrs S. McLaren and Mrs C. M. Perry. Tlie hall secretaries were Mrs H. J. W. Lord, who wore petunia georgette and steel lace, and Mrs E. AV. B. Hornabrook. whose frock was of henna georgette. Among the- guests worn several AVellington visitors.

SOCIAL SERVICE

In speaking of finance, the annual report of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children (Plunket) says : “To carry on the work successfully the committee find it is necessary to raise about £2OOO. a year oyer and above tho Government grant of £lll2 Ss 7d, cowards the nurse’s salaries and £750 towards the maintenance of the Moth-ercraft-Home. The untiring efforts of the central committee and the subcommittees have attained this object. The money required has been contributed as follows: Macarthy Trust, £400; special donations to Mothercraft Home, £154 5s 2d; donations £lB7 11s sd, being estate late Mrs Walter Nathan and Mr F. Cooper, £IOO each; subscriptions, £349 8s; special efforts made by central committee and the enb-committees, £969 8s 6d (includes Christmas partv, sales of work, small dances, etc., and donations given to Christmas party fund); fees from hospital patients, £382 0s 7d. For the year ending March 31st, 1925, a profit of £307 19s 2d was carried forward, and this, with the money raised during the year, has placed the AVellington work on a sound financial basis. The committee, after consultation with their advisory board, have resolved to pay £6OO off the mortgage, allocating the money bequeathed by will to the branch for this purpose: Namely, £250 to come from the estate of the late Mr John Kirkcaldie; £IOO each from tlie late Mrs AValter Nathan’s and Mr F. Cooper’s estates; and £IOO given by Mr Joseph Joseph: and- £SO from tho general funds of tho society.