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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17956, 7 December 1932, Page 11

Mrs, Brice, Adelaide, South Australia, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. R. G. A. Reynolds, Whitaker street, Whataupoko. Some discussion on the lowered standard of hand-wtriting among young people generally took place at a meeting of the New .Plymouth Boys’ DnemployCpihipiftee. A report received stated that during interviews with business men “We heard regret expressed that anjopg the ypiitfl of to-day writing seems fast becoming a lost art." One member of the committee thought that the trouble lay in the way in which hand-Wiping was flight. All the children were jjjaffrjelled to write on© styje only and just one type of mb. It> was agreed that* sorn© alteration in system was desirable. The following gifts are acknowledged bv the matron of the Heni Materoa Children's Horae: Miss Tucker, butter; Mrs. R. Graham, eggs; Te Karaka Women’s Institute, eggs; Mr. Bonvick, sausages,- rose stall, silver beet, eggs, oranges and lemons; “Veribest,” Butcher, mince; Gisborne Refrigerating Gohipany,' meat; Mrs. Clarke, vegetables; Holy Trinity Women’s Guild, sandwiches arid cakes; lona College, eld Wirfs' bazaar,' sandwiches and sweets; Green, material, and handkerchiefs; Mr (iuppbell, materials; Miss Sim, facecloths; Sister Merrin, dress.