Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 24986, 24 February 1943, Page 6

Notes for Women

Mrs P. C. Feltham, Chapman street, is spending a holiday at the Rocks. Mr and Mrs F. Cook, Dublin street, are spending a holiday at Stewart Island. Miss Elsie Roy, Mossburn, is visiting Dunedin. Miss Agnes Paterson has returned to Mossburn after a holiday spent at Stewart Island. Mrs R. T. H. Maslin, Garston, is the guest of her mother, Mrs J. McCrostie, Gladstone Terrace. Mrs J. M. McCrostie, Gladstone Terrace, will leave tomorrow to spend a holiday at Christchurch and the West Coast. Mrs A. E. Bath, Lees street, will leave for Christchurch tomorrow to attend the wedding of her daughter, Miss Ella Bath, which will take place on Saturday. Misses K. Palmer, B. Sullivan and J. McMath, who recently completed their training as members of the women police, have taken up their duties at the Dunedin Central Police Station. Queen Mary has graciously consented to become president of the Associated Board of the Royal. Schools of Music, according to advice received from London by the New Zealand secretary. Mrs Margaret Cooper, daughter of Mrs T. H. Brown, Moulson. street, who was evacuated from Malaya afßihe time of the Japanese invasion, has had word that her husband is a prisoner of war. About 500 members of the armed forces were on Saturday the guests of the Christchurch committee of the Southland Patriotic Council for afternoon tea and tea, and after a dance held in the evening the Central war workers served supper. Mrs E. J. Mills, Nelson street, lady superintendent of Red Cross Voluntary Aids, Mrs C. O. Lillie, Gore, commandant for Eastern Southland, and Mrs J. C. Macdonald, Diamond Peak, Gore lady superintendent, left yesterday to attend a meeting of the council of South Island Voluntary Aids at Christchurch.

Mrs J. Cracroft Wilson, whose work for the mothers and babies of New Zealand is known and acclaimed far beyond the Dominion, has, because of ill-health, resigned from the presidency of the Canterbury branch of the Plunket Society. Mrs Wilson is a foundation member of the society, and was president for 21 years. She was also a member of the Dominion Council for many years. At the last meeting of the Christchurch branch Mrs Wilson's resignation was received with regret, and several members paid glowing tributes to her work, which, they said, had been an inspiration to all members.