Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 24996, 8 March 1943, Page 6

Notes for Women

Miss P. Gatehouse, Don street, has been spending a few days at Balclutha. Mrs E. Strain, Dunedin, has returned after a short visit to Invercargill. Mrs H. P. Semmens, Tweed street, has returned from a holiday visit to Queenstown and Hampden. Mrs H. C. Mackenzie and Miss J. Mackenzie, Swinton street, have returned from a holiday spent at Christchurch. Mrs Eustace Winslow, Mt. Benger, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs T. M. Rankin, Yarrow street, will return to Roxburgh early this week. The South Invercargill B patriotic committee held a successful bring-and-buy sale on Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs F. N. Watson at the corner of Grace and Ythan streets. The function was held indoors because of the wet weather. Competitions, produce and fancy stalls were well patronized. The sale was officially opened by the Mayoress, Mrs A. Wachner, and during the afternoon pianoforte solos were given by Mrs A. F. Manning. The Air Force Relations Committee wishes to acknowledge garments handed in at the depot, J. E. Watson’s Buildings, Tay street, during the past week by the following:— Mesdames T. S. Royds. H. J. Macalister, W. H. Boyes, □. M. Stirling, 1). Scott, W. RMacdonald, C. F. A. Jones, F. Kingsland. C. R. Hart. R. M. Duthie. D. Drummond; Misses E. Lipscombe, B. Aspray, J. Tapper, J. B. Rodger, C. I. Nicholson, E. T. Todd, M. Wills. M. Gardner and Southland Technical College pupils. Four Greymouth women have gone to Lower Hutt to undertake war work and 10 more will leave this week. It is expected that a further allocation for Greymouth will be made shortly. Something entirely new in the housing of women and girls in New Zealand is incorporated in the modern system of unit buildings of a hostel at Lower Hutt for the accommodation of these women. Erected by the State Housing Department. the Woburn hostel, as it is called, will be administered by the Young Women's Christian Association, with Miss Violet MacMillan as superintendent. There are sleeping, food service, and recreation units, the buildings being grouped as in a small housing settlement, and set in extensive grounds. The Garden Circle invite members of the Women’s Club to an afternoon on Tuesday at 3 p.rn. Mrs Virtue, who witnessed the last Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau, will be the speaker. 8711

WOMEN DRAFTED FOR WORK 300 To Start In Sydney Canneries (Rec. 8 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 7. Three hundred women between the ages of 18 and 35 have been drafted to start work in Sydney canneries on Monday. None of the women is gainfully employed and they are considered to have little domestic responsibility. It is expected that Australia will apply compulsion of female labour on a wholesale scale within the next few weeks. This is the first mass drafting that has been made to cope with the hundreds of tons of peaches which will shortly pour into the canneries. “If the peaches are not processed immediately they will rot,” explained a senior man-power official. “Australia cannot afford such a colossal waste of food.” RED CROSS NEWS An invitation is extended to all members of the Red Cross Society and members of the various V.A. detachments to attend (in uniform) this evening at 7.15 at the Town Hall, the occasion being the official ceremony to mark the gift of an ambulance for service in the Middle East. Recently a further consignment of old linen has been forwarded to headquarters. Further supplies will be gratefully received. Dried lavender supplies have been also appreciated. These bags are for use by soldier patients who, in warmer climates, find them very refreshing during their treatment. The society thanks the following for donations: Southland Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, £l/9/6; Gorge Road. £10; Edendale sub-centre, £BO (sick and wounded fund, £4O allocated to prisoners of war); Waimahaka sub-centre, £5; the same subcentre, £l5 (sick and wounded fund for prisoners of war); Otautau sub-centre, £5; and all who have forwarded old linen and lavender.

Georgetown Committee.—Members of the Sewing Guild will meet in the Presbyterian Hall on Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. Gladstone Committee.—At the annual meeting held recently, the following were elected: President, Mrs T. F. Gilkison; secretary, Mrs A. M. Williams; committee, Mesdames Dobbie, White-Parsons. Langford, Patton, Gray, Mitchell and Miss Bell. South Committee.—Members will meet today at 2.45 p.m. at the residence of Mrs R. Brownlie, Grace street. Waikiwi Committee.—The members wish to thanks Mr and Mrs H. R. Williams for the use of their garden for their recent effort, which realized the sum of £Bl/1/-, also to all friends who helped to make it such a success.

V.A.D. Notes—This evening the intermediate first aid examination will be held at 7 o’clock sharp. On Tuesday the resuscitation class meets at 5.45 p.m. and on Wednesday the intermediate home nursing class at 7.15 p.m. All V.A.’s, nursing, domestic and transport members are requested to parade in uniform, at 7 o’clock this evening at St. John’s Hall, Tay street. The elementary home nursing class will begin on Thursday, March 18, at 7.15 p.m. Enrolments will be taken at the office from 6.45 p.m. PATRIOTIC NOTES Knitting has been received from Lochiel, South Invercargill A, Central. Longbush, Kennington, East Invercargill. Otautau, Morton Mains, Drummond, Edendale, Wyndham, Collingwood and Bay Road, Mossburn, Georgetown, Mabel Bush, Scott's Gap. Gladstone, Quarry Hills, Springhills, Waikiwi, Winton, Lora Gorge. North Invercargill Patriotic Committees and from Little Southlanders, Women’s Club and individual knitters. The North Invercargill Committee will be on duty at the depot this week. SUB-COMMITTEE NOTES East Invercargill.—The monthly collection totalled £25/7/9. The following donations are acknowledged with thanks: Mesdames Dunlop. £2; Lindsay, £1; Buckingham, £1; Bell, 15/-; King, 12/-; Winter, 10/-; Thomson, 10/-; C.M., £1; G.W.C., £l. The committee wishes to thank all knitters. More are urgently required. Wool is obtainable from Mrs Ruthven, 79 Robertson street, or telephone 2128. Hawthorndale. —The committee will meet today at 3 p.m. Gladstone. —The house-to-house collection is still in progress. The monthly meeting of the committee will be held at the home of Mrs H. C. Mackenzie, 45 Swinton street, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. North Invercargill.—A pleasant social afternoon was spent at the last meeting of servicemen’s relations. It has been decided that in future these meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The committee wishes to thank all knitters. Forty-four pairs of socks, 12 scarves. 16 balaclavas and two pairs of mittens have been handed in to the depot. Georgetown.—The monthly meeting will be held in the Presbyterian Sunday School hall this evning at 7.30. The following knitting has been handed in: Forty-eight scarves, 36 balaclavas, 24 pairs of mittens, 24 pairs of socks, two pairs of gloves. South Invercargill B.—The February collection totalled £2B. Central. —The monthly collections amounted to £32. Donations are acknowledged with thanks from S.G.H.S., £5; H. E. Melhop, £1 1/-; Mrs Murphy, Yarrow street, £l. The rea’ltions afternoon will be held today in the Rose Gardens, weather permitting, otherwise in St. Paul’s vestry room. WOMEN’S AUXILIARY The general rally of all members to have been held on Tuesday has been postponed. The date will be advised in the next notes. The Signalling Class begins on Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m., in St. John’s Hall, Tay Stl The First Aid Class begins on Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m., at the St. John Ambulance headquarters, Esk street. Areas 14 and 15 of the Plunket Aid Group will be on duty at the waste paper depot on Tuesday either from 10 to 12 or 2 to 4.30 p.m. The Physical Fitness Class will not begin until further notice in the notes.