Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 25024, 9 April 1943, Page 3

Notes for Women

Miss Isabella Stroud, Teviot street, is the guest of Mrs'A. C. Jack, Roslyn Bush. Mrs K. E. Beer; Victoria avenue, left yesterday to spend a holiday at Auckland. Miss L. Hannah, who has been visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs W. Hannah, Chelmsford street, has returned to Wellington. Miss Marie Smith has returned to Auckland after spending a holiday with her mother. Mrs L. C. Smith, Duke street. Mr and Mrs T. Templeton entertained their friends at a social evening in the Waimahaka Hall. A presentation was made to Mr and Mrs Templeton by Mr T. Traill on behalf of the residents of. the district. The Air Force Relations Committee wishes to acknowledge garments knitted by the following Mesdames S. B. Patterson, H. J. Davis, K. Hughes, S. 'Carmichael, T. S. Royds, J. McCartney, D. Scott, J. C. McCann; Misses C. I. Nicolson, C. Lloyd, Freda James, 0. Crosbie, J. Carrick; Girls’ High School and girls of the Technical College. At the annual meeting of the Southland Women Teachers’ Association the following office-bearers were elected:—President, Miss Murphy; vice-presidents. Mrs E. K. Mills and Miss V. Holdsworth; secretary and treasurer, Miss M. Swop; committee, Miss Cameron, Miss J. Falconer, Miss A. Finlayson, Miss V. McDougall and Miss R. Henderson. , , . zu One of the three women doctors in the Australian Army Medical Crops, Major L. Laurie, is on leave in Auckland, and is staying with her sister. Miss Alison Laurie, of Mount Albert. Major Laurie was born in New Zealand, but has spent most of her life in Australia. She joined the Medical Corps nine months ago. She is attached as a pathologist to the 102nd General Hospital at Tamworth, New South Wales. Major Laurie said she had'wanted to go overseas with a medical unit, but the policy of the Australian authorities was not to allow women doctors to serve abroad. With the object of enabling women in the Army to make their leisure hours more interesting and to equip themselves for special avenues of work afttr the war, the Army Education and Welfare Service has been made available to the Women’s Auxiliary Corps. Lieutenant Margaret Oram, of Army Headquarters, who has been visiting Dunedin to ascertain the needs of members of the W.A.A.C., said that although the education service had only recently started operating in the district, there were indications that good use would be made of it. The most popular subjects among the women. Lieutenant Oram added, appeared to be drama and music. A number of girls were, however, taking courses in domestic science, woodwork, dressmaking, engineering, and arts at the Technical College, and arrangements were also being made for others to study by ariny correspondence courses. When the required information on a certain subject was not available, the Regional Committee endeavoured to supply it. Civilians, too, were giving information, lectures, and material when it could not otherwise be obtained. Lieutenant Oram pointed out that gifts of women’s magazines for the W.A.A.C. were most acceptable. All the educational work was done voluntarily and in off-duty hours, she concluded.