Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 25335, 11 April 1944, Page 6

Notes for Women

Miss E. McCarter, Ness street, has left to live at Christchurch. Mrs Rex Royds, Wellesley Avenue, has been visiting Te Anau. Mrs A. J. Hawke, Gore, has been spending a holiday at Te Anau. Mr and Mrs W. F. Cloiiston, Louisa street, have been spending Easter at Te Anau. Miss Isohel Macdonald, Collingwood street, has been spending Easter at Queenstown. Mr and Mrs Alan Maealister, Wellesley Avenue, celebrated their silver wedding on Sunday. Misses M. Searle, M. Gtace and W. Murray return today from a few days spent at the Rocks. Mrs R. T. H. Maslin, Garston, returns today from a visit to her parents, Mr and Mrs J. M. McCrostie, Gladstone Terrace. Mrs Eustace Winsloe, Mt. Benger, Roxburgh, who has been the guest of her parents, Mr and Mrs T. M. Rankin, Yarrow street, has returned home. The annual meeting of the Dunedin Free Kindergarten Graduates’ Association was held at the house of Mrs G. Greig, Princes street, Musselburgh. The following office-bearers were elected for 1944:—President, Miss J. Greig; vice-presidents, Mrs S. Harris, Miss A. Duthie and F. Holland; secretary, Miss J. Barns; treasurer, Miss Lewisham; committee, Misses M. Just, Z. Salmond, L. Burnside, L. Church and R. SloanBrown. Diack market and other rackets in the adoption of children are to be stamped out in Britain. As soon as the necessary arrangements can be made, the Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939, win come into force. Any individual society, or agency, however irresponsible, can now arrange adoptions. The Act will stop that. Only registered adoption societies or local authorities will in future be able to “place” babies and children. Proper official supervision will also be necessary, while payments for adoption will be restricted. Due to come into force' on January 1, 1940, the Act was put into cold storage because it might put too much work on local authorities. Since the war, however, there has been, a growing abuse of adoption. Babies in increasing numbers have been adopted by women to evade call-up. Some mothers have “hawked” their new-born babies to the highest bidders. ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Jean, only daughter of Mr A. Stewart, Mornington, Dunedin, to Frank McLean, Invercargill, younger son of Mrs M, Neilson, Tapanui. ;