Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 25545, 13 December 1944, Page 6

Notes for Women

Mrs J. Waters has returned from a visit to Dunedin. Mr and Mrs C. W. Clark, Anne street, are visiting Queenstown. Mrs J. Simpson, Mary street, has returned from a visit to Dunedin. Mr and Mrs J. D. Pigou, Albert street, will leave on Friday to live at Hastings. Mrs A. E. McGrath, Dee street, has returned from a visit to Queenstown. Mr and Mrs F. Barkley and Miss T. Taylor have returned from Christchurch. Mrs Dudley Taylor, Palmerston North, who has been the guest of Mrs O. S. Undrill, Louisa street, has returned north. Miss Dorothy McCauley, W.A.A.C., arrived by last night’s express to spend Christmas leave with her parents, Mr and Mrs R. J. McCauley, Lumsden. The resignations of two members of the staff of the Public Library, Miss B. L. Eastlake and Miss J. Mackenzie, were received at the meeting of the City Council last night. The resignation of Miss Eastlake is to take effect on January 3 and that of Miss Mackenzie on December 20. Mrs J. M. Fogarty of the staff of the city engineer’s office, has also resigned. At the Waihopai School recently the opening of Dr Bamardo’s boxes took place. The boxes contained the sum of £l9. The president, Mrs Russell Hosie, gave the children a tea-party. The headmaster, Mr A. Thompson, asked the children to show their appreciation to Mrs Hosie and her assistants, Mrs D. Watson and Miss Flint. The Dominion secretary, Miss V. Roche, has since written congratulating the children on the splendid work they had done for the Dr Bamado’s homes.

A programme of songs, dances, elocutionary items and lecturettes was given by the pupils of the Dryburgh School at their break-up ceremony yesterday, lire chairman of the Southland Education Board, Mr S. Rice, presented prizes to the children and congratulated them on their presentation of the entertainment, and spoke of the high standard of work at the school. On behalf of the visitors Mrs J. D. Campbell presented a bouquet to the teacher, Miss D. Malcolm. After the ceremony a sale of work was held, when articles made by the children were displayed. They included weaving, woodwork, sewing, embroidery and knitting. “Up to the present, government and the making of important decisions has been much too largely in the hands of men,” said Miss Ellen Melville in an address at the prize-giving ceremony of the Epsom Girls’ Grammar School. An unbalanced life, with too much of the male interpretation, was the result. This was not the fault of men, but of women for not taking their part in the affairs of life. Women had no opportunity to do so in the past because they did not share in education, but now they were equally concerned in and equally equipped for carrying out duties in the life of the community. There were no rights without duties in a democratic country. ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Myrtle, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Riseley, 358 Yarrow Street, Invercargill, to Pte. Edward, fourth son of Mrs A. B. Hansen, 5 Dudley Street, Invercargill. w