Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 25794, 4 October 1945, Page 8

Notes for Women

Mrs George McKnight, Yarrow street, will leave today for a holiday in Queenstown.

Mrs John Chilwell, and Miss Gwenyth Chilwell, Queenstown, will pay a brief visit to Invercargill today. I Mrs A. V. Latty, Gore, is the guest of Mrs R. A. Littlejohn, Dee street, for the Queen’s Park golf tournament. Miss Ruth Brodrick, Albert street, will leave tomorrow for Dunedin, where she will join the staff of Karitane Hospital. Mrs J. S. Munro, Dunedin, who is spending a few days in Invercargill, is a guest at Deschler’s Hotel. Mrs W. Dudman and Miss Audrey Dudman, Marama Avenue, Otatara, have returned from an extended holiday in Tauranga and Auckland. Mr and Miss Trotter, Roslyn, Woodlands, entertained recently at afternoon tea to bid farewell to Mrs C. G. McKerchar, who has left the district. Mrs G. de Latour, who has been paying an extended visit to her parents, Mr and Mrs W. J. Irwin, Bluff, will leave this morning for Te Kopuru, North Auckland.

Mrs H. D. Irving, Herbert street, was hostess at afternoon tea yesterday for Miss Olive Holloway, Woodhouse street. This afternoon, Mrs T. W. Barr Stoddart, Duke street, will enteilain for Miss Holloway. Miss M. Dey, Matron of Karitane Hospital, will leave by plane today on a visit to Dunedin. She will attend the conference of Plunket Nurses which will take place on Saturday. Mrs E. Baird, Miss J. C. Henderson and Miss M. Mclntyre, plunket nurses, will leave tomorrow to attend the conference.

St. Mary’s Bridge Circle held its final night for the season in St. Mary’s Hall on Tuesday, when Mesdames J. Holloway and O. Fogarty were the hostesses. Mrs A. V. Crombie, the president, thanked those who had attended during the season, and congratulated the committee on its work. She presented bouquets to Mesdames Holloway, A. Robertson, J. Moylan, Fogarty, and Misses E. Lyons, and M. Grace. There were 21 tables in play and prizes were won by Miss D. Deegan (contract), Mrs R. B. Williams (auction), Mr T. Scully (500), and Mrs J. McGoldrick (hidden number). A pleasant function took place at H. and J. Smith’s tea-rooms yesterday morning, when members of the Plunket committee entertained Mrs T. F. Gilkison and Mrs A. Derbie, two vice-presi-dents, who have recently resigned from the committee, at morning tea. A spray of flowers was presented to each guest. Mrs L. C. Smith, president, in expressing regret at the resignation of Mrs Gilkison and Mrs Derbie, said what splendid service they had given the Plunket Society over a long period of years. The Mayoress, Mrs A. Wachner, and Mrs James Robertson, vice-presi-dent, also spoke. The addition of embroidery-roses, butterflies, or lace—to undergarments of the wives of repatriated officers to give them glamour in the eyes of their husbands, was mentioned in the prosecution in a London police court of Mrs Pinto Liete, who was fined £55, with 12 guineas costs, for making women’s garments in contravention of the austerity style regulations. The defendant had added 14 buttons on a dress when the limit was 5 buttons, and had added silk facings or trimmings to overcoats. To show how exclusive the defendant’s trade was, it was stated that she charged 8J- guineas for a nightdress, 23 guineas for dresses, and 8J guineas for slips. The magistrate said he had been told many strange things in his court, but he found it difficult to believe that a repatriated officer would not be glad to see his wife unless she had butterflies on her cami-knickers! ENGAGEMENT Mr and Mrs G. K. Knox, Wright’s Bush, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Isla, to Arnold, youngest son of Mr and Mrs H. Jones, Morton Street.

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