HOSPITAL MATRON

Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1935, Page 8

HOSPITAL MATRON

SISTER J. FRASER APPOINTED. MISS C. HUNTER’S SUCCESSOR. Sister Jean Fraser, at present actingmatron of the Hawera hospital, was yesterday appointed matron, subject to the Minister of Health’s approval, in succession to Miss C., Hunter, who recently retired' on superannuation. Miss Fraser has been acting as matron for some time and. was appointed a ward sister to the hospital in December. There were 24 applications from all over New Zealand for the position. Miss Fraser was trained at the Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, passing her State examination in 1921. She passed her maternity examinations at the same hospital in 1933. She was theatre sister at one Auckland private hospital for one year, theatre and ward sister at another Auckland private hospital for two years, ward sister and night superintendent at the King George V. Hospital, Rotorua, for one year, private nurse under the Registered Nurses’ Club, Wellington for two and: ahalf years, sister at the Wellington Hospital for four and a-half years, and relieving sub-matron at the Grey River Hospital, Greymouth, for three months. Miss Fraser also took a post-graduate course in administrative work at Victoria University College in 1933. ADVERTISERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS. Retail shops at Hawera will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, and Monday, but will remain open till 5.30 p.m. to-morrow, and on Wednesday in Easter week. The late night will he observed on Thursday; April 18. A euchre party, in aid of the Katua Men’s Hockey Club, will be held in the Auroa hall to-night at 8 o'clock. A Hawera band dance will be held in the Foresters’ hall on Thursday. Residents of Hawera are reminded that the house-to-house selling of poppies commences to-day. Street sales will be made by the Women’s National Reserve on Thursday. A euchre party with dance to follow will be held in the Normanby town hall on Thursday, April 18, in aid of Tutohetohe dining room. Particulars are advertised.

ANZAC DAY ARRANGEMENTS.

HAWERA MEMORIAL SERVICE. The Anzac Day service at Hawera will follow the same form as that held last year, although proceedings will take place in the afternoon instead of the morning, according to a decision reached at a meeting convened by the Mayor, Mr. J. E. Campbell, and attended by representatives of the Hawera bfanch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association and the Hawera Ministers’ Association. The service will commence at 2.30 o’clock at the memorial arch in Princes Street. Returned soldiers and defence unite will parade at the winter show buildings at 1.45 o’clock and will march to the service via Princes, High, Union and Nelson Streets. After a hymn, a Scripture reading and a prayer at the arch the Mayor will deposit a wreath, after which other persons may place emblems in memory of the fallen. After the wreaths have been deposited a firing party will fire three volleys, and “The Last Post” and “Reveille” will be played by members of the Hawera Municipal Band. The singing of the National Anthem will conclude the service. On the afternoon of Anzac Day members of the Hawera Women’s National Reserve will entertain returned soldiers at afternoon tea in the Soldiers’ Club. WORK IN THE SOLOMONS. ADDRESS BY REV. J. R. METCALFE. The story of the work of the resident Methodist missionaries and sisters was told by the Rev. J. R. Metcalfe, who has been a missionary in the islands foi- 15 years, at a gathering at Hawera of representatives of all branches of the church on Sunday, Mr. Metcalfe dealt with the lives of the natives and the state of tlie copra market, and referred to the shortage of funds, which had resulted in retrenchment. Despite this, however, the work had made vast strides in the past few years. Missionaries’ wives and trained nurses were doing splendid work among the sick. The most difficult task in the early days of the work was gaining the confidence of the women folk, said Mr. Metcalfe. However, when they saw the good work of the missionaries their prejudices were overcome. The speaker answered several questions.