WOMEN’S NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 7

WOMEN’S NOTES

Mrs L. R. Grant, Waipukurau, Is on a visit to Waimate. Mrs J. Batchelor, Dunedin, is on a visit to Mrs Harold Elworthy, Christchurch. Miss Joan Ritche, Dunedin, Is staying with Mrs Guy Rhodes, "The Cottage," Hadlow. Mrs Sydney Quartley, who has been staying with ner mother, Mrs E. Inman, Cattle Valley, has returned to Palmerston North. Misses Eunice Caulfield and C. Gillespie, who have been spending a holiday at Mt. Cook, have returned to Invercargill. Mrs T. H. Lowry, Okawa, Hawke’s Bay, vice-president of the New Zealand Red Cross Society, has received a letter from Matron D. Brown, of the New Zealand General Hospital, Middle East Forces, thanking her for sending 120 pairs of stockings to the nurses. Stockings, she said, were hard to buy and the nurses were looking forward to the arrival of the post. The reason was that when their instructions came to leave Greece, mostly by destroyer, they were ordered to leave everything behind except the clothes they stood in. Rather than abandon their best frocks and other treasured garments, many of the nurses decided to wear layers of clothing under their uniforms. Some admit that they wore up to three sets of underclothing. It was blazing h when one contingent of Australian nurses returned to the Middle East, but this was not the only cause of their discomfort. All of them seemed to have put on weight during their strenuous Journey. The next day they were noticeably slimmer. Orders have been placed by the Director of National Service for a supply of uniforms for members of the Women’s War Service Auxiliary, and a number of these will be available for distribution at an early date. It is therefore desired that applications should be obtained from members who wish to procure uniforms. It is clearly to be understood that members making application for uniforms will be required to refund part of the cost to the National Service Department through the district committees of tlje auxlllaiy. Furthermore, it has been definitely laid down that uniforms are to be Issued only to members of the auxiliary who fulfil the following conditions:—!. They must have been members of the auxiliary for not less than three months; 2, During that period the members must have attended no fewer than 12 training classes or drill classes of the auxiliary; 3: The uniform will be issued on the understanding that it will be worn only in class or on duty, or when gong to or returning from class or duty; 4: An undertaking must be given by the member to continue in the auxiliary for, the duration of the war; 5, The recommendation end certificate of an accredited instructor must be obtained. The cost of manufacture of the uniforms Is being subsidised by the Government, and members wishing to procure uniforms will be required to pay the sum of Cl (plus 2/6 for special sizes). This sum covers uniform, cap, and tie.