Women's Notes

Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22065, 11 September 1941, Page 3

Women's Notes

Captain and Mrs J. Gaskell, Christchurch, are staying at the Dominion. Mrs Sheriff Hilton, who has been spending a holiday at Mount Cook, will return to Christchurch to-morrow Mrs G. Webster, Nelson Terrace, who has been on a visit to Wellington, is expected home to-day. Mrs J. Barrie Martin, Wellington, is the guest of her sisters, the Misses Hassell, “Carshalton,” North Street. Mrs C. H. Tripp, Carne, Sealy Street, who has been spending the holidays at Orari Gorge, has returned to Timaru.

The wedding took place in Dunedin recently of Miss Molly Duncan, only daughter of Captain and Mrs F. J. Duncan, of Dunedin, to Mr G. J. Gaffaney, fourth son of Mrs and the late Mr a*. F. Gaffaney, ‘'Bruceside,” Arowhenua. The bridesmaid was Miss Betty Findlay, of Dunedin, and the best man Mr W. J. M. Ryan, of Oamaru. In St. Patrick’s Hall, the Rev. Father Heagney, S.M., presided over a large gathering at a lantern lecture given by Mr Twomey, of Christchurch, on the Makogai Leper Mission. In the afternon about 90 women of the parish had met two sisters from Makogai who . re welcomed and entertained by the Catholic Women’s League. The Rev. Mother thanked Timaru friends of the lepers who had so helped the Mission in the past, and expressed a hope that they would be amply rewarded for their generosity. The lecture which followed gave the audience a very clear and striking picture of life on the leper islands and the work carried on so heroically by the nursing sisters who radiate a universal charity to all, Irrespective of class or creed. Appreciation of their noble sacrifice was expressed by the audience who were given a deeper insight into the psychological benefits accruing from the generosity of New Zealanders.

The death occurred in Wellington last week of Mrs Brandon, widow of the late Mr A. de B. Brandon. As Miss Louise Kebbell, daughter of one of the pioneer families of Wellington, she was one of the most popular girls in the early day and after her marriage to Mr Brandon her home at 17 Hobson Street was a hospitable and happy place. Mrs Brandon leaves three daughters and three sons—Mrs F. D. Herrick, Mrs Duncan Menzies, Mrs W. R. Birch, Mr de Bathe Brandon, Mr G W. Brandon, and Mr P. Brandon. Her eldest son, Mr de Bathe Brandon, had a distinguished record of service with the Air Force in the Great War when he was awarded the M.C. and the DS.O., and one grandson, Peter Herrick, is serving in this war with the R.A.F. as a pilot officer.