PERSONAL NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, 15 June 1920, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

Thirty thousand women are employed oil British railways. Thero were 60,000 in 1913, and 12,000 before tho war.

A cable remarks that tho first Court sineo 1914 w'as held at Buckingham jfalace. It was a brilliant ppectacle, chough tho wearing of feathers and uul Court trains was not allowed, i'rincess Mary made hor debut.

Mrs Alice L. Yocum, belonging) to Boone, lowa, obtained hor thir-1 oeonth divorce "at Cedar Rapids rc- J cently (says tho Central Newa New lork correspondent). It was tho oocond time she had gained a divorco aecree in that State. Sho declined uj discuss her future plana.

Ellen Maingay Daniels, known on die stago as Daisy Yates, tho dancer, ivho recently suod for the recovery of i;2OOU for broach of promise of marriage from her former partner, Sydney C. Culverhouse, known as Sydney 1 ates, tho dancer, was awarded the sum of £SOO. Both are welltcnown in tho Dominion, having made their debut somo years ago with the J. C. Williamson's "High Jinks" Jompany.

An unusual occurrence is roported from Dunedin. At tho close of an interesting and impressive sermon on present day matters, which apparently met with special approval, a member of tho congregation gathered courage to rise and ask if the sermon might not bo repeated at an ovening service, when there would oo a larger attendance. This was found to bo acceptable to others present, and a visitor "seconded',' the suggestion, and tho minister expressed his appreciation, and agreed to repeat tho address on the next Sunday evening.

"While I do not think the reported slump in prices in England is going to affect the price of foodstuffs here, £ do think that another very important factor in this direction is likely to enter into the question be.oro very long," said a loading wholesale merchant in Auckland. "I refer co the possible opening up of trade *vith Russia and the exchange of goods with Great Britain. V ast nreas A'ill be brought into production again. £ believe that Russian wheat, butter, and cheese are going to stabilise the world markets as nothing else could, and" that in five years' time Russia vvijl be the determining factor in the prices paid in England for New Zealand butter and cheese."

Says the Bulletin:—The salary of Jellieoo as Governor-General of Maoriland will be £7OOO a year, £3OOO less than that of the Governor-General of Australia. That won't trouble him. Lady Jellicoe is a daughter of Sir Charles Cayser, a millionaire shipping magnate. It's not generally known :hat when Beatty got an earldom and £IOO,OOO, and Jellicoe, then in Sydney, only got a viscountancy and £50,000, he cabled asking if he might refuse the money. Reply came that there was no precedent for such action. With true British reverence for tradition, tho great little Admiral bowed to the inevitable, but decided to .spend tho splosh on homes for British seamen.

The Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women recently recided to arrange for a public meeting to be held in connection with the Cost of Living Problem, and it was decided to invite unaffiliated societies to ioin in. The following resolutions wore passed I "That in view of the fact that much unnecessary suffering is caused by the want of special mental hospitals for temporary and mild cases of mental derangement, the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women urges the establishment, in each of the main centres, of suitable hospitals for such cases." "That the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women is of opinion that where men are found guilty of sexual offenceß against children and defective girls, they should be segregated for life." "That tho Public Health Department bo urged to establish public fumigation centres for the fumigation of bedding, etc." "That this council is of opinion that some form of censorship should be placed on tho wording of kinoma film advertisements."