WOMEN THE WORLD OVER

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3237, 24 November 1934, Page 6

WOMEN THE WORLD OVER

There are now more than 5000 women doctors on the Medical Eegister ia Great Britain. j^ * * Frauloin Thca Easche, the noted German airwoman, was recently the guest of honour at a special Centenary dinner, held by the Melbourne Women's Club of the Y.W.C.A. * * * More than 800 girls from some of Melbourne's leading business houses and industrial firms took part in the Centenary lilter-housc sports meeting at the Fitzroy Cricket Ground on November 17. * * * Feeling that health, education and leadership arc essential in training sportswomen for club and group work, the Melbourne Y.W.C.A. will hold a Summer Health School at Seaford next month, conducted on lines of similar schools in America. It will be the first of its kind in Victoria. * * # A gold medal, the premier award of the International Exhibition of Inventions, has been won for the first time j by a woman, Mrs Elizabeth Richardson, of London, who has patented a device for the automatic finding of radio stations. It is said to be the first invention of Mrs Richardson, who is an amateur experimenter. » • • The secretary of the Victorian Women's Cricket Association (Miss P. Schultze) has received advice from the Australian Women's Cricket Council that South Australia has affiliated and will visit Melbourne to take part in the All-Australian Women's Cricket Carnival beginning on January 14. Four States will be represented.