HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

“Still in Harness” Spending a well-earned holiday in | Auckland is Nurse Gallie, of Waihi. j affectionately named the “Mother of Waihi” for she has played an important part in the lives of three generations. She is a maternity nurse who has the remarkable record of having brought, 1400 babies into the world during her nursing experience of 40 years. Nurse Gallic is the oldest maternity nurse at the present time and is “still in harness.” She has the I proud record of never having lost a mother. Quite often she has brought into the world the grandchild of a woman she has nursed. Central Band of Hope On Wednesday the Wanganui Central Band of Hope held its breakingup ceremony in the form of a teaparty, when there was a good attendance. After tea, Mr Fretwell, of the Church of Christ, presented the examination papers and gave a short talk to the children. Items were rendered as follows: Recitations by Maureen Day, Ailsa Jones. Ruth Grinstead. Esme Turner; song. Mary Grinstead; duct, Loma Sutton and Ailsa Jones; quartette. Maureen Day, Ruth Grinstead, Zena Adams. Mary Grinstead. A vote of thanks was passed to all who had assisted during the year. The meeting closed with the Benediction. Home Science Lecturer Four applications were received for the positioh of lecturer in the foods department at the Home Science School. Dunedin, and the University Council decided to appoint Miss Catherine H. Mac Gibbon. Miss Mac Gibbon holds the degree of B.H.Sc., and has just completed the course for a master of science in the University of Chicago. She intends to travel for three months in Great Britain. Denmark, and Sweden. From 1930 to 1935 Miss Mac Gibbon was on the staff of the Palmerston North Girls’ High School. * * * * New Zealand Artist Revisiting New Zealand after an absence of two years is the Hon. Mrs Ralph Vane, well-known in the Dominion both as a Now Zealander and as an artist. She arrived at Auckland on Thursday by the Rangitata from London and is travelling with Mr Lamorna Birch. R.A.. and Mrs Birch, on a six months’ painting tour. Tn search of beauty of other lands, Mrs Vane has spent the past five years travelling in America, Italy. Switzerland. Spain, Morocco, South Sea Islands. Egypt, Britain, France, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Born in New Zealand. Mrs Vane has retained a great love of her native land and said in an interview that the Dominion was particularly fortunate in its rich heritage of beauty. She felt particularly strongly about the preservation of native flora and urged that native trees and shrubs should be planted and cared for as much as possible. She did not like to see exotic trees planted at the expense of a country’s native flora and thought the Now Zealander, as an individual, was ruthless in the destruction of beauty. Some of the most wonderful forests in the world were gradually being destroyed for roads and cut into sections for small homes whose owners cut away what was I left of the bush and planted in its stead a few pine trees. “Hack, chop and burn” was the description which Mrs Vane had once heard of the New Zealand attitude to beauty. While in South Africa. Mrs Vane made many studies of the scenery and Dutch homes. The architecture of the houses and their decoration was extremely beautiful and they were perfectly in keeping with their surroundings The Dutch v. ere very fond of their homes and she wished that people in other countries took the same pride in designing their houses to blend with their surroundings. Mrs Vane makes her home in Surrey, and has reproduced on canvas many of the beautiful spots in the countryside, also trees which she enjoyed painti-ng. Trees, to her had character, and very often the character of the country. She thought the New Zealand trees, particularly the rugged and colourful pohutukawa, were full of character and expressed the essential nature of New Zealand.