HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 242, 12 October 1937, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

Not So Silly Symphony A Hollywood message states that Walt Disney has been advised by cable that for the fourth consecutive year one of his “Silly Symphonies” had been judged the best short picture at the international exposition in Venice, Italy.

Student Christian Movement To assist the cause of the Student Christian Movement, the pupils of the Girls’ College gave a much-enjoyed entertainment on Saturday evening in the School Assembly Hall. Parents and friends attended in large numbers and thoroughly appreciated the variety of items presented by the •various forms. After the conclusion of the programme, several girls took their places as stallholders at the “bring-and-buy” stalls set up in the hall and were kept busy supplying the wants of purchasers.

Dominion Day in Sydney Dominion Day in Sydney is a happy celebration looked forward to by many New Zealanders. This year’s function took the form of a musicale and was held at the Hotel Australia under the auspices of the New Zealand Women’s Association. To Mrs Maisey’ (nee Miss Rae Bond, formerly of Wanganui), was given the responsibility of arranging the programme and Miss Julie Werry, also a Wanganui-ite, sang at the musicale. A message from the Prime Minister of New Zealand was read by the New Zealand Trade Commissioner (Mr W. Taylor), who was among the many guests of honour, including the Lady Mayoress (Mrs A. G. Parkes) and Lady Julius. Women from all parts of New Zealand were present at the function and were received by the president, Mrs Hammond Meredith. Woman Timber Merchant.

Thirty-four-year-old Mrs Rose Raymond is such a successful business woman that her husband has had to give up his job to become her partner. Her father, whom she appointed managing-director of another business, found it so profitable that he has now retired. For her warehouses in Johannesburg, Mrs Raymond imports every year millions of square feet of plywood, also hardwood for veneers. She believes she is the only woman in the world with her own timber business, and she built it up all by herself. “When I left school I went to work as a shorthand typiste in a timber merchant’s cilice in the city,” she said to a London interviewer recently. “That was at a time when plywood was in great demand, but difficult to obtain, x learned a lot m that ofilce. Soon I knew who had plywood to sell and who was likely to buy. I made up my mind to do business for myself. I was only just 17 when I gave in my notice and became a timber merchant. I. took an office, and because it seemed so silly to have my own name up, I borrowed my father’s — but he had nothing to do with the business.” Enterprising Mrs Raymond began to trade to South Africa, and one day met a transport contractor from Johannesburg. His name was Raymond, and she married him. He had to go back to South Africa, so she handed over her London business to her father, and said she would start another in Johannesburg. She