HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 289, 7 December 1939, Page 10

HITHER AND THITHER

Jumble Sale at Castleclift. To assist the funds o£ the Mothers’ Helpers' Society, which is doing such a good service in Wanganui, a ..jumble I sale is to be held on Saturday next, ■ December 9. Besides good used | clothes there will be cake and produce stalls. The sale will open at 9.30 'a.m. Garden Party. I The recent rains have had a very i beneficial effect upon the pastures and !gardens of the district. There should Te a line display at the Presbyterian I garden party at Mrs. H. Collier's on l Saturday. The St. John's Hill bus I wiil leave the post office at three iminutes past two in the 'afternoon. not at 2.30 p.m. ; Croquet Challenge Match. i Yesterday the Gonville Croquet jciub, holders of the Wedderspoon 'Cup, played a challenge match against I Wanganui East and was beaten by I three games to one. The games were Splayed in excellent conditions, and in I the following results the Gonville player is given first:—Mrs. Murphy i(7) beat Mrs. Taylor (8=), 26-10; Mrs. 'Hawke (61) lost to Mrs. perry (6J>, 112-26; Mrs. Owles <9l lost to Mrs. (Drummond (9), 15-26; Mr. Beatie (11) I lost to Mrs. Bowell (9 >, 20-26, (iiit Evening. ; On Saturday last, a very happy levelling was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wills, Wanganui .East, when Mrs. Wills and Mrs. B. I McCarthy hostessed a gift party in I honour of Miss Audrey Sharpe, who is to be married early in the New (Year. The hours passed quickly in .novel competitions, interspersed with (songs and duets charmingly rendered by Mrs, A. Bellringer ano Mrs. Wills. After a delicious savoury' supper, Miss Sharpe opened the parcels containing many and varied gifts for her new home. Thanks to all those responsible for the jolly evening were given by Mr. A. C. Kogers, on behalf of himself and his fiancee. The party concluded with community singing. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. E. R. vv’ills; Mr. and Mrs. B. McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bellringer, Mr. ana Mrs. G. Langslow, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. D. Munroe, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sharpe. Mrs. E. Reny, Misses M. and B. White, K. and E. Waters B. Rogers, P. Ryan, E. Good, B. Fields, D. Brown; Messrs. R. Rogers, R. Willacy. L. Proctor, E. 1 Nicholls, D. Buller, G. Beadle, G. ( Delves, G. Brown, J. Waters. “Cottoiuuies.” Although the gaiety and stimulus of new clothes is needed in these trobulou.s times, the fashion leaders know that clothes, nowadays, must not he dear. So Paris is full of what they call by the amusing name of ! ‘cottonades." Dance dresses are in shirred organdis, and in the kind of fabric which docs not need ironing, smocked al the neckline and hips. From Dieppe and Toulon where usually the treasures of the sands are collected to make up those shellcovered boxes which were so fashionable decades ago and which have never ceased to be made, shells have been sent to Paris to the dress salon, i'lhey are finely pierced for a needle to igo through them, and then “emsbrdflered" as the French say, on the 'i uecWines, collars, belts, and even ’.lvwlbags. Shell embroidery is something new and fashionable. Maori Song Composer. Mrs. 11. Trevelyan King, of Mount i Eden, Auckland, has received an offer 1 from Allan and Company, the well- ■ known music publishers in Melbourne, to publish her Maori song-legend “Puhihuia.” The song is based on a legend centring around Mount Eden, which Mrs. King collected from a blind old Maori of high rank in the Kawlua district. 11 describes the romance between a Maori chieftain and the daughter of a chief living in the Mount Eden district many years ago, in which the course of true love ran far from smoothly. The words arc in Maori and the setting, also composed by Mrs. King, follows the Maori ' i heme. In its contract with Mis. .King, the firm announces its intension of publishing the song some time in the new year. "Puhihuia" is only ((one of Mrs. King’s Maori composiKions, as for years she has made a study of Maori legends and music.

I praise lor Trainees. (j Dr. Kenrick Christie, who was the ■ examiner ol the large class of women ji first aid work, after training by the Wanganui St.-. John Ambulance Association, in a letter to Mrs. J. Brine has given his comments upon the general standard achieved by the candidates as follows: —"This class showled very good coaching, and the standi ard of their practical work was unj usually high. I am sure that every 'one in that class would be capable of I giving useful first aid In all cases of > usual ■ injuries. It is not often that 1 there is such a high proportion who (get full marks on their practical questions. Some slipped on their oral questions. Some showed a tendency to do |up their bandages rather oosey. Yet (not one said they would loosen the tight bandages should medical aid not be forthcoming within a reasonable - time. Some even tied granny knots. For such a large class it was gratify- ( ' ing that there were no failures, jmd I ' sincerely hope you will be able to keep ' them together in the brigade and get ' a good competition team from them ' that might shake up some of the older ■ members."