Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 1, 2 January 1943, Page 2

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Miss Margaret Hine, Victoria Avenue, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. W. A. Mason, Wicksteed Street, has returned from Gisborne. Mrs. Yates, College Street, with her family, is visiting Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. B. Gray, of Pahiatua, are visitors to Wanganui for the holidays. Miss Annette Hannay is a Wanganui visitor to Masterton. Lieut, and Mrs. Russell Maiden, Wellington, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. White, College Street. Mrs. V. Rapson, of Wellington, with her family, is staying with her mother, Mrs. Deem, Durie Hill.

Miss C. Sladdon, of Marton, has been the guest of Mrs. W. J. Stone, St. Hill Street, for a few days.

Mrs. Hugh Graham, Keith Street, is holidaying in the south. After having been in England for three years, Mrs. C. P. Georgetti, of Fordell, returned to New Zealand just before Christmas and has arrived at Fordell from Auckland. She is at present staying with Mrs. Roy Campion, who arranged a welcome home party for her at which many people of the valley were present. The death has occurred of Mrs. Clotilde Marie Carrington, aged 77. As a young girl she arrived with her parents at Purua, where she resided continuously for nearly 70 years. In the early pioneering days bush-clad Purua was one of the most isolated districts in the vicinity of Whangarei. Mrs. Carrington was a gifted musician. She is survived by a son and a daughter. Mrs. Helen Brocklehurst, wife of the Very Rev. Dean Brocklehurst, died on Monday morning at the deanery, Napier, following a lengthy period ot ill-health. Born in Australia, she came to New Zealand as a young woman, and associated herself with her husband’s work. She was well known in Hastings, as her husband was vicar at St. Matthew’s for several years. Besides her husband she leaves -an only daughter, Mrs. lan Gordon, Haupouri. One of the largest Samoan wedding feasts of recent years was held in November at Aleipata, when a high chief of Fasitoouta, Aione, married a tapuou (village maid) of Aleipata. A large crowd of Samoans gathered from all parts of tile islands to celebrate the event, in true Samoan style. More than £4OOO was collected by the families and villages of the parties concerned.

Mrs. Fanny Thomson Lee, the last surviving cnild of the well-known landscape painter, John Gully, died at Lower Hutt last week, aged 93 years. She arrived at New Plymouth with her parents in 1852 by the barque John Phillips, and while her fatner was taking part in the early fighting against the Maoris she, with the rest ot the family, was given shelter in the New Plymouth barracks. She spent her girlhood at Nelson, where she married Mr. Robert Lee, principal of the Bishop's School and later first inspector of schools for the Wellington district. Her husband died about 20 years ago. She is survived by nine children. Mrs. Bell, wife of MajorGeneral P. H. Bell, of Auckland, formerly of Christchurch, is a relative of Mrs. Lee.

The Ladies’ Institute of Health, Box 469, Auckland, will send free particulars of Nature Treatments for the following and many other ailments. Please enclose stamped envelope:— Anaemia, Asthma, Biliousness, Bladder Troubles, Blood Pressure, Boils, Catarrh, Constipation, Dandruff, Female Complaints, Influenza, Indigestion, Liver Troubles, Obesity, Psoriasis, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Synovitis, Varicose Veins, Under-weight.

HITHER AND THITHER. Melbourne Policewomen. Thirty policewomen were officially sworn in to the force by the Chief Commissioner of Police, at the barijjcks in St. Kilda, Melbourne, a lew -Seeks ago. These women, whose ages range from 20 to 30, are all wives of men in the lighting forces. They will be used chiefly as telephonists, receptionists, lift drivers, car drivers, and desk clerks. They have signed on for the duration of the war and 12 months afterwards.

Taupo Health Camp. Inability to obtain transport from Putaruru to Taupo of the necessary gear has caused the Auckland central council ot the New Zealand Federation ot Health Camps to cancel the arrangements made to use the camp at Taupo placed al the disposal of the federation by a private donor. "People can get the transport to go to the races, but it is not availaole to us,” said the honorary secretary of the council, Mrs. B. J. McKendrick. It had been intended to give 40 children, preferably those of servicemen who ,iad lost their lives overseas, a fortnight's holiday at Taupo. The council had, fortunately, been able to place them in other camps.