Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 7, 10 January 1944, Page 2

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. S. Watson, of Wellington, is visiting Wanganui and is staying with her aunt, Mrs. D. Robbins, Koromiko Road. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. White, College Street, nave returned from a visit to New Plymoutn. Mrs. Odlin, Grey Street, has return- ■ ed after a month s stay at Casdecliff. 1 Mrs. R. Withers and family, St. John’s Hill, the holidays at Waitotara Beach. Miss Gregory, of Napier, who arrived in Wanganui on Saturday, will leave to-day for a visit to New Plymouth, accompanied by Mrs. M. Martin, Bell Street. Mrs. A. Pepper, Upper Aramoho, with her husband, left last week byair for Dunedin to attend the New Zealand bowling championships. Miss Romala Bartrum, of Tokomaru, who has been visiting Auckland and Rotorua, arrived in Wanganui on Saturday. Mrs. D. Abernethy and her sister, • Miss Audrey Naumann, of Gonville , Avenue, will leave to-day for a three weeks’ holiday at the Sounds and PicL ton. Miss I. Kendrick leave Wa.nganui ; to-day for a fortnight’s' holiday in the • north. Mrs. W. J. Robinson, Grey Street, , and her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Sieve- : wright, left at the week-end for a ! holiday in the South Island. They will , stay at The Hermitage, Mount Cook, and also will visit Timaru, Dunedin and Christchurch. HITHER AND THITHER For Stuffy Kitchens. When the kitchen is hot and stuffy ' and the smell of cookery lingers in . spite of wide-opened windows, fill a ; bowl with hot water and add to it two or three drops of oil of lavender. This will give a refreshing scent. All-Women Factory On the outskirts of London is a factory completely staffed by women, where worn-out or bombed-out trucks are re-built. Its 106 women employees can repair and reassemble a truck in six hours. Polish Seawomen. Long before the war there were • women in the Polish merchant service. : They shlppednot only as nurses, stew1 ardesses and cooks, but also as wire- . less operators and doctors and wher- - ever else they could find a niche in , a seemingly exclusive men’s world. When the war came they refused the opportunity to resign in favour of shore jobs. English Housewives’ New Task. One of the most unusual jobs of the 1 war was begun recently by a group of English housewives. Working in a schoolroom in Manchester, the women sort out piles of rivets swept up from the floors of aircraft factories. More than 400 kinds of small rivets, nuts, screws and tiny washers are used in the construction of aircraft, and in the course of a day’s work thousands are dropped on the floors. There is neither time nor opportunity to pick up and sort all these in the factory, and production is sometimes delayed bv the shortage of a particular kind of rivet. The floors are carefully swept, the rivets taken to the school, sorted out and returned to the factory in good order. CURFEW FOR CHILDREN AUSTRALIAN PLAN TO COMBAT JUVENILE VICE A curfew for all girls and boys under 16 has been suggested as one method of combating juvenile vice in Brisbane which is causing concern to police, welfare workers and medical men. Medical men are seriously perturbed. Maternity homes, they said, were overworked endeavouring tp cope with girls and women who each week were seeking admittance to give birth to illegitimate children. Welfare workers stated that a tour of the city parks and streets, dance halls and hotels disclosed an amazing growth of juvenile vice. Police and welfare workers blame parents for failing to exercise proper control over their children. They said that many parents did not seem to have the courage to face their responsibilities. Police officials, medical men and welfare workers consider that better housing, adequate sex instruction and advice on the rearing of children are necessary to remedy the position. Pending these things, it was suggested that a curfew should be introduced for all girls and boys under 16 years of age.