Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 122, 29 May 1946, Page 2

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs. B. Doran and her two daughters are Napier visitors to Wanganui. Miss K. Barnett, Wanganui, has returned from a holiday in Auckland as the guest of Mrs. A. J. Johns, Remuera.

Mrs. Hilda Ross, M.P., who addressed a women’s meeting yesterday, was the guest of Miss E. Newton during her stay in the city. She left last night by service car on ner return home.

Miss Ernestine Winstone, of the Wellington Hospital Laboratory, has been selected to go to Japan as oacteriologist with the J-Force. Miss Winstone, who holds a diploma in bacteriology, had intended to go to England to further her studies.

The last survivor of the emigrant ship Dauntless, which arrived at Auckland from England in 1865, lias died. She was Mrs. Sarah Catherine Morrow, aged 83, one of the oldest pioneering residents of the Gisborne district. Born in County Louth, Ireland, in 1863, Mrs. Morrow went to Gisborne to marry Mr. John Morrow, who died 25 years ago. She is survived by seven sons and two daughters.

A 96-year-old resident of Wellington, who had watched the city grow from a small village to a modern metropolis, Mrs. Sophia Elizabeth Johnson, died recently at her home in Parliament Street, Wellington. She was the widow of Mr. A. G. Johnson, who was 60 years ago a prominent Wellington citizen. He was for some time president of the Wellington Rowing Club—years before the Te Aro beach was reclaimed. Mrs. Johnson was the mother of the late Mrs. Sybil Hanah, who was well-known in cultural circles in Wellington. She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Ronald Bloxham, Wellington, Mrs. Ursula Pilcher, Auckland, and Mrs. Sheilah Winn, England.

British and Foreign Bible Society. This evening the annual meeting of the Wanganui branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held in the Christ Church School Room. The Rev. David Calder, Dominion Secretary, will be the speaker. Miss Innes, organising secretary, will also be present. Mrs. H. Ross, M.P. Entertained. At the conclusion of the women’s meeting in the Opera House yesterday, at which there was an attendance of close on 1000, Mrs. H. Ross M.P., was entertained at afternoon tea by the committee of the women’s section of the Wanganui branch of the N.Z. National Party and wives of men of the electoral committee. Miss E. Newton (president), on behalf of the committee expressed grateful thanks to Mrs. Ross for the inspiration she had given, and as a memento of her visit the guest was presented with a souvenir booklet autographed by all present. Mrs. Ross voiced her thanks for the gift.