Woman’s World

Wanganui Chronicle, 28 June 1948, Page 7

Woman’s World

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. G. Leach. Durie Hill, who has been visiting Rotorua, will return home today.

Miss Dora Sutherland, daughter of Mrs. D. Sutherland and the late Mr. Sutherland, of Warrengate Road, has passed the State nursing examination with double distinction, being one of four candidates in the Dominion to do so. Miss Sutherland, who is on the staff of the Tauranga Hospital, was a former pupil of the Wanganui Technical College and lona College, Hawke’s Bay.

Mason China. A new shipment of Mason china is to be seen at Miss J- D. Sim’s China and Crystal Showrooms, 50 Victoria Avenue (upstairs). There are complete dinner sets in Regency blue, Regency pink and Strathmore, and early morning sets in attractive designs. There are also Wedgwood breakfast cups and saucers.*

A Hat Made of Glass. One of the most charming hats seen at the British Industries Fair, was made of glass. Dec r.’ated with pink flowers, the hat was made entirely of gossamer-fine “opal-spun” glass fibie, a remarkable material which is waterproof, rotpoof and fireproof-

Unusual Occupation. Looking after the mouse room at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research in Melbourne is the unusual occupation of four Australian girls. Although their reaction to the sight of a mouse in their own homes would probably be the same as that of other girls,, they have no fear of the 5000 mice in their charge at the Research Institute. Each mouse is given expert attention and is powdered, examined and transferred to a new tin once a week. Old tins are washed and sterilised ready for re-use. These tins, about the size and shape of a bootbox, are filled with sawdust and have a test tube inside the lid from which the mice suck water for a drink. The cages are neatly stacked in rows in racks, and each houses 10 mice, which may be black, white, grey or fawn in colour. The mice are fed on a balanced diet made into a biscuit from various meals and their room is specially heated. The numbers must be kept up so that the institute can supply 300 mice a week of the same age group for experimental work in the never-ending war against disease.