St. Helens, Dunedin

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume III, Issue 3, 1 July 1910, Page 117

St. Helens, Dunedin

" May good digestion wait on appetite. 11 Bright happy looks and smiling faces are not unusual sights to be met with amongst the nursing staff of St. Helens Dunedin, but particularly were these in evidence on the evening of June the 10th, when with their Matrons permission the outgoing nurses ent °rt ained those who have yet to finel the " turning in their long lane." With Miss Holdford's help and possessions the nurses hael transformed their dining room at the one end, into a veritable bower of prettiness and daintiness, whilst the other end, was occupied with the supper table tastefully decorated with ferns and flowers, and almost

groaning with all the good things nurses love. Nurse Parker who was leaving the following day, for the North Island, was "The Guest" of the evening and Nurse Hardy made a most efficient hostess. The only others invited were Matron Sister Gow, Holford, nurses Sutherland and Dunsford (senior term), and all the pupil nurses. Supper passed off amidst much merriment and laughter — variety being added by the drinking (in "the cup that cheers ") of several toasts, and some bright little speeches ; the evening finally ending in the company joining hands in " Auld Lang Syne." G.LM.