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Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume III, Issue 4, 1 October 1910, Page 167

Nurse Jane Margetts is still abroad. ******

L_* Miss Lever is removing her private hospital to Grafton Road.

l_i»Miss Cicely Beetham has been appointed District Nurse at Hawera.

§pNurse Falconer has joined Nurse Hickson as Plunket Nurse m Christchurch.

Miss Mary Bulkley is to be married shortly, to Mr. Cameron, of Wairarapa.

Nurse Mandeno has been appointeei subMatron at the Auckland Hospital. ******

Sister Wood is now acting as assistant Matron at the Christchurch Hospital.

Mrs. Hay man has given up her private hospital m Willis Street, Wellington.

Nurse Marion Kerr is establishing a private hospital for maternity cases at Waihi.

Nurse May Thompson is m charge of chronic wards, Taurangi Home, Ashburton.

Sister Kitto has been appointed Sister-in-charge at the Sanatorium, Cashmere Hills.

Nurse Pownall has been appointed Sister at the Otaki Sanatorium, m Sister Sexton's place.

Nurse Searrell, of the Southland Hospital, has been appointed District Nurse for Invercargill.

Nurse Brown, of Riverton Hospital, has been appointed staff nurse at Palmerston North.

-rjC s}"» •s*• 5yS 5|C 5j% Nurse Morgan, of Auckland Hospital, has been appointed Sister at the Cambridge Sanatorium. ******

Mrs. Andrew, of Tiri Private Hospi al, has removed to a very nice position m Lower Symonds St. 3jC sJ**. Jf* tj* *f** *t»

Mrs. Kidd has returned from a threemonths' trip with her husband to the Islands, and to Sydney.

****** Sister Mullett, trained at Guy's Hospital, London, is m charge of the chronic wards, Jubilee Home, and later will be assisted by Nurse Knight, trained at Christchurch Hospital.

Nurse Heni Whangaperita has been very seriously ill at Te Puke with pneumonia, but is recovering.

Sister Pollard, who was for some time at the Cambridge Sanatorium, has been appointed Sister at Otaki. ******

Sister Urquhart, late of the Te Waikato Sanatorium, has been appointed Sister at the Otaki Sanatorium.

Nurse Manders, late District Nurse at Palmerston North, has been appointed Matron of Waimate Hospital.

Nurse Muir, late of the New Plymouth Hospital, is now Head Nurse at Miss Baker's private hospital, New Plymouth.

Miss Maude Hayward, formerly Matron of the Westport Hospital, has been appointed Matron of the Masterton Hospital.

J|E 9|( 9|C 9|C 3|C 9|C Nurse Walton, Assistant District Nurse at Wanganui, is about to enter St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin, for midwifery training.

Rena Te Au, one of the Maori day pupils at the Napier Hospital, has entered the Invercargill Hospital for general training.

Sister Catley, after a very pleasant trip to the Islands, is now m Melbourne with her sister, on her way back to New Zealanel.

Sister Poppelwell is undergoing a course of post-graduate training at the Women's Hospital, Melbourne, m gynaecology and midwifery.

On the 15th October, Sisters Fanning and Wiggins are severing their connection with the Christchurch Hospital, to take up private nursing.

Nurse Bilton has resigned her position as District Nurse at Uruti, after a year's good work. Nurse Annie O'Callaghan has been appointed m her place, and is to take up her duties on lst December. In the meantime, as there is a good deal of sickness, Nurse Bilton is still at her post.

Miss Nurse has now gone to take a position m the Womeri/s Hospital, Cairo. She underwent her midwifery training m the Dublin Rotunda. ******

Miss Shanks, Matron of Waimate Hospital, leaves that position to take possession of the private hospital m Waimate, owned by Doctor Barclay. ******

Nurse Hall, late District Nurse at Hawera, has been seriously ill, but her friends will be glad to hear that she is now convalescent, and is m New Plymouth.

Nurse Laing, trained m Australia, and for some years working as private nurse m Wellington, was appointed Senior Plunket Nurse for the Otago district.

Sister Davis, after eight years at the Auckland Hospital, has accepted the position of staff nurse at Mrs. Freeman's Private Hospital, Palmerston North.

Miss Morrison, of Woodside, has just built a brick cottage m her own grounds, for the accommodation of her night nurses, anel other members of her staff.

Nurse Smart, who left for a prolonged visit to England and Scotland, and after a very trying and rough trip Home, is now thoroughly enjoying herself m the Old Country.

Mrs. Penrose, of the Akaroa Hospital, is away on sick leave after a bad attack of influenza. Nurse Seton, recently appointed to the staff of the Christchurch Hospital, is m charge.

Nurse Louise Smith, trained at Christchurch Hospital, has been appointed Matron to the new Cottage Hospital at Denniston. This Hospital is mainly for cases of accident at the Colliery.

Miss Kohn has returned from Sydney, and resumed her work at the Thorndon Private Hospital. Her friends will be glad to hear that she is very much better after her prolonged rest.

Nurse Willis, who has been nursing for some time m Dunedin, has been m charge of Mrs. Blanchard's private hospital, New Plymouth for a few months, but is shortly returning to England. Miss Rachel Hayward has been appointed Assistant Matron at the Maclean Institute for Indigent Gentlewomen. She was before this nurse m charge of the chronic wards at the Woolston Memorial Homes. Sisters Webber and Sexton have left the Otaki Hospital, and entered the Convent of Our Lady of Compassion. They will pass their novitiate at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay, and take charge there of the children and infants. So their lives will still be passed m nursing work. Miss Wyatt, Hon. Secretary of the Auckland branch of the N.Z.T.N.A., has gone to Levuka (Fiji), to take charge of the Government Hospital for a year. She was presented by the nurses with a bouquet. Her place as Hon. Secretary has been taken by Miss Fleming, who was formerly a nurse at the Thames Hospital. ****** Nurse Agnes Hei has been nursing her brother and nephew with typhoid fever, at Gisborne, and was for some time ill herself from work and anxiety, but is now recovered. We are sorry we shall not have another instalment of her interesting article on ' ' Nursing Among the Maoris," for this month's Journal. Miss Warnock, trained at the Christchurch Hospital and at St Helens, Wellington, has been appointed district nurse for Seeldon under the Blenheim Hospital Board. Miss Warnock has also undergone a course of training at Karitane Baby Hospital and will find this experience of great benefit to her future work. Miss Broadbent returned last month from her trip to England, having been away seven months. Her stay abroad was curtailed, unfortunately, owing to bad health. While m England, she was staying with several New Zealand nurses m London : Among others, Nurses Purcell, Butler, and Broad also Nurse James.

Miss Broadbent found a great state of unrest among the nurses m England. There is no doubt that they require the recognition and protection that State registration will afford them when they at last attain it. Miss Broadbent was present at the great meeting cf protest, organised by the Bart, 's nurses, against the appointment of the new Matron. Their meeting, and the storm of indignation raised by the appointment, will probably do a good deal towards drawing the attention of thinking people to the necessity of a recognised standard of training for nurses. Mrs. Kendall has been greatly enjoying renewing old friendships and seeing her old hospital m London. She describes being welcomed to the annual meeting of the Bartholomew's Nurses' League by portly Sisters, who had been slim " p~os." m her day. All were sad over the death of their Matron. She says, " the welcome they gave me was worth coming across the world for." Mrs. Kendall has now taken a flat m Lausanne, and her daughters are studying hard

at French m order to attend the Swiss schools. She writes enthusiastically of the beauties of the neighbourhood, anel the charms oi the Swiss. The morning marketings, and the evening open-air recreations, with good string bands and strolling musicians, together with the beauties of moonlight on the lake, make us all long to follow m her footsteps.

Presentation to Miss Shanks

Prior to Miss Shanks departure to take up the matronship of the Shearman Street Private Hospital, Dr. Barclay the medical superintendent, on behalf of the medical, nursing, and domestic staff, presented her with a handsome picture, silver inkstand, and fountain pen. In a short but neat speech Dr Barclay referred to Miss Shanks' excellent work as matron of the institution for the past two years which she had carried out m every detail most excellently. The staff regretted her departure, and the small tokens carried the best wishes of the whole staff. Miss Shanks suitably replied.