The Nurses' Home, Wellington

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XVI, Issue 3, 1 July 1923, Page 116

The Nurses' Home, Wellington

The Nurses* Home, Wellington Hospital, on the evening of June Bth was the scene of a happy little function, given in honour of the nurses who had just finished their State examination and whose hospital badges have not yet lost their newness. For many years it has been the custom of the "past finals" to entertain the "present finals " when their examinations are over, and this time a delightful little function took the form of a dinner. Nurses Bell, Ogilvie, Laurenson, Day and Field, who were charming hostesses, received Matron and their other guests in the nurses* sitting-room, so transformed with soft lights, flowers, and glowing fire, we scarcely knew the old room. The table

was gay with the autumn tints of bronze chrysanthemums, maple and birch. A dainty menu supported by a gilded cork and the invitations with tiny figures trailing up a mountain to reach an N.Z.R.N. medal, were the work of clever fingers — to be kept, as one nurse said, as a souvenir "of when grandmother sat for her State. M At the conclusion of dinner Nurse Bell, in a little speech, proposed the health of "The Finals/' for whom Nurse Venables responded. "For They Arc Jolly Good Fellows" was frequently sung. Coffee was served round the fire, and after igames, Auld Lang Syne was sung, and Matron thanked our friends for the very enjoyable evening we had spent.