Personals

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XVI, Issue 3, 1 July 1923, Page 130

Personals

Nurse Eileen Taylor has also resigned, and is igoing Home to her parents in London.

Mrs. Champtaloup, of Dunedin, has also passed the massage examination, and will be practising in Dunedin.

Nurse Hovell, of Napier Hospital, has gone to Dr. Wright's private hospital at Manaia as night nurse.

Sister J. L. Erwin, N.Z.A.N.S. Reserve, has passed the State examination of masseurs with credit, after training at the Otajgo School of Massage.

Sister Barbara Linton has resigned her position on the staff of the Napier Hospital. The notice of her marriage appears in another column.

Sister Erica Fairbrother has left the hospital at New Plymouth and joined the staff of Mrs. Essex' private hospital at Palmerston North.

Sister Greensill, N.Z.A.N.S. Reserve, has resigned the position of sister at Otaki Hospital and entered for her midwifery training at Wairau Maternity Hospital.

Nurse Mabel Henderson, of Oamaru Hospital, lias joined the staff of the Nelson Hospital.

Sister Trafford has resigned from the staff of the King George V Hospital, Rotorua, in order to take her midwifery train-ft ing in St. Mary's Home, Otahuhu.

Mrs. Crespin (Nurse Florence Hollamby), who since her marriage lias been travelling, writes that she and her husband are now settled at Fitzigerald Street, St. Albans, Christchurch.

Mrs. Drummond (Sister Dora Holmes) writes from her new home in Sutton, Central Otago, that they are now settled in their home high up on the hill.

Nurse Jane McOwen, trained at Auckland Hospital, is now on the staff of the Riverlea private hospital, Hamilton.

Nurse Clara McKeague, trained at the Timaru Hospital, who has been private nursing for some years, left on the Marama for Sydney to join a ship for England, where she is going to visit cousins in Cheshire, and afterwards to Dublin, for midwifery training at the Rotunda.

Nurse Palliser, trained at Palmerston North Hospital, left in June for England. She intends to become registered there and do some nursing work, and to take her midwifery training at the Rotunda, Dublin.

Sister Lea, who had been relieving on the staff of St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui, after passing the State examination of midwives left for Apia Hospital, Samoa, on June 26th.

Mrs. Birch (Sister Isabella Scott, late N.Z.A.N.S.), with her husband, are leaving England and taking up their residence in Soutli Africa, probably at Port Elizabeth.

Sister Ina Burnett, N.Z.A.N.S. Reserve, has given up her massage practice at Hastings and is at present relieving maseuse at Palmerston North Hospital, and ntends nursing from the Nurses' Club, Wellington.

Nurse Bessie Jesson is undergoing her training in Flunket work at Karitane Harris Hospital.

Miss Rennell, late matron of Rotorua overnment Sanatorium, has taken a flat Cotirtville, Eden Street, Auckland. Miss .Rennell received a number of presents, ooth from the patients and staff, prior to her leaving, together with a letter of appreciation signed by all the patients.

Miss Annie Jordan, who was at Riverlea Hospital, Hamilton, is now on the staff of Dr. Moore's private hospital, Napier.

Members of the committee of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Trained Nurses' Association were entertained at afternoon tea . recently by Miss Hood in the Nurses' Clubroom, Christchurch, to mark the opening of the new clubroom, and also to entertain Miss H. E. Newman, the former secretary, who was visiting Christchurch.

Sisters Taylor (of Napier Hospital) and Dyer (trained at Wanganui Hospital) left on May 22nd, in the Maunganui, for a visit to America.

Sister I. McKenzie, who has been granted six months' leave from the Masterton Hospital to train at St. Helens, and Nurse C. Scott, who has completed her maternity training, and is returning to her home in Wangaoui, were farewelled by the nursing staff at the Nurses' Home. There were about 40 guests present, and a very enjoyable evening was spent in dancing and billiards.

Miss Hewetson, who will be known to many New Zealand nurses during her two years' stay in the Dominion, left for British Columbia in the Makura in June.

Sister Dodds (N.Z.A.N.S. Reserve) and Sister Collier (from Dunedin) left on June 6th, in the Makura, for Vancouver, where Sister Dodds intends to visit relatives and afterwards both .nurses may do some nursing. An account of Sister Dodds' farewell at Hanmer is (given elsewhere.

Nurse Lucy Heayns, Patea Hospital, has been at home for some months on account of illness, in her family, but hopes soon to resume her nursing work.

Nurse Lena Macdonald, who has been on the staff of Miss Brewer's private hospital, Gisborne, has been appointed for six months to take charge of the Nukalia Mission Hospital. Miss Beresford, the matron, is taking her midwifery training at Wanganui St. Helens Hospital.

Sisters Adams, McKenzie, and Smith returned from Samoa by the April boat.

Sister Meddins, A.N.Z.N.S. Reserve, is home sister at Palmerston North Hospital.

Sister Cole, formerly on the staff of the Wellington Hospital, is a sister on the staff of Palmerston North Hospital.

Sister Wcston, of Hamilton Hospital, has resigned her position in order to go for a trip to the Islands.

Nurse Violet Dickens, of Greyiowa Hospital, is now on the staff at Craigholni private hospital, Hawera.

Miss Nora Dawes, trained at the Wanganui Hospital, is sister at the Raetihi Hospital.

Nurse Crombie, trained at the Patea Hospital, has been appointed ward sister at the Wairau Hospital.

Many of our readers will be glad to hear that Miss Stubbs, matron of St. Helens Hospital, Invercargill, has made a igood recovery from her severe operation in June and is now away on leave convalescing.

In a letter from Miss Isobel Jeans, who has just gone to Clyde Hospital as matron, she says: "I thought it very ugly wtien I first came here, after Eawene's glorious view, but I am finding another kind of beauty in the rugged mountains tipped with snow and the brown lowlands with their only touch of colour, the gold of' the falling poplar leaves.

Sister Lampp, of Wellington Hospital, lias finished her midwifery course and is on extended leave until the end of July.

Sister Wetherill, A.R.R.C., who return ed recently from America, is temporarily on the staff of the Palmerston North Hospital.

Miss Edith Lewis, matron of the Wairau Hospital, has returned to the hospital after convalescing in Auckland from her late serious operation.

Miss Brown, matron of the Ewart Hos pital, Wellington, has gone to the Alexan dea Home, to take her midwifery course, for which purpose she has been granted leave.

Sister Margaret Shuker, late N.Z.A.N.S., writes from the British Hospital, Cannes, France, where she has been during the season. Sister Woodward wa? also there, looking very well, and Sister Sutherland was expected. The hospital was to close on May 15th, when the nurses would return to England. Sister Shuker thought it likely she would go out again to the hospital for the next season.

Dr. Monson, of Westport, has returned from his visit to Europe. He was away a little over two years, and 'gave a splendid address to the sisters and nurses on hospitals and work he had seen in Edinburgh, London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and America. He was very impressed with Mr Monyahan, of Leeds, the great bowel surgeon. We all wished for more. Dr. Monson also described some wonderful brain surgery by a Vienna surgeon.

Nurse Grant, trained at Dunedin St. Helens, has been appointed staff nurse at Christchurch St. Helens.

Nurse Gillespie, who recently qualified j.l St. Helens, Invercargill, is relieving district nurse at Whangarei during the bsehce on leave of Nurse Whitake^

Nurse Martha Smith is relieving at St. Helens Hospital, Invercargill, during the illness of Miss Stubbs.

Miss Scanlen, of Whanigarei Hospital, is ! ow district nurse at Waipu.

Nurse Margaret Clougher, trained at Napier Hospital, is leaving for England on 27th of the month.

Nurses Harris and Coxsmith, who have lso completed their midwifery training .nd passed the State examination, are tfill on the staff of the "Whangarei Hospital.

Nurse Colbert, district nurse at Te Arapoa. is being relieved by Nurse Carmody while she takes her maternity course at St. Helens, Auckland.

Sisters Violet Bailey and Fabian have faken over the Red Cross garden at Rotorua. which had been started by the Y.M.C.A., and hope to be very successful in their new interest; but owinp* to the incessant rain have not yet made much progress.

Sister Mabel Allevne wrote from the Edith Cavell Home in Sydney, where she was enjoying a rest in the beautiful home after leaving the Red Cross Horn* 1 in Adelaide, where she had been nursing for some time. She writes that many nurses are erivinig up nursing and taking up other work — poultry runs, residential flats, shops, and even getting married ; so it appears conditions are not much better in the Commonwealth than here. One sister she heard had a dolls' hospital in Melbourne. Sister Allevne hopes soon to return to New Zealand,

Sister Picien has resigned from the staff of the Cook Hospital, Gisborne, in order to take her training at the St. Helens Hospital there. Staff-Nurse Grahame has been appointed to fill the vacancy.

Nurse Warnoch, who recently finished her training at St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui, has now gone to her home in New Plymouth.

Sister Gladys Watt, who has recently been on the staff of the Pukeora Sanatorium, is leaving for the Apia Hospital, Samoa.

Miss Dorothy Tanner, masseuse, late of King George V Hospital, Rotorua, has received an appointment on the staff of the Cook Hospital, Gisborne. .

In a letter from Miss Bicknell, she mentions going to dinner at the Cowdeay Club — "a most beautiful place" — with Miss May Palmer, who is about to take up a position in the Soudan under Messrs. Pearson and Co., engineers constructing the new dam at Makwar. She is to be matron in charge of a combined hostel and hospital for the young engineers.

Sister Emily Nutsey, A.R.R.C., has returned to New Zealand after a prolonged stay in Durban and hopes to take up nursing again at an early date.

Sisters Mathews and Glynes were still in Durban when Sister Nutsey left, but were intending to go to San Francisco.

Nurse M. Slater, of Hawera, has now recovered from her illness (enteric fever).

Sister Dolores Maedonald, having successfully completed her training at St. Helens Hospital, Gisborne, has returned to her position as district nurse at Matawai.

Nurse Olive Norton, of Timaru Hospital, is now in charge of the private hospital at Pleasant Point formerly managed by Nurse McCormick, who is still at Pleasant Point.

Nurse Doreen, trained at the Cook Hospital, has successfully completed her training at Karitane, Duncdin, and is now a sister on the staff of the Stewart Karitane Hospital, Wanganui.

Nurse D. Glasgow, Native Health nurse at Dargaville, lias been appointed, sub-mat-ron at St. Helens Hospital, Auckland. Before taking up her duties, she has been granted leave to go to Karitane Harris Hospital for the special course on infant care.