WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16853, 5 June 1920, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

professor and Mrs Jaggar (Hawaii) hare gone to the North Island, after a short "stpy in Ohristchurch. Mi?s Ella Ho.'more and Miss Una Rattrav (Dunedin) returned to Christ-church vesterday, after a brief visit to Wellington. Mrs and Miss Pyne returned to Christ-church from tho Ncrth Island yesie; day. Mr and Mrs G. Patton (Methven) are in town. Mrs Hcr.rv Aclnnd went North on j Thursday evening. j Mrs Walter MocTar'nr.n and Mrs Leslie Macfarlane lxave returned to North Canterbury. Mrs Marmaduke Bet-hcll is in town. Mrs W. Wilson (Hokitika) is staying at the Clarendon. Miss Gladys Stringer (St. Albans) is spending a i'ow weeks with the Misses Meyers'(Sprinrhiiri. Mrs A. T. Mac Gibbon, Bristol street, j leaves for England this month. Dr. j MacGibberi and the children are re- j niaining in Ohristchurch. A verv pleasant dance was held in the Rids'icy H.tll on Thursday evening, in aid of "the funds of the C.E.M.S. Band. Mr Munro's Orchestra and Mrs B .xter supplied the music. Supper was served b\' members of the Band. Miss N. B'.ackett, who has been connected with the firm of J. A. Redpath and Sons, Ltd., for several years, and who is leaving to take up her residence in Wanganui. was presented yesterday bv the principals of the firm with a gold wristlet watch, suitably inscribed, as a mark of esteem, and by tho staff with a silver manicure set. A London message says Mr Lloyd George, Mr A. J. B.ilrcur. the Speaker (Rt. lion. J. W. Lowther), and many members of Parliament, of all parties, attended the wedding of Mr Bonar Law's daughter to Major-General Sir F. H. Sykes, Controller-General of Civil Aviation. Members of the Pioneer Club of Wellington l'areweiled her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool on Wednesday. There was a large gathering of members. Her Excellency was received by tho president, Lady Stout, and members of the committee, and vice-presi-deuts, and was presented with a posy of violets, roses, and autumn leaves. I After tea had been served, Liidy Stout i said a few words of. farewell to Lady Liverpool, and thanked her for the great interest she had always taken in the women's clubs in New Zealand. Lord and Lady Liverpool had been over seven yciirs in Neiv Zealand, and had entered into the life of the people here, and cvervone would be sorry to say farewell to them. On behalf of members she wished them bon voyage_ and a pleasant return to homo and friends in the Old Country. L,ady Liverpool, m replying, thanked, the ciub for giving her the opportunity to Gay good-bye. She expressed deep regret at leaving Now Zealand, although keen to see friends.in England again. Sho hoped it would not be good-bye in many cases, and that New Zealanders coming to England would look her up. She would al.vays bo glad to renew friendships made here. She had .greatly enjoyed her visits to the clubs in New Zealand. In conclusion, she wished everyone .au revoir, not good-bye.

On Wednesday, tho first annual dance of the Girls' Friend.lv Society was held in the Art Gallery. About 450 guests were received by Mrs W, Wood, the president, and Miss ISullcr, the vicepresident. Members and associates from all the Christchuch and suburban branches, and some of tho clergy and their wives, wore present. Miss McDonald supplied the music,, and a most enjoyable evening was spent by all.

"A large number of nurses, on account of their experiences at the war, won't want to sec a sick man or sick woman again," remarked the InspectorGeneral of Hospitals at Wednesday's conference of hospital boards in emphasising the necessity for making the service as attractive as possible. Touching district nurses, tho conference decided that they should be double-train-ed, and that some arrangement be made whereby there would be an inducement to nurses who have finished their hospital training to go in for maternity training to enable them to tako up the duties of a double-trained nurso in the back districts, and that a much larger salary be offered as an inducement to such double-trained nurses, if necessary.

The engagement is announced of Miss Marie Priestley, second daughter of Mr J. Priestley, of Melbourne, and Dr. Allan Thomson, of Wellington, second son of the Hon. G. M. Thomson, M.L.0., of Dunedin.

Miss Sylvia Wilson, daughter of Mr L. H. B. Wilson, of Wellington, has aocepted tho position of matron of St. Saviour's (Anglican) Boys' Orphanage, at Timaru, and has taken up her new duties. Miss Wilson left New Zealand as one of the New Zealand Voluntary Sisterhood, and did excellent war work in Egypt and England. Miss Wilson wis matron of a big hostel for soldiers in London till it was closed after the armistice was signed.

In the death of Mrs M. A. Williams, which took plac-s at Wellington on Wednesday evening, that city loses one of its best-known and most respected citizens. It was on Tuesday that her 91st birthday had been celebrated, and she had been the recipient of innumerable good wishes and telegrams from a very wide circle of friends. Although, fihs had been ailing for some considerable time, it was only within the past fortnight or three weeks that her strength seriously began to give v.-ay, though her faculties remained wonderfully bright and clear. There are certain of Mrs Williams's benefactions which are well •known to the public of Wellington. She was the founder of the Sailors' Institute, and she gave the land and building now known as the Sailors' Friend Society Institute as a memorial to her late husbands Captain W. E. Williams. The Y.M.C.A., the Salvation Army, and many other institutions benefited by her liberality. Her private benefactions, however, were innumerable. The deceased lady was a native of Dwrset, England, and arrived in the I>ominion between 50 and 60 years ago. She bad witnessed tho frowth of Wellington from a very small eginning, and she retained lively recollections of the earlv citizens and the early days. Mrs Williams is survived by throe granddaughters and one grandson, the family of her daughter-jn-law, Mrs J. H. Williams, and her only son, the late Mr J. H. Williams.

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