LADY RANCHER.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18891, 5 January 1927, Page 2

LADY RANCHER.

TO SETTLE IN N.Z. [THS PE3S3 Special Serrtee.] AUCKLAND. January 4. . For a young woman to settle on a big farm of her own, with its attendant duties and responsibilities, is a task tor which tew women have either qualifications or inclination. However, an arrival by tlie Marama from Sydney to-day was Miss J. Alma Baker, daughter of Mr C. Alma Baker, wellknown in New Zealand as friend and companion of Zane Grey in his recent deep-sea fishing adventures. Miss Baker, who accompanied Mr Baker from Sydney, will proceed shortly to a 12.0C0 acre sheep and cattle farm, which father has purchased for her in the Raglan district. The property. situated at Limestone Downs, fifteen miles out from Tuakau. is partly grass and partly bush, and will provide Mr Baker and his family with a permanent interest in New Zealand, as he expects to spend a good deal of his time in the Dominion in future. Miss Baker is very fond of ridinz, and she has lived on sheep and cattle stations most of her life. Mr Baker intends to stock the farm with Polled Angus cattle and Southdown sheep, hut attention will also be paid to the breeding of stock horses and thoroughbreds. On his way to New Zealand from the Federated Malay States, where he has extensive rubber and tin interests. h e selected a number of purebred stock in Australia for putting on the new farm.

maternity nursing and •midwifery; STATE EXAMINATION RESULTS. Eeaults of the State examination in maternity nursing held on December Ist and 2nd, 1926, are- announced as follows : • Passed First—Vida A. Miliar St Helens Hospital, Wellington. 75 per cent", and over—Constance Boss, Annie Hunt, Susie B. Collier, VVhangarei Hospital; Ida Wordsworth, Lilian Taylor, Kawakawa Hospital; Kathleen J. Tapp, Margaret E. Gott, St. Helens Hospital, Auckland: Winifred E. Manning, Evelyn C. Campbell, McHardy Home, Napier; Mary Johnson, Methven Hospital; Doris E. Lnnd, Stratford Hospital; Mary I. Lambie, Dorothy E. Halpin, Elsie G. Ogilvie, St. Helena Hospital, Wellington; Olive Mary Napier, Masterton Hospital; Isobel Wallace, Julia M. Smith, Wairau Maternity Hospital; Grace E. Carmichael, Essex Home, Christchurch; Catherine E. McCahan, Bangiora Hospital. The following also passed: Alice Twentyman, Helen Grace Doyle, St. Helens Hospital, Auckland; Mary E. Hamilton, Masterton Hospital. Completed Pass—lsobel D. Haultain, McHardy Home, Napier.

Partial Pass—Passed in oral. Katherine E. Mnirhead, Bakaia Hospital.

N. 8.: The above names are not in order of merit. •

Midwifery Nnrslng.

Results of the State examination in midwifery nursing held on December Ist nad 2nd, 1926, are as follows:

Passed First —Mary A. Condon, 8.N., Stratford Hospital. 75 per cent, and over—Mary J. Finlayson, Shi.ela. McConnell, Helen J. Hand, Tsabel H. T. Hill, A. B. Carter, Kathleen E. Miller, St. Helens Hospital, Auckland; Myra A. Wood, McHardy Home, Napier; Monica C. Narbey, St. Helens Hospital, Wanganni; Grace Gregory, Minnie Boberts, Kate V. Adkin, Grace McDonald, Agnes Struthers, St. Helens Hospital, Wellington; Annabella M. Baird, Salvation Army Home, Wellington; Margaret J. Finlayson, Winifred A. P. Mackay, Elsie Simons, Alexandra Home, Wellington; Annie A. Blonqnist, Jane M. A. Young, Margaret C. Mackwell, St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch; Mary Hamilton Ward, London Hospital and St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch; Dorothea Harrop, Nellie Irene McLauchlan, Essex Home, Christchurch; Lilian V. Boss, Hilda E. M. Stewart, Alexandria Gregory, St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin; Winnifred G. Aitkenhead, Salvation Army Home, Wellington and Dunedin; Agnes C. M. Bell, Doris M. Barker, Batchelor Hospital, Dunedin; Freda W. Yule, May L Brass, St. Helens Hospital, InvercargilL The following also passed: Mary Ann Gordon, McHardy Home, Napier; Mary H. Gregg, St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch; Mrs Jessie B. Dodds, Cromwell Hospital. N. 8.: The above names are not m order of merit.

HOT WEATHER HATS.

FOR DUCHESS OF YORK. (BT CABI*-PBBSS ASSOCIATIOSC—COSIBIOHT.) (AtJSTBALUW AH» »Jf. CAM* ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 4th, 8.40 p.m.) LONDON, January 4. The Duchess of York's hats include fifteen planned by herself, and made by a girl milliner formerly employed by a finn which supplied most of the Duchess's trousseau, and who lately set up in business for herself. With the milliner's help, the Duchess planned hats to wear with hot weather frocks, mostly of crinoline straw in white, pink, or blue, and of a shape which her Royal. Highness prefers—wide at the sides, turned up in front, with an arch-shaped brim, and usually just a simple flower or feather ornamentation. None indicates startling changes of fashion.

NOVEL CENSUS. WOMEN'S MEASUREMENTS. (TOOK OTO OWH COBKESPOiTDEIIT.) SYDNEY, December 30. There is in Sydney an unobtrusive bureau in which mere man, if he had the temerity to enter it, would be very much like Daniel in the lions' den, or, to be more exact, lionesses' den. There women's measurements are being scientifically taken in concert with a national census, In order to ascertain how Australian women compare physically with the women of other countries, and to arrive at data which it is hoped will make it possible to cultivate beneficial physical influences and to remedy those that tend to deterioration. It is not a fad. At the back of it are representatives of the medical profession and of the university. The aim is to complete examination of at least 20,000 women in order, primarily, to ascertain changes undergone in the figure between, say, 15 and 50 years of age. The point is emphasised, very logically, that while scientists measure the skulls of primitive men, criminals, and lunatics, the world knows comparatively little about the body of the normal healthy human being. Already about 1000 women have been examined. The examination is not a long process. Twenty-six measurements are taken by experts in about five minutes. From the thousand women already measured, 35 groups have been classified.

WEDDING. MARTIN—ROBERTSON. A wedding of much interest in Otago was solemnised in Saint Augustine's Church, Cashmere Hills, recently, by the Rev. A. H. Norris, the contracting parties being Henry James Martin, "Meadowbank," Oamaru, only son of the late Mr and Mrs James Martin, and Elsie, daughter of the late Mr John Robertson, and of Mrs Hamilton, Oamaru. The church was tastefully decorated by girl friends of the bride, and as she entered the church on the arm of Mr John Danks, appropriate music was played by Miss Inwood. The bride wore a beautiful gown of champagne georgette and lace, with veil to match, falling from a coronet of orange blossom and pearls. She carried a shower' bouquet of cream roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Betty Robertson, sister of the bride, wore a frock of heliotrope georgette and lace, with bouquet of heliotrope sweet peas. Mr Archie McCallum (Dunedin), nephew of the bridegroom, acted as best man. Mendelsshon's Wedding March was played as the bridal party left the church for the residence of Mr and Mrs John Danks, Cashmere Hills, where the wedding reception was held. Later in the afternoon, when Mr and Mrs Martin left by car for the north, the bride travelled in a smart ensemble suit of bois de rose repp with French hat to match.

PIRIE—HUGHES. The Eev. Father Cooney, of Lyttelton, on Monday, in the Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes street, solemnised the marriage of Annie May, daughter of the late .Mr and Mrs Hughes, of Melbourne, and Eric Mathew, only son of Mr and Mrs W. Pirie, of Christchnrch. . The bride'B chraming frock was of iris mauve georgette made with long vandyked bodice and shirred skirt, while a band of handsome eream lace formed a deep border and a tiny vestee of the lace was finished with a buckle of brilliants. Her embroidered veil fell from a circlet of sequins, and she carried a bouquet of mauve sweet peas. Miss Rita Hendren, who acted as bridesmaid, wore a frock of lavender georgette with finely pleated front skirt panel and cavalier cape of lavender radium lace. Her black crinoline straw hat was trimmed with flowers at the back, and she carried a bouquet of lavender and pink sweet peas. Mr F. Rooney escorted the bride to the altar, and Mr Allan Parker was best man. After the ceremony relatives and intimate friends were entertained at Dixieland, where they were received by Mrs Pirie, who acted as hostess. Her frock was of navy repp, with vest collar, and cuffs of finely pleated brocaded crepe de chine, and was worn with a navy hat. Golden flowers and fern composed her bouquet. The bride's travelling frock was of viola mauve repp, with touches of gold lace, and her hat was of the same shade.

VISITORS TO DIAMOND HABBOUB May Obtain "THE PBEBS" daily at The Tea Kiosk, on the arrival of the first launch from Lyttelton. —6

Nominated under the Empire Settlement Act, a family consisting of father, mother, and six children has recently travelled from Birmingham, England, to Saskatchewan for 2s 6d. The Canadian Government paid £l6O toward their fares, but they had to provide the odd shillings and pence themselves.