ROUND TABLE CLUB

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22506, 14 September 1938, Page 2

ROUND TABLE CLUB

ADDRESS ON GOLD

DREDGING

THREE SPEAKERS AT FORTNIGHTLY MEETING

Mrs M. Hullett presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Young Women’s Christian Association’s Business and Professional Women’s Round Table Club. Mrs L. G. Pocock continued her talk on the history of Germany, covering briefly the period from the Napoleonic wars to Bismarck. Mr F. G. Dunn, who spoke on "Gold Dredging,” compared New Zealand conditions with those on the Rand. He explained that on the Rand miners had to bore one and a half miles down into the earth, and in New Zealand it was only necessary to bore 1000 feet down in the gold districts. The first dredge had been made in New Zealand to meet New Zealand conditions, for it was found that large areas of difficult ground had to be worked to obtain a small amount of gold, and that machinery must be used. The supplies of alluvia] gold are now almost exhausted, and scientific means have to be used to keep dredging plants efficient, said Mr Dunn.

Members were greatly interested in a course on practical psychology which was commenced by Mrs B Burns. Votes of thanks were passed to the three speakers by Miss M. Walmsley. Miss B. Wilson, and Miss L, .Byron,

AMBULANCE DANCE

A dance in aid of the funds of the New Brighton Nursing Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade was held in the social hall, Returned Soldiers' Association, New Brighton. The dance was organised by Mr L Ebert, assisted by Mr A E. Nesbitt, president of the New Brighton branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, and Mr T Quaid. who was master of ceremonies The music was played by the Jayet orchestra.

A miniature Monte Carlo dance was won by Miss Day and Mr Huston, a lucky-, spot dance by Miss Dixon and Mr Preb-’ ble, and a Monte Carlo dance by Miss O’Connor and Miss Sparks. Mrs Ebert and Miss T. Jackson were the winners of competitions. Among those present were Mesdames R Day, R. J. Robinson. A. E. Nesbitt, E Jayet, M. Harris, H. Jack, G. Rogers, XScott, A. H. Burtt, R. Campbell, C Sawtell, Hewitt, N. P. Collard.. H. R. Macdonald, C. Cattermole, J. H. Campbell, N R. Ford, D. McKenzie. A. Armstrong, D Berryman, L. Ebert, L. Higgins, C. Watkins, F. A. Price, A. Wayman, F. Hawes, Misses Nancy Wroth, Elsie Coe, Gloria Benfield, Winnie Connor. Aisne Nelson, Helen Carpenter, Joan Reid, Melba Jayet, Dorothy Hoskings, Winnie Walker, Jessie Weir, Doris Watkins. Dorothy Hawes, Jean Dixon, and Merlin Hill.