For WOMEN

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23966, 5 June 1943, Page 2

For WOMEN

CURRENT NOTES

Private advice has been received m Christchurch that Blackford, of Cairo, wife of Colonel R. Blackford, has been mentioned in dispatches. Mrs Blackford was formerly Miss Olive Strachey. of Christchurch. She lived in England and in Iran for some time and revisited Christchurch a' few years ago. The recent appeal launched by the Hawke’s Bay branch of the Crippled Children Society has now reached the objective of £SOO The Rotary Club helped in the appeal. During March, in Hastings, a special appeal raised more than £SOO for the local sub-centre of the Red Cross Society. The value of occupational therapy to wounded men was emphasised by Mr D. Clark, an Australian Red Cross representative in Sydney, when he recently paid a warm tribute to the work of Miss Marguerite Webb of the N.Z, Red Cross, who is in charge ot the training on board a hospital ship. A number of New Zealand nurses, masseuses and V.A.’s are working on the same ship. On their last visit to Sydney they were entertained by the New Zealand War Auxiliary Unit. Miss Jane Topia, a native school teacher, has been approached to contest the Northern Maori seat at the next general election. Miss Topia comes from Whangape, and if she contests she will be the first woman aspirant for Maori Parliamentary honours. The committee of the Auckland Returned Services’ Association decided on Thursday evening, subject to the authority of the City Council, to hold a rose day on the nearest Friday to Armistice Day. It was indicated to the meeting that, as the R.S.A. had been allocated two street collection days, there would be no difficulty in respect of authority. One practical difficulty anticipated, however, is the securing of material for the making of the roses. The “Hullo Victory” revue, recently held in Dunedin, realised the sum of £IOOO for patriotic funds, a record ior a patriotic appeal. The organisers were Mrs Dora Smeaton and Mrs Gerald Fitzgerald, and 200 performers took part in the entertainment. The secretary of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society (Dunedin branch), Mr R. S. M. Sinclair, has been advised by the Trustees, Executors, rnd Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd., that under the will of Miss Amy Harriett Sandrey, formerly of Dunedin, but later of Christchurch, a bequest, subject to a certain life interest, has been made to the society of £l5O Two nieces of Pandit Nehru, chairman of the All-India Congress Party have arrived in Australia They are Chandralekha Pandit, ID, and Nayanatara Pandit, 16. Pandit Nehru was arrested by the British authorities during the Congress civil disobedience campaign, and is still detained. The two girls are on their way to the United States to complete their education. They are both small and pretty, and speak English well. “In peace-time we would have gone to England, but now America is the only place open to us,” said one of the girls. Both will take an arts course with the intention of taking up social service work. They felt that this is the best way of helping India, explained Chandralekha, adding that more young educated Indians than ever were interesting themselves in trying to raise the living standards of their people. Dropside Cots 57s 6d each. Drage’s Stocktaking Bargains. New Model. Full-size Cot, with solid ends, soundly constructed in Rimu. ready for painting. Only 57s 6d. Stained Light or Dark, only Is 3d extra. Drages Co., Ltd., “Home-Planning Centre.” cnr. Manchester and Tuam streets. —2 The annual meeting of the women’s section of the Shirley Bowling Clilb was held in the pavilion. The following officers were elected: president, Mrs Kay; vice-president. Mrs Prichard; treasurer and centre delegate, Mrs Wass; secretary, Mrs H. Soanes: assist-ant-secretary, Mrs Horsfall; match committee, Mesdames Hadley, Bowden, and Olliver; general committee, Mesdames Armstrong, Shaw, and Johns; social committee, Mesdames A. Soanes. Rowland. Wills, Jeal, Horsfall, and Prichard. Many people who have expressed amazement at the beauty of the Auckland girls, shown in the Firth Exhibition, will be surprised at the photographs of Christchurch girls, to be displayed shortly, —6

SOLDIERS PARCELS. For the next few weeks Ethne Toss will is delighted to inform the public that she is able to supply some Sol dices’ Parcels. Call HEREFORD COURT (or by letter) -6 ENGAGEMENTS The engagement is announced of Evelyn May, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs J. H. Bush. Mamaku. Halcombe, North Island, to Gerald Kepneth, third son of Mr and Mrs W. J. Campbell. Clifton Falls, Oamaru. Mr and Mrs A. Hancock, Linwood, announce the engagement of their only daughter, Althea (Peggy), to Private Edwin John, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. Lemon, of Kamatua, West Coast.