SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2538, 12 August 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Nurses for Our Wounded. The nurses who have been selected to leave with the Sixth Reinforcements on the troopship are Nurses M'Callum, Gordon-Boyd, Anderson Naismith, Brooke-Leers, and Sister Newall. Three nurses will be on each transport, Sister Newall being in charge on one and Nurse M'Callum, who lias been a submatron at St. Helen's Hospital, Wellington, in charge of tho other. ' Sister Newall was to 'have left with the nurses on tho.Hospital Ship, but at the last moment fell a victim to appendicitis. However, her chanco ihas come again. All the nurses, with the exceptioi° of Sister Newall, have been working, in the Trentham. Camp Hospital, and their services have been highly spoken of, while, on their part, they have been extremely glad of the experience and insight they have gained while at Trentham of military hospital work. 'With Nurse M'Callum will be associated, on tho one transport Nurses Anderson and Naismith, and with Sister Newall Nurses Brooke-Leers and Gordon-Boyd. Nurso' Brooke-Leers is a sister of Sister Brooke-Leers, Matron of the Hospital Ship Maheno. What will happen to them on arrival at their destination is sitll uncertain. If relief is wanted for the New Zealand nurses already working in tho hospitals in Egypt, they will stay and take their places; ]f not, they will return in charge of our wounded soldiers. Hutt Valley Plunliet Society. Tho monthly meeting of the Hutt and Petone Plunket Society was held on Tuesday afternoon at Lower Hutt, Mrs. M'Caw presiding. It was estimated that the engagement of Nurse Baker for tho Hutt and Petone districts would commence on August 23. A motion of condolonco with Mrs. Kirk, of Petone, whose son was killed whilst on active service, was carried in silence, I all present standing.

The pupils attending the cookery classes at the Technical School aro giving this afternoon a display of their work under the direction and with the assistance of their lady principal, Miss Reniiie, and Miss Joss for tho benefit of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Although in a quiet way the classes have done much, patriotic work, this is the first big effort of the cookery classes for this particular object, and judgiug from an unofficial visit that was paid there yesterday afternoon so many tempting things will be offered for salo that visitors will not know where to stop. All kinds of decorated and plain cakes and biscuits, etc., may be taken for granted, but there will be in addition potted meats, pickles, chutneys, sauces, marmalade, jams of every description, lemon honey, preserved fruits, and every variety of sweets cither-'care-fully packed in jars or else done up very daintily in prettily got-up boxes. The girls have contributed varying sums of money to pay for tho materials, so that the expenses will be quite low, their great object being, of course, to make as much money as possible for the fund that everyone must .have so much at heart. A little booklet containing a number of tried and useful recipes will also be sold. Tho display opens at halfpast two in the afternoon, and it is anticipated that there will be a large attendance of the public. Miss.V. Barker returned to Wellington yesterday morning from a visit te ■the south. ■ Mr. and Mrs. J. M'Kelvie (Rangltikei) are visiting Christchurch; also Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Whyteand Miss Bristow, of Wellington. Owing to the firemen on the Mararoa f*oing on strike, the Australian nurses were not able to leave Auckland for Sydney on Monday, as they intended. Instead- they travelled by the Main Trunk to. Wellington, where they join j the Moeraki for Sydney to-day. provided no other contretemps occurs. At present tbey are staying at the Royal Oak. ■ A very enjoyable euchre evening arranged by members of the New Zealand Natives' Association for the benefit of funds for carrying on their work in connection with the wounded soldiers was held in the Tory Street Hall last evening. Several tables were in use, and some exciting games were held. One of the prizes to be awarded to _ the fortunate winner was a handpainted table centre presented for competition by Mrs. Kinniburgh.