SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2622, 18 November 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Saturday's Cafe Ghantant. Man.v offers of assistance aro being received by tho organisers of the Cafo Chantantj which is to be hold in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall on Saturday evening, in aid of the tinned fruit and vegetable fund for the sailors. Mrs. Henry Hadfield would be glad if all contributors of cakes, sandwiches, flowers, et:., for that evening would address their parcels plainly to her for the Cafe Chnntant, as the collections for Gallipoli Day are also being sent to the Town Hall, and confusion and unintentional misappropriation might possibly take place. To the list of patrons has been added the name of Viscountess Ivelburn, who intends to be present at tho entertainment. The supper arrangements are in ehargo of Miss Tendall and Miss M'Gregpr, and a ladies' committee,. in which is included members of the Girls' Branch of the Victoria League as well as somo members of Miss Tendnll's staff, will attend to the tables. Helping Belgian Refugees.

The Belgian Refugee Food Fund of St. James Street, S.W., the lion, secretary of which is Miss C. C. Holmes, of Ma'sterton, is continuing its charitable work on behalf of the poorer Belgians in London and the provinces, and it is calculated to date that the organisation lias dealt with foodstuffs to the value of £S()00, writes a London correspondent', under date October 8. _At the present moment over 2000 Belgians are being fed from this depot. The Now Zealand branch, of which Mr. G. W. Sellar, of Masterton, is lion, secretary, has greatly helped the fund. The latest gifts include 300 carcasses of mutton from Taratahi and five tons of jam brought by the Corinthic; Miss Holmes ' also received £100 to spend on Belgian lace. This has been done, and the lace sent to New Zealand. Tho money was spent on laco made by the refugees in one of tho society's homes in 'TJpper Brook Street. The committee is in need of oheese, of which .a large quantity is consumed by tho refugees.

Miss Una Carter's Cookery Demonstrations. The lecture room at the Wellington Gas Company's premises is all too small to accommodate the very largo number of ladies who wish to attend Miss Una Carter's demonstrations of cooking. Long before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon many people had to be turned awny, and others were thankful to find oven standing room. The afternoon was taken up with a "request programme," and Miss Carter showed her audience how to make scones, cakes, pikelets, etc., at llic same- time giving a very clear exposition of the best and most economical way in which to use the cooker. Next Wednesday thcro will bo another request demonstration, and so many things have already been asked for that those who are anxious to seo their own individual requests carried out will, need to bo at the room in very good time. 1 Much usefiil information is acquired by the answers which Miss Carter gives so clearly to tho many questions that aro asked by a i keenly alert audience.

St. Anna's Safe of Work. The sale of work which has bean hold for the past two days at St. Anne's Schoolroom at Northland was opened yesterday afternoon by Mrs. W. F. Massey. The bright sunshiny day lured many visitors into tho schoolroom, and purchasing appeared to be conducted in a very satisfactory manner. The pretty decorations and the arrangement of the stalls added to the general attractiveness of 1310 display, and it is hoped that with the sum of £63, taken on tho Tuesday, added to.the results of yesterday's transactions a very satisfactory amount ,would be realised. The Rev. Mr. Harvey received Mrs. Massoy, who was presented by four, littlo girls with a bouquet of roses and carnations. Mr. Harvey made a brief introductory speech after which Mrs. Massey formally declared tho sale open. A tour of inspection was afterwards mado of tho stalls, and Mrs. Massoy was entertained at a pleasant littlo tea party. In tho evening a concert was given at which meinborS' of the Girls' Branch' of tho Victoria League, Mr. Clark Johnston and otjier well-known performers assisted. •

Wounded Soldiers' Needs. Lioufc.-Colonel Fenwick, writing from' t'ho headquarters of the Now Zealand and Australian Hospital Division in Egypt to a Christchurch friend, says:— "No one seems hero to realise how cold it will bo in New Zealand after the terrilic heat bere, and my men will foel the cold more than healthy men would. The ordinance officer, a splentlid man, Captain Book, is helping all ho can, and tlioßed Cross chaplain, an organising genius, Chaplain Macdonald, somehow conjures up warm things, but this is all a haphazard way of doing tilings. What the New Zealand wounded want is warm vests and pants (hot too thick), socks, cardigans, and somo form of overcoat. We aro in for a winter campaign here, so it is difficult to take overcoats from the fighting men. Besides, hundreds of overcoats are spoiled or lost. I would like t'ho New Zealand girls to make a cheap sort of blanket coat for our men to wear when they leave hospital and are waiting for a ship to New Zealand.

■ "I want GOO bags (linen), with one pair pyjamas, one shirt, one vest, one pair pants, one pair socks, one towel, a'piece of soap for each. I want these put 011 each transport that leaves New Zealand, so that I or my successor will lmow that warm and clean things are ready for every man sent home. Also I do want lots, of cheap blanket overcoats for.the wounded in Cairo during tho next few months." The letter is dated September 11, 1915, and was handed on to the Red Cross Committee in Christchurch. Salaries of Australian Nurses. The following is a statement of pay and allowances of Australian nurses on active service, and in Australia. It will probably be of some interest to New Zealand nurses:—

Active Service: —Salary.—Matron, 125..6 d. per diem; sister, 9s. per diem; staff nurso, 7s. per diem. Cost of Uniform on Enlistment.—As per new list, £21. Allowances.—2s, 6cl. per diem mess allowance, if no mess provided; £1G per annum for renewal of clothes; 3s. per diem when board and lodging i.ot provided on return to Australia witli invalids Pay to start from seyen days before date ordered to embark. Pension Rights.—As for soldiers on similar, rate of pay. Total incapacity, about £56, £64, and £76 per annum, for staff nurse, sister, and matron respective!.)'. Service in Australia :-r-Salary.—Mat-ron, £163 IBs. per-annum; sister, £109 4s. per annum; staff nurse, £60 per annum. Cost of Uniform on Enlistment. —As per new list, £19 10s. Allowances.—£l2 per annum for renewal of clothes, £13 per annum for laundry, 3s. 6d. per diem in lieu of rations. If lodgings not provided, 7s. per week allowed. Compensation.—During sickness contracted on duty, .pay will be allowed for throe months, and will be maintained in hospital. At end of that period other privileges re compensation. —"British Australasian."

Miss Mabel Atkinson, daughter of Mr. Arthur Atkinson, of Nelson, arrived in London on September 23. Slio is a London trained masseuse of considerable experience, and has taken service under the St. John Ambulance Association either at homo or abroad, writes a London correspondent.

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. de Beers, of Dunedin, with their daughter, arrived in Auokland by the Makura on Monday on their return from a visit to England.

Mrs, Ernest Hadfield is visiting Napier, where she will be the guest of her mother, Mrs. Wood.

According to a southern exchange, Miss Nowman, matron of St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch, has received a cablegram from Alexandria, stating that Acting-Matron Cameron, who was saved from the Marquette, but was dangerously ißj is now doing well.

The Rev. A. T. Thompson, of Christphurcli, with Mrs. Thompson and family, arrived in Masterton on Tuesdav. ilr. Thompson is on his way to Auckland to attend ' a Presbyterian conferonce, and Mrs. Thompson remains with relatives in Mastorton. '

The death is reported from Poverty Bay of Mrs. M'Farlane, at the ace of 85 years. The deceased lady was the' relict of the late Peter M'Farlane, and arrived in Auckland with her husband in 1855, havins; previously landed _in Australia iu 1349. Mr. and Mrs. M'Farlane went to Poverty Bay in 1866, about eighteen months before' To Kooti set tlie East Coast on fire by his massacre.

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