SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2906, 19 October 1916, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

What Mr. Parr, M.P., Saw. In the course of an interview with a representative of the Auckland ''Star," Mr. C. J. Parr, M.P., who has just returned from England and France, stated that ho saw hundreds of thousands of women all over England "working day and night in the making of guns and shells. They aro splendid. Parliament cannot refuse women the vote after what they have'done in this war. Nor will women in England ever consent to go back to tho position economically they held before the war. Their whole outlook on life is being swiftly changed, and after this, in industry and politics, the British woman is going to speak with no uncertain voice.

"The closing of the hotels for certain hours in the day has greatly decreased drunkenness and increased efficiency. But witli all these restrictions there is still far too much drinking among tho working peoplo. If Britain is to he an efficient nation the drink problem, which proved last year too difficult even for Mr. Lloyd George, must he faced immediately tho war is over. I believe one result of the war will bo n. great moral uplift among tho British masses." Lady Liverpool and Mrs. Pomare's Maori Soldiers' Fund, Mrs. Pomare, lion, treasurer and secrotary of the above fund', has received, per Mrs. Danscy, Dune'din: Speight and Co., £5 ss. j Thompson and Co., £5 Gs.; collection, £6 10s.; Miss Massey, Impairs socks, 1 pair mittens; per Mr. Ngata, Maori women of AVaiapu, £25; Miss Qninlin, 3 balaclavas; per Mrs. M'Gregor, Wanganui, Maori women, large case of woollen comforts; per Mrs. Munro, Opapa, large caso of woollen comforts; Mrs. Statham, 95.; Mrs. Scott, 2 pairs mittens ; per Mrs. Alford, the Rangiahua Maori Women's War Committeo, £19; Queen Victoria College, Auckland, 36 pairs socks, 1 muffler; Leps and Co., Lower Hutt, 25 packets cigarettes; por Mrs. Love, Petono; Mrs. Hyde, 2 pairs mittens; Mrs. Warren, 1 pair mittens; Mrs. Love, 2 pairs mittens; Mrs.j House, 1 balaclava; Mrs. Gaynor, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Pollock, 4 pairs socks; Mrs. Elbe, 3 pairs socks, 3 handkerchiefs; Mrs. Hancocks, 4 packets cigarettes, chewing gum, and chocolate; Miss Rous 'Martin, 4 handkerchiefs and soap; J. W. Ellis, Hamilton, £10; Mrs. Murewai Mutu, £10, 2 pairs mittens, 1 balaclava; Mrs.'Mills, 8 pairs mittens.

Patriotic Cake Room. .The committee of the Patriotic Cako Room acknowledge with thanks gifts of liome-mado cakes, sweets, subscriptions, etc., from the following:—Mr. and Mrs. Firth, Mesdaines Smitton, Telford, Askew, Holmes, Findlay, AY, F. AVard, G. Fulton, A. Myers, L. B. Taylor, Palmer,' Hamor, Hurst, Isaacs, Christie, A. Williams, Finch, R. AVilson, Anonymous, Mrs. Rose, Doughty, AYheeler (2), M'Clure, Drumniond, M'Menamen, AYest,' Sidoy, Kirkcaldie, M'Kellar, Didsbury, von Dadelzen.

The 'death took place at hor residence. ■St. Albans, Christclnirch, this week oi ; Mrs. Isabella Duncan, :ofict of tho late llr. Andrew Duncan, third 'Mayor, of Ohr.istchuroh. She is survived by seven sons Messrs. G. A. Duncan, A. S. Duncan, (manager of Ward and Co.). R. X. Duncan (manager of a big catt,lo freezing works at St; Paulo, Brazil), R. 0.. Duncan (qf Glenniark), A. Duncan (of Blenheim), A. G. Duncan (in business in London), and Captain J. D. C. Duncan (medical' officer ivith the Maori Contingent), who was wounded at tho Sopime last month. Twenty years ago Mrs. Duncan went homo to England and resided there for a. while,. but sho returned to New Zealand, and ever' since had lived in retirement at St. Albans. Dr. Jessie Maddison, of Christchurch, who offered her sorvices to the War Office, is on tho stall' oF the Wharneliffe Military Hospital, Sheffield, England. In a letter to a Christclnirch friend, she states that large numbers of wounded soldiers arc taken there for treatment. • Miss Dormer Maunder, a Now Zeii- . lander, organiser of the Belgian Military Hospital, Bourbourg-Cbainpagne, had the honour of receiving a visit from H.H. Prince Alexander of Teck (states a London correspondent of September 12). After making a complete tour of tho hospital and talking to the wounded • and nurses, Prince. Alexander expressed his entire admiration for the hospital. New Zealandcrs will recall that Prince Alexander accompanied King Georgv and Qneen Mary, when, as Prince and Princoss of Wales, they visited tho Dominion. The Prince spoke of liis visit in warm terms of admiration, and of the beauties of his trip through Rotorua in particular. As a result of the ladies' open tournament, held on the Mirnmar golf links last week, the sum of £26 ss. has been handed over to the Mayoress for .tho fund for nroviding Christmas gifts to the New Zealand soldiers'at the front. Mr. and Mrs. T. H.Lowry (Hawke's Bay) lmve returned from a visit to America. The matron of tho Taumaru Military Hospital, Lowry' Bay, acknowledges with thanks the following gifts:—The Couutess'of Liverpool, eggs and cakes; Mrs. liathbonc, cigavettes and sweets; Mrs., ' Wilson, cake, jam, and sauce; Hutt Horticultural Socicty, cake; Mrs. Fergusson, cake; Mrs. Turrell, sweets and cakes; Mrs, Noel Adams, cigarettes ; Mra. .M'Clure, books; Soldiers' Comforts Depot, chocolate; R. T. Turnbull, papers'; Sir. Hoare, magazines; C. Pearce, oars and rowlocks; Miss E<l- - cakes; Mrs. Ward, weekly box of cake, eggs, lcttucc, and jam;' Mrs. Lees, cakes; Nelson ladies, weekly box of fruit and veegtahles; Mr 6. Dawson, weekly box of eggs; Mr, W. Flopt, Lower Hutt, rollers for boat; Miss Lever, jam;.Ngaio ladies, cakes; Miss Cooper and Miss Moss, £25; Hutt Patriotic Society, £3. ANSWEPS TO CORRESPONDENTS. (By arrangement with Mrs. Rollesten, Hnir Physician and Face Specialist, Qualified London and Paris,) Tf you cannot procuro rain wator, water may bo softened by boiling or adding a very little ammonia or borax. OiUmonl is also very good. ' "Ifrs. S." (Gisborno).—lt would be impossible to restore your groy hair to its original colour by treatment; that enn only bo (lono occasionally when ill l ness or sli'oelc is the cause, and it lias immediate attention, Dr.' Wnldron's B'air Restorer (7s. fid:) would bo the most effective application yon could use. Tt is perfectly safe, and easily applied. The result is gradual. Further replies by letter. Private rooms for all treatments. _ Switches alul Transformations a speciality. 250 LaniMon Quay.—Aclvt.

A Colden Wedding,

The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Plunimer, two pioneers of New Zealand, was celobrated in Auckland on Monday. Mr. Plunimer arrived in Now Zealand as far back as tho year 1861, and took up' sheep farming in the Hawko's Bay district. Ho was through tho Maori war, aud was Government commissariat to tho Maoris when To Itoofi and his followers were banished to the Chatham Islands. He was oil tho Chatham's when To Kooti mutinied, and" when the lives of the white residents there were in peril. Mrs. Phimmer was also through all this trying time, having arrived in New Zealand in 1862, goilig to the Chatham® in 1863. Mrs. Plummor was tho first white woman married, on the Chatham Islands, Wellington Nursing Division of St. John. The annual meeting of the Wellington Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, -was held' in St. John's Sohoolroom, Mrs. AV. S. Moorhouse taking the chair. The report and balance-sheet wore read, the latter being quite satisfactory,' showing, a. surplus of funds. Many friends were thanked for subscriptions and goods for the Red Cross work of the division, especially the ladies of Hawba's Bay. The members of tho division meet in conjunction with tho committee of the District Nursing Guild of St. John at Mrs. Moorhouse's residence every week,, cutting out and sewing for the.wounded soldiers, the goods being sont to tho headquarters of the British Red Cross, Mercer Street. Several members have been working very hard ■under Mrs. Rolleston at the Taumaru Convalescent Home, Lowry Bay. The thanks of the division were proposed to the doctors for their kindness in delivering lectures and holding re-examinations; also to Colonel Esson, to the Press for inserting reports, and to Mrs. Barclay for'so kindly assisting the senior district nurse with the work when Nurse Jenkins was invalided for several weeks. A presentation of a leather attaolie case was made to Mrs. Barclay by the com-, mitteo of tho District Nursing Guild of St. John. Mrs. Barclay spoke a few words of thanks, and took tho opportunity of thanking tho president for her kindness at all times. Mrs. W. B. Fisher, who for many years was tho very much esteemed and capable lady superintendent of tho division, has forwarded her resignation on account of her prolonged absence from the Dominion, as she is nursing in King George's Hospital, London. Miss Itobieson, a member for tho past twelve years, was promoted to fill the vacant position, and Mrs. Barclay and Mrs. Baker were promoted to tho positions of first and second nursing officers. Miss Varc was proposed as third nursing officer, and Miss Griffiths.as lady divisional secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Gibbons and Miss Robieson were again elected to represent tho division on. the committee of tho District Nursing Guild of St. John. Dr. Arthur was appointed as lion, surgeon of the division. It was decided that the divisional meetings are to bo held 6n the first and third Monday evenings in the month in future, in' lieu of Tuesday as : in tho past.

The new Anzac Club at Feathorston was thrown open to the public on Tuesday night, when tliero was a large attendance of soldiers and visitors. An enjoyable danco was lield in the social hall of tho building, the camp band supplying most of the music, and supper was provided by a committee of ladies. Songs were also contributed by Mrs. N. I'. Adams, Mrs. D. E. Cardale, Mrs. Green, Miss Wilford, Captain Gilmorc, and Privato Anderson- played a'pianoforte solection. Tho club will -be-ready l'or use on Saturday next at 2.30 p.m., and thereafter will be open daily (Sundays included) from 9.30 a.am. to 10.30 p.m.

.Miss Dennistou (Lhinedin) is visiting Wellington.

11l charge of the Triangle Depot qf the Y.M.C.A. in Willis Street on Friday will bo Mrs. Varney, and on Saturday Mrs. W. J. Thompson.

Mrs. David Gillies, of Auckland, lias provided the passage to England for Miss Kathleen Williamson as a dona-. Lion to the lied Cross. In London Miss Williamson's,servioos will be.at tho disposal of the headquarter? of tho society. Mrs. Gillies has already provided for the services of a trained nursa for a year at'tho Red Cross Hospital.

Miss. Gladys Worboys, daughter of Mr. J. H. Worhovs, of Wellington, is (accordine; to a London correspondent) doing Red Cross "work at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Shropshire.

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Boys like school colours oil their golf hose, nil schools 2s. lid. to 3s. lid., at Geo. Fowl els, Ltd., 'Manners. Street.— Advt.

.Tho growth of the Ceylon tea trade has been one of the commercial marvels of recent yeara, and "the spicy isle" now supplies the best tea for nil the world. In New Zealand tho choicest Ceylon tea is packed under the Desert Gobi brand. This popular tea is enjoyed daily in every homo where superior quality and valuo are appreciated. Readers ivho do not drink Desert Gold aro advised to test it. —Advt.

Wedding Announcement. — beautiful roses and the choicest of flowers only are used when designing wedding bouquets, which I make a speciality of. Packccl and forwarded through the Dominion. Miss Murray, Vice-Itegal Florist, 3G Willis Street.—Advt. ' _

Red Cross and Order of St. John. Mr. Joseph Joseph, honorary, trea-. i surer of the Wellington branch of the British Red Gross and Order of St. ] John, acknowledges receipt of the fol- ; lowing additional donations:—Awatuna | Ladies' Guild, for purchase of. tinned i goods for soldiers in the trenches, £5: ] 'Waipukurau Branch of British Bed ■ Cross Society, £26 ; Taihaps Branch of i the New Zealand and British Red Cross ■ Society, to be remitted to Red Cross , Sooicty, London, £300; New Plymouth i N.Z. Branch British Red Cross Society, ] to be remitted to headquarters, Lon- 2 don, £250 ; Marton Sub-centre Red < Cross Society, to be remitted to N.Z. "War Contingent Association, Wcstmin- i ster, London, £138; Wellington Wo- ( \' men's Red Cross Committee, to be remitted to N.Z. War Contingent Association, London, and to be spent on ? ward suits, £50; Hunterville Countess of Liverpool Fund and Red Cross Guild, to be remitt-ed to N.Z. War Contingent , Association for benefit of New Zealand £ wounded soldiers in Prance, £100; c Jfaraekakaho Sub-branch of Red Cross, -

Society, £1; Marton Ladies' Patriotic Shop, to be remitted to New Zealand War Contingent Association, London. £93. The question has been raised, as if always is raised when appeals for public support are made, as -to whether the Government should not undertake the responsibility of providing for the requirements of the wounded without leaving this work to the Red Cross Society (states the Auckland .Herald"). ' This question, has been answerec by, Sir Frederick Troves, -who says thai the soldier regards what the Wai Office provides ag his right, while lit< .work of the Bed Cross is to him ai expression of gracious sympathy, ; visible token that the people of th< homeland are doing what they can t< make some personal return for tit great sacrifices he is making for them Miss 0. Cos (Featherston) is visiting Wellington, and is staying at the nen Occidental Hotel. Mr. E. Newman,' M.P., and Misi Newman, are visiting Auckland. Ladies' Panamas—Correct for Trenthan wear—are now being displayed at Prioe' Store, Willis Street. They are Panama of beautiful quality and priced from 12< —Advt.

Young Helpers' League. Miss Cos boy, the organising secretary of tho Young Holpora 1 League in conncction with Dr. Barnardo's Homes, was greeted Ijy a largo and interested audionco of young people at her lantern lecture on tho splendid work being dono in England for tho waifs and strays. Tho series of boautiful slides shown, depictcd many phases of tho work, some showing tho progress of a street Arab "turning wheels" as a precarious means of livelihood, on through his transformation into a smart "buttons," then as an emigrant to Canada, and finally as a prosperous lawyor iti 0110 of tho citios of tho big Dominion; others showed tho many '"ever-open doors" and tho villago homos established by the benefioent founder. Tho lecture took placo in tho Star Theatre, Ridtliford Street, kindly lent for tho occasion by tho proprietary, and the Hon. J/ G. W. Aitken, who acts as treasurer of the fund for Wellington City, occupied tho cliair. Tho halfyearly box opening in conneotion with tho Young Helpers' League at Newtown School lias just taken placo. This yioldod a sum which, together with tlio proceeds of tlio leoturo, formed a substantial amount to aid in tho good work.

On August 31, at' Plymouth (England), Captain Maxwell Ramsay, R.A.M.C., youngest son of the lato Mr. Keith Ramsay (Dunedin), was married to Miss Anna Farrell, second daughter of Mr. P. C. Farrell, of Cork. In chargo of tho Red Cross Shop in "Woodward Street on Friday will be Mrs. Scott and Miss. Marks. They oxpect to have for sate good supplies of cakes, sweets, scones, etc. Sister Garrard, who has been on tho staff of the Rotorua Sanatorium for somo time, left on Monday for Wellington, where she will spend a holiday prior to joining tho s.s. Marama on her next outward journoy. Rousing cheers wero given by a largo number of returned soldiers who had assembled near the engine to give Sister Garrard a hearty sond-off. "Let the siuits talk" has been the safe, eoTind prineiplo of Mr J. T. Lewis. "Xewis" suits have spoken—have told the tale of their superior fit, finish, and fashion far and wide, which once again plainly indicates . that more and more discerning men are turning to. J. T. Lewis, Featherston Street,; Wellington, for the country's best tailoring.—Adrt.

Wellington thinkers! Try the Thinkers' Favourite Writing Tablets, Gd. : and la. each; also Thinker Penny Note Books. Splendid for echools and everybody. P. Cording, Bookseller and Stationer, Couptcnay Place.—Advt.

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There can be no excuse for continuing tho old-fashioned and UNCLEAN way of cleaning house with Broom, Mops, etc % DAISY - VACUUM method PERFECT CLEANLINESS IS AS-SURED-r-without bother—at most reasonable cost. Ladies once using "Daisy" Vacuum Cleaners, cither Hand or Electric models, realise the Luxury of PERFECT CLEANLINESS, and never again are content with OLD METHODS. They are most enthusiastic in praise of "Daisy" to their friends. Ask for demonstration at your Furnishing Iron, mongers, or direot to Oscar Hewett, 5a Cuba Street (just below Bank of New Zealand).—Advt.