SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 183, 23 April 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

.Greetings From Palestine. ■ Greetings from the Camel Corps in Palestine, through their cowmandiii" ofhrer, liavo been received by the lion, rotary ot tho Countess of Liverpool Puml nfc the 'I'divn Hall. Tho card, which has been ironi Palestine, is signed by several, of the. men, and its messa"e was us follows"The gift parcels sent by your committee were very gratefully recci\ ed by the boys of the Kith Company I.C.G. Machine-gun Section, the signatures of whom ure appended. M"e wish your association could see the interest with which the gilts were received by I our members, and we tender vou our | thanks for your trouble." The'card itself is iv very interesting souvenir, ami had been r artistically carried out with a decorative design on one side of the regimental colours/with below a camel's ■ head in shaded gold, nnd the words: "Greetings from the Camel Corps." Un tho inside page is a photograph representing tho units of which t.bo Corps is composed—Australian, English, New Zealand and Indian mounted on their respective camels. The accompanying verse is as follows.— We fight for those wlio lore us, ■t 1 or tlioso who love us true, For the Heaven that smiles above us And awaits our spirit, too. J?or the cause that lacks assistance, For tho wrong that needs resistance, Vor the future in the distance And the good that we can do. The artist responsible for the frontispiece is evidently "Will Green." A bow of grey green ribbon gives the finishing touch to a very interesting memento of the Great War as it is carried out in tho Cradle of the Faith, Palestine. Contributions to tho Parcels Fund havo been received by the lion, secretary of the Countess of Liverpool Fund from tho following:—Wanganui, XTi: Bulls Red Cross Parcels, M 2-, Waverley, .£5; New Plymouth, J2O; Mrs. Arrow's shawl competition, £3. For comforts for tho soldiers on active service tho following have contributed:—Mrs. Hunt, "No Name," Jlrs. Sladden, G.F.S, Lodge, Mrs. Perry, Liverpool Fund., Carterton Red Cross Guild, Pongoroa, Oliau lied Cross Guild.

The lion, secretary of the Bod Cross Women's Committee (Mercer Street Depot) acknowledges contributions of hospital equipment from the following:— Mrs. Andrews, AVairarapa Centro N.Z. Bed Cross, Newman Branch of the British Bed Cross, AVaipukurau and districts, Levin Patriotic .Society, Upper Halt AVomen's Patriotic League, Jlutt Patriotic Guild, Wellington Nursing Division, St. .Tolm Ambulance Brigado Overseas, Mrs. Meslander, Stratford Ladies' Patriotic Committee, Pukeroa Bed Cross Guild, Mrs. -Knigge (Marton), Moutoa Ladies' Guild, Napier Red Cross, Bakanui Bed Cross, Miss Butler, Ladies' Sewing Guild, Bell Block, Ohingaiti Bed Cross, AVaipnkurau and Districts Bed Cross, Ohau lied Cross, Marlon Bed Cross Workers, Women's'l'-ed Cross Committee (Shannon), British Bed Cross Workers (New Plymouth), Ladies' Guild (Olnikune Junction), Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. AV. Beid.

A packing of soldiers' parcels destined for. Egypt took place at tlio Town Hall yesterday, aud' in all about 500 parcels will be dispatched, each one containing towels, tin of jam, condensed milk, sweets, meat extract, tobacco, and either cake or a tin of preserved prunes.

Miss Mill and Miss Agnes Mill, of Dunedin, have returned from a visit to ltotorua. en route to their home in tho south.

Mr. and Mrs. AV. Evans and Miss Evans, and Mr. and Mrs.. Adanv Scott, of 'J'imuru, are visiting A\ r ollington.

Mrs. J. Hutchison, of Dunedin, who has. been on a short visit to Featherston, is at present in Wellington.

Mrs. AV. Laidlaw and Miss Laidlaw, of Matakauri, Central Otago, nro spending a week at Feathcrstou.

Miss Marjory Holmwood, a pupil of Mr. A.. B. Wallace, of _Jlnsterlon, has been niwrdod tlio gold medal for marks obtained in tho advanced grade examination of the R.A.M. and R.C.M. . This honour iB open to nil candidates for tho examination in New Zealand, and it is the first occasion upon which it Ims been awarded to a Masterton candidate.

Mrs. Simmons and Mrs. Pryde, of AA'augauui, arrived iu town yesterday, and ore slaying at tho Midland Hotel.

Mrs. St. George and Mrs. .T. Eyre (Masterton) are visiting Mrs. D. B. AVood, Napier.

Mr. and Mrs. F. "White, of Greylown. nnd Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Speedy, of Featherston, are away on a motor tour, and will visit AVanganui, New Plymouth, and Napier in the course of their travels.

Miss Edith Sutherland has been appointed general secretary to the New Zealand Food Reform League, Auckland, under the supervision of a number of medical and scientific men throughout the Dominion. The league will also represent the Imperial Medical Association for I ho Prevention of Cancer.

■ Sir. and Mrs. Harold Kebhell f"VYpirarapa) have been visiting, the Taiipo district and Napier.

Dr. Linma Invin, of Mi(ldlemj\reh, Olago, is visiting Napier.

Ciiplain and Mrs. Wilson (Wanganiti) ar<i visiting Napier.

The Countess of Liverpool Fund workers will hold a packing day to-morrow. Leather waistcoats for our soldiers abroad arc an absolute necessity for winter wear, and the Fund's workers are now beginning to pot supplies of them made ready for dispatch before August at the latest. Orders for these waistcoats are taken, either lined with tussore sill; us the purchaser may wish, or unlincd. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. (Extract by David WnMi, M.D., Edin., Senior Physician, Western Skin Hospital, London.). .."Tho only treatment of any use for Iho permanent removal of superfluous hair is that by electrolysis. It is largely in (ho hands of unqualified persons, who by' their specious promises and unskilled niethods havo dono much to bring into disrepute a method which, despite its difficulties, is Hie only one yet discovered by mejlical science." The following is a testimonial received by Mrs. Rollcslon. Specialist in Electrolysis. Diploma, .Boston, U.S.A.': "Having, as an old lady nearly 80. linilerirone a course of eicctrolvsis'by Mrs. Rolleston for the reinovnl. of superfluous hair, I have very, great pleasure, in testifying not only to its perfect efliciencv, but also to its comparative painlessness.'" All treatments are given personally by Mrs. Rollcslon by ;-pccial process. ' Fee 10s. ' Mrs. Rolleston, 2.56 Lambton Qiiny.— Advt.

The Late Mrs, Jamei,

f ? , , ' °l Jitipliemia James, relict ot the into Jlr. William ,rallies, ;i pioininciiL « a ui-e in ll,u oarlvMo of <■-"d- cl i l, 'i n '' ' lel ' lesidence, bf liiutoul btrei't, on ,Sunday evening, llio deceased lady was-born in AVcllinc: ton on January 2, prioi- to her death was believed to bo tho'oldest re- | (naming person yarn in this city. She who prcdeccnsed by hoc husband eleven ago. this month, and is survived' liy a family of- four sons and three daughters-Mr. Alex. James, architect, of Wellington; Mr. Llewellyn James, consulting engineer, Auckland; Mr. Edwin .fames, ueMM, Hasting*; Mr. Gordon James, o Wei i„,l 0 n ; J[, s . C . G. Honghoii, Raetihi; Jlrs. Robert Pearson, Weiingtoii; and'.Mrs. A. W. Perkins, of Auckland. there arc also lliirtv grandchildren (of ivJiom Captain lto.v Fit z . gei aid, w ho, with another soldier, escaped from Germany, and finally reached England a little whilo ago, is one), and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. James, wlio was 111 a quiet way very closelv associated with (he development of Wellington, had a, wealth of reminiscences of the car y days of the city at her disposal, and would often talk most interestingly of the strenuous and adventurous life of that time, and of the association of the early settlers with the Maoris in peace and in war time. She was one of those somewhat mro persons who do good by stealth, nnd do not let their right hand know- what their left is doing and her loss will be f ult by a very wide circle of friends and by many'whom 1 she had so quietly and e.n understandliigly befriended in their times of stress and trouble,