SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 217, 1 June 1918, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A Message from the Queen,

The workers of tlio Victoria League in Chi'istchurcli aro extremely gratified to receive from Lady Dawson the following message from Hor Majesty the Queen, addressed to Mrs. Carey-Hill, the (secretary of the local branch:—"l am desired by the Queen to convey to nil the kind people who have worked and given the nice things contained in your cases Her Majesty's grateful thanks. The Queen desires me to say how very much she appreciates your thought in working for her guild. The Queen saw all the nice things you sent, and desired mo to say lio'v grateful she is. The things are going oil' at once to France, where they are mujli needed in all tlio hospitals." Y.W.CA. Notes. Miss Willcocks will be responsible for the musical part of the entertainment <it. the Y.W.CA. to-night for member* and soldiers. .Mrs. ltoby was in the chair at tho Foreign Department meeting at the y:W.C.A, on Thursday, when time was given to consider Ihe work that μ-bs being done for the Y.W.CA. in Shanghai. Miss Ella MacNeil, fovmeirly general secretary of the Chi'istchurcli Association, is now a secretary in Shanghai. She is supported by the members of the W.Y.C.A. in Australasia. She sent an illuminating account of the activities of tlio Chinese members of the Y.W.CA. and of their remarkable enthusiasm.

J[r. R. Powell, who has hud considerable experience in China as a missionary, will be present at thfl service at tlio Y.\V.O.A. to-morrow afternoon, and will Rive an address about life in China. Mr. and Mrs. Powell have just arrived from Dim'jclin, ivhero they hnvo licon .holding some meetings. They arc. both young and enthusiastic, and have the gift of presenting their work iu :m inffvcstinjf and liictorinl way.

Wednesday was a red letter day at l J almereton North for the Y.W.CA. girls. A great many townspeople and country residents assembled at the building known as' Craven School fov the olh'ciul opening of the Y.W.C.A. Hostel. When Mrs. Massey arrived tlio dining lmil was packed, and the overflow filled tho hall iiml stood outside tho open windows. Mr. lN'asli, the Mayor, presided, mid after Mr,-. Massey had declared tho y.W.C.A. otikiiilly opened, Mrs. Albert Kaye, of Christchurch, representative of the National 'Y.W.C.A. for Now Zealand, made a speech, in which she touched upon tho great problems that aro facing women, which will add to tho strain of life in future days, and of tlio necessity of strengthening the young women in preparation for what lies before them." Mr. Gibbons, member of the Y.M.G.A. Advisory Board, outlined tho progress that had been made so far>in acquiring the property which was so admirably suited to Ihe purposes of the Y.W.C.A., iind'the Rev. Mr. Aspland spoke for tho Ministers' . Association. Miss Birch brought rnvgnttnltiTions from 'Wellington upon this advance move. Tho guests went over the building, which was simply and lasteiuy.i' furnished. Mrs. Lionel Abraham and the members of the Board of Directors were the hostesses. In tho evening there was a largo gathering of girU for a house-warming. Addresses wore given by Mrs. Kaye and Miss Birch, before the games began, when tho occasion was made a festive one, which wos ideally enjoyed by tho girls.

Miss Margaret Smith has been appointed matron of tho Christchurch Karitano Babies' Hospital. Miss Smith is a fullyfiualifled hospital and maternity nurse who has just finished her special Plunket training at Ivaritane, Dunedin. Miss Jean Barber, who has been spending a few weeks' holiday in Wellington, left, by the Main Trunk express for Auckland yesterday. The 'Misses Craig (Auckland) are visiting AVolliugtou. Mrs. J. A. Ilanan has returned to Miramar from a visit to Invcrcargill and ■Dunedin. While in the latter place Mrs. Ilanan visited tho Karitane Hospital and was greatly impressed with the splendid work for infant welfare which is done at tho hospital and also by tho Plunket Society in Dunedin. She was present at UlO annual meeting of the society, and wns most agreeably surprised to see tlio way in which the responsible men of the city wero co-operating with its women in the work of caring for the young lives which now mean so much to this country and to tho race.

The Misses Fowkls (Auckland) are visiting Wellington, and are staying at the Hotel Windsor.

Tho lion, secretary of the Lady Liverpool and Mrs. Pomare's Maori Soldiers' Fund acknowledges tho following:—Per Miss Williams: Ilukarere Collego girls, 8 pairs mittens, 31 mufflers, 140 pairs socks. Per Mrs. Baiha H. Paraouc: Waiinanoni Committee, .£B. Per Mrs. M'Millan: Ngatiwhakatevo tribe ami Ivoputarna Committee, .£4l 45.; Mrs. Tiro Davis, Waikanae, £1; Mrs. Wober, Waikauae, XI. Per Mrs. Wairata te Koepa: Ngatiliokopu Committee-, £0. Per Mrs. Ellis: Otorohanga Patriotic Committee, .£3O. Per Mrs. Titpito M'aruera: Patoa Committee, .til; Mrs. Smith, Bnrotonga, 21 baskets. Per Mrs. Merito: To l'ahou Ngatipukeko Conimittco, Xlfl; Mrs. P. Smith, Tua Marina, muffler. Per resident agent, Maiikc: Maori eettfois, , li cases dried bananas. Per .Mrs. Taraipire Hunia: Ngatiwhara Committee, Waiotipu, .-£2O 10s. Per "Mrs. Bangainu Peehi: Waikol.ua Committee. Tokaanu, £'i 5. Per Mrs. Wairata te Keepn: Ngatihokopu Committee, .£5 monthly. Per Miss Mangu Tahana: Putiki Committee, Per Mrs. Martha Spencer: Stewart Island Maoris, ,C:j; Cook and Cook, Petone, 12 packing cases. Per Mrs M'Millan: Koputaroa Committee, .£lO. Per Mrs. Bora hvikau: Ngatiwhiti and Ngatitiuna Committee, Taihape, i!SO. Eangitukia School, 8 pairs socks, :i mufflers, por Mrs. Hope. Per Ngnraiti Gfay: Ngatikuva Committee, Pipiriki, .£2O. Hon. Mr. Homes, .£2O. Per Mary Tamatca: Hiruharanui Committee, JE2fl. Tor Mr. Pitt: Maori Soldiers' Fund Council, Gisborno. forwarded North Tarahaki Patriotic Society, Waitara, Jfil 12s.

An event which interests every lady ij,-now talcing place. An expiration lease falo is being hold at Lees and Church's, 128 Cuba Street. The variety and value of this firm's stock is known all over the Dominion, and at these times of high prices it will indeed be economy to purchase your requirements while tho selection is good.—Advt. Keop your littlo lads warm! Just opened, largo range Tweed and Covert Coats for boys two to seven years, at prices 18/t. fid. to 2Gs. lid. George Fowkls, Ltd., Manners Street—Advt. Dust ivill get into tho home in tho summertime, do what one may, and thero is littlo uso one trying to co'po with tho nuisance by using a duster. Get a "Dnisy" Vacuum Cleaner, and your troubles will be reduced to a minimum. The Daisy sucks up t!t= dust, and the minutest particles cannot escnpe tho suction hose. It is so dimple that a chiki of 8 or 9 years can operate it. Moderate in price, 100. Call and have a demonstration of their simplicity and efficiency nl tho depot, SO Lower Cuba Street OSCAR U.UWETT AND CO.-Advt. Wedding Announcements. — Beautiful roses and thu choicest of (lowers only aro used when designing wedding bouquets, which I make a specialty of. Packed and fonviirded through the Dominion. Hiss Murray, Vice-Regal Fiorist, 3C Willis Street.-Advt.

The First of tho Season. Lovely Vnsh Otaki Violets no,v arriving daily." D a i n [ Y boxes packed for posting, from 2a. Gil Posies for invalids, Presentation Bouquets, and all classes of Floral Work executed in artistic- style. Mies p 0 70 Manners r W-«*et. 'Phone ClflO.-Advt,'