WOMAN'S WORLD. INFECTIOUS CATARRH

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 17, 15 October 1918, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

INFECTIOUS CATARRH

BIATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR,

(By luoqkh.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. and Miss Massey, who wont to Auckland to meet Mr. Massey ami his son, Major Massey, have returned to town. .. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel. 1 Captain and the Hon. Mrs. falm Rhodes have arrived in New Zealand, and are returning to Christchurcli. Dr. Ada Paterson is confined to her room with' an attack of influenza, and has had to postpone her trip to Nelson for a few days. Mi', arid Mrs. Harold Johnston, who have been to Auckland to say good-bye to their son, have returned. Mr. and Sirs; Guy Williams (Mastertoil) are at tho Hotel Cecil. Mrs. Rattray (Dunedin) lias /arrived in New Zealand after a. trip Home, and is on her way south. Mrs. 0. Loughnan and her two daughters, who have been Home for some tinie, have returned to their home in Palmerston North. Mrs. Mackintosh Bell and her two children have just arrived from Canada. Mrs. Bell will'bo the guest of her lather, Mr. Harold Beauehanip. ■ Mrs. Wilkio (Kclburn) and her little girl are stayiug at. Seatoun. Mr. J. B. Clnrkson, who was a passenger by the. Niagara., reached Wellington yesterday afternoon. Miss Lucy Ewart left yesterday for Tiumrn, where she will stay with Mrs. Gillingham, of. "Foutmcll," Fairlic. Miss IMle.Vallance and Mrs. Archer Hoskings (Masterton) havo gouo to Auckland to see Mrs. Arthur Bennett. Mrs. Bcetham, _ wife of Mr. W. H. Bcetham, died suddenly in lier chair yesterday evening from heart failure (telegraphs our Masterton correspondent]!. She had been in poor health for some time past, but was sufficiently well to attend .church on Sunday., Deceased was a native of France, and was about seventy-six years of age. She had resided in New Zealand for nearly forty years, From Christchurcli the death is announced, by Press Association message, ofJ\lrs. Cant, wife of Mr. Arthur Cant, a well-known member of the '"Press" Company's commercial staff, and a prominent figure in cricket and chess circles. An old settler of the Wairarapa, in tho porson of Mrs. Cameron,' relict of the late Mr. John Cameron, died in Masterton on Sunday evening. Tho deceased, who was seventy-six years of age, arrivod in Now Zealand in 1857 by the ship Oliver Laing. In the early days slio resided at Pahaoa, and later at Opaki. She leaves a grown : up family of six sons and four daughters. Private Thomas O'Carroll has been a pupil of Miss Bstelle Beere for o'er four years, and danced as such at tho recent recital.

Baptist Blblo Glass Union. On Saturday the New Zealand Bap-1 tist Young Women's Bible Class Union held its meeting. Proceedings commenced at 6 p.m. with a tea, to which over a hundred sat dawn. Mrs. Archer, district president, welcomed the visitors, and spoke in glowing terms of the work of the Bible ' classes during the past nine years since the union was formed. Miss Kershaw read the report of tha year's work, giving evidence -of, much progress and enthusiasm ill the various centres, and showed there were 44 classes in the union'with a- membership of 591. Tho classes' activities vero evidenced by the interoßt taken in missionary work, several women • and children in India being supported by them. The Reinuora Orphanage l ieceived substantial help also. Oxford Terrace reported two girls had begun training for foreign mission work. The camps'held during the year had proved a great blessing spiritually, socially, rnd financially Several speakers referred to the good work of the Bible clasaes, including Mrs. Matthews, '.the Revs. A. North, Busfield, and M'Hattie, and Mr. E. Goring. ' Mrs. Collins read the treasurer's re-, port, which showed that £297 had been raised-during tlw year (as against_£G9 four years ago), the following objects being'holped: Remuera Home, £3|; homo.missions, £53; and foreign missions, £204. Mrs. Bailey pointed cut that with the B.W.M.U. tho women had raised for foreign missions £1063. Sister Grace and Mrs; Ward sdded their testimony to tho good work done. At tho evening meeting Mrs. Bailey, of Auckland, spoke earnestly on "The Life Beautiful, : ' and urged'all to fo'vo a due proportion of time and thought to the things that mattered most in life. The Rov. R. 8. Gray, of Dunedin, made an impressive appeal to tho girls onl "The Challenge of the Hour," impressing oil tbcm not to livo for tho present, but'for tho future, hot for the individual, but for tlio race, seeking to pass on light ideals which come in the days of youth, remembering "God's big men como of common women. 1 ' " During the evening the roll ' coll brought greetings from many quarto's.