SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 42, 14 November 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wellington South Nursing Division,

.Members of the AVclliugton South Nursing Division of'tin: St. John Ambulance (of which llrs. J'rcslmi is siiperintciul' ent) arc already at work a.s voluntary aids in the crinado. against inlluonzn. Some of them aiv in hospitals assisting, ami other.; are attending to cases in privete houses, mi<( one is on duty in (he Sydney Street Schoolroom. Tennis Tourmmont. Miss Bromley Codes, of Cliristcliurcli, gave an all-day tennis •toui-iianient in honour of Miss Ilar;nurt .it her mother's residence, "Uurfield," on Friday last. The visitors wore entertained ot luncheon and nt'tornooii ton, and altogether a delightful time Win spent. Amongst those playing were Mrs. Blunt, Misses Stmfiiiey, Beckett, Alison, J onnings, Betty Cottorill, Dixon, R. Anderson 1 , Oossett, If. Piiscoe. Miss Strachqy uml Miss A. Jennings won tho competition.

Mrs. E. Dentley Davison nnd Alias Marjorie Thomas (Auckl.ind) arc in C'lii'istoliurch.

Mrs. Kane, who has been on n visit to Napier, has returned.-

■ Mrs. A. Shorris and Miss Slierris (Christchiirch) aro on a visit to Wcliinjjiun ,at pni-sent.

Mrs. Stringer is slaying with her .sister, ih's. Isaacs, on Wellington Terrace.

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bell (Blenheim), who went to Cliristcliiircli for the Cum meeting, returned liomo on Snturdnv.

Mr;. Garcia Webster (Ilnbson Street) is the guest of Mrs. T. If. Hull, Christehurcli.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Biiljingcr have returned after a week in Christchurch.

Sirs. Reginald Pinekney, who has been ttiu guest of Mf3. lioss, Garden Road, renafllion, lias roturncl to her home in Hastings.

A 'large number of the guests at the various hotels in Christcluiroh are still suffering from influenza, nnd unable to get homo again,

During the present influenza epidemic there \v:!l be iso gatherings or lectures in connection with the Soldiers and Sailors' Wives' Cln'o, which is lield in "Charley'e Aims" Club, Conrl'emiy Piaco. All members will be notified by advertisement when iho activities are resumed. The Women's National Reserve has also decided to hold no meetings.

A sale of children's. summer clothing will bo hold at the Red Cross Shop on Friday i ext. The goods are very moderately priced, and should prove a boon to busy, overworked mothers, who have .so littlo time for needlework in these sick and. strenuous days. Mrs. If. Hall, Mrs. Pavitt, Mrs. Trie's, and -Miss Keb■>wl! will bo in charge of tho shop, and there will also be a good supply 01' homemade enkes and flowers.

The. mesting of tho members of tho surgical department of the Mercer Street lied Cross Day, which was to bo held on Tuesday next, ha 3 bean postponed, owing io the rush of work in connection with tho epidemic. The department hopes that all promised goods will be forwarded when tho later (later for the meeting is finally fixed

The spread of tho influenza epidemic is such that medical men have visited homes in the poorer quarters of the city, where every inmate has been stricken down, unci have been foodless and helpless in their beds, awaiting relief.

The sports in connection with the Wellington Girls' College, which wore to have taken place this' iii'ternoon, have been indefinitely postponed.