SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 98, 20 January 1919, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Maori Soldiers' Fund. •Owing to the epidemic the. executive of Lady Liverpool's and Mrs. Pomarc's Maori Soldiers' i uirl u>ry mtiah regret not acknowledging and thanking all those who worked so hard and gave so liberally towards the street sale. The following are somo of the donations, and when members of the committee are well enough they hope to acknowledge any names that may bo omitted: —Mrs. A. M. Williams, £10 IQs.; Mrs. Johnston, HigU'den, £10; Mrs. Maciirthy-lloid, \Y. M. Bannatyne and Co., £5 os. each; Chvhaoii Maori .Women's Committee, £5 os. Gd., with many handsome Maori kits; Mrs. Ruru, • £5; E. W. Mills and Co., Cathie and Song, Ltd:, J. Mitchell, .Executors Toogood Estate (Featherston), Wellington Woollen Company, £2 2s. each; His Excellency the Governor-General, Miss Coates, Wairarapa Maori Women's Committee, per Mrs. Tamalmu, W. S. !»Short, H; W. Bennett, £2 tach; H. Amos, A. Duncan, Dr. Mason, Archbishop O'Shea, Mrs. Roberta Brown,' £1 Is. each; Mrs. Aotea Kiwa, Wakarua, £1 and Maori mat'; Davis, and ( Clater, 10s. 6d. Also many smaller j donations which were much appreciat--1 ed, gifts from Her Excellency tho Countess of Liverpool, D.1.C., Aulsebrook and Co., Baimatyne and Hunter, | J. Nathan and Co., A. S. Paterson and Co., G. Fowlds and Co., Thompson Bros., Godbers; Gear Co., 3 lambs; Barter and \Co., 1 lamb; Mr. Fred Hisiop, 'for printing on collection boxes ; I the Public Works, for supplying stalls; Neil, Donegh'ue and Co., Ltd., Petono, for lorry; and the many donors of cakes and sweets and flowers. Stalls, Countess of Liverpool's Committee (Mrs, Crawford), Lindsay's corner, £8 Bs.; Lower Hutt, Kelbarn Avenue, £34; Petone, Boulcott corner, £36 16s. 7}d. ■ Poriraa, Boulcott corner, £5 Is. 3d.South island, Winder's corner, £18 9s. lid.; Lyall Bay, Courtenay Place, £11 135.-3d. • '

Miss Withy, who has just finished her training in the Wellington Free Kindergarten Schools, has been appointed kindergarten teacher at St. Mary's School, Hawera.

The engagement is announced of Miss Kathleen Simpson Lonsdale, youngest daughter of tlio late Mr. John Lonsdale and Mrs. Lonsdale, of Wellington, to Mr. Charles Warden Browne, youngest son of the late Mr. R. H. Browne, C.E., and Mrs. Browne, of Christcliurch.

; Nurse Turton, V.A.D., returned to Gisborrie by tho Arahura after having served for two years at the Walton-on-Thames and other hospitals in England, i

Mrs. Ronald Miller, nee Miss M'Gregor, of Masterton, intends joining her husband, tho Rev. Ronald Miller, who is stationed with the troops in-London.

Miss Hilda Rice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Rice, of Napier, who has been "engaged in' missionary work in India for the last flvo years,' is returning to Napier. Miss Rico has succeeded in passing all her qualifying examinations and will resume her work in India after spending a holiday in Napier. y ,

Mrs. George Chirnside has placed ■her hornoj "wirribeoP.ark ) ".Melbourne, at'the disposal of the Australian returned, prisoners of-war. She- has been associated during the war with tho Imperial-War Workers in London, where she has kept "open, house 1 ; in Park Lane for the. Australian soldiers.

•> Mrs.! and Miss Humphries, of Napier, are.visiting Wellington.

Mrs. G. G. Stead, who has been staying with Mrs. Russell Grace, at Wanganui, has returned to Christchurch.

The Rev. G. B. Stephenson and Mrs. Stephenson motored through to Dannevirke after spending a holiday in tho Wairarapa.

■~ Dame Nellie Melha will loave Australia for England , shortly,. and does not expect to return to Australia for many years. After, a patriotic concert tour through Great Britain sho intends going to France, returning in time for the season at Convent Garden in June. Sinco tho .war Damo Nellie Melba has collected £70,000 for Red Cross purposes through concert neuterprises. About £-10,000 was raised in Australia. -,■••-■

Anita Stewart, the motion picture star; "is very • versatile, and,her accomplishments include music. Recently she composed a topical soug which is becoming popular. It has a somewhat lengthy title, "A Cheery-Smile is as Good as a Mile- on tho Road to Victory." . -

Wairoa has had a serious, bout of epidemic. According to an exchange, Dr. Collins, Sisters Brewer and Home, and Nurses 'Bowler, Lardolli, Spooner, Gumming, and Korr, as well as Messrs. Rowley and Foley have only now returned to Gisborne after a five weeks' absence, spout in combating the disease.

Miss Ileno Stephen was tho first woman to drive the King's car, which she did when ho went to Shoreham on a, tour of inspection, says.an exchange. She took up motoring soon after the commencement of tho war, and about eighteen months ago joined the AVoinen's Legion, and first drovo for an officers' home. Miss Stephen was then transferred to Brighton, where slio did ambulance driving. This summer, -she accompanied Lady Londonderry to Ireland as her chauffeur, .and drove Lord French on his tour of inspection. Lord French has never officially been driven by a woman before. •

A quiet wedding took place at St. Luke's Church, Waereu'ga-a-hika on Tuesday, between Miss Ivy Hannah, youngest daughter of. Mrs. I. and the late Mr. F. Tietjou, and Captain Arthur Waldon, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.. R. Soundy, of Dannevirke. The bride wore a frock of white cropo d'e chine, with veil and orange blossoms, and was attended by her sister as bridesmaid. The brido's travelling dress was a molecoloured costume with hat and veil of bine and pink.

Tho wedding took place on January 14, in St. Colombus Church, Mangamiihoß, of Miss Elsa Phyllis Heckler, third daughter of the late Mr. J. F. Heckler, and of Mrs. J. llecklor, "Forest Downs," Mangamalioe, and Lieutenant T. Loinas Chnrles JSvans, N.Z.E.F., youngest son of Mr. Eyre Evans, of Oamaru. Lieutenant 'J. 1 .- C. lCvai)B left with the Main Body in 1914, was wounded at Passclicnciaelo, and has just returned to New Zealand after having spent six months convalescence with his aunt, the Countess of Seafield, London, late of New Zealand, and his cousin, Mr. Tod Strathspey, Putney Kill, London.

Mrs. F. G. Cooper left for Australia by the Tofua, to meet her husband, Commander Cooper, R.N. 11., .who is returning to New Zealand after having been away on active, service over four years.

Mrs.. Grnhiun, of Pahiatua, is. cm a visit to Wellington.

Miss Bnmvell, who has been appointed Principal of St. Mary's School, Hawera, in place of Mrs, Beardnnre, who resigned last term, has had an interesting scholastic career. She started a church school in England' for the Bishop of Salisbury, and held the position of headmistress, for some years. Later she went to Cape Colony nnd reorganised a school there. She also lived for a time in India. Her health, however, gave way and,she bad, to leave the country, coming to Now Zealand, where she has been teaching at Miss Stanford's and the Boys' High School, iNew Miss Banwell was also for some'time in France and speaks the lauguago fluently. .

' Some statistics given by Sir William Goqde, K.8.E., in' "Nash's," regarding the decrease in mortality under. Lord Khondda's controllership are interesting, and are just another indication of -how much innutrition or malnutrition has to answer for. Sir William Goodo says:—"For tho first-quarter of 1918 tho death-rate per 1000 of the ; civilian population was only 15.2, as compared with 19.0 in the first quarter o f 1915 and 18.2 in 1917; of infants .u'l-der one year old, the rate was 113 as compared with 128 and 123 in 1915' and 1017. In considering the deaths of the civilian population it should be borne in mind that those presumably most fitter] to resist disease had already been taken into the army. All statistics are sublet to manipulation;-and distortion. What cannot be questioned are the infinite' and benign pains taken by Viscount Rhondda while Food Controller, to: maintain and to improve the health of tho nation which he- was compelled, t'u puton rations. The efficiency of those measures, as,summarised here.for tho first time, are likely to make the name of, Rhondda- loved and honoured long after the children of to-day have ceased to use and havo forgotten, the ration books, that were provided for the welfare of the generations, that- are to come." '