SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 219, 10 June 1919, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The Anroa people have raised over ;E3GO towards the memorial to the fallen soldiers which they intend erecting in Hie school grounds. The memorial will take the form of a monument with the iiguro of a soldier in khaki on top and the names of the fallen engraved oil the base.

| The New Plymouth branch of' the Women's National Heservo i-ntertainod the mothers anil wives of soldiers at a very successful gathering- held in the Whltely Memorial Hall on Saturday afternoon. The Mayoress (Mrs. Burgess) received the guests, of whom thero was a torge number. The Vonerablo Arclidoacon Evans gave <in address, and a number of musical items were much appreciated Mis Dowling (New Plymouth) has been making a brief .stay in Wellington en route for Christcliureh (Mr. and Iks. Blaclcwell, two very old -Hawire's Bay residents, celebrated' tho fiftieth anniversary of their wedding on Thursday last,' ' Flowers not known within living memory to the. natives of the districts are breaking (jut on the scarred surface and in tho shell holes and dugouts of the battlefields of France. It is believed that the stranpe flowers lmvo sprang from seeds buried in tho depths <.f the earth for decades. A leading London botanist' says it is known that seeds have been v buried for upwards of sixty yeans without losing their power of germination, and he'thinks it is possible that strange plants aro now -flowering-as reported, as tho tearing up of the earth by heavy shellfh'e may have created conditions for their growth. Sirs. Hugh Beotliam (Brancepefh) and Mrs. Holmea Warren (South l'eatlierston) aro visi'ting Hotorua. Mr. and Mrs. C. Elgar (Feathorston) are visiting Wellington. Mre. Dunlop (Ceylon) is visiting Mrs. Donald Donald, Masterton. Mm, W. -Humo returned to Featlierv ton on Saturday from a visit to Wellington. Dr. Agnes Bennett left for .Sydney op Saturday by the Manuka, also Mademoiselle Dolores. A quiet wedding was solemnised on April 3 at Christ Church, Wybouvno Square, London, when Lioutenant-Colonel F. R. Turnbull (of Wanganui), M.C., D.5.0., was married to Miss Wynne Bayly, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry. Bayly, Okoroire. The bride, who wore her travelling dres3, was given >way by her brother, Lieutenant 11. L. Bayly, R.A.F., and tho best man was Lieutenant-Colonel Bishop, a 'cousin'of the bridegroom's acting as bridesmaid. The honoymoon was to be spent.- at> Bournemouth and Scotland. Miss Jeanne W. Beaudhamp, of "Tho Grange," Wadestown, is leaving for England, per Aravra, next week, with her father, Mr. Harold Beaucham-p. Mrs. .T.. C. Burns (Auckland) is visiting Wellington. Mr. and .Miss Driiimmond (Kilbirnie) leave for Masterton to-day. Mrs. W. H. Jackson (Masterton) is visiting Wellington. The wedding took place in St. Michael's Church, Christcliurch, last week of Corporal J. E. Avery,-of New Plymouth, to Miss E. Downey, of Wellington, the Rev. C. Perry performing the.ceremony. Miss M. Downey (Wellington) wasbridesmaid, and Lieutenant A. I?. M'lsaac, M.C„, of New Plymouth, was best man. Both bridegroom arid best man were Main Body soldiers, lately re--turned- to-tho Dominion.' - Nurse Cramer, Into of tho Stratford Hospital, has left to take up an appointment in the Auckland Hospital. N The annual meeting of the Victoria Lea'uo will bo held on Friday evening next, at 8 o'clock, in the Pioneer Club rooms, Hannah's Building. Speaking at the public meeting in the City Council Chamber last evening to raise funds for the Y.W.C.A., Miss Birch (the secretary) said: "Tho Y.W.C.A. is specialty adapted to help girls and young women, because it exists in all countries, it embraces all denominations, and touches all social groupß of young women of the city. Tho Y.W.C.A. has members 'all over the world, and'is working success-

A Trario Union for Domestic Helpers. A meeting of domestic workers convened by the Manchester and Salford Women's Trades Council ivas held in Uid Milton Hall recently (states the "Manchester Guardian"). It was attended by some thirty or forty women engaged in domestic service, and as tho result of. an informal discussion it was decided to form a' trade union for domestic labour Thq meeting discussed tho question of hours of work and approved the proposal of ail oight-hour day, Countess of Liverpool Fund. A meeting of the committee of tho Mayoress's Countess' of Livorpool Fund was held yesterday. Mrs. J. P. Luko was in the chair, and there were present: Mesdames Hamer, Yeats, Tripe, Nathan, Tripp,-Aston, Findlay, Bannister, Townsend, Barltrop, Murphy, Fordham, Lang, M'Arthur, Hamorton, Miss Robin, ana Miss A. Crawftfrd (lion, secretary). Various correspondence was read. Sirs. Luke explained to the meeting what was boing done with regard' to entertaining the meii of H.M.S. New' Zealand, and asked all those present who would assist in that work to join tho Navy League. Many gave in their names after tho meeting. Mrs. Luke gave an account of how tha money donated by tho Liverpol Fund for the reception of returning troops lino been spent. Each boat was met and every man received a packet of cigarettes, and often fruit. ■ s , It was proposed by Mrs. Barltrop and seconded by Miss Robin that the Countess of Liverpool Fund should take over the responsibility of mooting troopships and supplying cigarettes, etc. An. amendment was moved by' Mrs. Yeats and seconded by Mrs. Nathan that tho. balance of tho money now in hand by tho fund should be handed over to the War Roliof Association. This amend, rnent was lost- after somo discussion by ono voto, and tho original motion was carried. A largo number of letters thanking tho fund for parcels were received by the last mail, 'and-over Hfl cards to sclioolohildren for tho Christmas puddings were sent out to different districts. Christchurch Women's National Council. At the monthly meeting of the Women's National Couucil (Christchurch branch) tho following, resolutions were passed:— "That the National: Council of Women of Now Zealand strongly protests against tho policy followed by the Education Department in regard to To Oranga Reformatory for Girls, tho institution having been closed and tho majority of tho inmates sent out to domestic service." "That in tho interests of women and children.women police be appointed." "That women police attend tho Juvenilo Court and when necessary for policemen to attend they attend in plain clothes.'" : "That a special officer be appointed to tho, Magistrate's Court to collect dues in mainteimnco cases."

Comments on the 0.8. E. . One of the Auckland recipients of the M.B'.E. class of the Order of the British -Empire, in commenting upon -the list, said that she. felt that the nurses had not received proper recognition. What had been done by the women who staved at honie,. .however. hard they had worked-and all , had worked hard-was not to be even mentioned against that done 'by' tho mioses who had been in the hospitals behind the trenches. She gave it as her opinion that these were the women and the men who should have received recognition, not i'hoso who safely stayed at home, and did quiet work, in which evervono else had borne their share as much as eircumstances'-had al-. lowed. The speaker also expressed the opinion, that .tho womon of Auckland had not shown proper appreciation of the'returned nurses. Recently ;two sisters returned who had'been away three, years, who;had been nursing the wounded men when bombs 'fell'into'the eorridors, yet they came back to Auckland, and without a word of public thanks or notice. Although she had been decorated herself, she-, believed that it was the soldiers and tlic nurses who should have received all the appreciation and honour there was to bestow—Auckland "Star." The subject of a crematorium for Auckland was brought before tho Civic League at its annual meeting by Mrs.. M'Alhun. A'request'for'opinion' from tho league showed that undivided'support would bo given to tiie proposal. Mrs. Rupert Morrison (Blairlogie, Masterton) is visiting Auckland.

"Marie Lolir has como through., her first, year, of management in -triumph," says' a Lojidon. .writer, . "There have boon tlirco productions in the Maugham's;'Loyo in'a Cottage,', Robert; Hichens's 'Press tho Button,", .and"!ho present success; 'Nurse Benson.' 'A charity performance ot Rostand's. 'L'Aiglon' also has shed lustre upon this happy year at tlifl Globe." Miss Mir spent her childhood in Australia, and gained success as an actress in- London' while still quite youthful. Her mother, as Miss Kate Bishop, made many appearances on tho Australian stage.'

NEEDS OF OUR GIRLS IDEALS-OF THE Y.W.C.A. Ono of tho activities of tho Y.W.C.A. is the Thrift or' Saviugs Club. Regular visits to the. workrooms by the club visitors encourage thrift and economy, and girls seo tho wisdom of reducing expenditure in respect to a number of "things which are necessary to their com. ftirt or happiness.

Speaking at last evening's meeting, called to initiate a ,£15,(100 expansion fund, Miss Birch (secretary) said: "Whether the Y.W.C.A. provides evening club accommodation or not,, girls will flock into tho' city. Watch the thoroughfares of the.-city, for confirmation of this, Many girls remain in tho city for evening appointments and engagements, and they need a rest rooni where. they can spend the intervening time. Tho Y.W.C.A. is hero to copovwith facts of lifo as they exist, not to dogmatise as to tho good or evil which may accrue from tho freer and more independent life; to meet the I girl on her own ground, but always to show her the. importance and beauty of horns lifo. Club life rightly conducted should build, up tho home ideal. It can inciilcato a true love for home by it?' tastefully-furnished rooms with their home atmosphere.'. The young men of Wellington have been well providod for. fPiiildings free of debt belong to the .Young Men's Christian Association, to the Boys' Institute, and to the Mis-, sions to Seamen. Tho time has come when the'claims of the young women must be met, and a building provided and properly ' equipped. The- need... has never been so great as it ii to-day/'