FROM DAY TO DAY

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 16, 14 October 1943, Page 6

FROM DAY TO DAY

News And Notes

Guest Speaker. An interesting talk on California was given by Miss M. Seaton at this month s meeting of the Stokes Valley Womens Institute. The choir sang two items which were much enjoyed. A bring and buy stall was very successful and the competition for the month, malt biscuits for soldiers parcels, was won by Mrs. Summers, with Mrs. Warmington second. A flower competition was won by Mrs. Lister.

Crippled Pupils’ Work. Mrs. B'. A. Sargisson presided at the October meeting of the Ngaio branch of the League of Mothers. A talk was given by Mrs. Leighton of the Correspondence School on educational work among crippled children. Many specimens were shown of work done by these children. Musical items were presented by members of the Petone League Choir and elocutionary numbers were given by Mrs. Dowse.

Dominion Officers Elected. Officers elected at the recent conference of the Y.W.C.A. Federation of Business and Professional Women were as follows: Dominion president, Miss Margery Toulson, Wellington; vice-presidents, Miss Daphne Chapman, Christchurch, Miss Kathleen McKenzie, Napier; Dominion executive; Misses Elsie Harper, Wellington, E. Jones, Palmerston North, Marv 'Seaton, Wellington, E. Fitzgerald, Wellington, L. Bishop, Christchurch, Mrs. Lovell, Palmerston North. Canadian Red Cross Gifts. . ■Several .parcels containing hand-work made by Red Cross juniors in Canada have been received by the New Zealand Junior Red Cross headquarters m Wellington. These contained hand-woven frocks, scarves, native birds carved out of wood, Indian bead work and handpainted articles. Some of the contributions were from children in Deaf and Dumb Schools.

Enjoyable Programme. There was a large attendance at the recent meeting of the Plimmerton Women’s Institute when several new members were enrolled. Many members entered for the competition for a decorated floating bowl, the winner being Mrs. Casey. Mrs. G. Wiggs, a visitor, gave two recitations and added helpful advice in her talk on producing a play. Mrs. Gosliug demonstrated the making or bread brooches. Story of Rubber. ’The story of rubber was the subject of a talk given at the Women’s Study Circle, Wellington, by a member, Mrs. Catherine- Stewart. Knowledge of rubber dated from the discovery of America, she said, the first detailed information being "iven by two Frenchmen in 1736. Export of seeds from rubber trees in Brazil was forbidden by the Brazilian Government, but an Englishman succeeded m getting seeds out of the country. These were reared in Kew Gardens, London, and 2,800 plants were sent to British tropical countries. Mrs. Webb, president, thanked the speaker for her informative paper. Married In Britain. . A service wedding of interest in New Zealand took place in Britain on Ju.y 26, when Section-Officer Helen Armstrong, W.A.A.F., formerly of Auckland, was married to Lieutenant Fraser C. Jamieson, R.C.N.V.R., Vancouver, B.C. The bride, who is tbe younger daughter of Mr. A. I. Armstrong, 0.8. E.. of Nukualofa, Tonga, and of the late Mrs. Ida Armstrong, was educated in New Zealand and became a Karilane nurse. She went to England before the war and nursed in London in the early war years, later joining the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She was-commissioned early last year and has served in various parts of England and Scotland, on highly specialized work. Lieutenant and Mrs. Jamieson plan to live in Vancouver after the war.