HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1932, Page 6

HERE AND THERE

Their Excellencies* Visit.

A visit to the senior camp of th» New Zealand Anglican* Girls 1 Bible Class Union at queen Victoria Maori Girls' School, Auckland, was paid on. Thursday morning by the GovernorGeneral and Lady Bledisloe. The Dominion president, Miss Winifred Avenll, received Their Excellencies* who were accompanied by Lady Norah. Jellicoe and Sir John Hanham, and made a brief speech of welcome. Hia" Excellency spoke to the girls on. theimmense power that women possess nowadays for goad or iIL He expressed the desk© that the period of depression through which the- country is passing might be a period of definite,' spiritual advancement, and. a period, in which, all might, as it were, take- stock of their live* aad their - possihQiiieg, and seek for happiness from the «nJy source where true happiness was to bo found* , ( , Levin Home. Very happy times were spent at tht Levin Home during the festive season* many gifts having been gent in, them including an "annual* 1 fnir^mg^ *+Vf which is always a welcome feature on the table. For this-, and for many other kind gifts the matron and committea wish to thank the donors very heartily; Gifts of £.12 and. £3 2s from the Com* mercial Travellers 1 and Warehousemen^ Association made it possible tot get many little extras to add to th« enjoyment. Members of the Island Bar Surf dub brought "Father Christ, mas" to. the home, and entertained the girls with a concert, followed, by ic* creams, which were .ranch, appreciated. Among the outings waa:a drive, given by members of the Automobile Association, and the End invitation, by .tha. Uotary Clnb to a luncheon made another "Bed tetter Day." fit Mark's O»ureh: School invited the children to a verjfl delightful concert, and provided trans* port. Gifts of eakea,' books, and toys* sweets, "Christmas Stockings," trail* vegetables, sandwiches, fish, clothing, etc, -were reeeired. from Mines Gladys Kaftan, Phillips, HoweQ, Boesley, Goat* ley, Wilson, Meadames F, J. 'Nathan,, Heaton. (Hastings), C Levin^ A O. Max*' tin, Seagrove, Meek; Chisholm, Ban nett, Henry Hall, Kearney, Messrs. Car. tor, Elliott, aad Yates, Denhard Bakeries, Nestles Chocolate Co., Georgoi Thomas and Co, Wellington. East Girls 1 College, St. Cuthbert's Bible Class; Bally, Baptist Boys' Bible Class, and Hawkes Bay Fisheries. A conceit was organised by Miss Boesley; ' Correspondence, A correspondent asks- if. any .readeij can oblige her "with a recipe for using up small windfall applet, in any other way than making them, into appla' jelly. Homo Demonstration. New Zealand may adopt Califor* nia'a system, of home demonstzatum ageaeies for the aid, of farm, womea, (states the "San Francisco Ckiaaiele 11). Miss Violet STscmillan of tha rural extension, service of tha, University'.q{ Otago, Dunedin, Nerar. Zealand, aas completed a two weeks* study of tt* system of home demonstration agents in .California. At present,' there ,ara founchome;: demonstration, agents ld( New, Zealand, according to Miss Macni&» lan, but an expansion, of th» work, pat* teined after methods employed in, th« United States and particularly i& €at£* fornia, is contemplated. Miss Maemil* lans tour of the "United Sitates and Caw ada, made under the auspices of a travelling fellowship, will include suebi rastitutions as Cornell University, UnU v«aity of Wiseoaflini lowa Staia. Agrw cultural College, and Gaelph Agricah tnral College, Oatario, Canada. A> Russian, SxSe. ' Among the many B^ussian exiles, scat* tered over the world ia..a, former neo» berr of'*thft famous Busszaa- linperiat Ballet who lives quietly on * Gippslani farm, Victoria (states a correspondent). ShA'ia Miss Nina Hamper, ex-medical student of tha Moscow TFnivtrsity, exballerina, and a,former wonian cnamt pion. athlete, t During the revolution! she served aa a> doctor with 'the WhH«, Army, and in 1917 she fled 1o Siberia* After an adventurous career in the Basti she went to Australia. Blift Potatoes. Blue potatoes, which, is.v« leeenty coma into prominence aa a delicacy, have been, eultivatedby the Earls of Malmesbury for more than 100 years, atf Heron Court, the family, .seat in. Hampshire (wTitea;*'Londoae^s:!""When £ read about tie, new blue potatoes in the 'Sunday Kspateh,» w tte present Earl stated. ree.en.Uy, '.<£'thougbt it woul« be or general interest to give, some account of the kind wkiclt hag been grow* by- my family for :£our-g«neratioiut at; least. There is considerable mysterjjj about their;' orignu They -were prebn ably intradaced, either 'by my- greats grandfather or my gfeat-«nele, wk» succeeded him in 184IJ 'As the: trnmSy; was closely associated: with. France, it is possible that'*hey cane- from, there* I think they could.' be.grows almost anywhere* The Victorian ladies wen inclined to look askance at the htm( potatoes aa being uxmaturaL b«t person* ally I have always Jiked them." A: sample of the potatoes from. Heroa; Court, cooked., ia the ordinary way^ proved to> be > moxe''deli«atft xa fiav«oe than the- whita varie^v The blue colewi survives the cooking; pmeess, and makes the dish look jmaat attractive. BersiMeacft Rewarded. The departure o£"the Hineatoa from! Bluff on. Tuesday moxning was aot without incident (say at. the "Southland Times"), and theiebjr hangs a. tale« A motorist proceeding to ,th£! port^oK, a baby ear was passing- the Awaruat wireless station, at 19 a.m. when he, ob* sexved a party consisting: of two sen, two women, and three, children standing! dejectedly beside a touring ear whiek was obviously oat of action..-On pull^ ing up the Invetcargill matnrist learnt that the party, which hailed from, Uunedin, was on the way to Bluff to catek! the Hinemoa for -Stewart Island-when; the petrol pipe of their cax became blocked. Being a man. of action, the ißvereargilL resident ' bundled Hut ■women, and children, one of the xosn** and several suit cases, into his Kttl» car and put his foot- hard, dawn on thei accelerator in aa effort to catch , tba Hiaemoa. However,, he. could »ot «»ver the distance ia the. few minutes at k» disposal, and w&en. the. Bluff Waarf was reached the ferry boat was out in, the> stream. But " thorough *» was; tat gpod Samaritan's motto, and ho begajs questioning sundry officials wketaer it .was possible ta get the belated passengers o& board. Luck wax with him, for ti<* Harbour Board launch approaeked th< wharf and its crew entered into ~tl» spirit of "the enterprise and. decidejt to "give it a go.'* Amidst loud cheers from the, crowd assembled on the waarfi th» Dunedjn: hoHdayatakers were- lowered into, tha launch, which sped; aftee the* Hinemoa. In the meantime sqbm* one had had an inspiratioa.- and kadi blown distress; signals on the S.S., Southland; These were heard and iaterprefcedE correctly by the Hirtejnoa, ja, gangway j being lawered to show that.tho fertjff 'bo3t was -willing ta pick up the late* arrivals. Once she was clear of the rip the Hiuemoa have-to and the passen.igers were safely got aboard.