HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 91, 15 October 1934, Page 15

HERE AND THERE

Nurses' Memorandum Calendars. An attractive quotation memorandum calendar has been published by the New Zealand Eegistered 'Nurses* Association ready for the overseas Christmas mail leaving next month. It is hoped that by this means much« needed funds will be raised for the association. Many quotations bear the names of well-known doctors and nurses and notable citizens, .and tha association hopes to receive great sup^ port from the public. Pioneer Club Circle. Mrs. J. Myers, vice-president, pre» sided at a recent meeting of the Pioneer Club Circle of the Women's Institute. Miss Doris Black entertained with songs while Miss Ornri Seed played, tho accompaniments. Prizes in the cookery competition were awarded to; Mrs. Len. Wood (Wainui-'o-mata), for, scones, Mrs. Pyo (Belmont, W.L), foj? bread, and to Mrs. C. E. Jones (Silver* stream, W.L), two prizes, for plain and filled sponges. Mrs. W. J". Boss, ai circle member, won the prize for, decorated sponge, and Mrs. Duncan McKay, another circle member, for; sweets. The goods were then sold< proceeds being donated to- the federi ation funds. The First Orange. The came of Eliza Tibbetts may not mean much in New Zealand, but .in. America she is a heroine, states an! exchange. For she is the person who first introduced oranges into the United States from Brazil. She lived .in California, and planted a few pips thatj had been sent her by a friend in.' Brazil. From this small beginning; sprang the American orange industry* A monument has been erected on thai spot where the pips were first planted, but Eliza Tibbetts Js grave cannot b« found, and the whole of the United States is at present being combed byj enthusiastic orange-growers who wish, to commemorate the lady.