PLUNKET SOCIETY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 12

PLUNKET SOCIETY

BEAUTIFUL BABY CONTEST

IMPORTANT PATRIOTIC WORK

Mrs. Peter Fraser, wife of the Prime Minister, opened the Plunket Society's "Beautiful Baby" exhibition and competition yesterday. "I know you are all busily engaged in collecting for patriotic purposes, which is very important," she said, "but the work of the society is a patriotic work which should be supported as such, particularly so at the present time when there are so many young mothers whose husbands are serving overseas, and who need the help of the Plunket nurses. Ido not know of any other organisation doing a better or more important patriotic work." Mrs. Fraser was introduced by Mr. R. D. Thomson, manager of the D.I.C, and Mrs. H. Jowett, president of the Wellington Plunket Society, thanked him for the co-operation of the D.I.C. in enabling the exhibition to be held in its lounge. She asked the public to support the society by recording its votes in the baby competition.

The exhibition comprised photographs of hundreds of beautiful babies at various ages, and included a group taken in infancy of now prominent ciiizens, which attracted much interest, and was explained by Mrs. Jowett as "men of our town when they were very young, showing what important people beautiful babies can become."

"•lowers were presented to Mrs. Fraser and Mrs. R. D. Thomson, and the official party, which also included Mrs. T. C. A. Hislop, Mayoress, Mr. Myers, and members of. the Wellington executive were guests of the management of the D.I.C. at afternoon tea.

The barometer recording the voting disclosed the following results for the first day:—Class A, No. 3; B, 257; C. 80; D, 323; E, 31; F, 258; G, 3; and H, 252.

A tribute to the late Sir Charles Luke, who always took an active interest in their work, was paid by members of the Wellington Women's Christian Temperance Union, at their last meeting. Reference was also made to the passing of Mrs. T. E. Taylor, 0.8. E., who was Dominion president for nine years. An address on the ''Joy of Christian Service" was given by Mrs. Harnor.