PROVINCIAL PARAGRAPHS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 12

PROVINCIAL PARAGRAPHS

Wr • : Our Own Oorrespoiidents.)

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Waipawa Business Girls. The fortnightly meeting of the Waipawa Business Girls' Ciub was held last evening, Miss Jeau McKay presiding over a very good attendance pf mexnb©rs. The speaker for the evening was Mr C. G. E. Harker, who took as his subjfict, " Women in Criine," dealing with the careers of Elizabeth Oannmg, Jeanne d'Monte, Madaine Humbert, and Mary Bakof. In sumining up, Mr Harker poinLed out the trouble and misery which had been brought ir.tp a great inany lives by the activities oi these women, precipitating as it had in one case a revolution anvolving thoqsands of people. At the cfinelqsion of his adrU'ess Miss McKay tb.anked Mr Harker for cpming along and for thp very interesting addrp«s which lio had given. Address on Romneys. The members pf the Hatuma piuncii of the New Zealand Farmers' 'UniQn are invited by the Waipukurau branea , tp attend an address to be given by M.r Wallace Todd on Romney sheep. The address :3 to be given in the Oddfellows' Hall, Waipukurau, on Tuesday. August 10, at 2 p.m Visit tp the "Sap-" Yesterday afternoon tne members of ' the Waipukurau Red Oross Society paid their mouthly visit to the Sanatoriuim taking a supply pf fruit, papers, cigarettes, apd cpmforts for the patients, Mrs E. J. Turner kindly lendcng her cars to convey some of the visitors,, The following contributed towards the afternoon — Mesdamesa N. Harris, A. Tinney, E. J. Turner, M. Davies, T. Staines, F. H. Hopkinson, E. Ralph, G. Brommel, E. Pellue, H. Driver, L. Renner, E. Broad, Mjssee B. McLauchlin and J. Hartland. War Reliet. The usual monthly metiing of the Waipukurau branek of the Waf Relief Association was held on Monday niglit. Seven appiications for assistance were considered grants being made, oonsistent with the ueeds oi applicants, in tive cases. Mr J. N. "Barrie, chairman of the branch, aud president of the Hawke's Bay executive, gave a report on the annual general and exectuive meetings held in iVapier on J uly 21. There being a vacamcy pn the branch committee, consequent on the resig/nation of Mrs De Lacey, Mr H, A, Marfin was unanimously elpcted to the position.