Pakowhai Gathering

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 40, 10 November 1937, Page 9

Pakowhai Gathering

• The Pakowhai Women 's Institute held their November meeting in the. Ohurch HaU, • Mrs Whittington presiding. over a good attendance of members. Several visitors were welcomed, and two new. members, Mrs Davies and Miss • Graham. 4 ' Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues," was the motto for the month. Tha delegates who attended the Sarel- Ann Ruodes Scholarship representat'1 ve 's talk reported very enthusiasticali.v on what they had heard. institute calendars and Christmas cards wero on view and many were sold.' . The president and also Mrs Mitchell spoke of the Flower Show to be held next Thursday and urged members to help make it a suceess. • The International Tableau presented was a very fine performance. The following were; represented" and as each character appeared, dressed in tho uational costume, the choir sang the uational anthem belonging to that eountry. Those shown were Britannia, Seotland, Ireland, Wales, New Zealand, Oanada, France, Japan and Russia. The ltem concluded by all singing the Brltish National Anthem. The golden thread talk was on Canada Miss R. Lissette giving a very able . description of this vast eountry. After the business portion of *hc programme had been disposed of Mrs L'oothill gave a fine demonstration of barbola work, and several specimens were handed round for inspection. The demonstrator received many thanks for '•er trouble, The competition for a pound jar of viarmalade resulted: Mrs Stanford 3, tf Mitehell 2, Mrs A. Bartle 3; tL" :-»st blooms in the garden resulted: ftl:'ss Howard 's Oriental Poppy 3, Miss LJ:.vrick's ranunculus and Mrs Craw i'oid's nemesia 2 equal and Mrs H-.nv ^id's peony rose 3.