NOTES FOR WOMAN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10295, 2 June 1919, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMAN

WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS

On Saturday morning a number of women representing various societies, as well as private individuals, waited on tbo Mayor at the Town Hail to ask him to urge upon the City Council the necessity of appointing women sanitary inspectors. The societies represented were; —Women’s National Council, Vv .0.T.U., Society for the Protection of Women and Children, District Nursing Guild of St. John, Wellington South Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Women Teachers’ Association, Women’s National Reserve, Mothers’ Help Division, the Kindergarten Association, and Women’s International League.- There was also a representative of tho Women’s National Council of Wanganui. Apologies were received from Mrs Arthur Myers and Mrs Chapman, who were unable to attend.

Miss Coad, president of tho Women’s National Council, introduced the busij ness of the deputation, saying that a large body of the women citizens were strongly of , opinion that women sanitary inspectors are necessary in the interests of the health of tho community. Women of varying opinions in other matters seem agreed on this; the lessons of the epidemic had opened their eyes to the need. Auckland had already appointed one woman inspector, and there were several in America, and she believed also in England. The women were sorry to see that the Wellington. Council had voted against it; they hoped that this deputation of representative women would be ; able to convince the council of the necessity. ■ Nurse Everitt was 4 tbo, next speaker, and she gave several points which she thought would be advantageous. Sho was of opinion -that the term sanitary I inspector was unfortunate; health in- | specter would be.a better name. Such a ■ woman would need to be capable, tacti fpl, elected for ability, not favouritism, i Women could take on many things about a house more quickly than a | man. They were needed badly to . teach the value of cleanliness,- to inculcate a desire to wash, everything, even drains. An inspector should have authority to visit all hotels, restaurants, etc., where food waste collects, and-the state of draips, taps and conditions generally should be at once reported on. Nurse Evoritt also thought that there shod Id'be a doctor from the Health Department attached to the council to attend promptly to reports of sickness, etc., thus avoiding waste of time in case'of infectious diseases. I The value of fumigation needed to bo ! taught badly. Nurse Everitt said she was not a public speaker, but these few ideas she had learnt in the course of her work in Wellington, and also in nursing in London Mrs Sefton Moorhquse _ endorsed what Nurse Everitt had said. The district nurses on their rounds often ; see things needed that only a, woman I sanitary inspector could- attend to. If there was a woman the nurses could appeal to it would help their work. It gave her much pleasure to be represented on the deputation, and she hoped they would soon see ‘ a woman appointed. Mrs Aitken also strongly urged the appointinent of a woman to such a position. Her work on the Charitable Aid Board showed her how needful it was. There were houses in Wellington where there were no bath, copper or tubs, and there were many things about which the woman of the house could only speak to another woman. She hoped the council would see its way to comply with their request in the near future.

Miss England spoke, describing some of the women’s work in England on Watch committees, etc. Now Zealand could not aiford to lag behind. In reply Mr Luke expressed himself as entirely in favour of the proposal. He explained that the conditions hero were quite different to the Old Country. There matters of health, education, as well as sanitation, street cleaning, etc., were entirely under tho control of the local authority. In New Zealand it was otherwise. He hoped some day the council would become by amalgamation the whole municipal authority, but that was not yet. He had already urged the council to appoint at least one woman sanitary inspector. He hoped that perhaps next meeting, when they had to consider tho whole building up of the city, the council would do so. The appointment of women would have his entire support. During the epidemic he had not hesitated to appoint women emergency inspectors, and the experiment had been entirely successful.

It was an unusual coincidence that two overseas war brides of different wars had first meeting,-recently, in a small town in Hawke’s Bay, at wEat was for each of them their first attendance at their church service in New Zealand. The elder war bride, a South African lady, married a New Zealand sßldier at tho end of the Boer war, and,, in duo course, they arrived in New Zealand. The junior war bride married her soldier husband in England two years ago, and, with a bonnie baby, they reached these shores a couple of, weeks ago. It may bo mentioned that the South African war bride is now the proud mother of .eleven fine children. Both ladies received n very hearty welcome from the congregation. Mr and Mrs Wallace and their daughter are leaving for Sydney by the Manuka, where they intend staying for about two months. Miss Cole, formerly secretary of tho Christchurch Red Cross Depot, is returning to England by the Bfiamo.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs Hoaking, wife of Mr ,J ustic “ Hosking, returned to New the Niagara. Mr Ju f lc f, Bk laB t and his son left for Auckland last week to meet Mrs Hosking. Mr and Mrs J. W. Wallace are visiting -the South, Island. Miss Betty King has returned to New Plymouth after a visit to Wellington. Mrs Walker returned from a brief visit to the south on Saturday, Mr and Mrs Stephenson, of this city, are staying in Christchurch. A member of the deputation which waited on the Mayor on Saturday to urge the appointment of women sanitary inspectors, Miss England, pointed out that nearly every town in England now had women inspectors, ana that in Edinburgh part of the duty of the technical school was to train women for such billets. She emphasised the fact that they did not want untrained women.

Mrs A. Crooke has returned to New Plymouth from Wellington, where she has been staying with her daughter, Mrs Cecil Gray. Sister Norman-Hunt has returned to Ashburton after having been engaged in nursing in England and in Jl ranee for three years.

Although there were still a few small sums to come in, the street, collection for the Wellington kindergarten was practically finished on Saturday, when the total of L 316 was banked—a very good result considering the bad weather conditions with which the sellers had to contend. The takings of the different stalls so far as was known on Saturday were:—Mrs Adams, Bank of New Zealand, £lO2, including £5iU from book sale by Mrs Stewart; Miss Greenwood, Kelburn avenue, £27; Brooklyn and Taranaki street, at Boulcott street, £32; Congregational ladies at Courtenay place, £l7; Mrs Tripp, Woodward street, £11; w 9" men’s National Reserve (Kirkcaldie and Stains), £23; box collection, about £80; boot sale at St. John’s by Miss Turton, £ls. News has been received, in Wellington of the death, at the age of 75, of Mrs Blake, wife of the Rev. A. Blake, M.A., who, in 1863, came to New Zealand on the recommendation of the Rev. Dr Duff as a missioner to the ■Maoris. After three years of missionary work the Rev. Mr Blake accepted' call to the Kaikorai Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, from there he went to Lincoln, Prebbleton, Tinwald, and b'Jemington, and was finally stationed at Halcombe. After spending thirtyfive years in New Zealand, Mr and Mrs Blake went back to their old home in Bangalore, India. The late Mrs Blake was a daughter of the late Rev. B. Rice, for ..fifty years a missionary in South India. Her brothers were Mr L. Rice. C.1.E., who was for a time director of Public Instruction for the Madras--Presidency; the Roy. - E. P. Rico, M.A., principal of the Bangalore High School; the Rev. Henry Bice, missionary; and Mr James Rice, O.E. The deceased lady leaves two sons, Mr A. C. Blako, schoolmaster, Lynll Bay; and Mr E. M. Blake, architect, of this city, A pretty wedding was celebrated on Friday afternoon at St. Andrew’s Church. Christchurch, when Miss Violet Baker, daughter of Mr H. W. Baker, of Lyttelton, was married to Mr Alfred Boland, of Sydney. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr Lewis M. Baker,

The engagement is announced in an exchange of Miss A. H. Lvall, Balclutha, and Mr Ivan M. Holmes, son of Mr John Holmes, Wellington, Mrs Thomas Tory, who came to New Zealand with her husband in 1876, died at Blenheim the other day, in her 84th year. Sho had resided at Palmerston North for the past 31 years, but went to Blenheim three months ago. She leaves three daughters and a large number of grandchildren.

Mr and Mrs E. E. Le Ifievro, “Oinako,” Akaroa and their four daughters leave by the Paparoa on Juno 16th on an extended tour of England and the Continent, They expect to bo away about two years. One of Auckland’s oldest'residents, Mrs Eliza Green, died a few days ago, aged 82 years, of which 71 were spent in New Zealand. She is survived by her husband (aged 93), 11 children, and a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A very quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised, in the Anglican Church at Oastleoliff, by the Rev. Archdeacon Reeve on the 30th inst., when Annie Thornton, elder daughter of M!r and Mrs O. M. Oresswell, of Oastlocliff. was married to Engineer-Lieutenant Ernest Hargreave, R.N., only son of Mr and Mrs E. Hargreave, of Cardiff. South Wales. Tho church was prettily decorated with • flowers and autumn leaves. The bride was _ attended by her sister (Miss Nolla Oresswell), while the bridegroom, who served with the Navy during the greater part of the war, was supported by Private B. M. Oresswell, who has just recently returned after four years’ service in Franco. A reception was afterwards held at the residence of the bride’s parents, after which the happy couple loft by motor for the south. ' Their future home will bo Wellington.

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