Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 24818, 10 August 1942, Page 3

Notes for Women

Because of a shortage of space accounts of weddings will not be published in future.

Mr and Mrs R. S. Cloughley, Kennington, are visiting Dunedin. Miss Eileen Semmens, Tweed street, has returned from Wellington. Mrs H. R. Gibson, Don street, has arrived from Christchurch for a short visit to Invercargill. Mrs John Grace, Auckland, arrived on Saturday night to be the guest of her mother, Mrs W. J. A. McGregor, Grey street. Five more girls from Dunedin began work on Friday at the flax mill at Tapanui. The hostel for the girls is now running very smoothly, and they are enjoying the amenities provided. Among the members of the overseas section of the W.W.S.A. who sent greetings to New Zealand in a broadcast yesterday morning was Corporal C. J. Gilmour (how Mrs Kenneth Webb), daughter of Mr and Mrs R. J. Gilmour, Invercargill. The programme will be repeated on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 10 o’clock. A successful bring-and-buy sale was held on Friday afternoon in the Women’s Club when more than £3O was raised for patriotic purposes. Members of the club circles were in .charge of the following stalls: Flowers, garden and bridge circles; produce, play reading and music circles; cake, patriotic and arts and crafts circles. Miss Martha Avison, who for 33 years was infant mistress at the Timaru Main School, and retired after the last war, died recently in Dunedin in her eightythird year. She was said to be the first to introduce kindergarten methods to Canterbury, and she lectured on that subject to teachers.

Philatelists have been advised that 1942 Health stamps wiU be issued in October, and withdrawn from sale not later than the end of February 1943. The new health stamp will bear the design of two children sitting on a swing and will be similar in shape and size to the 1939 issue. There will be two denominations, Id postage, plus id health, and 2d postage, plus Id health.