Notes for Women

Southland Times, Issue 24825, 18 August 1942, Page 3

Notes for Women

Mrs J. Stevenson, Oamaru, is the guest of Mrs T. Banks, Heriot street. Mrs A. Duncan, Gore, has returned from a short visit to her sister, Mrs T. C. Smiley, Venus street. Miss Mary Gardner, Holywood Terrace, has returned from a short visit to Dunedin. Miss Olive Pullar, Dunedin, spent tne week-end with her father, Mr H. C. Pullar, Otautau. The hostesses at the Southland Travel Club yesterday afternoon, were Mesdames R. C. Knight and G. A. Rogerson. Two pianoforte duets were played by Misses lowa Nelson and Dorothy Anderson. Private S. Saunders and Mrs Saunders were guests at a social evening in the Spar Bush hall in honour of their recent marriage. In making a presentation, Mr A. G. Miles, on behalf of the residents of the district, wished them both success and happiness. Private Saunders, who has recently returned from overseas, replied. OBITUARY.—The. death, of.. Mrs Sarah Haynes, of Gore, occurred recently at the age of 90. Mrs Haynes was very well known in the Gore and Waipahl districts. She was born at Plumstead, Kent, .England, being a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs William Walker, and she sailed from England in 1879, landing at Lyttelton in the same year. Mr Haynes joined the staff of the Railways Department at Orepuki. Mrs Haynes went with her husband to Waipahl and after his death she moved to Gore. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Five generations of the family are living at Gore. Mrs Haynes is survived by four daughters and five sons, Mesdames C. Cooper (Gore), W. Trusler (Gore), R- Smyth (Christchurch), C. Campbell (Dunedin), and Messrs John (Auckland), Thomas (Dannevirke), William (Wellington), Walter (Picton) and ~ Alfred Haynes (Invercargill). There are also 18 grandchildren, 34 greatgrandchildren and six great great-grand-children.

ENGAGEMENTS The engagement Is/announced of Winifred Ann, third daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Pennington, Racecourse road, Invercargill, and Sub-Lieutenant Tom Ronald Roydhouse, R.N.Z.N.V.R., second son of Mr and Mrs A. P. Roydhouse, Roslyn, Dunedin. The engagement is announced of Ivy Joan, eldest daughter of Mrs ’ Strang and the late Mr A. Strang, 92 Lindisfarne street, and Leading Aircraftman James William Waddell, only son of Mr and Mrs J. E. Waddell, Kennington.

IMPRESSIONS OF FIJI A talk of great interest to the members of the Southland Travel Club was given yesterday afternoon when Lance-Corporal J. S. Haywood gave an outline of his impressions of Fiji. Names of places such as Lautoka and Samambula, which have become familiar to New Zealand people since the outbreak of war, were mentioned frequently. and gave to his talk an added interest. Mr Haywood said that Fiji was known as “the land where romance still lives,” but the troops very much doubted it. He would like to say. however, that the Fijians were delightful and attractive people. Their physique and 'health were good, and they lived in their own environment, but when they lived under conditions similar to those of the white people they deteriorated. They invariably made good soldiers. Although Fiji was supposed to be sub-tropical, a temperature of 96 degrees was quite common and Mr Haywood himself had taken a reading of 120 degrees. In spite of this the favourite sport of the Fijians was Rugby, but the Indian population preferred hockey and tennis. The education system, similar to that of New Zealand, fitted the Fijians for aU walks of life and enabled them to occupy high administrative positions. In their clean, wellbuilt villages their standard of living was high. “I shall always have kindly recollections of Fiji and its people,” said Mr Haywood, “and although the climate is trying under Army conditions, the majority of the soldiers keep good health.” The president, Mr A. W. Jones, and Mrs James Robertson both thanked Mr Haywood for his informative talk.