Notes tor Women

Southland Times, Issue 24878, 19 October 1942, Page 2

Notes tor Women

Mrs P. Welsh, Gore, is visiting Mrs J. Welsh, Nightcaps. Mrs F. H. Bath, Elies road, returned last night from Dunedin. Mrs J. Chilwell, Queenstown, was a visitor to Invercargill during the week. Mrs G. M. Broughton, Duke street, is visiting Christchurch. Miss Eileen Lynch, Nith street, who has been visiting the West Coast, returned home last night. Miss M. Timoney, Eye street, is spending a holiday at the Rocks as the guest of Mrs B. Bailey, Eye street. Miss Veronica McKenzie, of the W.A.A.F., was the guest of her parents, Mr and Mrs M. McKenzie, McMaster street, for the week-end. Madame Mae Brodie. Rangitata Island, is the guest of Mrs W. W. Millar, Spey street. Madame Brodie will give a recital in Invercargill on Wednesday. Invercargill visitors to Christchurch for the wedding of Flying Officer J. Carswell to Miss May Fleetwood included Mr and Mrs W. J. A. McGregor, Mrs Farnall, Mr and Mrs John Carswell, and Mr and Mrs WMcLean. Miss Marion Jeffery, who has been the guest of Mr and Mrs P. C. Hazledine, Wilton street, returned to Dunedin last night. On Saturday night Miss Jeffery played the pianoforte accompaniments for a violin recital by Rees McConachy, which was broadcast from Station 4YZ. The ball arranged by the Air Force Relations Committee in Invercargill last week was an outstanding success and as a result £lO7 will be handed to the patriotic funds. There was a great amount of work attached to the arranging of this function. In addition to the catering members of the Air Force Band had to be billeted. The organizer was the social secretary, Mrs L. J. Thomas. ENGAGEMENTS Mr and Mrs Gladstone Ward announce the engagement of their duaghter. Myrcine Josephine, to Lieutenant Peter Mowbray Tripp, N.Z.M.C., eldest son of Mrs Mowbray Tripp, “Silverton?’ 4410 The Southland Travel Club will hold a social afternoon today at 3 o’clock in H. and J. Smith’s tea-rooms. The speaker will be the Rev. A. H. Voyce. Subject: “Solomon Islands.” Members should 'phone 1282 for reservations. —Advt. HOSPITAL WORK First In Essential Industries Any girl employed in an essential industry who desires to take up nursing will And no bar in the way of securing permission to leave the particular essential industry in which she is engaged. That point was made clear by the assistant district man-power officer, Mr H. L. R. Read, in Christchurch, who said that hospital work topped the list of essential undertakings for women at present owing to the serious shortage of nurses. “Any girl who wants to enter the nursing profession and is at present in an essential undertaking will be granted permission to leave her employment to take up nursing,’’ said Mr Read. Mr Read said that there had been several cases of girls employed in essential undertakings who had desired to take up nursing, and their applications to leave the essential undertakings had been promptly approved, as it was recognized that the care of sick people, who required skilled attention, was a primary need. On the other hand, added Mr Read, no attempt was made to force a girl with no liking for nursing to take up that type of work if she expressed her unwillingness to do so. It was clearly recognized that only those girls with an aptitude for nursing were suitable for such duties. OBITUARY LADY HALL-JONES Lady Hail-Jones, widow of Sir William Hall-Jones, died last week in Wellington at the age of 84. Lady Hall-Jones was Miss Rosalind Lucy Purss. She was bom in England and her marriage took place in 1875. Her husband was prominent in the political life of New Zealand for many years, representing Timaru, and he held the portfolios of Public Works and Marine in the Seddon Ministry. He was High Commissioner for New Zealand in London from 1908 to 1912 and was later a member of the Legislative Council. Since Sir William’s death, six years ago. Lady Hall-Jones lived quietly at her residence in Burnell Avenue. There are two sons and three daughters— Mr F. G. Hall-Jones (Invercargill), District Governor of Rotary; Mr W. Hall-Jones (Hamilton), an engineer of the Public Works Department, Mrs E. A. Christie (Wellington). Mrs W. Brown (Wellington) and Miss H. Hall-Jones (Wellington). MRS MARY BUTLER Mrs Mary Butler, whose death occurred recently, was born in County Down. Ireland, in 1864. She left Ireland in 1872, and after a three months voyage landed at Lyttelton. She married the late Mr W. H. Butler, of Dunsandel, in the year 1885, later coming south. Taking up farming on the Waimea Plains, Longridge North, and the Merrivale estate. She finally settled at Mabel Bush, where Mr Butler died in 1922.