Women the World Over

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 335, 21 April 1928, Page 18

Women the World Over

IN SUNNY SPAIN The land of the mantilla is still rich in romantic customs. Senorita Carmencita Larrbeiti was recently crowned by King Alfonso as the most beautiful living Spaniard. Until recently she was a popular actress in Madrid. NEW ZEALAND PIANIST After a ten years’ absence. Miss Esther Fisher, the New Zealand pianist, will shortly be returning on a visit to her native land. In Lon-

don she is acknowledged as one of the rising young pianists and proposes giving recitals at the principal towns in New Zealand, before proceeding to Australia, where she will hold other recitals. The “Daily Telegraph” wrote that Miss Fisher’s playing is “inspired by genuine musicianship and discriminating taste. Her technique is considerable and the best thing about it is that those who’ listen to her are hardly aware of it. . . . Therein lies the secret of her charm.” TURKISH AND GREEK It is stated that the first woman to acquire the interpreter’s certificate of the British Consular Service is Miss Ethel Sharland, of Cambridge University, who recently passed the necessary examinations in Turkish and Greek. So far no women have been appointed to positions in the consular service, but it is expected that some such appointments will be made shortly, when the necessary Act of Parliament has been passed. IN SOUTH AFRICA There is now a Working Girls’ Club at Port Elizabeth. It was opened by Mrs. Tonkin, who is said to have been the first woman factory inspector in South Africa. The club is proving so succesful that a new hostel at a cost of £IO,OOO is now being built for the girls. A WOMAN CURATE “Le Droit des Femmes” reports that the Reformed Church at Mulhausen has appointed a young woman of 23 as curate of the parish Saint-Etienne. This is the first time that such an appointment has been made in France. This young curate passed out of the theological school at the Strasburg University with flying colours. She will give religious instruction, take part in the social work of the parish, and preach in the big church of SaintEtienne. , < FOR MOTORING PURPOSES Miss Alice Sandiford, an English scientist, patented a. device which is said to decrease by 20 per cent, the petrol consumption of ordinary motorengines. The British War Office and the Ministry of Transport are taking a keen interest in the invention. Miss SandiforcL recently acquired her degree in science at the London University.