WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1919, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

PERSONAL. Sister Bilton (the pioneer nurse of Uruti district) who has been on active service for four and a half .years, has now returned to New Zealand, and spent a few days in New Plymouth this week. i ' • ♦ » « Mrs Hardy (Rakala) has been on a short visit to New Plymouth. At one of the recent Royal Garden Parties held at Buckingham Palace this season, several of the "war workers" were presented to their Majesties, the King and Queen, amongst them being Miss Doris Roy, of New Plymouth, who for the past four years hag been one of the official visitors of the Red Cross Societv, at Walton. • » • • Mrs Don. Cameron'.is visiting Auckland and Rotorua. « • ■ ■ «■ • • Miss Griegson, who' has been for some years night sister at' Nurse Baker's private hospital, left this week for an extended tour of the Dominion being returning to the Old Country. •■• . » • Mr and Mrs Hugh. Baily have returned from a holiday in Wellington. ••, • • • Mr and Mrs W. Kelly returned last Wednesday from a motor tour to Wellington and Napier, and are staying in New Plymouth for a fefw days before going to their future hone at Awakino. •«• " • Miss L. R. Baker, who has been spending a few weeks in Eltham and Hawera, has returned. •«» • • Mr and Mrs Claude Weston have returned from a short visit to Wellington. • • • • Miss Dorothy Simpson', retuiged from Auckland on Tuesday. • . • • At the recent Art Exhibition at Wellington, Miss Marjorie Wilson (formerly of New Plymouth), one of the art students, was successful in gaining a prize for life figure drawing. •*• • ■ Miss Maud Hamerton (Inglewood) is visiting Auckland and Hamilton. Mrs Lewis Hamerton, who has been the guest of Mrs Matthews, has returned to Inglewood. « • • • Mrs Courtney was hostess at a small bridge party last Thursday, in honor of Mrs Addenbrooke, who is shortly leaving New Plymouth to take up her residence in Auckland. Mrs Matthews and Mrs Dodgsbuu were the prism-win-ners. _ • # • • The staff of the Technical College and the Education office gave a-thoroughly enjoyable social and dance in the Good Templar Hall, as a welcome to Mr and Mrs A. L. Moore. Mr Moore succeeded Mr Alf. Gray as director of the Technical College. The hall was beautifully decorated with flags, hung on the walls and strung across the ceiling, while the stage was most artistically arranged with huge bowls of arum liilies and punga ferns. Tins supper room was a mass of cherry blossoms, the same flowers being on the supper table, which was ladened with good things. • » • • Mrs Curtis was hostess at bridge on Friday evening. • • • • Mr and Mrs David Howden, who returned in the Adolph Woermann, arrived in New Plymouth oft Thursday night. • » • * Mr and Mrs Paton (Wellington) are spending a few days here. •• r * • Mrs Baity (Christchurch), Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, Nurse Wise (Wanganui), Mrs Ross (Hastings), are staying at Chatsworth.... »~ • # ♦ Mr and Mrs Walter Weston, who have been spending a few days in Wellington, return to-night. • » • • The engagement is announced of Miss Mary Bartiett, of Latham Street, Napier South, to Mr. Roland (Ron) Gerbes, of Napier. MARQUETTE VICTIM NEW ZEALAND NURSE. IN PITIABLE CONDITION IN RAND- ' WICK HOSPITAL. Additional hewß has been received in New Zealand of the pitia'ble condition of one of the victims of the disaster to the steamer Marquette, which had on board severSl New Zealand nurseH when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean. This lady is No. 22/66 Matron McNaughton Cameron, a .New Zealand nurse, who is suffering from her awful experiences in the dreadful disaster by which many brave women and men made the supreme sacrifice. In a recent issue of "Quick March," the official organ of the New Zealand returned soldiers, an appreciative article with the heading "Our Brave Sis. ters" appeared. This iu time reached the military hospital at Randwick, and from* that institution details have now been received in New Zealand stating that Matron Cameron, who was on tne Marquette when she was submarined, is an inmate; and that though she retains all her faculties, she is completely paralysed. "Everybody has sympathy and admiration for her," the writer proceeds; "she is so patient, so cheerful, so loving. She has indeed suffered so that others might be saved- She is the proud p«isessor of the Royal Red Cross in gold." As soon as th"i 3 information wa9 brought before the executive of the Wei- ■ linglton Returned .Soldiers' Association, it was decided to take some action to express the gratitude and apprecation of the association for the splendid services rendered by Matron Cameron and sympathy at her pitiable condition. Accordingly a communication has been dispatched to Randwick hospital expressing to the sufferer the sympathy of the association, the great admiration of her splendid work, and the earnest hope and prayer that she may in time be restored to health. ■ On behalf of the association Mr. R. J. F. Aldrich, the secretary, also forwarded the badge of the association, asking the recipient to honor the association by wearing it, also informing her that she had been elected a honorary life member of the Returned Soldiers' Association. In addition the association has asked Matron Cameron to command it in anything which will add pleasure to her life, and thus enable' its members to show in some practical manner that their admiration for her splendid services rendered so unselfishly, and ap- | preciation of what she and her 'gallant i isiflttra o£ aurtyr fc&« &&» ' '