PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, 15 March 1927, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffery (Te Awamutu) were tho guests of Mr. and Mrs E. M. Bundle for tho week-end, and have now proceeded to Wellington. Mr. G. Willingham, delegate from Eketahuna to the M.U. Oddfellows conference in Levin, left for that place on Sunday. Mr. A. Rowden, District Grand Master of the M.U. of Oddfellows, left Eketahuna on Sunday to preside at the annual conference in Levin yesterday. Mr. H. G. Williams left Masterton on Sunday for Wellington, en route to England, via Vancouver, with the object of visiting his eldest son, who is now at Cambridge University. At a meeting yesterday of the No. 10 District Highways Council, an opportunity was taken to farewell Mr. J. L. Hannah, the Highway Board’s representative, who is retiring shortly. All delegates paid a tribute to Mr. Hannah’s work on the council.

The many friends of Mrs. Reginald Miller, of Masterton, will learn with regret of the death of her father, which occurred on January 24, at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The deceased was 85 years of ago ano was a retired railway employee. Appreciataion of tho energetic services rendered to the Tararua Power Board by Mr. Phil Pike was expressed by the chairman (Mr. J. D. Wilson) aS a meeting of the board last week. Mr. Wilson spoke of the keen interest Mr. Pike had taken in the work, and conveyed the board’s best wishes for the future welfare of the departing member and his wife.

Miss Blanche Clark, sister of Mrs. L. S. Nicol, of Masterton, has been appointed matron of the Truby-King Karitane Hospital. Miss Clark has every qualification for the position, having a wide experience in every branch of nursing and administrative work. In addition to being highly certificated, she was Home Sister and Tutor Sister; at the Wellington Hospital. Realising the importance of the preventive work done by the Plunket Society, Miss Clark decided to take her training in that work, and subsequently was in charge of tho children’s ward in the Wellington Hospital, being the first Sister with these qualifications to inaugurate the Plunket methods there. This was done with the sanction of the medical superintendent, Dr. Wilson, who had previously instituted the fol-low-up system between the hospital and the Plunket Society. Miss Clark joined the society some months ago and has furthered her experiences by working as a District Plunket Nurse. Miss Hilditch, the present matron of the Mothercraft Home (which merges into the Truby King Karitane Hospital) will leave shortly on a visit to Canada and America, where she intends studying hospital methods.