SOCIAL NOTES.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 20, 30 July 1920, Page 10

SOCIAL NOTES.

Mrs J. B. Sale is in town for a few days. Miss Ronaldson (Christchurch), is the guest of Miss Wylie, Esk street. Miss Ewart gave a most enjoyable "bridge" evening on Tuesday, for Miss Ronaldson. Mrs Haggitt, Kelvin street, gave a smali dance on Friday evening. Some of the guests Misses H. Macdonald,. Henderson, Morrah, Hazlett, Smith, Snow, and Messia' Thcmson, Royds, Irvine, W. Rae, Hewafc Willxams (2), and DaJgliesh,

Ari Invercargill lady has received a letter from Christchurch, contaiming the following eitract. There are women in this country whose efforts for the soldiers are untiring, ■ and we shall never know the vast amount of work done bv them as the following will show "We liave at last secured a home for our chronie cases in hospital. It is nearly four years since we first spoke of a home being required for after-war" patients, and each time — for lack of sympathy, foresight, and goodness knows what other reason — ihe matter has been turned down. Now the military parb of t-he hospital is being handed over to civil control mnch to the consternation of all and sundiyq especially to the soldiers themselves, and we three visitors have been buzzing hard during the past three months trying to get the powers-that- ,

be to open their eyes and « selves that a house must be Pw^ our re turned incurabies, aad " 1 giad to say we have accorn*"l£ j. \d thing, even if it » 1 vears. It seems awful. ^ going to find us-provide ed'sister as rnatron, a me 1 nccejsii a staff of orderlies, also raUoru. no. luxuries. The ^ ing us a building, and {ur itb^ the Red Cross are endowin, ^ J per annum for upkeep ^ wjjei No one knows how we ^ this home. We have ^ j interviewed doctors, co > ^ rcporters, and receiv ^ ^ you could imagine. » ^ fought on and now