WOMEN’S WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 211, 6 August 1937, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD

Mr and Mrs E. L. Barnes, of Palmerston North, left for Christchurch by air-liner to-day. Miss M. J. Galloway, of Palmerston North, who was involved in a serious accident on the Great North Hoad, Auckland, some months ago, is making good progress towards recovery and was aide to leave the, Auckland Hospital on Wednesday. Mrs K. Clarke, of Palmerston North, is spending a holiday in Auckland. Mrs S. V. Trask, of Palmerston North, who is visiting England in company with her sister, Miss Eileen Driscoll, recently attended the Dublin Horse Show. Miss Dorothy Ferguson is staying with her mother, Mrs A. Ferguson, of Lyndhnrst Street, after having completed her training at the Wellington Hospital. Mrs H. Palmer, of Lombard Street, has staying with her Miss E. Tvlee, of Seatoun, Wellington, and also Miss A. Averill, captain of the Wellington Red Cross team which will be competing in tho Collins Cup competition for home nursing. Mrs C. Waters, who is taking up her residence in Wellington shortly, was farewelled by the Palmerston North branch of the League of Mothers. yesterday, and the president (Mrs G. G. Hancox) presented her with a posy, with the love and good wishes of members for her future happiness. Mrs Waters, in returning thanks, intimated that she would he attending the meetings of the branch in Island Bay. The losses in personnel sustained by the Church in India during the yea.r include that of Frances AAhipman, a great woman missionary, states the All, Saints’ Parish Magazine. She had longed to be a missionary, but home tics held her till her fiftieth year. Then, at an age when many would think their overseas service finished, she went to Ranchi, learnt Hindu and Bengali, built, at her own cost, schools at Chutiva for boys and girls and for forty-five years spent her brilliant and tireless energies on them, at work almost up to her death at the age of ninety-five. This is claimed, with justice, to be a record without parallel.

(By “Nanette.”)

Mi.ss S. Rodgers, of Palmerston North, left Wellington last night for New South Wales and Queensland, where she will spend a holiday.

Miss Tui Anderson has returned. to Carterton after spending a holiday m Wellington and Palmerston North. Sympathetic reference to the illness of Mrs F. Anderson, a member who is in hospital, was made at the meeting of the Palmerston North branch of the League of Mothers, yesterday, and it was decided to send her flowers and good wishes. At the meeting of the Palmerston North branch at the League of Mothers, yesterday, it was decided that, Mrs A. McPherson (the corresponding secretary) should write to Mrs W. Templeton, a member who is leaving the city to take up her residence in Greymouth, and convey to her the best wishes of members. Over twenty members of All Saints’ and St. Peter’s bra.nches of the Mothel's’ Union visited Foxton yesterday for the first birthday party of the branch there, and they enjoyed the afternoon. An address was given by Rev. F. S. Ramson, vicar of St. Peter’s Church, and songs were contributed by Mrs Bigham, of Palmerston North. Among the Palmerston North ladies who made the trip were Mrs W. Langston, wife ol : the acting vicar of All Saints’, Mrs E. Dawick, the enrolling member of All Saints’ branch, and Mrs C. E. Metcalfe, the secretary; Mrs F. S. Ramson, the enrolling member of St. Peter’s branch, and Mrs C. Cater, the Secretary. Members from the branches at Shannon and Tokomaru were also guests of the Foxton branch.