Diane's Diary: New Homeland (Daily News, 9 Februari 1955)

The Daily News (1955-02-09) - DIANE's DIARY New Homeland Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article266302823 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 09 Feb 1955 - DIANE'S DIARY Daily News (Perth, WA: 1882 - 1955), Wednesday 9 February 1955, page 18 |l MBMiiiMMlMMrii; Yjew Mometand;: JOTTESLOE girl Tishy (christened;' "Patricia) Keane has just returned;! from the country in. which she'll soon I; be living, and she's most impressed;; with it.;; The country is South Africa. Tishy's;. fiance, Rodney Noack, who comes from <! Melbourne, is in business as a build-l! ing contractor in Port Elizabeth. They J; plan to be "married about the middle J; of the year, probably in Perth.;> The couple met tin Melbourne, where! Tishy has been working for the past!; two years. I; They became engaged last Decern-;> ber and Tishy went to South.Africa I to look over her future home.!! She arrived back in Perth last Thurs-' ' day.! "Housewives can get good native ser-! vants for between &pound;5' and &pound;8 a month," she told me. "They have to be shown;&raquo; what to do, not told, but once they've;! been shown carefully they seem to re-!| member." 1; Electrical appliances were a bit be-; &raquo; yond the natives, and most housewives;> operated these themselves. 1 Tishy found that food and clothing;; were cheaper in South Africa than in "->;; Australia. "Guipure lace shoes, identi-\\ cal with ones which cost &pound;9 a pair in '! Melbourne, were being sold for &pound;3 a!| pair in Durban," she said.;> Tishy has done quite a bit of globe-! trotting in her 24 years. She went to!| Melbourne five months after she re-;; turned from a tour of Britain and the;; Continent. 1 1 She also had an unexpected three-day i; stay at Mauritius on the way to South ij Africa, as the aircraft was delayed j! there. <1 ij Wotl, er on tout!; A Melbourne mother is now in Perth!; on the last leg of a tour which has! kept her away from her husband and;> three children for 10 months.!| The woman is Mrs. A. Dickie, wife I; of a Presbyterian minister and mother!&raquo; of David (13), Peter (11) and Janet ji (8). I; The tour began last April when Mrs.;> Dickie was the Union of Australian;! Women's delegate to a conference inDjakarta conducted by the Indonesian <! Women's Movement. | After the conference she toured Java,!; and since then has been travelling || round Australian States addressing wo-men's groups on the conference. '! "There were about hOO women, in-!; eluding representatives from Britain,!; Holland, China, India and Russia,"!; Mrs. Dickie said. v;! "The conference convinced me that m women all over the world are basic-!; ally the same &mdash; they all want inter 7!; national peace, equality of the sexes and security for their children."';!TISHY KEANE J