Ivy May "Mike" HUGHES [34]

  General Notes:

(Image courtesy E Creed)

1898 SA Births 618/69 HUGHES Ivy May Joseph Ryder HUGHES Jane Elliot CHAPMAN, Adelaide
1963 SA Deaths 959/4744 HUGHES Ivy May, Adelaide

Centennial Park Location: General E, Path 4, Grave 243

Occupation: Nurse
May Hughes trained at Memorial Hospital North Adelaide finishing 1923; Maternity training at Queen Victoria Hospital; in 1928 May worked at Bute Hospital; 1930s nursing at Amiens nr Stanthorpe Qld; also at Marree. In 1952 she opened a Nursing Home at 64 East Parade Mitcham - she had 8 old ladies until 1958.
(Amiens is now only marked with signs - a returned soldier settlement.)

The Advertiser Thursday 13 Nov 1952
Adelaide Local:
Before Mr. W. C. Gilespie. SM Nurse Claims Wages, Notice
Ivy May Hughes; registered nurse, of East parade, Mitcham, sued Beatrice Emily Simpson of Riverton Hospital, Unley road, Unley Park, for £51/17/4. The claim comprised £30 3/4 alleged to be wages due, and £21/14/- in lieu of 14 days' notice of termination of services. Mrs. Simpson denied liability. Mr. E. W. Mills for plaintiff; Mr. C. A. Sandery for defendant. Mr. Mills, opening said that Miss Hughes, a double certificated sister, had been employed at the hospital from May to July. Following conversations with a patient who left the hospital, when Miss Hughes came to work on July 5, Mrs. Simpson told her not to take her coat off and dismissed her. The defence, Mr. Sandery said, was an allegation that Miss Hughes had taken a patient to her own home, and that she was therefore summarily dismissed, disentitling her from the current week's wages and from payment in lieu of notice. Liability for 47½ hours overtime, included in the wages claim, was denied. Judgment was reserved.

The Advertiser Friday 22 Nov 1952
Adelaide Local
Before Mr. W. C Gillespie, SM Nurse's Claim Fails
A nurse had committed a breach of faith towards her employer, the SM said, in dismissing a £51 claim yesterday, Ivy May Hughes, registered nurse, of East parade, Mitcham, had sued Beatrice Emily Simpson, of Kiverton Hospital, Unley Park, for £3/3/4 alleged to be wages due, and £21/14/- in lieu of 14 days' notice. Mrs. Simpson had denied liability, contending that she had lawfully summarily dismissed Miss Hughes. The SM said that Mrs. Simpson was fully justified in dismissing Miss Hughes without notice. At a time when Miss Hughes was employed as a nursing sister in the hospital, she arranged to accommodate an 87-year-old patient in her own home. She clearly committed a breach of faith and duty to Mrs. Simpson. Mr. E. W. Mills for Miss Hughes; Mr. C. A. Sandery for Mrs. Simpson.

The Advertiser (Adelaide) Wednesday 24 July 1963
Death Notice:
HUGHES. - On the 23rd July (suddenly) at hospital, Ivy May Hughes, of 64 East parade, Mitcham, dearly beloved eldest daughter of the late Joseph and Jane Hughes and loving sister of Herb, Hiorace, Elsie, Belle, Charles and the late Frank and Norman. Aged 65 years.

  Research Notes:

Image courtesy of E. Creed

  Other Records

• Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980: nurse, 1941, 64 East Parade, Mitcham, Adelaide.

• Resided: At Death, 1963, Lower Mitcham, Adelaide, South Australia.