Miss Margaret Elizabeth Higgins, Matron of the Queen's Jubilee Memorial Home, is a daughter of the late Mr. R. L. Higgins, who was one of the early North Canterbury settlers. She was born at Cust, and educated in the Colony. On the death of her father in 1892 she was appointed to the position which she now fills. Miss Higgins is a member of the St. John Ambulance Association, and has gained the medallion.