The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 October 1938Vol. IX, No. 3

Pattern Service

p. 68 · Read in the full issue

pACH month we publish a Fashions design, “ patterns of which may be purchased by our readers direct from this office, post free. To obtain a pattern, print your name and address below, giving the number of the pattern and the bust size, and send to “Pattern Department”, Pacific Islands Monthly, Box 34088, G.P.0., Sydney; enclose also the price of the pattern in postal note or stamps.

The pattern will be sent by return mail.

Name Address Pattern Number size

A handy playsuit for the young ones in the tropics. Material required for hat —sizes 2-4, 4-6, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12 years: one-half yd. 36in.

Material required for shorts and shirt —4-6 years: one and one-eighth yds. 36in. for shirt, seven-eighths yd. 36in. for shorts; 6-8 years: one and one-eighth yards 36in. one yard 361 n. for shorts; for 8-10 years: one and one-quarter yds. 36in. for shirt, one and one-eighth yds. 36in. for shorts: 10-12 years: one and three-eighth yds. 36in, tor shirt, one and one-quarter yds. 36in. for shorts Suitable also for maids of 32, 34, 36in. bust: one and five-eighth yds. 36in. for shirt, one and three-eighth yds. 36in. for shorts.

Mrs. W. H. Baddeley, wife of the Bishop of Melanesia, and her small son Martin, arrived in Vila, New Hebrides, by the “Morinda” in mid-September, after spending three months’ vacation in Ade laide and Sydney.

Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Shoppee, of Wau, New Guinea, are at present on a tour of England, America, and the East. Dur ing their absence, Mr. L. H. (“Larry”) Knightley, jvho recently resigned from N.G. Goldfields, Ltd., will manage their “Eldorado” claim at Edie Creek.

Pilot Maiben Blackmon, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Blackman of Brisbane, mar ried Miss Nancy Burrow, a daughter of Major and Mrs. Burrow, of Wetheron, Queensland, at St. Augustine’s Church, Wau, New Guinea, in September. Mr.

Blackman is flying for Mr. Kevin Parer in the Wewak district, T.N.G.

Hat, A 1788—9½id.

Shorts and Shirt, A 1069—9½d. (small) and 1/1 (large).