Polynesian Club

rpHE Polynesian Club of Sydney held X two successful receptions during February. The first was in honour of the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, between the Maoris of N.Z. and representatives of H.M.’s Government in 1840. Miss Dora Mere wether Busby, great niece of James Busby (first British Resident of N.Z., and framer of the treaty) was the prin cipal guest, and was supported by Chief tainess Waikainga Tipene (direct des cendant of Hone Heke) and by Mrs. K.

Nehua Darley (chiefly desendant of Patuone, brother of Tamati Waka Nene). These three Maori chiefs were prominent at the signing of the treaty.

The second evening was a welcome home to Mrs. Wiki Byron, of Rotorua, and Misses Ngahuia Waugh and Gwen

Scord. who have just returned from a holiday in New Zealand. Gifts were accepted for the Club by the President (Mr. Leonard Moran) from the Polyne sian Club of Auckland. Among those present were Mrs. Ellen Mackenzie, who sang Fiji songs to her own guitar accompaniment; Mr. Richard Beck, an English artist who recently came across from Tahiti; Quartier Maitre Chef Andre d’Aragon, well-known in Tahiti and Noumea: and Mrs. Takuora Stur dy, a chieftainess of the Waikato Maori people.

Mrs. Gladys Baker, plantation-owner, of Vitu, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney at the end of February and has offered her services as a war worker in any capacity. She did V.A.D. work in the last war, at the age of 15.