1600 People Raise £8000
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For War Funds
IT is worthy of note that already the European community of 1,600 people in Papua has contributed over £B,OOO to various war funds. These include £5,377 to the Papuan War Fund (up to October 25): £1,316 to the Red Cross Society: and £690 to the Ambulance Appeals Fund. £l,OOO was cabled to the Lord Mayor of London on October 1 to be applied to the relief of distress among the victims of German bombing raids. It is worth not ing that at least one hundred Papuan natives have contributed to these funds— in various small sums ranging from 1/to £l.
Flight Lieutenant S. G. Preston, of the R.A.A.F. at Port Moresby, Papua, has been promoted to acting Squadron Leader, serving as medical officer to the unit.
Rev. G. H. Voss, who has been a worker for the Melanesian Mission at Gasmata, New Britain, is expected to arrive in Australia shortly, and probably will join the military forces.