Polynesian Club
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DURING May, the Polynesian Club’s rooms at 250 George Street, Sydney, were “open house” to Tahitian mem bers of the Free French Military Forces, now in Australia.
Club ladies from Norfolk Island, headed by Misses Ivv and Dora Buffett, Cora Young and Vina Quintal helped enter tain their distant kinsmen—the Tahitians were greatly interested to meet these descendants of the Tahiti women who went to Pitcairn Island with the men of HMS “Bounty”.
Many well-known families of Tahiti have representatives in the contingent, among them being scions of the following families: Bambridge, Martin, Frogier,
Texier, le Hartel, Drollet, Salmon, Pirani, and Snitz.
On May 30, the Polynesian Club took a cencert party to the military camp where the Free French Forces are being trained and entertained them with Maori, Samoan and other Polynesian items.
This function was a great success with the Tahitians, who assisted club members with the musical items, a feature being the “ori Tahiti”, by Mr. Bebe Frogier.
Mr. E. C. D. Green, of the NG Depart ment of Agriculture, has been spending furlough in Sydney.
M. Morault, of New Caledonia, was in Vila. New Hebrides, last month installing electricity in the town, for the contrac tors, Unelco Company, of Noumea.