Women's Club in Melbourne

TO provide a social club for women from the Mandated Territorv now living in Victoria, the New Guinea Women’s Patriotic Association was formed in Mel bourne in December. President is Mrs.

R. W. Cooper (wife of Dr. Cooper, Medical Officer at Rabaul); secretary. Mrs. E Britten (wife of Mr. E. H. B. Britten, Native Labour Overseer); treasurer. Mrs.

S. Best: committee, Mesdames F. Lewis, G. Walker, Best and Britten. For the nresent, meetings are held on second Tuesday in each month, at Buckley’s Tearooms. Bourke St., Melbourne. One of the Association’s objects is to make com forts for NG men serving overseas.

Among those who have attended recent, meetings are: Mesdames Alday, Bates, M.

Clark, Chinnery. E. T. Evans, Holland, Haig, Knox. Mirfield, Meares. Mullaly, Pickwell, L. Roberts, R. Smith. S. Stevens.

Drummond-Thompson, J. Walstab, F.

Waterman. Watch. Watson, Youlden’ and Misses Felstead, Hutchinson and Rogers.