Eric Ramsden

Organiser of Pacific Islands Society Has Been Very III

HUNDREDS of Islands people will learn with regret that Mr. Eric Ramsden, honorary secretary of the Pacific Islands Society, Sydney, has suffered a severe breakdown in health, and has been obliged to resign, for the present, all business activities. He was responsible for the formation of the original Pacific Is lands Club; and, under his indefatigable care, aided by presidents like Dr. Hogbin, Mr. “Jock” Marshall and, in later years, Mr. Alfred Stephen, the organisation gained a wide membership and popularity and served a most useful purpose in bringing Islanders in Sydney into con tact with each other and with visitors from overseas. It is most unfortunate that Mr. Ramsden is laid aside just at a time when the Society could be of help to large numbers of Islanders, who have been driven from their homes to Aus tralia by war conditions.

It is understood that a new secretary will be appointed soon, to enable the

Club to resume its monthly meetings.

Meanwhile, friends of the Society will hope for Mr. Ramsden’s early recovery, so that he may resume his active interest in Pacific affairs.