Exhibition of Native Handicrafts

AN exhibition of native handicrafts and other Islands’ exhibits was held in Melbourne in September. It was arranged by the Methodist Overseas Mission.

Exhibits came from Fiji, Papua. New Ireland and New Britain and provided a South Seas background to produce and variety stalls. Mr. Holloway, State Minis ter for Education, in opening the exhibi tion, spoke of the good work done by Pacific Islanders in assisting Allied forces in that Hon. E. G. Theodore, h£ad of the Emperor group of gold-mines, and at nresent Director of Australian Allied Works Council, paid a short visit to Fiji in September.