Queensland Ng

Association

Second Annual Meeting

rE second annual meeting of the Queensland New Guinea Association was held on March 10, in the Lyceum Club, Brisbane.

There were 56 members present. Visit ors welcomed were Commander D. S.

Hore-Lacy, Mr. Babbage, and Miss Beer.

All present were greatly interested in a snapshot which Mrs. Archer had received from her husband, a POW in Zentzuji Camp, Japan. Lieut. Kilner, Dr.

Watch and many AIF officers of the 2/22 Battalion were in the group.

The secretary’s report showed that the Association is in a very financial position.

Unfortunately, owing to the pressure of official duties and their probable depar ture from Brisbane, the president, vice president and secretary were unable to stand for re-election. The officers elected for the coming year were: President, Commander D. S. Hore-Lacy; vice-presi dent, Mrs. Doris Booth; secretary, Miss Margaret Byron; treasurer, Mrs. S. Mc- Cosker; members, Mr. E. P. Holmes, Mr.

Conroy, Mrs. Thornthwaite and Mrs.

Kendall.

The Association meets every second Saturday in each month, at the Lyceum Club, 270 Queen Street. Visitors to Bris bane will be gladly welcomed at these meetings.

The inaugural meeting of a newly formed Association was held in Suva, Fiji, on March 22. It is the European Electors’ Association, and Mr. A. A. Ragg, Elected Member for the Southern Divi sion, was in the chair.

Mr. Angus McKenzie, a resident of Buca Bay, Fiji, of long standing, died there in February. He had been a mem ber of the local road board and post master for 20 years prior to his death.