Successful N.G. Ball

Held in Melbourne Proceeds for Scholarship Fund

IT is expected that something in the vicinity of £BOO will be cleared by the Bird of Paradise Ball, held by the New Guinea Women’s Association of Mel bourne in the St. Kilda Town Hall, on October 11.

No effort was spared by the organisers.

About 800 people attended the ball, which was under the patronage of the Lieuten ant-Governor of Victoria, Sir Edmund Herring.

When they entered the foyer of the hall, dancers were greeted by masses of orchids and frangipanni, in which birds of-paradise were perched. This bank of flowers was called the “Lucky Floral Garden” —each bloom carried a number and a prize.

The dance-band sat on an island stage which had been decorated with crotons, frangipanni and orchids, and the main stage was converted into a jungle and banked with flowers.

An original bird-of-paradise ballet was presented by Phillipe Perrottet and Rachel Cameron and, during the evening leading radio announcers contested a “scooter derby” and provided lighter en tertainment.

Credit is due to the following Club members, whose efforts made the ball such a huge success; Mrs. Clare Cooper, organiser and ticket secretary; Mrs. Stanley Best, treasurer and ticket secretary; Miss Dorothy Stew art, minute secretary and drinks-bar cashier; Mrs. E. Best and Mrs. T. Spens ley, publicity; Mrs. G. Deddan, decor; Mrs. G. Walker and Miss O. Burston, raffles; Mrs. W. Rowe, Miss Pat Rowe and Mrs. L. Gilbert, leis; Mrs. M. Green and Mrs. J. Hay, lucky floral garden; Mrs. G. Mirfield, soup-bar cashier; Mrs.

N. Cherril, Mrs. M. Gluth, Miss M. Fel sted, Mrs. R. Treloar, committee mem bers.

All proceeds will go to the NG Memorial

Scholarship Fund.

donations to the scholarship fund were received during October, as follows: Previously acknowledged £1,214 14 2 Mrs. L. M. Evensen, 31 Francis Street, Geraldton, WA ... 200 Mr. C. V. Holland, 8 Chester Street, Burwood, Vic 100 Mrs. T. W. Hosking, Woodlands, Shoreham, Vic 100 Mr. W. W. Watson, Battery Point, (Hobart, Tas 320 Noel R. Youlden, 21 Clark Street, Prahran, Vic 110 Miss Betty Holland, 2083 Malvern Road, East Malvern 13 0 Mr. and Mrs. L. Dobbin, Dutton Park, Brisbane, Queensland 10 0 Mrs. E. Lingood, 21 Jordon Street, Malvern, Vic 220 Howard M. Taylor, Caulfield, Vic. (ex-2/22) 320 Geo. A. C. Milne, Brighton Beach, Vic. (2/22) 2 0 0 Mr. I. M. Slattery, Brierly, Wil laura, Vic 10 0 Mr, and Mrs. Neville McLean, c/o Sandy Creek Co., Lae 2 0 0 Colyer Watson Pty., Ltd., 22 Bridge Street, Sydney 52 10 0 Mrs. D. C. McArthur, 95 Hill Street, North Adelaide, SA 5 0 Miss M, A. and Mr. W. F. Picker ing, Myrtlebank, SA 2 2 0 Mr. H. Erwin, Box 3, Charlton, Vic.

(ex-2/22 Btn.) 220 Mr, and Mrs. G. McKechnie, 1 Clare Crescent, Drummoyne,

Nsw 110

Mrs. C. T. Waterman, 3 Foy Avenue, Chelsea, Vic 3 2 0 Mrs. A. Waterman, 196 Centre Road, Bentleigh, Vic 2 3 0 Judge and Mrs. F. B. Phillips, Supreme Court, Port Moresby . . 5 5 0 Mr, C, E. Goodman, Box 125, P.O.

Bairnsdale, Vic. (2/22) 110 Mrs. Dorothy Woolcott, Kabanga, Grosvenor Street, Wahroonga,

Nsw 12 0

Mr. and Mrs. L. W. G. Bell, Brooklyn Hotel, 229 George Street, Sydney, NSW 3 2 6 Mrs. L. I. Rogers, 79 Canterbury Street, Casino, NSW 210 6 Bank of New South Wales, Mel bourne 550 Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Doherty, 39 Eildon Road, St. Hilda 2 3 0 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Thomas, Campbelltown, NSW 110

Lieut.-Col. A. G. Cameron, 3 New Guinea Inf. Btn., Rabaul, New Britain (ex-2/22 Btn.) 3 3 0 Mrs. W. H. Carpenter, “Neval,”

Longworth Avenue, Point Piper,

Nsw 3 3 0

Mrs. Margaret Greer, Chester, via llagley, Tas 2 3 0 Total to October 31 £1,323 15 2 Mr. S. G. Clarke, FCI, who had been Treasurer, Collector of Customs and Chief Postmaster in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony for 20 years, and had act ed at times as Resident Commissioner, left Suva on long leave recently, prior to retirement. Mr. Clarke, who is 52, joined the Fiji service in 1914, served in World War I, and was transferred to the G & E Colony, as accountant, in 1942-44, in charge of the administrative office which was maintained there during the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Is lands.

Among passengers who recently left Western Samoa by “Matua” for Auckland were: Mr. E. RetzlafT (a pioneer planter, going to New Zealand for medical atten tion) and Mrs. RetzlafT; and officials either retiring or going on leave —Mr. J.

M. H. Bower (police), Mr. W. S. Rarity (auditor).Mr. H. F. Perkins (Treasury), and Mr. W. White (Public Works).

Mr. E. S. Matthews, who for many years was president of Burns Philp & Co. Ltd.,

San Francisco, died on October 10 at his home in Oakland, California.

Mr. A. E. Fuller, who was for over 20 years in the Fiji Government service, has been appointed Acting Treasurer and Collector of Customs in the Gilbert and Ellice Island's Colony.

Mr. E. C. Woodward, of Suva, Fiji, has been appointed an official member of the Suva Town Board in place ©f Mr. H. C.

Fryer.

Model Village

There is no indication when the “model village" which the Aus tralian Government intends to provide for the natives at Hanuabada, near Port Moresby, will be ready for occupation, or even commenced. But this close up of one of the hovels which comprise the present Hanuabada proves that something should be done—and soon. The old village was destroyed during the war and the natives evacuated. Then they were permitted to return and, without supervision, build a tin shanty-town out of scrounged roof ing iron. This is the deplorable result.

In some instances houses are separated by inches only, and the village is not now built out over the sea, which was a good sanitary arrangement, but clusters around the main road.