Scholarship Fund

Rabaul's Fine Effort For Scholarship Fund

( Contributed) DUE to the efforts of members of the New Britain Club, Rabaul, the New Guinea Memorial Scholarship Fund (Melbourne) will benefit by £3lO. This sum was raised on July 5 with one of the most pleasant and certainly the most profitable dances ever held in the town.

The persuasive tactics of Mr. Kensett and Mr. Mitchell at the chocolate wheel accounted for £ 125 and Mr. Rigg’s methods of auctioning a bottle "of gin brought in £4/10/-. Dancing in the moonlight and quaffing beer in the de corated grounds made the night a mem orable one.

During the evening Mrs. E. H, Britten gave a brief account of the aims of the fund, and Miss D. Stewart, who had just arrived from Australia, spoke of its pre sent financial state.

The following is a statement of re ceipts in connection with the dance:

Expenses amounted to £l5/4/-, leaving a balance of £3lO/17/6.

£ 8. d.

Chocolate Wheel 1 0 Raffle Cards 12 0 Auction Gin 4 10 0 Sale of Tickets 10 6 Donations:— Mr. W. Chapman 30 0 0 New Britain Club 10 10 0 New Britain Club 5 5 0 Mr. V. Maxwell 10 10 0 Black & Gunton Bakery . . .. 10 10 0 Mr. H. Read 10 10 0 Mr. S. Kensett 10 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes 5 5 0 Southern Pacific Ins. Co 3 5 0 Mr. C. D. Bates 0 0 Anonymous 5 0 0 Mr. K. Colyer 3 0 Mr. and Mrs. E. H, Britten .. 3 3 0

Mr. C. Lormoyle o 2 0 Mr. G. Hill .. .. 2 2 0 Mr, E. Bishton 2 2 « Mr. J. Duncan 2 2 0 Mr. J. H. Parry 2 2 0 Mr. J. Gannon 2 2 0 Mr. P. Mitchell 2 2 0 Mr. J. Dale 2 2 0 Lieut. Gilbey 2 2 0 Mrs. L, Kent 2 2 0 Transport & Eng. Co. . . . 2 2 0 Mr. A. Browning 2 0 4) Mr. A. L. Williams 1 1 0 Mr. L. Hyland 1 1 0 Mrs. Greenwood 1 1 0 Total .. .. £ 326 1 6