Pacific Islands Society
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MEETINGS of the Pacific Islands So ciety continue to be well attended by membeis and visitors. New members are constantly being added.
At the February gathering the guest speaker was Mr. R. W. Robson, who gave a talk entitled, ‘Colourful Personalities of the Pacific.” He described careers of ‘‘Queen Emma,” “Bully” Hayes, and Charles Savage. Visitors included Sir Maynard and Lady Hedstrom, Lady Ragg, Mr. Landon Smith (president of the inZ Association), Mrs. Landon Smith, Mrs.
Merewether and Mr. A. E. Cridland.
In March, the guest speaker was Mr.
Colin B. Berckelman, FASG, who, in the presence of a big and attentive audience, gave an entertaining talk on Lord Howe island, illustrating his address with lantern slides. The visitors included Mr.
H. Woolnough, of Lord Howe Island.
In April, the guest speaker, Mr. R. H.
Clarke, gave an illustrated address on “Sydney in the Eighties and Nineties”— showing the great changes that have taken place in fifty years.
On May 26, the Rev. R. Piper, well known Pacific missiinary, will show films of Tonga, including a coloured film of the Royal marriage there last year. The Society hopes to have the Rev. Faubula a Tongan Minister, as a guest.
New members: Mr. and Mrs. R. W. L.
Trewenack, Mr; and (Mrs. O. Wager, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Collins. Mr. and Mrs.
S. E. Stobo. Mrs. Madge Forsyth, and Messrs. Lionel Haynes, A. E. Cridland, Eric Spring, R. Patterson, William R. Wood and Verne S. Taylor.