NG Association of Brisbane

THE Lyceum Club, Queen Street, Bris bane, where the monthly meetings of the Brisbane New Guinea Association are held, is still the rendezvous for many ex-Territorians. At the October meeting about 20 members were present.

Seldom is there a meeting of the clan without some Territorian dropping in.

Recently a visit was paid by Mr. Stan McCosker of “Matala,” Plantation, Rabaui.

Such visits recall happy family gather ings and social events of pre-war days in the Territory.

The members of the Brisbane Associa tion have already forged a link of friendship which neither time nor ad versity can sever.

Composed almost entirely of the fair sex, the office-bearers of the Association are an example in efficiency and decorum; and the manner in which meetings are conducted arouses the envy of many mere males.

No New Guinea visitor to Brisbane need ever feel lonely. The secretary, Mrs. A. Jamieson, will see to that. Her address is Dudley Street, Sherwood.

Phone U 7931. Meetings are held on the

second Saturday of each month.-

—J.M.H.

Brother Alphonsus, of the Marist Order, on August 27 celebrated the 60th anniver sary of his arrival in Fiji. He came from Sydney, at 24, to teach at the Roman Catholic school at Toorak, Suva, and he saw it grow into a huge organisation. The Secretary for Fijian Affairs (Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna) sent this message: “May t on behalf of the Fijians of this Colony, offer you my sincere congratulations on the celebration of the diamond jubilee of your services to education in the Colony ”