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weather conditions, the:e was a big attendance of members and friends at the meeting and social gathering of the Pac'fic Islands Society at History House, Sydney, on Februa'y 23. Guest speaker, Mr. G. Hermon Slade, chose for his subject, “Colour Films as a Travel Companion,” and screened a fine collec tion of slides in colour of the United Kingdom, America, Europe. Norfolk and Australia. The visitors included Mr. W.
C. Groves, Director of Education. Papua- New Guinea, who was accompanied by Mrs. Groves.
At the meeting and social gathering to be held on March 23 Mr. F. D. McCarthy, Curator of Anthropology, Australian Museum, and life member and Past Presi dent of the Society, will be the guest speaker. His talk, illustrated with lan tern slides, will be on the recent Aus tralian-American Arnhem Land Scientific Expedition, of which he was a member.
NEW MEMBERS:—Mrs. E. C. De tman, Mrs. M. Doyle, Miss Barbara R. Fulton, Mrs. Barbara Parry and Mrs. Lazarus.