Resurrection Of Kavieng

Club

Speedy Action Follows Court Petition.

From a Special Correspondent KAVIENG, March 28.

Following the petition of Mr. j. h.

McDonald, sole surviving trustee of the pre-war Kavieng Club (the others died during the Japanese occupa tion of NG), that he be directed by the Supreme Court of Papua-New Guinea as to the disposal of club funds, the resi dents of New Ireland have called a special general meeting for April 16.

Mr. McDonald was formerly District Officer, Kavieng, and is now a high execu tive officer in the Papua-New Guinea Administration and is stationed in Port Moresby.

The Kavieng Club, of course, went temporarily out of business, when the Japanese invaded the Territory, in 1942.

Present residents of New Ireland have been taking steps to resurrect it and the petition—which will be heard in Port Moresby in June—has precipitated mat ters.

A residential club in Kavieng is greatly needed as there is no accommodation there for planters and others visiting the township from outer districts. A social centre for the townspeople is also thought to be desirable.

The Court has been asked to declare the date on which the Club ceased to function; how the assets are to be dis posed of; and who is to share in them.

If objection to the petition is to be made, time is short, and there has been much activity in Kavieng and district.

All members of the old club are urged

to attend the meeting, seek out other members, and, if nothing else, obtain their proxy. 'Before they can vote, mem bers must pay a year’s subscription— which ranges from £3/3/- for a town member to 10/6 for a junior member.

If they can get sufficient support, it is evidently the intention of the convenors of the meeting to prove to the Court that the old club has been in suspension but never out of business. And that any “dis posal of the assets” should be in their direction for the purpose of building a new club premises. Whether or not they will fight depends upon the numbers and opinions of those who attend the Easter meeting. % Other matters that will be attended to will be election of officers and election of trustees.

Planters 7 Association Meeting

A MEETING of the local planters’

J\ association will be held on the same day (April 16). This will enable many out-of-town members of both organisations to kill two birds with one stone.