Polynesian Club Of Sydney
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DURING the last few months of 1949 members of the Polynesian Club of Svdney met new arrivals and also greeted some old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt von Reiche came from Apia—Mr. von Reiche making his first visit to Sydney, and his wife, Ainslie, leturning after an absence of 17 years.
These two have since returned to Samoa via New Zealand. With them was their aunt Mrs. Olga Page and her husband and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smith. Mrs.
Smith was formerly Anna Laurenson, a resident of Apia.
Another visitor from Samoa was Mrs.
Teresa Theobold, who, with Mrs. Smith, entertained with a programme of grace ful Samoan dancing.
From Tahiti came James Te Hotu, an other old friend revisiting the Club for the first time since war years when he was a matelot in the French ship Cap des Palmes.
Among Fiji people were Polly Wilder and Fred Hennings, both young people from Suva. A floral “salu salu” was pre sented to Ruth Bisiker at a farewell even ing and the company sang the nostalgic Fijian Isa Lei.
Other departing friends were Maori member Mrs. Ina Mahomet and her daughter Hinemoa, who sailed for New Zealand on a holiday trip to their own home district, Rotorua.
Sir Henry Scott, KC, has been re-ap pointed Legal Adviser to the Fijian Affairs Board for 1950. He has been Legal Adviser to the Board since its establish ment in 1945.