Filaria
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Gala To Aid Fight Against
A SUCCESSFUL gala evening enter tainment was given in Papeete, Tahiti, on December 8, by the Anti- Filaria Association, to raise funds to aid the fight against this disease.
The Association was formed in May, 1949. In 1950 it guaranteed 400,000 francs towards financing the Medical Research
Institute to combat elephantiasis and associated complaints. A few week* hi fore the end of the year, however, it had supplied only a little over half of this amount. Money raised by the gala went towards closing this gap. s went Hawaiian and Tahitian dancing, orches tral numbers songs by groups? soloists and choirs made up an entertaining nro gramme. 6 p u
Officials of the Association are Mr.
William Robinson, president; Mi’. Ber trand Jaunez, vice-president; Maitre Hoppenstedt, secretary and treasurer.
In December, Sandy Creek Sluicing Ltd., New Guinea, recovered approxi mately 120 ozs. of gold from 4,760 cubic yards of material treated.