Goes Marching On

Ng Women’S Club Still

fHE New Guinea Women’s Club of Sydney held its annual general meeting on July 19.

In her report, the President, Mrs.

M L. Foxcroft discussed the Lctivities of the successful year just :ompleted, and paid particular ittention to the fact that the Club celebrated its 10th birthday a few nonths ago.

She paid tribute to Mrs. H. H. ’age, who was founder of the Club nd president for the first five years if its life; and to her gallant band f helpers who did so much for the romen folk of New Guinea in the vacuee years.

In the past year, said Mrs. Fox roft, the average attendance at weekly Thursday morning meetings ms 20, which proved that the Club ms still a very necessary institution a the lives of members.

Country membership of the club ias increased and there is always a mlcome for any New Guinea resi ents who, while on leave in Sydney, ares to drop in for morning tea on ’hursdays.

During the year, New Guinea ddows had received an increase in heir pensions and in cases of sick ess and need, financial help had een given from the Clubs’ special and. Flowers were sent and visits aid to members who had spells in ospitals.

A pew, suitably inscribed, has been resented to All Souls Memorial hurch, Lae, And, on January 23 nd July 1, homage was paid to the allant men of New Guinea at cere tonies at Sydney Cenotaph.

Several successful social gather igs including children’s and dults’ Christmas parties and the )th birthday Party were held uring the year.

The general funds of the Club, at le end of the financial year, showed

a credit balance of £316. The Prisoners-of-War and Civilian In ternees’ Fund, for which the Club worked so hard in the war years, has now a credit balance of £45.

During the current year grants of assistance were made to the total of £3OO.

Fiji is feeling the economic cold breeze, like all other communities.

The prices of flour, bread, sharps, meat and rice have just risen— bread is now at 1/- per large loaf.

Beef rose l£d per lb, pork by 4d and rice by 2d.