Ng Club’S Sydney

Party

Voted “Best Ever”

ALTHOUGH Sydney’s bus and tramway employees staged a strike on December 20, about L2O people attended the Christmas ?arty of the New Guinea Women's Dlub of Sydney and voted it the ‘best ever.”

Present New Guinea residents, iown on leave, joined forces with now living in Sydney, md around the tables swapped meetings and reminiscences to uch effect that they drowned-out i fierce thunderstorm that ended Sydney's tram-and-busless day.

Although New Guinea organisa 10ns come and go, the Women’s /lub seems to go on to increasing trength. This is no happy ccident: founded in the darkest ays of the war, it has been dili ently preserved by a gallant band f women, now capably led by Mrs r. H. Foxcroft, ready and eager to ispense a cheery word to the isitor or to give practical help to hose m need of it. Many of these 'omen lost everything in NG dur ig the war and few of them xpect to see the Territory again, ut in their own particular way, icy keep the New Guinea spirit live and growing in Sydney’s sually unproductive soil.

At their regular Thursday lornmg meetings in the Feminist lub, Sydney, they have a hearty elcome ready for any New Guinea sitor.

Children’S Party

Over 80 children received gifts om the Christmas tree at a >ecial party at 77 King Street, on le afternoon of December 17.

Some of the young guests were uldren of Territorians down on ave; some were war-babies, born st before or just after the acuation of December 1941- quite number were the small children children who were themselves acuated in 1941—older members the club never cease to wonder >w 10 short years can change a -year old infant into a sophisti ted young matron.

The toys and other party delights Jre made possible by the nerosity of New Guinea residents id firms. Since December PIM len an amount of £5l/15/- was knowledged, these further dona ms were received by the secretary the Club:—

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Richards, of Rabaul, New Guinea, were holiday ing at Dromana, Victoria, at the end of the year.

Dr. N. P. Woods, formerly Medical Officer at Madang, New Guinea has resigned from the New Guinea Administration to take up practice at Albion in Brisbane.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Drysdale, of Suva, are in Australia on leave.

Mr. R. C. Macpherson, who was for some years on the editorial staff of Fiji Times, has been promoted to chief of staff of the Daily Mercury.

Mackay, Queensland.

. and Mrs. J. K. Murray . . £3 3 0 ■s. Laws . . . . 2 2 o s. Perriman . . .. 2 2 o s. Harvey . . ,. 10 6 s. Parer 1 1 A s. Burke u n s. Reid 1 1 u 0

Mrs. Laird .. . 1 o o Mr. E. J. Cook . 1 1 o New Guinea Club Rabaul Xmas Tree Committe .. 10 10 o Kokopo Sports Club 5 5 o Colyer, Watson Pty. Ltd. 10 0 o Mrs. Elma Good 2 2 o Previously acknowledged .. .. £51 15 0 Total £92 13 6

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reid, former residents of Rabaul, NG, now of Albury, NSW, have a new daughter.