ARAROTONGAN organisation

Helping the Crippled Children of Cl

which deserves the highest praise is the Crippled Children’s Society. It is run by public donations and its officials are un paid. The Society’s purpose is to send crippled Cl children to New Zealand for treatment.

In June an Orthopaedic clinic visited Rarotonga to examine all the Group’s crippled children. Members of the clinic were Mr. S. Morris, surgeon from the Auckland Hospital Board, Mrs. Choate, field officer, and Dr. Saunders and his wife.

Mrs. Saunders is also a doctor.

The 21 children brought for ex amination from the outer islands were boarded free of charge by local Maori families.

At a Committee meeting, Dr.

Saunders presented his report and recommendations. Accounts to the

value of £577/12/6 were passed for payment. These costs were for the part-treatment of the five children at present in New Zealand, and the Committee advised that further funds of £9OO were available.

Dr. Saunders and his party were given a feast by the Maori mem bers of the Committee, which was held at the residence of Queen Karika Ariki.—W. H. PERCIVAL.

A party of Queensland bowlers, accompanied by their wives, will leave Sydney on August 21 for a three-weeks’ tour of Fiji, which has been organised by ANA and Qantas.

For an inclusive return fare of £222, each member of the party will travel from Brisbane to Sydney by ANA Skymaster to join a Qantaa Constellation for Fiji. They will visit most of the major centres in the main island, staying at the best hotels and travelling by car. Be sides playing bowls, they will visit villages and plantations.