New Britain Debutantes Presented at Rabaul

t An Ipswich (Queensland) book maker and jeweller, W. E. Brook man, was ordered, in a Brisbane Supreme Court judgment in April, to pay his ex-wife, Anita Brookman,

Port Moresby, £5 a week permanent alimony. In the course of his judg ment, Mr. Justice Hanger said he considered that, barring conting encies, Mrs. Brookman could live

on the income of £l3 a week thi she was earning as a telephonist New Guinea. Brookman was order* to pay his wife’s costs.

The Debutantes' Ball was held at Xavier Hall, Rabaul, by the New Britain Women's Club on Mav 13. Three European and four Chines[?] girls were presented to the Administrator (Brigadier D. M. Cleland) and Mrs. Cleland, who were visiting New Britain.

In the picture are (left to right, sitting): Misses Pamela Roach, Nancy Seeto, Lorraine Taylor, Olga Chung Mrs Cleland Brigadier Cleland, Mrs. J R. Foldi (wife of the New Britain District Commissioner), Misses Evelyn Seeto, Lurlene Pym, Dorothy Chan Standing are the debutantes' partners, Messrs. Len Coleman, Peter Seeto, Eric Kirkman, Bernard Lee, Oliver Choi, Donald Grey, Thomas Seeto. —Photo by C. H. Meen.