Pacific Islands Society
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Annual Meeting
AT the annual meeting of the Pacific Islands Society, held in the Feminist Club Rooms, Syd ney, on February 23, officers were elected for the year and the annual report and a comfortable balance sheet were accepted with acclama tion by a good attendance of mem bers.
The withdrawal, for health reasons, of Mr. H. E. Maude, QBE, as patron of the Society was accepted with regret. His successor as patron is Mr. R. W. Robson, FRGS, managing director of Pacific Publications Pty.
Ltd.
The following officers were elected for 1956: President. Major C. A.
Swinbourne, OBE; Vice-Presidents, Dr. G. Mackaness, MA, PhD., Mr.
J R. Donaldson, Mr. N. F. Foxcroft, Mr. H. Sabben. OBE, Mr. A. E.
Stephen.
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer, Miss M. M. McGavin; Hon. Assist. Secre tary, Mr. L. R. Haynes, FRGS.
Members of Council; Mr. A. E.
Sturt, Mr. L. R. Howell, Mr. N. B.
Casey, OBE, Mrs. J. Edwards, Mrs.
N. F. Foxcroft, Mrs. H. Sabben, Mrs.
A. E. Sturt.
Following the business of the evening an interesting travel talk on Ceylon, with coloured slides, was presented by Mr. F. J. Salisbury.
A feature of the March meeting will be a colour-movie travelogue by Mr. W. F. Trinick.
if Mr. Dadi Wirz, who arrived in New Guinea from Brazil last year, to attend to the affairs of his late father, left New Guinea in January, and has returned to South America via New York. His father, Dr. Paul Wirz, who was a well known Swiss anthropologist, died at Maprik, in the Sepik area of New Guinea, last year, and was buried at Wewak. Dr
Wirz visited New Guinea ma: times between 1915 and 1955. t Work on the £10,000,000 Yate ds project in New Caledonia w accelerated by the arrival of Tahitians at Noumea per Messager Maritime Tahitien, in Februa; Some 300 Wallis Islanders £ already engaged on this work.