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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 9

[?] for a Swim . . .

p. 159 · Read in the full issue

[?]ja-New Guinea no one thinks any [?]hartering a plane (at £75 an hour) a ball—or fly from Lae to Finsch a day's swimming. On Sunday, the C'works Rugby League Club, Guinea, organised an outing for friends, wives and children. A chartered (at 50/- a head), all piled cluding children, babies and a dog minutes later disembarked at Fin- They were met and entertained by of the Finschhafen Golf Club, and [?]ill day of sports and swimming re-

turned home happy and tired. (C'works Club has been Lae Premiers for the last six years—since the League was formed in Lae and hopes to top the list again this year Matches start on April 28).

The excursionists found Finschhafen ideal for their outing—about 30 Europeans, in cluding neighbouring missionaries, got together last year to build a night-and-day swimming pool for themselves. In the same spirit of co-operation, they have also provided them selves with a club-house.