This Club Says
p. 28 · Read in the full issue
More Than Words
The most significant event of the month in New Guinea was not the statement on oil pros pects, or the apprehension ex pressed over income tax. It was the opening in Rabaul of the first Territory club for native ex - servicemen—of the P-NG Ex-Servicemen’s Association, an auxiliary of the RSL.
As Major Don Barrett said at the opening, “here is something t ang ibl e,” something “not foisted upon the natives by the long-haired dreamers of Can berra,” something “not domi nated by the Administration”.
And here, too, is something which shows the native people, whether entitled to join it or not, that the European is his partner, and that the wartime catch-cry of “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel” was not a matter of ex pediency.
If there was ever any doubt that the men behind the RSL in New Guinea are practical people, the existence of this club should dispel it.