Ng Club Bursaries Trans
p. 57 · Read in the full issue
Ferred To Melbourne
By “Sanasi”
WHEN Australians were evacua ted from NG in World War 11, many evacuees settled in Brisbane, where they formed a group called the Queensland New Guinea Association.
They became an active body, and perhaps their best activity was to provide bursaries for children of women whose husbands were killed in the Islands.
Naturally, since the peace, the number of members has dwindled, yet the association is still active and
at the last annual meeting held in Brisbane on March 8, the retiring president, Mrs. Gladys Forsyth (Rabaul) announced that the credit balance of the bursary fund had been transferred to the Melbourne NG association.
Among those present were Mesdames Mona Bruckshaw (Rabaul/Madang), Doris Kendall, Maude McPherson, Norma Thorn thwaite (all Rabaul), Nora Sinclair (Wau, who is the new president), Kitty Slee (Rabaul/Kokopo, re elected secretary, her address being 11 Gorban St., Holland Park, Brisbane), Min. Battis (Madang/ Rabaul/Namatanai), and Messrs.
Reg Beasley (Sepik), Ernie Slee, and Syd. H. Chance (Manus, for Pacific Islands Monthly ).