Moresby's New Hospital
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ex Clubs published New Guinea
1 Australian-born Association : Apex (“fellowship and com lunity service”) is expanding ustralia’s Territory of New ;a. i National President (Arthur n, of Morwell, Victoria) made :ial trip to present the Rabaul jae Clubs with their Charters. iut 150 Apexians, their wives friends, with distinguished ;, witnessed the simple, im ve ceremony at Rabaul. Two later it was repeated at the Cecil, Lae. prospects of future Apex ntions in the Territory were sed formally at Rabaul, when •esidents of the three Territory (Neil Nicklasson, of Port by; Maurice Stevens, of il; and Howard Vinning, of discussed with National Pre- Arthur and former District nor Gordon Dixon the forma f a separate District embrac le Territory clubs. The nom n of Past-President Bill ’, of Port Moresby, was de upon. It will be submitted to Dne Convention at Townsville tober. fact that New Guinea folk aircraft like Australians catch
trams was brought home to Pre sident Arthur when he found him self on a chartered DCS from Port Moresby to Rabaul, calling at Lae to pick up the Lae Apexians.
The forward journey was un eventful —apart from a storm or two—but the return journey was de layed 24 hours whilst the Apex air craft searched for a coastal vessel that had radioed distress signals.
Mr. Arthur remarked that the Lae Apex Club had made history when the Lae Charter was not pre sented on the date set down by National Council. What better way of showing that plank in the Apex platform of “service to the com munity” than by delaying the pre sentation of the Charter to allow their aircraft to render aid?
Moresby's New Hospital
Port Moresby’s big new hospital, about four miles out of the town, opened for European business ia early July, Those patients then ia the old hospital were transfeireu 1.1 a fleet of ambulances.
The native section of the hcsrilal was opened by Sir Arthur Faiaen last October and has been Jug brisk business ever since.
The whole establishment, which covers several acres, is bu i on flat country not far from the _uburb of Boroko. It has cost in the vicinity of £500,000. It is cnac, eventually, a native medical school for training Assistant Med.cal Practitioners (who now are trained in Suva) will be built n xh