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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1962Vol. XXXII, No. 9

Raffle of Manpower

p. 71 · Read in the full issue

Manpower

Short on funds but long on lergy, energetic Rabaul Apex lub members hit on a novel md-raising campaign.

In March they launched a )0-ticket raffle —the prize, 100 an-hours of labour.

Tickets at fl each will raise 100 for the Apex kitty devoted ) good works. Working unob usively in the past month mem ers have supplied tree guards to rotect young trees, cleared and eautified a harbour swimming rea, thereby beating to the draw le Town Advisory Council’s ve year effort to provide the ime facility, and cleared and lanted a small town park.

The fortunate winner of the md-raising raffle will receive an 8 -man labour force ready and ’tiling to perform any job be it arpentering, painting, cementing, ardening—or dog washing.

The only jobs members feel hey may not be able to perform atisfactorily are —cooking and lending!