WOMEN'S LUNCHEON CLUB
The first fathering for the season of the Women's Luncheon Club was hold 111 the Milne and Choyce lleception Hall, when the guests were welcomed by tho president, Airs. Gulliver. An interesting talk upon his travels and experiences in IS"ew Guinea was given by Mr. W. 11. Hemingway, a wellknown . entomologist, who.so explorations have taken him into 43 different countries. Briefly tracing the'history of New Guinea from tho time when the Now Zealand ship Hinenioa was sent to take possession of the colony in tho name of Queen Victoria to its present day conditions, Mr. Hemingway said New Guinea was, in places, very unhealthy and malaria one of its most virulent diseases. Tho country was also very mountainous but one of the most interesting places ho had visited as far as bird life was concerned. Tho natives, although they mado honest workers, were very warlike in some districts, and although living only 10 to 12 miles apart, each district spoke a different dialect. In some places the old cannibal rites were still maintained.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22671, 8 March 1937, Page 4
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176WOMEN'S LUNCHEON CLUB New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22671, 8 March 1937, Page 4
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