REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 





Progress of the Over Seas Club. (my\ 



AND THE 



The Royal Colonial Institute 

 Over-Seas Club. 



j.i The n , 1 ! ar<!l1 issile of the United Empire, 

 the official journal of the Royal Colonial 

 Institute (London), contains the following 

 reference to the Over-Seas Club : 



'The Over-Seas Club, which lias already 

 many branches in foreign countries, is essen- 

 tially a popular society. We regard it as 

 in some degree supplementary to the Insti- 

 tute, and are, therefore, always interested 

 in its progress." 



The King and the Over-Seas Club. 

 The Hon. Organiser of the Over-Seas Club, 

 who is at present in Australia, on behalf of 

 the Australian branches of the Over-Seas 

 Club, forwarded the following telegram to 

 His Majesty King George V. on May 24, 

 Empire Day : — ■ 



' The eighteen thousand Australian mem- 

 bers of the Over-Seas Club send loyal greet- 

 ings Empire Day to their King." 



The following reply was received from 

 Lord Stamfordham, His Majesty's Private 

 Secretary : — 



Berlin, May 26. 

 ' The King thanks eighteen thousand Aus- 

 tralian members Over-Seas Club for their 

 loyal Empire Day greetings. 



•' (Signed) Stamfordham." 



The Over-Seas Club in Australasia. 



Brief reports from the branches of the 

 'Over-<Seas Clubs throughout Australasia will 

 be given each month. Branch Secretaries 

 are requested to forward items for publica- 

 tion to Henry Stead, Esq., Review of Re- 

 views, T. and G. Building, Melbourne, 

 marked "Over-Seas Club." Communications 

 should be clearly written on one side of the 

 paper only. 



Sydney, A. S. IT'.— The officers of the Syd- 

 ney Central Branch have been elected for 

 the coming year. They are made up of the 

 following: — 



Patron : His Excellency Sir Gerald Strick- 

 land, K.C.M.G. 

 'Vice-Patrons: His Excellency Admiral Sir 

 George King-Hall. 

 Rear-Admiral Sir William Cress well, 



H.M.A. Naval Forces. 

 Commander Brownlow, District Naval 



Officer, N.S.W. 

 The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman 



A. A. Cocks. 

 Chief Justice. Sir William I'. Culleu. 

 President, S. Duncalfe; Vice-Presidents, Dr. 

 A. Burne and F. Fullwood ; Hen. Trea- 

 surer, J. Hebbert; Hon. Secretary. \Y. 

 A Mullins; Hen. Associate Secretary, 

 P. Wilson Shack. 'II; Committee: Me 

 dames V. Nixon and Margraves; Messrs. 

 C V Nixon. W. Bardsley, W. Wiley. 

 tC H. B. Hale. F. H. Slipper. S. {Jed- 

 kin, J. W. Carnell, E. Smith, and E. 

 jRossiter. 



Dunedin, N.Z. — Empire Day was cele- 

 brated by a successful gathering in His 

 Majesty's Theatre. The President of the 

 Dunedin Over-Seas Club. Mr. J. F. M. 

 Eraser, K.C., was in the chair. An interest* 

 ing address was delivered by Mr. W. Downie 

 Stewart, the .Mayor of Dunedin, on the 

 British Empire Defence in the Pacific. Tee 

 speaker urged the need for closer co-opera- 

 tion in matters of defence berween Canada. 

 Australia, and New Zealand. 



A large bonfire, one of the chain of bon- 

 fires lit in all parts of the Empire through 

 the agency of the Overseas Club on Empire 

 Day, was erected at Waverley Point. The 

 Mayor placed a match to the pile, and the 

 assembled party sang the National Anthem. 



(J. K. Macfie, 79 Castle-street, Dunedin. i 



Perth, W.A.— The Secretary of the Perth 

 (W.A.) Over-Seas Club has received the fol- 

 lowing letter from Major H. E. Cadell, 

 Private Secretary to the Governor, Sir H. 

 Barron, K.C.M.G.: — 



"I am desired by the Governor to acknow- 

 ledge the receipt of your letter dated 23rd 

 insr., and to inform you that His Excellency 

 and Lady Barron are pleased to have the 

 honour of accepting the positions of Patron 

 and Patroness of the Perth Branch of the 

 Over-Seas Club." 

 (W. M. Peters, 2 Cathedral-avenue. Perth.) 



Brisbane. Q.— To use the words of the 

 Brisbane Courier, Empire Day was given 

 a new significance by the celebrations organ- 

 ised by the Brisbane Over-Seas Club in con- 

 junction with the Australian Natives' Asso- 

 ciation, the Royal Society of St. George, the 

 Caledonian Society, ami the [rish Associa- 

 tion. A procession marched through the 

 streets to the Exhibition Building, where, 

 despite the wet weather, an audience num- 

 bering some 2000 was assembled. Among 

 those present were the Deputy-Governor. S 

 Arthur Morgan, ami Lady Macgregor. 



Speeches wen- delivered by the Deputy- 

 Governor, the Hon.. Dr. Kidston, the Mayor 

 of Brisbane, Alderman H. .1. Diddams 

 C.M.G. (President Brisbane Over-Seas Club), 

 and Mr. Evelyn Wrench. Hon. Organiser of 

 the Over- Seas Club, front London. 



The happy spirit of co-operation between 

 the various patriotic societies in the capita] 



Australian. English. Irish, and Scotch- de- 

 serves special mention. 



(11. Gayford, Builders' Ex., Courier Build- 

 ing, Brisbane.) 



Bockhampton, (,'. A public meeting has 



been held Ml the Council Chamber-, when it 

 was decided to Form a l{ . vkhampt on branch 



l I 1 he Over Seas Club. The Mayer. \hlei- 



maii T. B. Renshaw, presided, and, in a 



few, well-chosen words, explained the aims 



and objects o\ the Over-Seas Club, and the 

 need for the establishmenl of a local branch. 

 \ stirring speech was delivered In Col 

 W. (i. Thompson, ©f the 15th Australian 



Light Horse. The following officers were 

 then elected:- President, T. 15. Renshaw; 



