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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



Septemter l, 191S. 



THE MELBOURNE BRANCliS CAR ON WATTLE DAY. 



Hennessy, president of the branch, presided 

 ov«^r the gatiieriiip;. wliich numbered some 400. 

 An excellent programme was provided. 

 Wattle Day was observed by the lady mem- 

 bers, who obtained about £25 for the chari- 

 ties. A children's day is to be held for mem- 

 b( rs' bainis. A special celebration night 

 with " Th'O Dandies" is bein" held on the 

 Club's birthday (August 28). The committee 

 are giving prizes to the girls and boys in the 

 State schools of Victoria, and to boy scouts 

 for essays on various subjects. Lectures are 

 to be held fortnightly. A billiard tournament 

 is going on, and cliess and draiight competi- 

 tions are being held. The library is making 

 rapid progress, but donations of books will be 

 welcome. The visiting Britisli ^Nl.'sP. will 

 be welcomed by the Club on arrival in (Mel- 

 bourne, and an address will be prosontod 

 to them. 



Ballarat and Bencligo. — Branches of the 

 Over Seas Club are being started in both 

 these cities, as well as in other towns in 

 Victoria. 



Wanga Wogga. — CMr. F. P\irnell reports 

 that tne membership is now close on 70. The 

 monthl.v meeting was held early in August, 

 at the president's house, and proved the most 

 satisfactory this young branch has yet en- 

 joyed. A syllabus, covering the next few 

 months, was considered and agree<l to. It 

 includes an address on the History of the 

 Over Seas Movement — on the Club's birthday 

 — ^a discussion on what women have done, 

 and are doing, for the Empire; special com- 

 memoration of Trafalgar Day, ana other ap- 

 propriate events. 



Hobart, Tas. — 'Mr. and Miss Wrench gave 

 a great fillip to the branch here, writes Mr. 

 H. T. Gould (president). Over 100 new mem- 

 bers were quickly enrolled, and we now num- 



ber 425. The women's branch is becoming 

 stronger every day, and it is hoped that a 

 junior branch, on the lines recommended by 

 Miss Wrench, will soon be started^. At a rt>- 

 ception given to His Excellency Sir William 

 Ellison-Macartney and Lady Macartney by 

 tlio Victorian Leagiie, the Over Seas Club, 

 the Society of St. George, and the Boy .Scout-s 

 alsf> took part. His Excellency expressed his 

 satisfaction at the harmonious way in which 

 these bodies were working together.^ He 

 stated that the visit of Mr. and Miss Wrench 

 had proved an incentive to them all to do 

 still greater work in the interests of the Club. 

 Mr. Gould, junior, on the occasion of the 

 Organisers' visit. propose<l the toast of ' The 

 Flag of Old England " in a most eloquent 

 speech, which I n^gret lacked space forbids 

 me to print. 



Borkhnmpton, Q. — The local branch is very 

 mucli alive. Tl>e members now number over 

 70. At a recent meeting, the secretary, Mr. 

 R. F. Grimes, reports it was decided that the 

 president, Alderman Renshaw. should be 

 the Club's delegate at the Over Seas Con- 

 ference in Brisbane. Club members will me*^; 

 the English Parliamentary party to welcome 

 them on their arrival at Rockhampton. A 

 sub-committee was api>ointed to approach the 

 St. George's Society, with a view to a com- 

 bined anniversary, and for a Trafalgar Day 

 celebration. 



Toou-ooncha, Q. — Mr. Sydney Austen, hon. 

 secretar.v. reports that the branch is 

 progressing very well. Tliere are now 50<] 

 members, but the number is expected to ex- 

 ceed the thousand within a few months. The 

 branch was represented at the Brisbane Con- 

 ference on August 11. 



Longreach, Q. — Mr. Meach-am advises that 

 the enrolled members now number 370. 



