Personal Notes
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Mr. E. J. Banks, well-known mining engineer, returned to Sydney by the last Marsina, after a tour of the Man dated Territory of New Guinea.
Messrs. Bell and Fitzgibbons, of Rabaul, New Guinea, arrived at Kieta, Solomon Islands, last month, on a holiday cruise. They later left for Faisi. Mr. Bell is a member of the staff of the Department of (Public Works and Mr. Fitzgibbons has trading interests on New Britain.
Mr. W. M. Greer, of Aropa Planta tion, Bougainville, came south on holi days by the last Marsina.
Mrs. C. O. Lelean, who is attached to the Methodist Missionary Society in Fiji, arrived in Sydney by the Ventura on December 4.
Captain R. R. Cook, a New Guinea planter, sailed from Sydney for the United Kingdom by the Hobson’s Bay last month. He intends being abroad for a year.
Among the passengers by the La psrouse, which arrived in Sydney from Noumea, on December 3, were Mr. C. de Mangoux, manager of Ballandes Ltd.; Mr. A. E. Daking-Smith, com pany director: and Captain G. Chariot, who delivered the steamer Gailong to her new owners, Messageries Maritimes.
Dr. E. A. Neff, Mrs. Neff and Miss Neff left Suva for Canada by the last trip of the Niagara. Dr. Neff has car ried out the duties of medical superin tendent of the Makogau Leper Station for several years.
Rev. John Flierl, who has been at tached to the Lutheran Mission in New Guinea for very many years, has left the Territory.
Rev. W. H. Laity, of Satupaitea, Samoa, was a passenger from Suva to Sydney by the last Ventura.
Mr. L. A. Maguire, who was formerly attached to Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., at Salamoa, New Guinea, has been recently appointed assistant to Mr. J.
B. Steele, of the Shell Oil Co., at Rabaul.
Father Boch, of the Marist Mission, Kieta, Solomon Islands, returned there by the November Marsina. He was in Sydney to attend the consecration of Bishop Wade.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Comb arrived in Sydney from Rabaul by the Marsina on December 3. Mr. Comb has been gold prospecting around Kieta, North ern Solomon Islands, and he considers that prospects there are promising.
Mr. A. C. Forsyth, of Lemacott Plantation, Kavieng, New Guinea, came to Sydney by the last Marsina on a few months’ holiday.
Mr. Frank Kajewski, a botanist, who is collecting on behalf of the Arnold Arboretum, a branch of Harvard Uni versity, U.S.A., has concluded his in vestigations in Bougainville and has left for the British Solomon Islands.
His work is being carried out under the direction of Mr. C. T. White, Gov ernment Botanist, of Brisbane.
Bishop Newton, Bishop of New Guinea, arrived in Sydney last week, after attending the Lambeth Confer ence in London. He will be leaving shortly for his diocese.
Mr. E. P. Cohen, who represents over 30 Australian exporting houses, has re turned to Sydney after a four months’ trip among the Fijian, Samoan and Tongan Groups. He told a represen tative of the P.I.M. that, owing to the low price of all islands products, busi ness was not so good as it might be, but, nevertheless, people in the groups re mained staunch optimists. They looked forward to better conditions in the New Year. He said that the P.I.M. had created a good impression, and all hoped the enterprise would be most successful. .
Mr. Frank P. Griffin, of Messrs. Grif fin. Shave & Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, returned by the Maunganui on Novem ber 22, after a health-recruiting trip among the Pacific Islands.
Mr. G. Fulton, managing director of Lever’s Pacific Plantations Ltd., re turned to Sydney from London by the Taiping on December 10. He was accompanied by his wife during his trip of eight months.
Mr. G. W. L. Townsend, assistant District Officer in New Guinea, who has been spending a period of leave in Australia, returned by the Marsina.
Dr. D. F. Spankie and Dr. A. E.
Wilkinson have been appointed medical assistants in the Public Service of New Guinea and proceeded to the Territory by the Marsina.
Capt. A. Cross, managing director of Guinea Airways Ltd., left by the Mar sina on December 13 for New Guinea.
Capt. Rose, formerly of Imperial Air ways Ltd., also left by that steamer.
Capt. E. Mustar, the pioneer of Guinea Airways Service, was a passen ger by the last Marsina. He is going to Lae to instal a petrol tank on the aerodrome for Vacuum Oil Co.
Mining on Fiji is still confined to prospecting operations, and no payable deposit of any precious metal, mineral or mineral oil has been found. At the end of last year 32 prospecting licenses were in force.