Japanese Entomologist to Visit Fiji

MR. KUMITO, an entomologist of the Japanese Department of Agriculture, is due to arrive in Suva from Honolulu.

He will spend one or two weeks in Fiji, his special mission being to study insect life which is hostile to the growth of forest trees. ... ===

Solomons’ Oldest

Inhabitants

From Our Own Correspondent.

Tulagi, Oct. 26.

The oldest white residents of the Solomons, in the persons of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Atkinson, of Faisi, go south by this boat on a much-tobe-regretted mission of health. Mr.

Atkinson requires expert attention and it is hoped the tender care of Mrs. Atkinson will be rewarded.

Born in the Solomons in the days when white residents could be counted on the fingers of one hand, Mrs.

Atkinson can relate tales of the most stirring adventure and early pioneering hardship. It is one of the heart breaking phases of the depression that just when they required the best of health to help them over the economic stile, these staunch old pioneers have been singled out for Fate’s unkindest kick—ill health. ... ===