Major H. O. Newport
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Death in New Guinea
THE death occurred at Namanula Hospital, New Britain, on Decem ber 15, of Major H. O. Newport, who was very well known and highly res pected throughout New Guinea.
He first arrived in the Territory in 1915, and in April of that year he be came Curator of the Rabaul Botanic Gardens. Later he was appointed Dir ector of Agriculture, which position he held until the sale of Expropriated Pro perties. when he resigned and pur chased the Portland Islands.
Major Newport was a very distin guished Freemason.