About Islands People.

Mr. Roland Green, M.P., accompanied by Mrs. Green, left for a trip to Papua and New Guinea by the Montoro, on June 8. * * * Mr. J. A. Carpenter, a director of Messrs. W. R. Carpenter and Company, Limited, returned to Sydney on the Nellore on May 20 from a tour of New Quinea. * * * Rev. Father J. McHardt, S.M., who for the past three years has been en gaged in Marist missionary work fn 1 the North Solomon Islands, returned to Sydney in May, and is now a patient in Lewisham private hospital * * * Lieutenant-Colonel J. Amalric, com mander of French troops in the Pacific Islands, and Madame Amalric arrived on June 1 by the Laperouse from Noumea to spend two months’ holiday in Sydney. * * * Captain Tramoni, commander of the Messageries Maritimes steamer La perouse, arrived at Sydney from Noumea in charge of that vessel on June 1 for the last time. With his family he left for France by the Eridan on June 7 to take command of a vessel trading from France. Captain R. Corenwinder is the new commander of the Laperouse. * * * Mr. P. F. Parkes, a director of W.

S. Tait and Co., Ltd., South Sea Island agents, of Sydney, Mr. J. O’Rourke, ac countant of a New Caledonia chrome mining company, and Mr. N. Hagen, planter and business man in the New Hebrides, arrived in Sydney by the La perouse from Noumea on June 1. * * * The Rev. G. H. and Mrs. Eastman, L.M.S. missionaries in the Gilbert Is lands, who are on long furlough, left Sydney for England by the Ballarat on June 7. * * * Rev. Susie J. Rankin, missionary for the L.M.S. at Saroa, Papua, sailed for England by the Ballarat on June 7. Her husband, the Rev. R. Rankin, returned to Saroa by the Montoro. * * * Lieut.-Col. Orde Lees, a journalist re presenting “The Japan Advertiser,’’ and formerly the correspondent in Japan for the London “Times,” left Papeete by the Ville de Verdun. The Colonel has been making an extensive tour of the Pacific Islands, having already visited all the western groups mandated to Japan, the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Papua, New Caledonia, and several other important islands. He has become a regular reader of the P.I. Monthly, and has stated that, without its aid, it would have been almost impossible to make the necessary steamship connections as expeditiously as he has been able to.

Captain A. Liston-Blyth, who has been in Papua for some years as resi dent manager of the property of the British, Australasian and Pacific Devel opment Co., Ltd., on the Paibuna River, Delta Division, arrived in Sydney early in May on business connected with the company. The original plans of the en terprise embraced the production of sago, and power alcohol from sago and nipa palms; but activities have hung fire somewhat owing to the depression and consequent difficulty in obtaining capital. * * * Mrs. Allen Innes, a well-known resi dent of Salamaua, New Guinea, is ac tively at work at the present time en deavouring to form an Islands Women’s Association. It is proposed, if the move ment is successful, to affiliate with the Country Women’s Association of Aus tralia. It is reported that Mrs. Innes is endeavouring to interest Mrs. Walstab, Mrs. Page and Mrs. Backhouse (of Rabaul), Mrs. Bunting (of Samarai), and Mrs. Lyons (of Port Moresby); and is endeavouring to get into communica tion with ladies resident in Fiji and Samoa, who might be interested in the idea.

Mr. C. V. Allom has been recently appointed Inspector-General for Messrs.

O. F. Nelson and Co., Ltd., Samoa. Mr.

Allom was for over 30 years in the em ploy of Messrs. Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., for which firm he was manager at Apia for six years, prior to his taking over the management of their branch at Sourabaya, Java. Before entering the service of Burns, Philp & Co., Mr. Allom had ten years’ banking experience in Queensland.

Mr, J. Schroeder, who left the Solomon Islands at the end of last year, after having been, a resident there for over 28 years, has now taken up his resi dence at Kureelpa, near Nambour, in Queensland. * * * Mr. J. H. L. Waterhouse, F.R.G.S., a well-known botanist, arrived from Bougainville recently. He will return to New Guinea by the “Macdhui” on June 30, and will go on to Bougainville, to resume his work for the Royal Gardens at Kew, London. He will also collect specimens for the Yale University School of Forestry.