Acting Administrator.

General Griffiths Welcomed.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) UPON the arrival of the Macdhui on July 10, residents of Rabaul turned out en masse to welcome Briga dier-General T. Griffiths, whose ap pointment as Acting Administrator is very popular throughout the Territory.

The Government Secretary, Mr. H.

H. Page, and the Principal Medical Officer, Dr. T. Brennan, with a small party of officials, boarded the Macdhui in the stream.

His Honour came ashore at the new wharf, where he was formally wel comed by the Chief Judge, after which he drove to Government House.

There was no guard of honour or any ostentation about the Administra tor’s arrival; but there was genuine warmth in the welcome accorded him.