B.S.I. Resident Commissioner
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Honoured.
From Our Own Correspondent
Tulagi, July 22.
night at the Elkington Hotel, 18 Solomons Islands residents met at a dinner tendered to Mr. F. N. Ashley (Resident Commissioner) on the occa sion of his departure on long leave.
Lack of accommodation prevented the inclusion of ladies at the entertainment.
However, in spite of this, a very pleasant evening was spent. Many speeches were made and the officials present must have been shocked to hear the complimentary things said about them.
Even Mr. Johnson, our respected I.S.O. treasurer, was lured from his grass-widowed hearth, and Mr. Ashley and he came in for vocal rose petals concerning the able manner in which the Budget had been balanced without recourse to undue taxation.
Mr. Buchanan (auditor from Fiji), who has been here looking over the Government accounts, was, perhaps, the ablest entertainer after the speech making. His natural Irish wit lent it self to amusing stories and anecdotes.
Mr. Penman, mining engineer, down to investigate gold mining possibilities, had us all on tip-toe of interest, telling us about “stones” and “strata,” and that we are at least in the “gold-bear ing belt.”