Residency Collapses.
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Tulagi, July 22.
The Residency, 24 years old, showed grave signs of collapsing recently, and the Resident Commissioner (Mr. Ash ley) hurriedly moved elsewhere. The building was pulled down, and it was found to be completely riddled by white ants.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashley have gone on long leave, and it is not certain whether he will return, as the term of his ap pointment almost has expired.
A new Residency will be built, how ever, in spite of the financial stringency —one cannot expect His Majesty’s rep resentative to sleep under the palms.