Death Of Mr. Gardain.

A well-known and respected resident of Samoa, Mr. Johann H. A. Gardain, died at his residence in Botopa, Western Samoa, on October 14, after a long ill ness. He was born in 1876 in Konigs berg, Prussia, and came to Samoa in 1900, where he married Miss Seliama Pacel. He was in the service of the D.H. and P.G. for some years and, prior to the war, he took over the management of the International Hotel in Apia. His fun eral, at Magiagi Cemetery, was largely attended.

Mr. H. W. J. Collins, engineer to the British Phosphate Commission at Nauru, arrived in Australia by the “Bargs Bay” from Britain during November.