Ireland.

Mr. W. C. Groves.

Studies the “Malangan” of New Ireland.

MR. W. C. GROVES, who arrived in Sydney by last “Macdhui,” has been doing anthropological research work on the east coast of New Ireland, where he spent ten months.

Mr. Groves has made a special study of the educational implications of cul ture-contact as well as of the sociologi cal significance of the “malangan” of New Ireland. He believes the “malan gan to be definitely of primitive re ligious significance and the evidence to day indicates that this survival of for mer native culture will be unknown to the adults of the next generation.

Mrs. Groves and one daughter spent a few months at Fiosa, New Ireland, with Mr Groves, who is now studying at the Sydney University before returning to New Guinea.