About Islands People.

Mr. L. St. George Ryder, of Vavau, Tonga, has been transferred to Levuka, Fiji. He is relieving Mr. G. S. Chis holm in the managership of the stores of Messrs. Morris Hedstrom Ltd. Mr.

Chisholm is away in Apia, Samoa, re lieving Mr. Smyth, the M.H. manager there.

Mr. V. D. Bent, manager of Messrs.

Lever Bros, plantations on Guadalcanar, Solomon Isands, has been spending a vacation in Tahiti during the past few weeks (says our Papeete correspondent).

He will return to Sydney by the next mail steamer. He looks forward to locat ing there permanently as soon as his affairs will permit.

Mr. Harold Nobbs, a director of Hol brooks (Australasia) Ltd., will be a pas senger for Papua and New Guinea by the April “Macdhui.” He hopes, during his round trip, to meet many of the Islands retailers, with whom his firm has been doing business for years.

Mr. E. W. Mathews, Postmaster at Lautoka, Fiji, died at his home on March 3. He was a son of the Rev. Mathews, who formerly resided at Suva. He was also a member of the Fiji Contingent.

Mr. Fernard Colardeau, a barrister at Noumea, New Caledonia, arrived in Syd ney by the “Mooltan” on March 23, after a holiday in France. He is the Presi dent of the Returned Soldiers’ League in New Caledonia and New Hebrides.

Mrs. Walter Horne, mother of Mr.

Thomas Horne, a well-known merchant of Suva, Fiji, died at her residence in Sydney on March 4. Mrs. Horne was born in Scotland and went to Fiji with her husband and family in 1883. After residing in Fiji for 17 years, Mr. and Mrs. Horne left the Colony and settled in Sydney.

Mr. George Hathaway, of Suva, Fiji, died on March 13 after an operation at the Wahroonga Sanitarium, New South Wales. He had lived in Suva for many years and was a prominent figure in the timber industry, having been in charge of the Rewa Sawmilling Co.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Gilbert White, formerly Bishop of Carpentaria, died at Epping, N.S.W., on April 1, at the age of 74. Dr. White was consecrated first Bishop of Carpentaria in 1900 and took up his headquarters at Thursday Island.

His Cathedral there was the Quetta Memorial Church, erected in memory of those who lost their lives in the wreck of the “Quetta.” During the 15 years in which he was Bishop, he made many visits to the Torres Straits islands, and after he resigned the Bishopric he wrote a book entitled “Round About the Torres Strait,” dealing with his life’s work.

Mr. J. L. MacLeod, formerly District Inspector of Constabulary at Ba, Fiji, left by the “Malake” on March 5, for Rotuma, where he will act as Resident Commissioner for three months. Mr. W.

Burrows, who had occupied that posi tion, returned to Suva owing to ill health.

Mr. H. King Irvine, Manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company in Fiji, accompanied by his wife, arrived in Sydney by the “Mariposa” on March 2. They returned to Fiji on March 11.

Rev. V. H. Sherwin, Anglican Mis sionary at Sag Sag, on New Britain, arrived in Sydney during April, after five years of unbroken service in the Territory. Rev. I. H. Stockdale is re lieving him at Sag Sag.

Mr. S. Maeji, of Suva, Fiji, left by the “Niagara” on March 10 for a twelve months’ holiday in Japan. He was farewelled by members of the Oriental Tennis Club, who made him a presentation of a box of toilet brushes.

Nurse Edna Williams, of the Metho dist Foreign Mission, left Melbourne, Victoria, on March 28, for Queensland.

After a short holiday at Townsville, she left for the Stewart Hospital in New Britain, where she is stationed.

Sir Maynard Hbdstrom. accompanied by Lady Hedstrom, left Suva, Fiji, for America by the “Mariposa” on March 17, on a world tour. They will proceed to London in May and will return to Fiji early next year.

Mr. W. G. Wiedemann, of the New Guinea Mission, arrived at Rabaul dur ing March. He left shortly afterwards for the South Coast of New Britain, where he is helping Mr. A. C. Eldridge to supervise the Mission Stations at Kauptimeti and Arawe.

Mr. R. Hall, who has been engaged in mining operations in New Caledonia for the last three years, arrived in Syd ney on April 10 by the “Laperouse.”

Accompanied by Miss Hall, he is on his way to England.

Mrs. C. R. Pinney, wife of the Ad ministrator of Norfolk Island, has been staying in Sydney during Easter. She returned to Norfolk Island by the “Morinda” on April 20.

Monsieur L. Jore, Governor of New Caledonia, and his wife arrived in Syd ney by the “Laperouse” on April 10, on their way to France. He was trans ferred from Tahiti to New Caledonia as Governor last year.

Lady Murray, wife of the Lieutenant- Governor of Papua, arrived in Sydney from London by the “Oronsay” on April 11. Mrs. Burns, wife of Mr. James Burns, chairman of directors of Messrs.

Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., was also a pas senger on the “Oronsay.”

Rev." Fathers Lakaff, Grundl and Wigishoff, and Rev. Brothers Hessling and Weckener left Sydney for France by the steamer “Cephee” on April 12, after long periods of service with the missions of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart. Father Wigishoff has been in the Gilbert Islands over 30 years and the remainder of the party in the Vicar iate of Rabaul for from 20 to 30 years.

They will return to their posts after a holiday of 12 months in their home land.

Mr. W. Watson, Deputy Adminis trator of Savaii, and formerly Director of Public Works at Apia, left Samoa after 11 years of service. He was well known and popular amongst wide circles and his resignation is much regretted.

Mr. A. Kennedy, of the Wireless staff at Thursday Island, has been transferred to Sydney, and will be leaving T.I. shortly. He intends to make the round tour of Australia by sea before taking up duty at his new post.

Mr. A. C. Barnes, Director of Agri culture in Fiji, and Mrs. Barnes arrived in Sydney on March 25 by the “Aorangi" from Suva.

Messrs. C. L. Dawn, manager, W.

Simpson, bush manager, and G. Stokes,. chief engineer, of the Vanikoro Kauri Timber Co. Ltd., arrived in Sydney by the “Aloe” on March 30 from Vanikoro, Santa Cruz.

Mr. R. J. Sandells, of the Church of Christ Mission, New Hebrides, arrived, in Sydney on furlough by the “Morinda” on March 27.

Mrs. G. B. Drayton, of 884 Old South; Head Road, Rose Bay, Sydney, widow of the late Pilot Drayton, of New Guinea, has asked us to say that she “wishes sincerely to thank her Islands friends for their many kindnesses and sympathy expressed to her in her re cent loss.”

Mr. J. G. McLaren, Official Secretary to the Commonwealth in London, is to represent Australia at the next meeting of the Mandates Commission at Geneva, in June. The Commission is the organi sation which reviews reports received from countries holding mandates from; the League of Nations.

Mr. John MacDonald, a resident in Papua for 40 years, returned to the Territory by the March “Macdhui,” after spending several months in Brisbane, being patched up by the doctors. Mr..

MacDonald, usually an aggressively healthy man, somewhat resented his re cent sickness. “We don’t regard malaria as illness,” he told the editor of this journal. “That is only being off colour. I used to travel a lot with Sir William MacGregor, exploring and sur veying, often in swampy country, in fested with scrub itch, mosquitoes, sand flies, etc., and among hostile natives, and we never got any severe sickness.”"

Mr. Gordon Thomas, of Buka Passage, New Guinea, who had spent some months’ furlough in Australia and New Zealand, returned to New Guinea by the “Montoro,” on April 7. Mrs. Thomas, who came south with him, is staying with friends in New Zealand.

Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp (a for mer Governor of N.S.W.), who has been residing in Sydney for several months, intends to leave for Tahiti in June. He hopes to visit various parts of French Oceania before returning to Sydney in August. He will be accompanied by his son, Lord Elmley.

Judge Gore, of the Papuan Adminis tration, is at present residing in Syd ney, enjoying a short period of furlough.