About Islands People.

Councillor R. W. Robinson was elected Mayor of Levuka on August 10, vice Councillor G. S. Chisholm, whose resig nation was received with regret. Mr.

Chisholm is now manager for Messrs.

Morris, Hedstrom, Ltd., at Apia, Samoa.

Mrs. G. S. Chisholm, who left Levuka about August 20 to join her husband at Apia, was entertained at a public func tion held in Levuka Town Hall. Levuka can ill afford to lose citizens of Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm’s calibre (says our cor respondent). During their term of office as Mayor and Mayoress they rendered appreciated service to the community.

Their departure is regretted by all resi dents in the old capital of Fiji Mr. J. Trotter, manager at Levuka for Burns, Philp (South Sea) Co., Ltd., left for New Zealand and Australia during September on vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Brossey will leave Papua in October. Mr. Brossey has been granted leave until Decembr, 1934, when he will retire, after 20 years in the Public Service of Papua, Mr. Brossey is the Registrar of the Central Court, and, in accepting his resignation, the Executive Council expressed regret and all mem bers joined in wishing both Mr. and Mrs.

Brossey all prosperity in the future.

Mr. F. Headon, agricultural instructor in the Northern Division of Papua, will retire from the Public Service next December, and will take seven months’ leave. The Executive Council has expressed regret at his resignation and tendered its best washes.

Mr. L. V. Waterhouse, director of Fiji Airways. Limited, accompanied by Mrs. Waterhouse and their three

daughters, left Sydney for Suva, Fiji, by the “Mariposa” on August 23. Mr.

Waterhouse is also a director of Bulolo Gold Dredging Company and Guinea Airways, Ltd.

Dr. C. E. MacPherson, of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Medical Service, arrived in Fiji on August 3 by H.M.S.

“Laburnum,” en route to America. He has been granted a fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation Society and will attend an American university for ten months.

Miss H. Broughton, of the Melanesian Mission at Rega, New Hebrides, died early in August after a severe attack of blackwater fever.

Dr. E. T. Brennan, director-general of Public Health and chief quarantine officer at Rabaul, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney by the “Nellore” on August 23. Dr. Brennan, who is accompanied by Mrs. Brennan, is on four months’ furlough.

Mr. R. W. Dalton, British Trade Com missioner in Australia, left Sydney for New Caledonia by the “Grama” on September 2. His mission was to appoint a British Consul at Noumea to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of the former Consul, Mr. T. Johnston.

Rev. C. M. Churchward, M.A., of the Methodist Mission station at Levuka, Fiji, arrived in Sydney on August 14 by the “Mariposa”. He intends undergoing an operation before he returns to Fiji.

Rev. Harold Chambers is now temporarily stationed at Levuka.

Rev. and Mrs. R. J. Sandells, Church of Christ missionaries at Banmatmat, New Hebrides, are at present on furlough in Western Australia.

Mr. W. G. Clarke,, coastal radio super intendent of Messrs. Amalgamated Wireless, Ltd., left Sydney for Suva, Fiji, by the “Karetu” on August 26.

He will inspect the company’s wireless stations in the Colony and return to Sydney early in October.

Right Rev. W. H. Baddeley, Bishop of Melanesia, arrived in Sydney by the “Morinda” from the New Hebrides on September 11. He left for an interstate tour on September 13, and will return to Sydney on September 23 to embark for the Solomon Islands.

Miss V. M. Worrall and Miss G.

Thomas have been appointed by the Methodist Missionary Society to under take mission work in Papua. Miss Worrall will teach at the girls’ school, Kiriwina, and Miss Thomas will leave Sydney shortly for the Girls’ High School, Salamo.

Mr. Gaius Robert Anderson, of Fiji, died at Suva on August 8. He was born in Fiji in August, 1870, and, after working for Messrs. Brown and Joske, joined the staff of the Suva Colonial Hospital in 1900. He was appointed chief warden at the mental asylum in 1905, and until his retirement last year was head attendant. His burial was given masonic and military honours.

Mr. F. E. Williams, Government An thropologist of Papua, with his wife and son, sailed from Adelaide for London on August 21. Mr. Williams has secured a Rockefeller Fellowship, entitling him to spend twelve months in Europe in study. He will visit Oxford and Cam bridge and return via America, Mr. J. V. (“Josh”) Addis, a former well-known resident of Fiji, died in Auckland, New Zealand, on August 14, at the age of 61. Mr Addis was born in Victoria and arrived in Fiji in 1886.

Several years later he joined the staff of the sugar mill at Koronovia, Rewa district. When this mill ceased opera tions he was transferred to the C.S.R. mill at Nausori, being promoted to second engineer, a position which he held until retiring in 1931. A wide reader and keen student of international affairs, he will be mourned by many who knew him as a true and lovable friend.

Mr. A. A. Thomson, inspector of Fijian schools, died on board H.M.C.S. “Pioneer" en route to the Lau group on August 14.

A New Zealander by birth, he went to Fiji in 1923 and was appointed head master of the school at Kadavu. Later, he was transferred to Rewa, and in 1930 was made inspector of Fijian schools. He had made a special study of Fijian language and customs Mr. K. Allsop, of Hamilton, New South Wales, left Sydney for Rabaul by the “Montoro” on August 9. Arriving in Rabaul, he took up the duties of accountant and chairman’s assistant of the New Britain section of the Metho dist Missionary Society. His predecessor was Mr. E. W. Pearce, of Malakuna, who retired recently from active mission work.

Mr. William Shiress, who held a high executive position in Burns, Philp (South Seas), Ltd., and was well known and highly esteemed throughout the Islands, died suddenly at his home in Mosman, Sydney, on August 30. He was only 46 years old, and leaves a widow and one daughter. Mr. Shiress joined the big firm in Thursday Island when only 14, and was manager of the island agencies department when he died. He held the Diploma of Economics of Sydney University.