Snowball

Death Of Mr. “Fitz”

Many residents of the Solomon Islands will learn with regret of the death of Mr.

“Fitz” (Fitzgerald) Snowball, of Mel bourne, on December 30 at the age of 83 years, after an illness of two weeks’ dura tion.

Mr. Snowball was the managing director of Gizo (Solomons) Plantations Pty. Ltd., with plantations at Nusa, Baraka, and Kenelo in the British Solomon Islands. He frequently visited the islands and was known to many by his genial and jovial manner. He is survived by his widow, son and daughter.