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From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, March 2.
BOTH visitors and visited appear to have enjoyed themselves thoroughly during the recent visit to Suva of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester and H.M.A.S.
Australia. It is known that Prince Henry expressed himself in no uncertain terms; it was probably the restriction of official functions to the bare minimum, coupled with the informality and the outdoor life that appealed to H.R.H. particularly.
Apart from that, much credit is due to the Governor and his officials for the very able staff work which resulted in a pro gramme that ran without a hitch. But, crowning everything, was the glorious weather, bright sunshine and not unduly hot, which was not at all true to the usual February sample,
The Australian Navy.
The Australian Navy deserves a sin cere compliment upon the excellent im pression created by the officers and men of H.M.A.S. Australia. Suva folk see the personnel of the Royal Navy, the United States Navy, the Japanese Navy, etc., at various times at close quarters, and are by now shrewd critics. On all sides opinion as to the Australians’ splendid behaviour and personal courtesy was unanimous and perhaps in the future we may hope to see other of H.M.’s Austra lian ships in Suva.
Rev. H. J. E. Short, of Hula, Papua, arrived in Sydney from Port Moresby by the Van Rees on two months’ furlough on March 19. He is the secretary of the London Missionary Society in Papua.