Geologist Killed In N.G.

AS we go to press, a radio message has been received from New Guinea stat ing that Dr. Schlenzig, a German geo logist, who has been seeking gold in New Guinea, was killed by a fall of rock while testing a hill near Wau.

Dr. Schlenzig arrived in New Guinea about the middle of last year, after an absence of over 30 years from the Ter ritory. He had been exploring and pros pecting for gold on behalf of a large British company.

Mr. W. D. Carew, of Fiji, arrived in Sydney from Suva by the Monterey on March 25. He has been appointed Act ing British Judge of the Joint Court of the Condominium of New Hebrides. He left Sydney for Vila by the Morinda on March 28.