Slightly Injured

Sir Hubert Murray

WHEN the Dutch steamer Meliskirk (on which Sir Hubert Murray, Lt.

Governor of Papua, and his daughter, Mrs. C. R. Pinney, are travelling to the East) arrived in Melbourne on March 5, Mrs. Pinney w r as met by a friend, and they returned along the wharf to meet Sir Hubert Murray, who was walking towards them. The Melbourne wharf had long been in a terribly bad state of repair, with bolts sticking up here and there. Sir Hubert caught his foot in one of these, and fell heavily, and was in jured. He was taken at once to a specialist in Collins Street, who “patched him up,” so that he was able to attend a luncheon party. He remained with friends in Melbourne.

The Meliskirk will not leave Fremantle until April 3, and it is anticipated that Sir Hubert will be recovered by then, and able to join the ship and continue his voyage.

Commander R. C. Garsia, Administra tor of Nauru Island, arrived at Auck land in March by the Triona, with Mrs.

Garsia, and is now touring New Zea land. The Administrator is a New Zea lander by birth, and this is his first visit to his homeland since 1913. Com mander Garsia was a Junior officer on H.M.A.S. Sydney during ihe Great War. .