British King.

American People and the British King.

THE Bishop of Polynesia, Dr. Kemp thorne, was in the United States when the death of King George V. was announced and in an address he gave at Apia re cently the Bishop commented upon the extraordinary way in which the American people received the death of the King.

Expressions of sorrow were universal; and the American people appeared to be intensely sympathetic with the British people in the loss of the monarch whom they esteemed so highly.

Bishop Kempthorne was asked to preach a memorial sermon at San Francisco and 3,000 persons assembled in the church to hear him speak of the dead King and of the new King, while 6,000 more listened through amplifiers outside the church. The racial sympathy between Americans and British was brought home to the Bishop in an overwhelming manner.

Mr. N. Penglase arrived in Sydney on leave from New Guinea by the Macdhui on February 5. For some time past he has been Assistant District Officer at Wau. Mr. Penglase has had a long as sociation with the Morobe District both as a resident and as a travelling officer, having made several long and important patrols when Morobe was still an “un controlled” area. A.D.O. Harry Downing is in charge at Wau until Mr. Penglase returns.