Death Of Dr. Solf

Former German Governor of Samoa

THE death occurred in Berlin, Germany, early in February of Dr. Wilhelm Self at the age of 73. He was Governor of Samoa from 1898 until 1911, and offi cially resided in the house in which Robert Louis Stevenson had lived.

After studying law and Oriental lan guages at Kiel and Berlin, Dr. Solf joined the German Foreign Office in 1888. Ten years later he was appointed District Judge in German East Africa, and in 1899 went to Samoa as chairman of the Apia Municipal Council. Shortly afterwards he became Governor of the Colony and remained in Samoa until, 1911 when he returned to Germany to become Colonial Secretary.

Dr. Solf originated many important schemes for the improvement of the Samoan colony, and encouraged planters to grow rubber and cocoa, thus opening up a good deal of valuable land. For his services in this direction he was per sonally decorated by the Kaiser.

Sir Maynard Hedstrom, managing direc tor of the large trading firm of Messrs.

Morris, Hedstrom Ltd., which operates in Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, recently under went an operation in Auckland, New Zealand. Early in March he was convales cent, and appeared to be in excellent health.

Mr. Owen Cecil Kirkpatrick Corrie, who will shortly arrive in Suva to take office as Chief Justice of Fiji and Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific, served in France, Belgium, and Palestine during the Great War and was awarded the Military Cross. He was born in 1882 and was educated at Cam bridge. After holding various legal posi tions in Palestine, he was appointed Senior British Judge of the Supreme Court there in 1924, and has acted on var ious occasions as Chief Justice.