Mr.C. A. W. Monckton

Dead

r T'HE death occurred in London on March 1 of Mr. C. A. W. Monckton, r .K.L.b., F.C.Z., who was for many years a Resident Magistrate in Papua.

Mr. Monckton retired from the Papuan Service some years ago and subsequently lived in New Zealand and in London. He distinguished himself in Papua as an ex plorer; and after he retired from the Ad ministration he wrote a number of books which covered his recollections of life in Papua and which have enjoyed a con stantly increasing sale. They are “Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate"; “Last Days in New Guinea” and “New Guinea Recollections” the latter being published in 1934.

Every one of those books has been praised by literary folk, the world over.

They give intimate glimpses of life in New Guinea; describe the experiences of administrative officers with rare dramatic skill; and withal they are written with a delightful sense of humour. The writer of this paragraph, who personally has read Mr. Monckton’s books again and again, confidently prophesies that they will be popular in the long years to come.

Mr. Monckton, who had many friends in the Pacific Islands, was only 63 when he died. \ Rev. Father X. Riegler, of the Sacred Heart Mission at Yule Island, Papua, re turned to the Territory by the Montoro from Sydney on February 26, after fur lough in France. He has been a mission ary in Papua for over 30 years.