Frank Pryke Ill

fyj R. FRANK PRYKE, well known in Papua and New Guinea as a pioneer of the goldfields, was stricken suddenly with a serious illness on April 14; and at the present time his condition is causing his many friends some anxiety.

Dr. W. J. Williams, who was until re cently British Consul in Tahiti, has again left for San Francisco, owing to continued ill-health. Dr. Williams is the owner of the atoll of Tetiaroa, near Tahiti, once the property of the Tahitian Royal Family of Pomare.