Malaita, B.B.I.
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Search For Gold On
From Our Own Correspondent
Tulagi, May 5.
THE interest in gold other than the Pioneer Go’s proposition still con tinues to a small extent.
A local vessel is under charter to a small mining party to investigate certain parts of Malaita where rumours of gold exist. The disposition of the natives, the nature of the country and the thickness of population (waste land being almost non-existent), have hitherto deterred prospectors there. So many local adven tures have turned out “duds” that a look at less prospected islands is worth while.
Guadalcanal having apparently concen trated its riches in the comparatively small Pioneer area.
Work on Guadalcanal proceeds with out any fuss or excitement. The “shows” which were marked by excitement all seem to have petered out.
Mr. A. G. Steber, chief inspector of the Bank of New South Wales, retired at the end of May after 48 years’ service. For some years he served with his firm’s branches in Fiji.
Rev. Vernon Sherwin, of the Mela nesian Mission staff, who is stationed at Wau, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney by the Macdhui on May 22, on three months’ furlough. He went on to Adelaide where he is to be married. Mr. and Mrs. Sher win will return to Wau in August.