About Islands People

Mr. Arthur Milner sailed from Sydney for Pawa, Ugi, Solomon Islands, by the December Malaita. He is a worker for the Melanesian Mission.' Mr. R. C. Laycock, a well-known resi dent of the Solomon Islands, sailed from Sydney for Tulagi by the Malaita on December 12.

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haliigan sailed from Sydney by the Morinda in December for Norfolk Island, where Mr, Haliigan, who is Officer-in-Charge of the Territories Branch of the Prime Minister’s Dept., will be Acting-Administrator for several

months. Mrs. Haliigan, prior to marriage in November was Miss Marjorie Grosvenor, confidential typiste to the Prime Minister.

Mr. W. E. Links, one of the most popu lar members of the staff of Burns Philp (S.S.) Co. Ltd., who recently was acting manager in Apia, returned to Samoa in mid-December after a furlough in Sydney.

A good deal of his time (and money) was spent in Macquarie Street, where modern surgery made a remarkably successful job in supplying what was virtually a new jaw.

Dislocation of steamer services, due to the American strike, made it necessary for Mr.

Links to chop some three weeks off his leave.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce, of Melbourne, and formerly residents of the New Hebrides, have taken over a well-known guest house, namely, “Glencoe House,” at Cowes, on Phillip Island, Victoria. This is an ideal holiday resort, in a cool situation, and it may be of interest to Islands residents who come to Australia for a restful holiday.

Mr. D. A. J. Rutherford has completed his term of office as superintendent of schools in Western Samoa, and has re turned to New Zealand. Mr. Rutherford was an enthusiast in all matters relating to the education of Samoans and local born Europeans, and the work he did in the Territory was exceedingly valuable.

He was personally very popular, and his departure was a source of regret to a very large circle of friends, Mr. Ken Garden, the youngest flying instructor in Australia—he is only 21 years of age—left Sydney by the Montoro on December 2 for Port Moresby, Papua.

He will join Mr. Ward Williams’ gold seeking expedition in Western Papua as pilot of one of the party’s two ’planes.

Miss Edith Carr, who had lived for many years in the Ba District, Fiji, died suddenly in Auckland, New Zealand, on November 3. Affectionately known as “Aunt Edie” by her many friends on Viti Levu, she was the last surviving member of the Carr family who went to Fiji 40 years ago.

Mr. John L. Froggatt, entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney from Europe early in December and will sail for Rabaul on December 22. Mr. Froggatt has spent his nine months furlough very profitably in visiting several European countries where he secured much infor mation about the latest methods, tech nique, and apparatus in the science of entomology. Mr. and Mrs. Froggatt re turned to Australia via the Panama Canal and New Zealand.

Miss Camilla Wedgwood, of the Univer sity of Sydney, who has carried out scientific investigation of the native races in Nauru and New Guinea, will be one of the Australian delegates to the Ad vancement of Science Congress in Auck land, New Zealand, next January. Her particular interest will be the anthropo logical section. Two other delegates who have Islands connections will be Miss Elsie Brammell, M.A., assistant ethnolo gist at the Australian Museum, Sydney, whose father was a prominent member of the New Guinea Public Service Until his retirement some years ago, and Dr. H. lan Hog bin, who is well-known for his re searches on Ontong Java. Dr. Hogbin is now engaged on a new book which will deal with the clash of religions in the Solomon Islands, and notably on Malaita, where he was for some time.