[Islands People Notes]

of what has recently transpired: and that little is a strangely mangled version of the facts.

Mrs. Zahel, of Badu Island, Torres Strait, arrived in Australia in December by the Marella from Thursday Island on a holiday visit.

Madame Veuve Jules Harbulot, of Noumea, New Caledonia, died on December 25, aged 86. She was the first young white girl to arrive in Noumea, disembarking at the French Colony in 1858 — at the age of seven.

Mrs. Clementina Bensted, wife of Mr.

J. T. Bensted, a former Director of Public Works in Papua, died at Vaucluse, Sydney, on December 16. With her husband, Mrs. Bensted spent many years in the