About Islands People

Mr. A. G. Jacobson, of Sigatoka, Fiji, has been transferred bv the Seventh Day Adventist Mission to Rarotonga to take over the superintendency of the S.D.A.

Mission in the Cook Group.

Rt. Rev. P. N. W. Strong (Bishop of New Guinea), who has been touring Australia to obtain funds and to waken general public interest in his diocese, sailed for Papua by the Montoro from Brisbane on December 10. Before his departure, he stated that the response to his appeal for funds has been most encouraging.

Miss L. A. Haw'kes, formerly of Nor folk Island, took up duties as Matron of the hospital on Niue Island, Central Pacific, during November.

Pastor G. L. Sterling, of Papeete, Tahiti, who has had 30 years’ experience in Eastern Pacific, has been transferred by the S.D.A. Mission to Longburn, New Zealand Mr. Leslie V. Waterhouse, of Sydney, has been elected President of the Aus tralasian Institute of Mining and Metal lurgy for 1938. Mr. Waterhouse gradu ated at Sydney University in 1909 as Bachelor of Engineering in Mining and Metallurgy. He is a director of Placer Development Ltd., Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., and Guinea Airways Ltd.

Crown Prince Tuboutoa, of Tonga, who is a law student at the University of Sydney, left Sydney in December and joined the Matua at Auckland. He will spend Christmas with his mother, Queen Salote, at Nukualofa. The Prince will re turn to Sydney in March. Arrangements are being made for his only surviving brother, Prince Jione Gu, to complete his studies in New Zealand.

Mr. George H. Murray, Director of Agriculture in New Guinea, and Mrs.

Murray, are at present in Sydney. They will return to Rabaul early in the New Year.

Miss Mamie Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Reid, of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, was married at St. Philip’s Church, Sydney, on December 7 to Mr.

S. J. Rubenstein, of Wellington, New Zealand. The bride, who is a talented musician, was formerly on the staff of the N.Z. National Broadcasting Service.

They will make their home in Sydney.

Rev. and Mrs. N. G. Pardey, of the Methodist Mission, arrived in New Zea land at the end of November on, board the Matua from Apia. He is principal of the Piula College, Western Samoa.

Lefagaoalii (Mrs. Alfred Page), chief tainess of the Pacific Islands Club, Syd ney, received a Christmas present from members of the Council at the gathering on December 8. The president (Dr. H lan Hogbin) congratulated Mrs. Page on being the club’s first chieftainess. The gift took the form of a jug and glasses.

Mr. R. H. Patterson, a former planta tion-owner in Samoa, arrived in New Zealand by the last Matua, after having spent 12 months in the Cook Group recuperating from a severe illness.

Mr. Theo Thomas, of Bitapaka, New Guinea, married Miss Doris Jacques, of Petersham, Sydney, at St. George’s Church, Rabaul, on November 12.

Rev. R, H. Green, Methodist missionary of Davuilevu, Fiji, returned to Suva in mid-November by the Mariposa after a world tour.

Mr. Ken Allsop, of W. R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd., Rabaul, arrived in Australia by the November Macdhui from New Guinea. He will spend his holidays in New South Wales and Victoria.