About Islands People
pp. 15-16 · Read in the full issue
Chief Judge S. Morling, of Western Samoa, arrived in Auckland, N.Z., by the Matua on November 29, accompanied bv Mrs. Morling. He will return to Apia in January.
Ben Valentine, the Fijian middle weight boxer, who went to England a year or so ago, has been meeting with great success. One prominent British sporting paper regards him as a distinct “find.”
Mr. F. O. Rundnagel, of Reiven, Ko kopo, New Britain, arrived in Sydnev from Rabaul by the Nellore in mid- November.
Sister K. M. Murray, one of the most popular and highly respected members of the New Guinea nursing service, was married at Salamaua on November 16 to Mr. John Devaney, another well-known and well-liked member of the community. The couple were showered with greetings and best wishes for their future happiness.
Mr. W. A. Bock, Papuan Government Printer, completed 25 years’ service on November 22—a1l served in the Printing Department.
Mr. R. K. Lewis, of the Public Works Dept, of Papua, died in a Sydney hospital in December. He arrived from Port Moresby in November, after many weeks of sickness. He had been a resident of Papua for a number of years, and, before entering the service, he had been in busi ness in Port Moresby and Samarai. He left a widow and young child.
Mr. G. M. Rogers, who has been en gaged in commerce pursuits at Woodlark Island, has been appointed a Patrol Officer in the Papuan service, and will be stationed at Kairuku.
Mr. F. H. Cotton, accompanied by his family, arrived in Auckland, N.Z., from Aitutaki, Cook Islands, by the Matua at the end of November, Miss Robertson, senior sister at the European Hospital at Port Moresby, left by the Macdhui in November for Samarai, to take up the position of Matron of the European Hospital there. Miss Protheroe, from Salamaua, has taken up duty at the Port Moresby Hospital.
The only Australian in the whole of the Society of the Divine Word, which extends throughout the world, came from the United States not long ago and joined the Society’s famous Mission at Alexishafcn, near Madang, in the Mandated Ter ritory of New Guinea. He is Rev. Vincent A.
Wheeler, S.V.D. He was born in Brisbane in 1895 and studied for the priesthood at St. Pat rick’s Seminary, Manly, Sydney, between 1916-22.
Prior to that, he lived in South Africa. He spent some year* serving in various Australian parishes and, in 1934, he joined the Society of the Divine Word, spent two years at the Society’s head quarters near Chicago, U.S.A., and subsequently served for some time in America. Father Wheeler arrived in Alexishafcn early in 1937.
Mr. D. Scobie, of the N.G. Lands Department, who spent a short holiday in Australia after a trip to the East with his wife, sailed from Sydney for Rabaul, New Guinea, by the Nellore on December 11.