N.G. Administrator's
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Knighthood.
Letter to the Editor.
I FEEL that it is,only fair, considering how frankly “Rabaulite” has critic ised the giving of the award of a knighthood to General MlcNicoll, to state that in the view of many people in Rabaul the General unquestionably deserved the award.
True, h,e was not actually here at the time of the eruption, but this he remed ied as soon as possible, flying to Rabaul at once from Lae, although uncertain as to the state of the landing ground in Rabaul.
Once arrived in Rabaul he was faced with the difficult task of “cleaning up” sufficiently for the return of the popu lation, and the restarting of the Rabaul Government offices, a very necessary and essential requirement—a task which had to be accomplished, since it was becom ing more and more fraught with difficul ties to keep the Chinese population at least, out at Kokopo with no means of earning their living. It was due to his firmness and far-sighted policy that Ra baul was so quickly “carrying on”.
I am, etc.,
Another Rabaulite.
Rabaul, 10/1/1938.
Mr. John Trotter, general manager of Burns Philp (South Sea) Co., Ltd., at Suva, has been appointed a nominated member of the Fiji Legislative Council in place of Sir Maynard Hedstrom, who resigned recently.