About Islands People
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Messrs. H. D. Eve and J. N. Marshall sailed by the April “Montoro” from Brisbane for Port Moresby. They are on the staff of Oil Search Ltd., now seeking oil in Western Papua.
Monsieur Bergerot, of Londres, France, has replaced Monsieur Ledez in the Noumea branch of the Messa geries Maritimes Company, New Cale donia. The latter will return to Paris in May.
Rev. and Mrs. M. Nixon left Sydney for Port Moresby, Papua, by the “Mon toro” on April 6, after spending three months’ furlough in Sydney. Mr. Nixon is head of the London Missionary Society’s station at Moru.
Rev. Father J. Docherty, of Butari tari, Gilbert Islands, is at present in a Melbourne hospital recuperating from a serious illness contracted at his lonely mission station. He has been a worker for the Sacred Heart of Jesus Order in Central Pacific for five years.
Messrs. T. J. Marks and J. McA.
Ritchie have been appointed to the board of directors of Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum N.L.
Mr. F. A. Champion, of the Papuan Administration left Sydney for Port Moresby, Papua, by the “Montoro” on April 6.
Mr. H. Locke, of Rockhampton, Queensland, has joined the staff of the Thursday Island Customs House.
M. Seo, of the Nippon Kokan Kaisha, arrived at Noumea, New Caledonia, by the “Brisbane Maru” in April to super vise the operations being carried out at present by the Japanese company at the mines leased at Goro.
Mr. and Mrs. James Fergusson, accom panied by their son Robert sailed from Thursday Island by the March “Marella” for Singapore, Colombo, and thence Scotland.
Monsieur G. Jeanson, Registrar of Land Titles in the New Hebrides, is at present spending leave in France. His office has been taken over temporarily by M. Gaetan Jeanson.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Nimmo, of Thursday Island, sailed by the April “Changte” for a holiday visit to Hong Kong and Japan. Dr. Horan arrived at T.I. from Melbourne in late March as locum tenens.
Mr. L. J. Higgins, of Rabaul, New Guinea, married Miss Cilia Love, on March 31.
Rev. Father McCullough arrived at Thursday Island recently to assist at the Roman Catholic Missio'n of the Sac red Heart.
Sir Walter McNicoll, Administrator of New Guinea, made a tour of inspection to New Ireland and Bougainville early in April. He returned to Rabaul on the 14th.
Captain D. D. Tyer has been appointed a Torres Strait pilot. He has had over 15 years’ experience with the Austra lian-Oriental Line on the “Changte” and “Taiping”.
Mr. D. Crawley, of Rabaul, New Guinea, married Miss Kathleen Allen, of Tasmania, at the Methodist Church, Rabaul, on March 22. Rev. Howard Pearson conducted the ceremony.
Mr. W. J. R. Smith, of Thursday Is land Post Office, returned from furlough in Southern Queensland by the March “Changte”. He was accompanied by Mrs. Smith.