Death Of Old Papuan
pp. 21-22 · Read in the full issue
Identity
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, May 7.
THE death of Dr. Raynor Laming Bellamy, in Sydney, on April 15 was heard of with regret by the older residents in Papua. It marked the pass ing of another old Papuan identity, and one who had much to do with the pion eering stages of administrative develop ment in the Territory. He was 64.
Dr. Bellamy came to Papua in 1904, and was appointed Assistant Resident Magistrate of the Northern Division, where native affairs were still very dif ficult. In 1905, he was appointed Medi cal Officer at the Trobriand Islands, and later took on also the duties of Resi
dent Magistrate there. In this dual position he did a great deal of valuable work, medical, administrative, and an thropological; and it is principally in connection with his work there that he is remembered to-day. j) r Bellamy joined up promptly on. the out b re ak of war in 1914; and on his return j n 1918 he was made acting- Government Medical Officer at Port Moresby, being confirmed in that posi later. After a few years in the town, he returned to the Trobriands, remaining there until his retirement on super annuation in 1933.
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Kirke, well-known on the Morobe goldfield, New Guinea, received many congratulations in April on the arrival of a baby daughter.
Mr. L. T. Higgins recently married Miss C. L. Love at St. George’s Church, Rabaul, N.G.