Sir Albert Ellis
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Knighthood for Well-known Pacific Islander
MANY old hands in the Central Paci fic will derive real pleasure from the announcement that a knight hood has been conferred upon Mr. Albert Fuller Ellis. New Zealand Commissioner on the British. Phosphate Commission.
He is a well-known and popular resid ent of Auckland, and is an acknowledg ed authority on Central Pacific affairs.
His recent book, “Ocean Island and Nau ru”, is one of the most “readable” con tributions to the steadily-growing library of Pacific literature.
Mr. F. N. Ashley, Resident Commis sioner of the Solomon Islands, joined the June “Malaita” at Cairns for Tulagi, after furlough in Australia.
Mr. E. A. De Latour left Sydney for Port Moresby, Papua, by the “Macdhui” on June 1. Mr. De Latour, who was at one time manager of N.G. Goldfields, Ltd., flew from Port Moresby to Wau,
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Playmates—A snapshot in the Solomon Islands.
A. M. Andresen.