About Islands People

Dr. J. and Mrs. Nimmo, returned to Thursday Island, after a visit to the Orient by the June “Marella”.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Woolcott, of Kabanga, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney by the June “Neptuna”. They intend to spend several months’ holiday in Aus tralia.

Mr. Henry Robert Fermann, brewer of the “Brasserie de Tahiti”, returned to Papeete in June from a visit to his brother in Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Miss Alice Thompson, 22, of Lord Howe Island, who was brought to Sydney suffering from a poisoned face by the “Morinda” on July 14, died in Prince Alfred Hospital the following day.

Mr. H. Trevor Fairbrother, trader and recruiter, of Tulagi, B.S.L, sailed from Sydney for Rabaul, New Guinea, by the “Tanda” on July 13, after spending holi days in New Zealand and Australia.

Mr. R. Aspinall, of Salelologa, Savaii, Western Samoa, died on June 19. He had spent over 40 years in the Territory.

Rev. and Mrs. B. Chenoweth, of Kavieng, returned to N.G. in July, after having spent several months’ furlough in Australia. A Methodist missionary, he has given 14 years’ service in the New Britain district, most of it on New Ireland.

Top: Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Charlton, of Suva, Fiji, returned to the colony, where Mr. Charl ton is Director of Lands, Mines and Surveys, by the July “Aorangi”, after a tour of Aus tralia and the East.

Second row, left: Master Henry Major return ed to Suva, by the same vessel, with his mother, Mrs. O. D. Major, who has been on leave from the High Commissioner’s staff.

Second row, right: Miss Joan Charlton, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Charlton, of Suva.

Third row: Mr. and Mrs. H. Wooley and their nephew, Master W. Tate, returned to Suva, by the “Aorangi” on July 7. Mr. Wooley, who is connected with Union Soaps Ltd., of Suva, spent leave in Sydney. Master Tate com pleted his schooling at Warwick, Queensland, and returned to Fiji, where his father is in the Public Works Dept.

lands, left Sydney for Suva, Fiji, by the Bottom row: Mrs. H. Corby and Mrs. A. New “Aorangi” on July 7, where they will spend a short holiday, during which they will visit Mrs. Dan Costello, well-known in the Colony.

Mr. R, Hope, formerly stationed at Misima and Samarai with A.W.A., Ltd., has joined the staff of the wireless station at Port Moresby, Papua.

Mr. Frank Sowter has retired from the services of the New Guinea Administra tion, Mr. F. E. Johnston, Treasurer and Collector of Customs in the British Solo mon arrived in Sydney from Tulagi by the “Malaita” on July 16, on a short visit.

Mr. Harold R. Fenner, for many years an officer of the C.S.R. Co. in Fiji, died in Sydney in June.

Rt. Rev. W. H. Baddeley, Bishop of Melanesia, arrived in Sydney from the Solomon Islands on July 16, by the “Malaita”.

Mr. J. L. Street, Registrar-General in New Guinea, sailed from Rabaul for Sydney by the July “Tanda”, accompanied by Mrs. Street.

Dr. Schumacher, geologist to the Papua Oil Development Co., Papua, with Mrs.

Schumacher, left by the “Maetsuckyer” for Balikpapan on June 29 on transfer.

Mr. C. R. Ryerson, of the same company, also left by that vessel for Java and eventually Sydney, where he will be stationed in future.

Mr. J. Duncan, of Rapopo Plantation, New Britain, T.N.G., recently arrived in Sydney by the “Neptuna”.

Mr. E. J. Moon, of the Wellington branch of the Union S. S. Co., has been appointed manager of the Apia branch, and with Mrs. Moon and family will shortly proceed to Samoa to take up his new post.

Mr. E. V. Crisp, manager of Steamships Trad ing Co., Samarai, Papua, left Sydney by the July Macdhui” for the Territory, after spending a short holiday in Aus tralia.

Mr. T. R. Mc- Culloch, a direc tor of N.G.

Goldfields Ltd., left Sydney for Port Moresby, Papua, by the “Macdhui” on July 9. He proceeded to the Company’s workings on the Morobe Goldfield, New Guinea.

Miss Abel was a passenger on the June "Montoro” for Samarai, Pa pua, after spend ing some months in England and America. She is a member of the famous family which directs the Kwato Mission, near Samarai.

“The price of copra is begin ning to worry planters, but whale oil is not the only factor affecting the pre sent low price”, says Mr. L. J.

Pinnock. of 30 years’ experience in the Solomon Is. and New Guinea, who left for Buka, N.G., by the July “Macdhui”, after spending some time in Sydney.