Surmise

Silvery, shimmering, lovely starlight,

Magic, to enthrall the eyesight.

White stars, in millions, blazing down, A thousand miles from any town, And Man-u-er ...

As thigh to thigh and hand in hand, We two would race along the sand.

Splash in the sea, and dive and swim, Never a thought to naked limb, And then came splashing in to land And, quietly sitting on the sand, Decorous now, as you were dressed In a hibiscus for your best Tucked round one ear, I thought, my dear, There’d come to life a Galatea.

How sweet you were!

Silvery haze and lacy palm Will not have lost their ’witching charm.

But you’ll be in a Hubbard gown, All fearful of the Mission frown.

Pat babies will have rompers on— And I’ll be aching to be gone.

H. M. Rex.

Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Mantle and their two daughters, recently left Rabaul, New Guinea, by the W.R.C. vessel “Rabaul”, for England. Mr. Mantle who is on long leave, intends to spend some time travel ling around Europe.

Mr. P. Bums, recently engineer to the Municipal Council of Suva, Fiji, has been appointed to the position of engineer in the Public Works Department in Papua.

Rev. W. E. Moren, Anglican Chaplain at Apia, Western Samoa, recently re turned to the Territory after spending long furlough in England.

Mr. G. W. Pratt has retired from the Papuan Public Service.

Rev. C. W. Whonsbon Aston, priest-in charge of the Mukawa station of the N.G.

Mission in Papua, arrived in Sydney by the last “Macdhui”, on twelve months’ furlough.