New Administrator

Greeted In Nauru

Prom a Special Correspondent

Nauru, Nov. 14.

HIS Honour Lieut.-Colonel F. R.

Chalmers, C.M.G., D. 5.0., of St.

Helens, Tasmania, having taken over the office of Administrator from his pre decessor, Commander Garsia, R.A.N. (ret’d.) at Canberra, arrived with his wife and four daughters on the island by the M.V. “Triadic”, via Ocean Is land, on November 9.

There was a large attendance of Eu ropeans and natives at Boat Harbour, where His Honour was met by all the officials of the Administration, as well as the executive staff of the British Phos phate Commission at Nauru; and Mrs.

Chalmers by the wives of the European staff of the Administration. Detach ments of native police. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides paraded and were inspected by His Honour on arrival.

Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Chalmers met the European inhabitants of the island at an “At Home” as the residency, on Saturday afternoon, November 12.

Rt. Rev. Leonard S. Kempthorne, Bishop in Polynesia, left Fiji in mid-No vember by the “Larchbank” to visit the Tongan Group.

Mr. J. Merriman has joined the mech anical staff of the “Rabaul Times”. New Guinea, replacing Mr. A. McGowan, who recently left Rabaul for Queensland.

Nurse E. M. McKindlay reached Sydney from Fiji by the November “Niagara” to spend a year’s leave in Australia. She is attached to the staff of the Methodist Mission’s Hospital at Ba.