Caroline Islands History
p. 62 · Read in the full issue
A REMARKABLE collection of lantern slides of native life in the Caroline Islands some 30 to 40 years ago has been presented to the Dominion Museum (Auckland) by Mrs. F. W. Christian, whose husband was the second European to explore that group. The collection is remarkably comprehensive and is of great value from an ethnological stand point. The late Mr. Christian spent a considerable time in the Caroline Is lands at a time when the natives had not been affected to any great extent by outside influences, and he came to be regarded as the leading authority on the group. His book on the Carolines is still considered a classic on the subject.
Captain A. G. Thomas has been ap pointed master of the Burns, Philp inter-island vessel “Muliama” which trades in New Guinea.