Administrator Of

Samoa

Another Crop of Rumours!

From Our Own Correspondent

Apia, Apr. 10.

OUR latest information, “on good au thority”—there have been many, and all have been wrong—is that our Acting Administrator, Mr. Turnbull, will retire after the visit of the Governor- General of New Zealand (Lord Galway) in July.

It is also reported that Major-General Burgess, the former Commander-in- Chief of the New Zealand military forces, and now retired, will be the new Admin istrator. There is no confirmation of this, however.

Another report is that Mr. W. R. Mc- Culloch, who was auditor in Samoa in 1935-6, will return to the Territory as Secretary of the Administration.

Nothing has been said here to indi cate that New Zealand may try to trans fer the Mandate to Britain. But such a move, if it is constitutionally possible, would be welcome here.

Preceded by native police band, and led by the Administrator (Brig.-General Sir Walter Mc- Nicoll) and the president of the Returned Soldiers’ Association (Hon. R. L. Clarke), the return ed soldiers of Rabaul, New Guinea, march in procession to the War Memorial on Anzac Day.

TOP ROW.—Mr. and Mrs. A, R. Aspinall, of Lautoka, Fiji, returned to the Colony by the “Monterey” on April 28 after spending a short holiday in Victoria.

SECOND ROW.—Left: Miss Lillian Bennett, of Melbourne, left Sydney by the “Tanda” in mid- April for Rabaul, New Guinea. After a short stay in Rabaul, Miss Bennett will proceed to Madang, where she will spend some time with friends. Right: Mr. V. A. Pratt, of To bera plantation, Kokopo, New Guinea, return ed to Rabaul by the April “Tanda” after a short visit to Melbourne. He was accompanied by Mrs. Pratt.

BOTTOM ROW.—Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Johnson, of Suva, Fiji, photographed with their daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. Johnson (centre), of Sydney, just before they returned to the Colony by the “Monterey” at the end of April.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been in Australia for a short time, while Mr. Johnson recovered from an injury to his leg.