Book, 1939
pp. 13-14 · Read in the full issue
Pacific Islands Year Book, 1939
THE Pacific Islands Year Book. 1939, was published in May.
It is a complete handbook of the Paci fic Islands. It contains 400 pages of de scriptive letterpress, together with a section of 16 pages, entitled ‘ Who s Who in the Pacific”, and another section giv ing merchandising information. There are numerous maps—in fact, in this edi tion. there are few important islands and territories which are not covered by maps.
Statistics relating to the various Ad ministrations are complete as at June 30, 1938, and in a number of cases they are brought up to December 31. 1938. There are business directories relating to all territories, and complete lists of Admin istrative officials, missionaries, etc.
Copies may be obtained as follows: In the Pacific Islands, from any of the prin cipal stores; in Australia, from the lead ing booksellers: in London, from W. R.
Carpenter and Co. Ltd.. Coronation House. 4 Lloyd’s Avenue, E.C.2; or direct from the publishers. Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd.. Union House, 247 George St..
Sydney. The price of the book is, per copy, 8/- (cloth cover) and 6/6 (paper cover), and postage (if necessary) should be added, as follows: Within British Empire, 6d. per copy: to points beyond the Empire, 1/-.
Two minesweepers and a survey ship, “Bushnell”, of the U.S. Pacific fleet, ar rived at Pago Pago, American Samoa, in May. The “Bushnell” is making a six months’ survey of the neighbouring is lands and reefs, using Pago Pago as a base.
It was announced in the “Sydney Morning Herald” on May 20 that Mr.
Wilfred Heritage, third son of the late Mr. George Heritage, of Launceston, Tas mania, had died in London on May 14 It is understood that this is the well known and popular Mr. Wilfred Herit age, -who was manager in the Solomon Islands for Messrs. W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd. in 1927 and subsequent years.
If this is so, the news will be received with regret by many “old hands” in the South Seas.
Mr. Jack Edward Evans, engineer of the “Tui Natewa”. Levuka, Fiji, recent ly married Miss Mary Gwilliam, of Na tewa Bay, Vanua Levu. The ceremony took place at the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Levuka.