"Malaita" Passengers

Mr. George Cruickshank, who was for many years mining in Papua with the Bootless Mining Co., and who had been in the Mandated Territory for several years, died at Wau, in June. He was at one time with New Guinea Gold fields, Ltd., and had recently been man aging Mr. Tex Thomas’ property on the Lower Edie, while the latter was South.

He contracted Japanese River Fever; and, as so many miners in the bush do, he left treatment until too late, and died in Wau shortly after his arrival there.

TOP ROW.—Mr. and Mrs. J. C. M. Scott returned to the Solomon Islands by the “Malaita” on June 24, after spending furlough in Australia. Mr. Scott, who is manager of Burns Philp (S.S.) Co., Ltd,, at Makambo, is a member of the B.S.I. Advisory Council.

SECOND ROW.—Left: Mr. C. R. Bignell, a well-known Solomon Islands planter, returned to the Group by the last “Malaita”, after a holiday in Australia. Right: Mrs. R. M. Farlow left Sydney for Kieta, Bougainville, T.N.G., by the June “Malaita”, with her new baby. Her husband is Assistant District Officer at Kieta.

THIRD ROW.—Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Osborne, accompanied by their son, departed from Sydney for Tulagi, by the “Malaita”, after fur lough in Australia. Mr. Osborne is engineer operator at the Government wireless station, Tulagi.

BOTTOM ROW. —Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Oliver, of Harvard University, U.S.A., who have been carrying out anthropological research work on Bougainville Island. T.N.G., for over a year, spent a brief vacation in Sydney in May and June. They sailed by the June “Malaita” to continue their work among the Siwai people for another six months, before going back to America.