The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 August 1939Vol. X, No. 1

N. Guinea Public Service

p. 31 · Read in the full issue

THE following staff movements in the Now Guinea Public Service have been an nounced: —

Permanent Staff Transfers.

Health Dept.—F. M. Green, Medical Assistant, Rabaul to Manus; J. R. Waddell, Medical As sistant. Rabaul to Namatanai.

District Services Dept.— L. A. Considlne, Clerk, Salamaua to Kavieng; J. A. Grant, Patrol Of ficer, Rabaul to Wewak; P. G. Hutton, Clerk.

Wewak to Salamaua; C. H. Maclean. Clerk, Namatanai to Kavieng; J. P. Morrissey, Clerk.

Lae to Madang.

Police Force. —L. G. Deen, Warrant Officer, Wan to Rabaul.

Temporary Appointments.

Government Secretary’s Dept. —Mrs. R. I. Legg (Typiste).

Treasury Dept. —Miss M. Sherry and Miss M.

M. Merchant (Typistes).

Health Dept. —Mrs. T Price and Mrs. A. G.

Thomas (Nurses).

Public Works Dept.— G H. Briggs and V. R Nixon (Headmasters).

Saula rvloku, who was well-known to Suva residents as a Sergeant in the Fiji Police Force, died at Nasese on July 7.

He was in the Service for 24 years, hav ing retired in 1937. During the Great War, Saula served oversea with the Fiji

Labour Corps.

Mr. A. V. Murphy, manager of Burns Philp CS.S.) Co. Ltd. at Faisi. British Solomon Islands, after a sudden illness, was taken to the Methodist Mission Hos pital at Bilua on July 15 and was oper ated on immediately for acute appendi

citis. “Satisfactory progress” was the re

port by the last mail,