Norfolk Is. Election
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THE poll on July 31 for the election of four members of the Norfolk Island Advisory Council resulted in the re turn of Messrs. G. H. N. Buffett. W.
McLachlan. G. E. Nobbs and R. H. H.
Nobbs. They will hold office until July 31, 1941.
Members who will retire on July 31, 1940 are: Messrs. F. Bell, C. Holman, C A. B. K. Nobbs and St. J. A. White.
Mr. Herbert (Harry) Hawker, of Suva, died under the anaesthetic while under song a serious operation in Manly Hos pital, N.S.W., on July 25. He was chief linotype operator of the “Fiji Times and Herald” and was exceptionally well liked in Suva. Mr. Hawker, who was only 52 years old. had also spent some years in Rabaul, New Guinea.
Mr. Noel Mulvey, Assistant Engineer in the New Guinea Public Works Depart ment, has been appointed Engineer-in- Charge of the construction of the Sala maua-Wau road.