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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 February 1940Vol. X, No. 7

Expedition To Tonga

p. 24 · Read in the full issue

Delayed

Prom Our Own Correspondent

Honolulu. Jan. 19.

T ED by Dr. Peter H. Buck, the New -Li Zealand born anthropologist, who is Director of Bishop Museum, Honolulu, an expedition was due to leave here this month for three months’ study in Tonga.

However, Mr. Albert F. Judd, president of the Museum’s board of trustees, died recently. He was to have gone on the Tonga expedition to collect natural his tory specimens.

His death ha 1 : caused a reorganisation of the expedition, which may be delayed for several months.

Mr. Peter Seaforth, who returned to Wau, New Guinea, recently, after a lengthy holiday in the Far East, has announced his engagement to Miss C.

Leeder, who is well known to Islands travellers as the pianist on the “Nep tuna”.

Miss Ela Gofton has returned to Wau, New Guinea, after a holiday visit to Europe.