Papuan's Fortitude
p. 49 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent
Samarai, Jan. 4.
WHEN diving for trochus shell, out on the . barrier reef, near Malagili, a native boy was attacked by a shark. His leg was cut to the bone, above the knee, and it was three days after the accident before he arrived, for treatment, in Samarai. Although suffering intense pain, the boy was still conscious when he reached hospital. The medical officer reported later that, although it would take some time, the patient eventually would recover, without losing the use of his limb.
Mrs. H. B. Lange, wife of Dr. Lange of the Government Hospital at Apia, West ern Samoa, died recently following a sud den collapse. She had suffered for some time from facial paralysis.
Rev. Dr, James Hannan, Director of Catholic Missions in the South Seas, whose headquarters are in Melbourne, recently was involved in a car accident and suffered a broken nose.