Death of Mrs. Jane Thurston

MRS. Jane Thurston died at Sydney on February 20. She lived for many years in Suva. Fiji, having married a brother of the late Sir John Thurston, Governor of Fiji. Her many friends there will remember her as a most amiable and gracious lady. She leaves a sister (Mrs. Garrick, senior, of Suva), a daughter (Mrs. E. L. Leembruggen. of Ocean Island), a son (Mr. H Thurston, of Auckland) and a grandson (Mr.

Harold Thurston Bentley, of the Civil Service, Suva).

Mr. G. A. Joy, British Resident Com missioner in the New Hebrides for many years, has been appointed British Resi dent Adviser at Makalla, Arabia. He will succeed Mr. W. H. Ingrams, who has the reputation of knowing more about the Arabs than any man since the late Colonel Lawrence. Makalla is 300 miles east of Aden, where Mr. Ingrams is now Chief Secretary.

The one that WOULDN'T grow up.