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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 May 1940Vol. X, No. 10

Apia Resident

p. 15 · Read in the full issue

Tragic Death of Well-known Apia Resident

THE death occurred, late in April, in tragic circumstances, of Mr. W. E.

Links, aged 49, who was well-known in the Central Pacific as a member of the staff of Burns Philp (South Seas) Co. Ltd. Until recently, Mr. Links was merchandise manager at the branch in Apia, Western Samoa.

No details are available. It is re ported, simply, that Mr. Links died as the result of gunshot wounds, and that the police are making investigations.

Mr. J. Craig, who for the past 10 years has been Financial Secretary and Colon ial Treasurer of Fiji, left Suva by the April “Monterey” en route to England, where he will spend leave prior to re tirement. Mr. Craig entered the Exchequer and Audit Department of the Colonial Service in 1909, and has served at Nigeria, British Honduras, Mauritius and Tangan yika.