Tribute To Tact Of Sir

Hubert Murray

From a Special Correspondent DARU, April 24.

THE news of the death of the Lt.- Governor of Papua, Sir Hubert Murray, was received with much sorrow in Papuan villages, more espe cially by natives who had served with him.

One of our boys, who was in his ser vice in the very early days, shook his old head sadly and, when he recovered his composure said:— “That man, Judge Murray before, he was a proper good man, full up with proper sense, that man. That time I took out Judge Murray boy (either son or nephew). One day suppose that small boy humbug, he no want to go proper

way, he talk answer back to me. Judge Murray he say, ‘You no boss belong my A.C.; you listen A.C. talk; you small boy, no humbug p’liceman boy, you hear?’

“Judge Murray boy he come big boy, he proper good man, he no humbug.

What for he no humbug? Because Judge Murray show him proper sense fashion.”

REV. CONRAD G. ST ALLAN has been appointed missionary at South-West Bay, Malekula, and, with his wife and three children, he left Sydney early in May.

For five years Mr. and Mrs. Stallan were missionaries of the London Missionary Society in Samoa; and, having to leave on account of retrenchment, they were taken over by the New Hebrides Mission.

The wild, turbulent tribes of the Big Nambas district form part of Mr.

Stallan’s future parish.

M. Sautot, French Resident Commis sioner at Vila. New Hebrides, visited New Caledonia at the end of March to confer with M. Pelicier, French High Commis sioner in the Pacific, concerning ques tions affecting the Condominium.