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

Donations to B.S.I. Red Cross

p. 56 · Read in the full issue

Fund

From a Special Correspondent TULAGI, April 2.

THE following additional amounts for the British Solomon Islands Pro tectorate Red Cross Fund were received during March: — H. Short, £2; R. Hyne, £2/2/-; Lever Bros., £lO/10/-; H. Kuper (proceeds of native bowl), £3/12/-; dance, £4/12/-: raffle and auction, £9/7/6; Dr. and Mrs. Hetherington, £10; A.

Cant, £l/1/-; Trainees, S.S.E. Mission, Afio School, £3; European Staff, S.S.E. Mission, Afio, £2; One Pusu, Girls’ School. Wanoni Bay, European Staff and A. V. “Evangel”, £3/11/-; Trainees. One Pusu and Wanoni Bay, £3/10/-; Melanesian Mission, Fiu, 10/-; sale of sav ouries, £l5/3/3; Tulagi Club donations, £7/17/6.

From Gizo.—Native Church Members, Metho dist Mission, £155; Native labour, Kenelo plan tation, £l/14/-; Native labour, Labete planta

tion, 12/10; E. C. Leadly, £l/1/-; Rev. J. F.

Goldie, £2/2/-; A. L. Pascoe, £2/10/-; A. r!

Barratt, £2/10/-; E. R. Tottenhafer, £1; J E Cormack, £2; J. T. Howse, £1; E. L. Martin, £2; A. Gallagher, £2; miscellaneous donations' £4/18/8.

From Faisi.—Mrs. Keegan, 5/-; Mrs. Atkin son, 5/-; Rev. Father Boch, £l/1/-.

MR. V. p. LOHENDAHN, who had been a resident of Fiji for 46 years, died in Suva War Memorial Hospital on April 3, aged 67. Born in Ceylon, he went to Fiji to join the staff of the Government Printing Office in 1894 and served in that department until he retired in 1930. Since then he had been on the staff of the “Fiji Times and Herald” as bookbinder.

Monsieur Leon Leroux, An Old

and respected resident of New Caledonia died recently in Noumea at the age of 67. He was buried at Moindou.