The Salmon Family

Letter to the Editor I AM grateful to “Cloghogue” for his letter in the October “PIM” in refer ence to my inquiry concerning the relationship (if any) between Alexander Salmon, of Tahiti (the husband of Arii taimai) and John Mortimer Salmon, of Rarotonga. However, we do not seem any further ahead. Nothing that your corres pondent has brought forward establishes a relationship between these men, and I, for one, will await with much interest the information he hopes to obtain from Tahiti.

It was not suggested by me that J. M Salmon was descended from Arii-taimal.

I was aware that he was European. What has to be established is his relationship with her husband. Alexander Salmon, as far as we know, was English born. J. M.

Salmon, apparently, was an American.

While it does indeed seem strange that two men of the same name should live in neighbouring islands and not be related, it will be necessary to have more proof of it than has yet been offered.

If “Cloghogue” can obtain additional information concerning the antecedents of Alexander Salmon this material will be welcome. Nothing appears to be on re cord concerning his life before he landed in Tahiti. It is possible that the name was originally Solomon.

I would like to inform “Cloghogue” how very much we have enjoyed his racily written articles in this part of the world.

He certainly has a fund of reminiscences upon which to draw, and I trust that he will let us have more of them —even if events, and not dates, are kept in mind!

I am etc.,

Eric Ramsden

Pacific Islands Society, Box 2434 MM, GPO, Sydney.

October 25, 1940.

Messrs. Adrian and Henry Nobbs, James Green and Laurie Quintal recently arrived in Australia from Norfolk Island to enlist in the A.I.P.