Pitcairn Island Or

Islands?

COMMENTING on the handsome new set of Pitcairn stamps, recently issued, the “Australian Stamp Journal” (November) says: An interest ing point revealed by the new issue is that the official title of the colony is “Pitcairn Islands” and not “Pitcairn Is land”. The colony comprises, in addition to Pitcairn Island, the islands of Hender son, Ducie and Oneo, which were annexed in 1902, and are (according to the “Pacific Islands Year Book”) “included in the district of Pitcairn”; but it appears to us to be incorrect to extend the name of one island to cover a group. An analogous case, for instance, would be if the Gil bert Islands were re-named after the chief island of the group and entitled “Ocean Islands”. Why should not the stamps have been inscribed simply “Pit cairn Colony” or “Pitcairn”?

Private Daniel Brudo, a Euronesian, of the Trobriand Islands, Eastern Papua, is now serving in the British Army—he was the only man from Papua who went right through the battle of Flanders and took part in the heroic retreat from Dun kirk last May. His brother, Henry Brudo, is a private in the AIF.

Mr. J. H. L. McGuigan, Medical Assist ant in the NG Administration, is now serving with the AIF. His address is: Private J. H. L. McGuigan, VX 42J89, HQ Coy., 2/9th Field Ambulance, Bone

gilla, Victoria.