Death Of Mr. S. G. C. Knibbs

rE death occurred in Sydney on February 5 of Mr. Stanley George Curthoys Knibbs. FRGS, formerly Commissioner of Lands, Crown Surveyor and Commissioner of Works in the Solo mon Islands. He was born in 1886 and educated in Sydney, and joined the sur vey staff of the CSR Co. in Fiji, in 1911.

He went to the Solomons as Crown Sur veyor in 1913 and for 27 years held many positions in that administrative service.

He was an Official Member of the Advisory Council, and on one occasion acted as Resident Commissioner. He retired in 1939. He was a son of the late Sir George Knibbs (formerly Com monwealth Statistician) and he was the author of “The Savage Solomons as They Were and Are”, published in 1929. He is survived by Mrs. Knibbs and a daughter.

With Captain George Dibbern, owner, and Miss Eileen Morris, of Napier, on board the 32 ft. ketch Te Rapunga ar rived at Napier on January 24. The ketch left New Zealand five years ago to sail round the world and now, having sailed 35,000 miles in the vessel, Miss Morris has returned to her mother’s home in Napier. The Te Rapunga left Honolulu in October for Palmerston Island, which was reached after an uneventful voyage.

When warning was given of a hurricane, Captain Dibbern and Miss Morris left Palmerston Island and on January 1, 60 miles off the island, they met the hurri cane, and their ketch was severely bat tered. Dibbern is a German, and, after his case had been considered at length, he was interned “for the duration”.