Death Of Brilliant Young

Geologist

From Our Own Correspondent

Port Moresby, June 12.

ON May 30 at the European Hospital, Port Moresby, the death occurred from tropical typhus of Geoffrey Standon Nevitt Sadler, BSc, a young scientist of outstanding ability attached to the Australasian Petroleum Co. in Papua. He was only 24 years old.

Born and educated in NZ, he joined the geological staff of Island Exploration Co. in Papua in 1937. Since then he had been continuously engaged in geological exploration both for Island Exploration and for APC. Mr. Sadler took part in notable expeditions, under the leadership of both Mr. N. Osborne and Mr. G. A.

V. Stanley, up the headwaters of the Fly River to the Hindenburg Range, and across the little known country between

the Vailala River and the Tauri and Kapau Rivers. Both expeditions made important contributions to the geological data of Papua and were successful in establishing friendly relations with the primitive tribes encountered.

His keen scientific mind, his courage and determination, and his fine physique fitted young Sadler admirably for the difficult and important geological work that had been allotted to him in the Territory. Besides showing brilliance as a geologist, he had made a study, of zoology and had specialised in the collec tion of land snails both in Papua and in NZ.

Pen-friends in the Pacific Islands are sought by Mrs. M. Clarke, c/o Post Office, Whenaupai, Upper Harbour, Auckland, NZ, who is a former resident of Tonga and Fiji. Her hobbies include photo graphy and gardening.

Prince Jione Gu, the younger son of the Queen of Tonga, is following in the footsteps of his brother, the Crown Prince, as an athlete. Playing for New ington College against The King’s School, at Parramatta, NSW, in June, he secured the only try for his side. This, however, did not secure victory for his team.