Drought Kills Cattle
pp. 31-32 · Read in the full issue
In N. Caledonia
From Our Own Correspondent
Noumea, Oct. 17.
MANY cattle are dying on New Cale donian stations, more particularly on the west coast plains, owing to the drought, which has lasted for many months.
Caledonians are anxiously watching Aus tralian weather reports, for local ob servations covering 40 years seem to indicate that this country often gets rain about a fortnight after heavy falls on the eastern parts of Australia.
Judge Donald G. Bathgate, of Sydney, arrived in Rabaul at the end of October to relieve the Acting Chief Judge of New Guinea, Judge P. Griffiths, while he is on furlough.
Mr. D. Lamacraft, formerly of Guinea Airways, Ltd., Salamaua, who arrived in Australia from New Guinea a short time ago to join the AIF, has been undergoing training recently at an officers’ college.
Anthropological Society of NSW
AT the annual meeting of the Anthropological Society of NSW, on October 20, Professor A. P. Elkin, MA.
Ph.D, of the University of Sydney, was elected president for 1941-42. Vice-presidents are Mr. F. L. S. Bell. MA (who carried out scientific research work in New Guinea a lew years ago) and Mr.
H j. Wright. Of four lectures delivered before the Society this year, two have << ? a with the Pacific Islands—namely, Applied Anthropology in the Trobriand islands by Mr. Leo Austen, Resident Magistrate of the Western Division, £ nc L <T £ e .Fijians” by Dr. A.
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