Mr. J. T. O'malley Dead

THE death occurred in Sydney on Feb ruary 17 of Mr. James Thomas O’Malley, formerly Commissioner of Native Affairs in Papua for many years.

He was 67 years of age.

Born in Sydney, he joined the Com monwealth Public Service as a young man and, later, went to Port Moresby where he subsequently spent the greater

part of his life. He became Native Af fairs Commissioner in 1926 and in recent years had been closely associated with Sir Hubert Murray.

His nephew, Mr.

L. J. O’Malley, is well known in Papua, as a capable Assis tant Resident Mag istrate. When he was a Patrol Officer,

young O’Malley accompanied Jack Hides on the first occasion that Hides penetrated the hitherto unknown country (Tari- Furoro, Waga-Furari, etc.), behind the Kikori River, in the centre of Papua.

Mr. J. T. O’Malley.