Henry Eekhoff Seeks a War Job

OUR old friend, Henry G. Eekhoff (trader, of Lae, New Guinea), came down to Sydney in the evacuation, filled with patriotic zeal. His sons are in the fighting forces, and he thought that a fit and adaptable man—as all New Guinea traders must be —could be use fully employed in Australian war-work.

But, although the military wallahs are calling-up Australian men of 50 and forcing them to abandon personally built businesses, there seemed to be no war job anywhere for our New Guinea friend, and finally he gave up the quest.

To-day, Henry Eekhoff, in consider able bitterness of spirit, is a packer of ladies’ corsets and brassieres in a Sydney factory. He is bitter because no real war job can be found for him, and he is grim because his intelligent wife says he is learning far more than is good for him about the variations of the feminine form.

Dr. Balzeau, head doctor at the French hospital at Vila, New Hebrides, was suc ceeded recently by Dr. Mauze, Dr. Pou liquen, assistant doctor at Vila, has been transferred to Santo; his place has been taken by Dr. Gilbert.

Mr. Michael Chambers, an employee at the Vatukoula goldmines, Fiji, died in Lautoka Hospital last month, aged 40.

Born in Ba, he worked for a time at various CSR mills as an engineer.