Prisoners In New

Guinea

LETTERS from prisoners-of-war in the Rabaul area, which the Japan ese have permitted to leave New Guinea, indicate that the following well known residents of Rabaul are prisoners of-war, and are well: Hon. Gerald Hogan, MLC, Crown Law Officer in the New Guinea Administration: Dr Watts who was a private practitioner in Rabaul;’

Mr. Evan Evans, who was a member of the Public Health Department in New ; TT Dr I ViF O £P er ’ ° f the New Guinea Public Health Department,

Basil Chalmers, of the first contingent of RAF recruits to leave Fiji for train ing in South Africa, received his “wings” as a bomber pilot last month.

Rev. R. E. Tempest, who prior to his departure for England in 1935 was a Melanesian missionary at Siota, BSI, has recently been appointed vicar of Adle burgh, Suffolk.

Former Papuan rubber-planters who have returned to rubber-planting, as part of their military duties, include Capt. S. D. Morton, Lieut. E. W. Thomas, Warrant-Officers C. Forbes and F. A. Lord (all of Koitaki plantation). Other well known rubber-planters who have re turned to Papua lately are Lieuts. G. A.

Loudon and F, L, Clarke.