Civilians In Solomons

A PARTY of 31 missionaries, nursing sisters and planters were brought from Malaita to the United States lines on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, some weeks ago; and later they were sent away to safety. They included Mr.

Thomas Mason Robinson, a planter from the Shortland Islands.

A well-known Solomon Islands planter.

Squadron-Leader C. V. Widdy, is reported by Australian newspapers to have given the American Marines invaluable help in the Elu and Tenaru River areas of Guadal canal. It is said that his knowledge of these high-banked and treacherous streams accellerated American progress.

An American nun, Sister Theresa, who was among the missionaries who escaped from the Japanese in the north and north-western part of Guadalcanal, said that the Japanese treated them civilly enough until there arrived a “mystery man,” Ishimoto, who spoke perfect Eng lish and who is believed to have been a spy in the South Pacific territories long before the war. Ishimoto was in supreme command. He seized the property of the missions and, after that, the missionaries were treated cruelly.

As a result of a bazaar held in Somo Some. Taveuni, Fiji, on October 24. no less than £1,400 was added to Red Cross funds.