Deposit !

NEWCOMERS to the Islands are sometimes exasperated by the naive monetary calculations of native peoples, particularly the older folk.

An example was recently quoted by a certain postmaster in the Eastern Pacific.

One old lady came in, put down £2 and asked to deposit same in her Savings Bank account. In accordance with local custom, the patient postmaster made out a deposit slip, had her sign it, stamped it and so on, and handed back her pass book. Beaming, the old dear thanked him and added: “Now, please, I like to draw out ten shillings.”

Mr. A. B. Herroid. of Sigatoka, Fiji, who left the Colony for New Zealand in January, died in Auckland on February 8.

He was in his 73rd year and had been in retirement for some years. Previously he was with the CSR Co., as surveyor and architect.

A report has reached Sydney that Judge Stuart, formerly of the British Colonial Service, in Tonga, did not arrive in British Guiana, to which he was transferred. He set off for British Guiana late in 1940; his ship was sunk by a German raider and he and his wife were eventually landed on Elmira (north ern New Guinea); they waited a long time in Australia for transportation; and then, before he took up his new post, London cancelled the appointment and he was sent elsewhere.