Oldest European Resident of BSI

rE Rev. J. F. Goldie, who is returning to his post in the Solomons, as head there of the Methodist Missionary Society of New Zealand, has just com pleted 43 years’ service as Superintendent of the Mission. He claims to have lived in the Group longer than any other European ordinarily resident there.

After functioning for 35 years, the branch of the Bank of New South Wales at Levuka, Fiji, closed on May 23, and its business was removed to Suva. This is only one of many branches that have had to close in the Colony due to man power difficulties.