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About Islands People

J ’ J V * Lls tan »,, P r 9P{! etor of the l Si oh P rm A tmg a T ld pubat Apia has, for reasons of health,...recently disposed of his Si 1 ® “ Samoa tt % pif h Q g n C °- Ltd -> f 9 rmed by Mr. E. F. Paul, a well-known businessman of Apia. The “Western Samoa Mail,” the only weekly newspaper of Apia, ceased publication a few~ years ago Mr. Liston and his family have left Samoa for New Zealand. He went to Western Samoa originally as printer for the London Missionary Society Mr Jenner of the Rum* Phiin in Pago Paso f FaSpS P i staff Visitor g ?o SvdnPv Ea Trt n l.af a S!i a ’ a

Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, when the Japs invaded early in 1942.

Another link between Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pneifie n-n January 7 when died in New York. She was the little girl whose birthday unhappily fell on December 25, and to whom Stevens™ legally transferred his own birthday, November 13, so that she might have a normal birthday, like other children. Her father, Henry Clay Ide, was an official in Samoa when Stevenson lived there; and she later became a famous woman About the only remaining links are Mrs.

Salisbury Field, Stevenson’s step- daughter, and her \son, Austin Strong. Mrs Salisbury Field, now aged 86, lives iri California, and her son is a well-known figure in New York. Both were with Stevenson in Samoa sixty years ago ry^ r f ' nesten Msslon, 8 bl*erecting’

of native material at Maravovo, BSI. A chapel is al#o in the course of erection.

The buildings of the extensive mission station at Maravovo were all destroyed during the Japanese occupation and sub sequent fighting in the locality after the Americans landed.

Monsieur Christian Laigret, who was Governor of New Caledonia before the •present Governor (M. Tallec) took over, is now Governor of Mauretania, the French colony in Africa. Recently, in a colourful ceremony in which the natives, and Governors from neighbour ing colonies took part, he married Mademoiselle Denyse Pascault, secretary to a French war delegation to Nairobi, Kenya.

Mr. M. J. Connolly, Secretary of the Allied Supply Council in Australia, Mr.

A. A. Flaunty, of the New Zealand Minis try of Supply, and Mr. B. F. Blackwell, representative in Australia of the Fiji and the Western Pacific Supply and Pro duction Board, were visiting Fiji in March.

Miss D. Pedersen, who is to be Prin cipal Matron and Nursing Superintendent of the Fiji NursingftService, in place of Miss L. M. Lea (whp has retired and who will be leaving Fiji shortly) has arrived in the Colony from New Zealand. Miss C. E. E. Dunphy and Miss A. O’Donnell are also newly arrived nursing sisters, along with Miss P. Wilkinson, who has been appointed a staff nurse. Another arrival, Mrs. J. Hunt, is to go to Taveuni to take charge of the Cottage Hospital there. She will replace Miss Whitehead, wh<f left recently to take up a position at Niue.