Mr. J. M. Nicol, Of Tanna,

Killed In Accident

A MAN held in very high regard in the New Hebrides, Mr. J. M. Nicol, British Agent on Tanna Island, was killed in an unfortunate accident on December 22 last. He was driving a motor-truck into his plantation, and he stopped the truck on a slope, while he went back to close a gate. The brake did not hold, and the truck rolled back and caught and crushed Mr. Nicol against the gate-post. His injuries were serious, and he was at once put aboard a launch, for Vila Hospital; but he died while the boat was still at sea.

Mr. Nicol had been British Agent on Tanna for some twenty years. He married a Miss Kerr, and thus was a connection by marriage of Kerr Brothers, well-known Islands merchants. His wife died some three years ago.