Fiji's Governor

To Visit Australia Soon

Suva, Oct. 3.

riTHE Governor of Fiji, Sir Alexander JL Grantham, accompanied by Lady Grantham, left Suva to visit the Solomon Islands on September 30. They travelled by plane and will be away from Fiji for about a week.

On October 15 they will leave Fiji again for Australia. Their visit will be semi-official, but Sir Alexander hopes also to meet people who are interested in the Pacific, and its problems and future development.

The Australian visit is expected to last a fortnight. Calls will be made at Can berra, Sydney and Melbourne.

Mr. P. G. Roberts has been appointed to act as Secretary to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Government, as from July, 1945. Mr. Cartwright, who still is nomin ally Secretary, was one of those who

volunteered to remain on Ocean Island when the Japs invaded in 1942. The island has been reoccupied, but the five Europeans who remained there have not been found.

Mr. Tom Ellis, a member of the original staff of the Lands Department in New Guinea, died in Sydney early in October, after a long illness. He leaves a widow and one son. He was a well-known Free mason, and was the founder and second Master of Lodge Rabaul.