Death Of C. R. Finney

Former Administrator of Norfolk Island

Administrator, of Norfolk island, 1932-37, and also ' well known in Papua, where he served in the Gov ernment for many years, Charles Robert Pinney died in Sydney on November 18, on his 62nd birthday.

He was educated in Victoria, and in 1906 joined the Papuan Civil Service. He enlisted in 1914 as a trooper in the Light Horse, was commissioned in 1915, and was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1916.

In the same year he won the Military Cross, and was mentioned in despatches.

He returned to the Papuan Adminis tration in 1920, where he eventually became Commissioner of Lands and Director of Mines and Agriculture. He became a member of the Legislative and Executive Councils in Papua in 1930.

In 1932 he was appointed Administrator of Norfolk Island, where he remained until his retirement to Sydney in 1937.

In 1918 he married the only daughter of Sir Hubert Murray, Lieut.-Governor of Papua. They had one son and one daughter.

Owing to the “Matua” being diverted for a special trip to Fiji and Tonga, there will be no steamer from New Zealand to W. Samoa during December. The Novem ber “Matua” took a large number of pas sengers to Nukualofa to attend the Ton gan centenary celebrations.

Sir Howard Ellis, whose health is still uncertain, recently left Suva, Fiji, on the “Lansing” for Auckland, accompanied by Lady Ellis.

Large gatherings of Fijians met on

November 16 in Suva to entertain the three Samoan chiefs, Mata’afa, Malietoa and Tamasese and their wives, who were returning to Western Samoa after an official visit to New Zealand.