Death Of Mrs. Cowling, Old

Papuan Resident

rE death occurred at Madiri, Fly River, Papua, on November 11, of Mrs. J. Cowling, after suffering from diabetes for the p&st three years.

She was 65 years old, and is survived by an only daughter, Mrs. Holland, who, with her husband, owns the rubber and coconut plantation at Madiri.

Mrs. Cowling came to Papua from Yorkshire, England, in 1919, and married the late Mr. J. Cowling, of the Mibu plantation, on the Fly River, where she resided until she purchased the Madiri plantation 11 years ago. She returned to Papua last May, after having been absent from the Territory for three years.

Her plans were to retire just as soon as a passage would be available to US, where she hoped to spend her last days with a sister in California.

She was liked and respected by all who met her, Europeans as well as natives, and her happy personality and famous hospitality will be greatly missed.