About Islands People

Mr. J. Bogan, a well-known member of the staff of Burns, Philp SS Co., Ltd., Apia, Western Samoa, died on November 23. He is believed to have shot himself after a party. He was a popular young man and leaves a wife and two small children .

The Rev. Wilfred F. Paton, who has been in charge of some five mission stations in the New Hebrides, for the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania, arrived in Sydnev in December, on fur lough:. He has had 2 i years of heavy work in the southern islands, has collected a great deal of malaria, and is consider ably underweight; but he expects soon to return to the Condominium. He re cently had published an interesting pam phlet, “Fred Paton of Malekula”—the story of the life and achievements of the Rev. Fred J. Paton, who died in Vila on December 12, 1941, after 49 years’ service as a missionary on Malekula.

George Thill, the French opera singer, gave two concerts in Noumea during his brief stay there following his Australian tour.

M. Roger Gervolino, New Caledonian deputy to the French Parliament, re cently arrived in Noumea by Pan Ameri can service from Paris.

Mr. J. J. C. Suckling of the Department of Agriculture. Fiji, has been transferred to the British Solomon Islands Protect orate where he will be Senior Agricult urist.

The new Director of Education, for Fiji, Mr. Howard Havden, left Barbados on November 7, and is due in Fiji in Dec ember.

A 35mm Talkie projector has been pre sented by Mr. B. Proweller, of Suva, to the Tamavua Tuberculosis Hospital. It was

installed at Tamavua by Mr. Len Noerr, who has made arrangements with New Zealand motion picture distributors for the films, which are supplied without charge for use at the Central Leper Hos pital, Makogai, to be screened at Tama vua as wel.

Capt. Bert Hargreaves, who formerly flew for Stephens Aviation at Wau, is now flying with Trans-Australian Air lines, and is stationed in Melbourne.

The Rev. R. Hare, General Manager of the Australasian Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission, visited Fiji, in November.

Mr, Stephen Marshall returned to Suva by air from New Zealand in November, after spending leave in the United King dom.

Mr. Harold Cooper left Suva on the “Monterey” on November 4, for the United States, where he will spend several weeks before going on to Nigeria via the United Kingdom. He has been appointed Public Relations Officer in the African Colony.

Tenders for lightering and stevedoring of ships calling at Apia closed on Nov ember 9. It has since been announced that the contract for the next three years goes to the Union Steamship Company Ltd. It was formerly held by the West ern Samoa Lighterage and Stevedoring Co.. Ltd., which is directed by Mr. M. E.

F. Paul.

The newly established Australian Press Bureau, Box 287, GPO, Brisbane, announces that it is always glad to peruse articles of a literary nature and short stories from the Pacific—which should be between 1,000 and 1,500 words.

Payment is £4 for first Australasian serial use—£l if previously published.