Wau-Labu Road

IT is reported from Lae that the road between Labu (at the mouth of the Markham) and the goldfields area is now in a much better state of repair. All Public Works duties have been taken over by the Commonwealth Department of Works and Housing, which has had much pressure brought to bear upon it by local citizens.

Lae residents had the town water sup ply tested by the School of Tropical Medicine in Sydney—with what results is not stated. A year ago this water was declared to be unfit for human consump toin, and ships calling at Lae were unable to take on water.

Mr. Richard W. Tebb. of Lae, New Guinea, has been granted a District Licence under the Auctioneers’ Ordinance for the District of Morobe.

A book by Mrs. Kathleen Mellen of Honolulu well shortly be published by Hastings House, NY. It is called “In a Hawaiian Valley,” and is illustrated by drawings by artist Madge Tennant. Mrs.

Tennant’s husband, Hugh Tennant, is a New Zealander who was at one time an official In Samoa.

Samoans have a short way with care less motorists. During the recent LMS Malua Meeting, Western Samoa, an Apia taxi-driver ran over and killed a child The indignant inhabitants of the village of Fasitoouta, where the accident occurred, gave the driver of the taxi a thorough thrashing.