"Masinga Rule"

THE resignation of Mr. C. S. Belshaw, temporary cadet officer, from the British Solomon Islands adminis trative service, is gazetted, with effect from last November. Mr. Belshaw has a long article, “Native Politics in the Solomon Islands,” in the June issue of “Pacific Affairs,” the quarterly published by the Institute of Pacific Relations. He gives a detailed description of the “Masinga Rule” —otherwise known as “Mercy Rule,” or “Marching Rule” —a native organisation which is partly economic (demand for higher wages), and partly anti-European in character, and which now has a strong hold on BSI.

Mr. Arthur D. Felton, once the world’s champion sculler, is now with the New Guinea Administration at Finschhafen, repairing Government vessels.