Newspaper Men Visit Hawaii

.Four missionaries from New Caledonia.

Fathers Boileau, Miljolla, Luneau and Josserand, arrived in Sydney towards the end of June to participate in the celebra tions of the Pacific Chapter of the So ciety of Mary.

Mr. and Mrs. Ron. T. Galloway spent their honeymoon at Hayman Island (North Queensland). Before returning to New Guinea, the couple intend spend some time in Auburn (NSW).

The Hon. W. Grainger Johnson, MLC, managing director of W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., oaici Australia literally a flying visit in August. He left Suva on a Wednesday morning, spent four days in Sydney, and was back in Suva again on the following Monday evening.

Mr. G. J. Smith, of Vatukoula, on August 5, won the Pineapple Cup for 1947 —the most important bowls trophy in Fiji.

His final opponent was Mr. Walter Smith, of Levuka, and the final score was 20-19, “GJ” won with the last bowl of the last head.

Mr. H, King Irving will shortly retire from the position of manager and attor ney for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., m Fiji. His successor will be Mr. E. H.

Griffiths, at present manager of the com pany’s Lautoka mill and well known in north eastern Viti Levu.

The price of French wine (vin ordin aire Bruno) in Noumea has been reduced to 17.70 francs per litre or 13.70 francs per bottle. American wine costs 25 85 francs the litre, and 19.65 francs per bottle.

Mrs. Doris Booth, of “Cliffside,” Bulolo, New Guinea, was in Sydney on leave in August. She expects to spend about four weeks in Australia before returning to her mining property.

Learning of Territorial industries the easy way: United States editors and publishers, complete with Leis, are introduced in Honolulu to Hawaiian pineapples. Left to right: J. Loy Maloney, editor of “Chicago Tribune"; Roy W. Howard, chairman. Scripps Howard Newspapers; Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, “Houston Post”; Juan Trippe, president of Pan American Airways; M. T. Moore, chairman of Time-Life-Fortune Board; Mrs. Ogden Reid, owner of “New York Herald-Tribune.”