They Had What It Took

Letter to the Editor IN November “PIM” under the heading “Survey of New Guinea,” there ap peared a paragraph stating that most of the AIF who obtained their discharge here were leaving NG, as they were not suited to Islands life, with its demands on endurance and patience.

Those boys must have had endurance and patience, plus, to carry on here dur ing the war years. The inference per taining to stolen motor parts, was written in very bad taste, and the smug re mark that such thefts were foreign to this part of the world pre-war is rather amusing. I have recollections of a gold brick disappearing in this part of the world before the war.

If New Guinea was again threatened by a foreign power, we would possibly be a little more tolerant with these boys when we welcomed them back.

I am, etc.,

One Of The B4’S

New Guinea.

The Reverend Father Chervier, of the Roman Catholic mission on Ovea, Loyalty Group, recently died as a result of injuries received when he was gored by a bull.

The Rt. Rev. J. M. Aubin, Roman Catholic Bishop of the South Solomons,

left Guadalcanal in January for his first visit to Rome since his consecration in 1935. The war intervened when he was planning a visit for 1941. He will be away for six months, including a visit to his native country Prance and to England and America.