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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1949Vol. XIX, No. 11

Empire Day Rally and Sports in

pp. 95-96 · Read in the full issue

Rabaul

From Our Own Correspondent

Rabaul, May 25.

PUPILS of schools in the Rabaul- Kokopo district gathered at the Rabaul sports ground on Empire Day (May 24). They took part in sing ing and marching exercises and were addressed by the District Officer.

This formal part of Empire Day ob servance was followed by a sports pro gramme.

Mr. Roderick Fenwick-Owen is visiting French Oceania to gather material for a novel with a Polynesian background.

Although this Englishman is only 27, he is the author of a successful novel, “The Flesh is Willing,” and co-author of a play that toured the English provinces for nine months. He is an artist and was twice junior tennis champion of Lincoln shire.