The Solomon Islands
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From Our Own Correspondent
Honiara, Sept. 6.
MR. T. CRAWFORD, KC, of Sydney, has accepted the appointment of Acting Chief Magistrate and Legal Adviser to the BSIP Government during the six months’ absence on leave of Mr.
W. T. Charles, from early October. ♦ ♦ * Mr. Eric Spring, assistant manager of Morris Hedstrom, Ltd., Sydney, arrived at Honiara on September 21 to relieve Mr.
E. V. Lawson, manager of the Trade Scheme, for three months, while Mr.
Lawson is on leave in Australia. ♦ * ♦ After three years in the Protectorate as Postmaster, Honiara, Mr. Hugh Ragg ivas regretfully farewelled by Honiara residents when he left by TOA, on Sep tember 23, for Suva, via Sydney. Mr.
Ragg will take up duties in Suva GPO.
Mr. Manning, formerly of Suva, is the lew Protectorate Postmaster. ♦ ♦ ♦ Visiting shipping in BSI waters was varied in September after a slack period, nfluenced by Sydney strikes. Morinda arrived on September 7 with much leeded supplies, and loaded 644 tons of ;opra for Sydney. Titan Bank berthed he following day with much-needed no tor spirit and lubricants; her outward ;argo was 1,700 tons of copra for the Jnited Kingdom. LST Rawhiti, under :harter to Messrs. Carpenters, sailed the )revious week for Suva with thousands of ;mpty drums and oil tanks for Carpen ers‘ crushing mills at Walu Bay.
A two-day visit by HMAS Bataan, on ler way to Brisbane from Japan, stirred loniara into pleasant activity on Sep ember 20-21.