Death Of Mr. D. H. Ward

Daru, Papua, Nov. 3.

rpHE death occurred in his sleep yes- JL terday of Mr. D. H. Ward, European medical assistant. His funeral, to day, was attended by European residents, native medical orderlies, members of the Royal Papuan Constabulary, and a large number of natives.

Mr. Ward leaves a widow and daughter who will, for the present, continue to live at Daru. He had been stationed at Daru for some time and was well liked by all who knew him, his efforts on be half of his native patients being greatly appreciated.

Mr. N. E. Nilsen, late geperal manager of Emperor Gold Mine, Fiji, and Mrs.

Nilsen arrived in Sydney in November.

Mr. Nilsen will in future act as head of the Emperor Company, in place of Mr, E. G. Theodore (retired recently owing to ill-health) and will pay frequent visits to Fiji.

Mr. J. N. Clifford, an Australian service man who has had his sight restored by surgery, will leave Sydney soon to spend a long holiday in Fiji. Japanese ill treatment, while he was a prisoner on the Burma Road, caused the complete loss of his sight, about 1944. He was persuaded, six months ago,, to go to England for a specialist operation. When, five weeks after the operation, the bandages were removed, he could see again. The specialist had straightened a twisted nerve.