High Commissioner

at Honiara

THE Acting High Commissioner, Western Pacific High Commission (Mr. G. D. Chamberlain) and Mrs.

Chamberlain arrived at Honiara, British Solomon Islands, on March 2. for a five day visit. Dr. L. Poole, Capt. G. J.

Webster (Assistant Marine Superin tendent, WPHC) and Mr. F. H.

Beckett, architect from Suva, accom panied the High Commissioner on this visit.

The High Commissioner discussed various matters of importance to the Protectorate with the new Resident Commissioner, Mr. H. G. Gregory Smith.

Mr. Beckett conferred with heads of De partments regarding new Government buildings which are to be erected soon to replace the present temporary structures, most of which are now in a noor state of repair.

The pre-war Papuan Villager, a monthly paper in English for Papuan natives has been revived as the Papua and New Guinea Villager, produced by the department of Education of P-NG.

The old Papuan Villager was edited by F .E Williams, Government anthropolo gist, who was killed in a plane crash in Papua during the war. The new Villager is a well-produced little paper written for and by the native people of Papua and New Guinea, who understand suf ficient straight English