Not A Dull Moment!

AS I arrived in the darkness at Lili na-Kaia Plantation, New Britain,! there seemed to be something un usual going on.

In the doorway of a copra store therea was a slim young woman, clothed in as eau-de-nil silk evening dress and high heeled shoes. She actively wielded a No.c 6 copra shovel, and kept a stream off copra flowing out into the night.

Then there arrived a highly excitedb gang of Highland labourers. She droppedb her shovel, and directed the boys inn clearing bags of copra, cocoa, tools, etc.c out of the store. Then under her direc tion, they began quickly dismantling thee building itself. She left hurriedly asa falling embers set fire to her shoes.

Presently, the situation sorted itself! out. It appeared that the copra drier i had taken fire; and, while all the men off the establishment were fighting the out break, their resourceful lady assistant— -19-year-old Judith Solomons, of Mittagongg and Kings Cross, NSW— took it on her self to help them by clearing the adjacent! copra store.

Miss Solomons says she has fallen inn love with the Islands since the plane seta her down in Rabaul. While carrying onr her job, she is also developing her art,,; and expects to have a collection of Islands a paintings in a year or two. She also isg studying and gaining experience for hen master’s ticket, so that she can run ae coastal vessel. She says there isn’t a dulllJ moment in plantation life!—AHC.

At a recent meeting in Western Samoa £ of the Apia Chamber of Commerce, Mr./ A. G. Smyth was elected president fori the ensuing year, Mr. G. S. Chisholm n vice-president and Mr. P. W. Glover,, secretary.