Death Of A. Walter Of Apia
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MR. A. WALTER, of Apia, W. Samoa, died in his 84th year, after a long illness, on August 23. He was one of the oldest residents of the Territory, hav ing arrived there in 1895 from Germany.
For many years he owned the only butchery in Apia. He was a keen sports man and a foundation member of the Apia Racing Club (now Apia Turf Club) of which he was a committee member for many years. He imported a number of pedigree racehorses from New Zealand and Australia.
He leaves three daughters and a son, bis wife having died a few months ago.
Mr. I. H. Carruthers has returned from a short visit to Apia, Samoa. The well known and popular senior member of the firm I. H. Carruthers Ltd., of Apia, now lives in New Zealand.
Mrs. Olice McMiles, once well known as a nurse in Fiji, was matron in charge of Wyong Hospital in New South Wales when Mr. C. V. Caldwell, also well known in Suva, and more recently a resi dent in Australia, was brought in seriously ill. They had known each other well in the old Suva days. Mrs. McMiles saw him off in the ambulance, for Gos ford Hospital, where he died. Since then, Mrs. McMiles herself has been gravely ill.
At a recent meeting of the Apia Rifle Club, Mr. A. R. Cobcroft, a foundation member of the Club, was elected presi dent for the ensuing year. Mr. D. B.
Clare was elected secretary.
Mr. H. (Horrie) Niall, District Officer at Lae New Guinea, has returned from South after a period of leave extending from March last. Mr. F. A. Bensted acted as relieving D.O.
Pastor A. Gallagher and Mrs. Gal lagher, of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission, with their three chilrren are in Hobart, Tasmania on leave from Aoba, New Hebrides. Before going to the Heb rides, Pastor Gallagher served in New Guinea and BSI.
A complete file of the Pacific Islands Monthly, extending over several recent years, is for sale by Miss Ethel Turner, of “The Peel,” 3 Elizabeth Bay Road, Sydney. If anyone interested does not want to pay for the collection, it can be had for the trouble of carting it away.