Dream's End

Here is Mr. Franklin Boyer, formerly a Technical Sergeant in the United States Marines, inspecting his new home on Norfolk Island. When Mr. Boyer was a POW in the Philippines during the war he made up his mind that, when it was all over, he would settle on a Pacific island and do nothing for the rest of his life. In June, 1949, he saw an advertisement in the PIM offering a modern home on Norfolk for £A2,000. He bought it, on the blind, from the builder, Mr. K. G. Tuck. In June, 1950, he arrived on Norfolk. Here is Mr. Boyer and the home he bought. We have seen dreams end much less pleasantly.