Western Papua Notes

Daru, Oct. 17.

Administrator has completed a visit to the Division, and spent one week in the Mai Kussa area, during which time he walked over a good deal of the country. Whilst at Daru, his Honor visited the native hospital, stores, and the newly established native girls’ school, which is under the direction of Miss M.

Dosseter.

A pleasant tea party was given by Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Atkinson, in the garden of their home. Those present included the Administrator, Mr. Ivan Champion, DDS & NA, Sq.-Ldr. D. J. Sullivan, DSO, DEC, ADC, Reverend and Mrs. W. T.

Riley and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. R. Daw son, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cox, Mr. and Mrs.

W. Darlington, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Frost, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McLellan and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Maidment, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Wyborn, Doctor E. Marshall, Petty Officer L. Graham, RAN, Mr. K. R.

Campbell, Mr. R. J. Dougherty, Mrs. J.

W. Stocks and daughter, Miss M. Hoare, Miss M.Dosseter, Mr. R. Wyatt. Apologies were received from Mr. W. H. Halford Thompson (the District Officer, who was unable to attend through ill-health) Mr.

L. Luff, and Misses J. and F. Luff.

Three new Patrol Officers have been posted—Mr. L. Rein to Gaima, and Messrs.

Woodhill and Griffin to the new camp at Roku. Mr. R. J. Daugherty, who has been at Gaima for some time, is now at Daru.

A dentist and two assistants are now attending to the township’s dental troubles. This is the first time within memory that a dentist has paid a visit to Daru.

Mr. T. Pattle, from Mibu Plantation, came to Daru on business —the first time in five or six years!

Mr. T. Holland is at present over at Thursday Island, on a business visit.

The engagement has been announced of Miss Jean Luff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Luff, of Daru, to Mr. K. Wynn, of Ogamobu Plantation, near Kikori.

Mr. H. Standen, of the Bamu River Mission, has just returned from Thursday Island with a new worker for the Mission, Miss M. A. Bladon, who will, assist with the hospital and school activities.

Mr. Ken Cahill, of Madang, New Guinea, arrived in Brisbane recently.

The Right Rev. John Hudson was en throned as Bishop of Carpentaria in All Souls Quetta Memorial Cathedral, Thurs day Island, Friday, September-29. Torres Strait Islanders sang the hymns in the Western Islands language and were ac companied only by a native drum.

Mataika Tuicakau, Fijian winner of the shot put title at the Empire Games m Auckland in February, at a meeting organised by the Southern District Amateur Athletic Association on Novem ber 4, put the shot 49 ft. 101 in., and this broke his Games record.

The Fiji Director of Public Works, Mr.

J. P. Bruen, returned to the Colony in early November after a short visit to Australia and New Zealand in search of engineers and other technical staff neces sary to carry out Fiji’s Development Plan.

He was not very successful. Recruiting efforts are now being made in the UK.

Mr. W. F. Hargreaves, manager of the Suva Branch of the Bank of New South Wales for the past five years, is to leave for New Zealand towards the end of this month on transfer. He will be relieved as Suva manager by Mr. L. H. Craig, of the Head Office of the Bank, until the ar rival of his successor, Mr. A. H. Davies* from Perth.