Death Of Mr. J. B. Mawson

IHE death of Mr. J. B. Mawson, (see May PIM) formerly Headmaster of the Suva Boys’ Grammar School, me _, as a s h° c k to all Suva residents, r. Mawson was highly respected by all embers of the Community, not only for e care and attention he showed to his ipils, but also for the interest he showed their subsequent advancement, in latever occupation they took up.

He was educated in Otago, graduated A at Otago University and became secondary school teacher in various lools in the South Island of New aland, and later at Wellington •liege. He saw active service in the st World War, and then returned to ellmgton College. Subsequently he be

came an inspector of secondary schools in New Zealand, and then Headmaster of St. Andrew’s School in Christchurch.

Later, as a Lieutenant Colonel, he com manded a New Zealand Battalion in Fiji.

He returned to Fiji as headmaster of the Suva Boys’ Grammar School from which post he retired at the end of 1950.

His quiet manner and outstanding leadership played a very large part in laying the foundation of many a boy’s character.

Master Alexander Ross flew from Sydney to Canton Island, Central Pacific, early in May, by PAA airliner, to spend school holidays with his father, Dr. S. G.

Ross, who is Chief Medical Officer for the US Civil Aeronautics Administration at the little Anglo-American Condominium.

Dr. Ross formerly was Medical Officer at Nandi Airport, Viti Levu, and before that was in Hawaii. While her son is at college in Sydney, Mrs. Ross is living at Rose Bay.

Miss Noni Pyke, of Newcastle, NSW, was married in May to Mr. John Segaert, of Fiji. They had a 10-days honeymoon in Sydney before they flew to Lautoka where they will make their home.

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Toogocd, of Lae, New Guinea, left Adelaide SA, in May by the Orcades for a six months trip to the United Kingdom and Europe. Their two children are staying in Adelaide with Mrs. Toogood’s mother.