All Change Here!
pp. 113-114 · Read in the full issue
IN the Javanese compound of the Nickel Company’s Doniambo smelters, New Caledonia, there was recently a do mestic mix-up, ending in a Javanese work man knifing one of his compatriots in the region of the heart. The wounded man was taken to Noumea hospital in a dangerous condition. He had been stabbed by the “husband” of a woman who had deserted him for the man who wielded the knife. The “husband” had taken this drastic course because the “ex-husband” had beaten up the woman, who had left him a few days previously. Jealousy, the green-eye monster, is active in these Javanese communities, where husbands and wives exchange so frequently that it’s difficult to keep track of who’s whose. A Javanese has been known to gamble his wife away over an evening’s game of
toupie (their form of roulette)
H.E.L.P.
Mrs. E. Maclean, who spent a large part of 1950-51 with her son in Bougain ville, New Guinea is back in Sydney again.
Rabaul Social Doings
These competitors (left) were successful in the Swimming Carnival held in Rabaul in early May in aid of the Mt. Lamington Relief Fund. They are: Miss Norma Sullivan and Mr. Norman Schafer, who won the team relay race.
At right is Mr. L. Michel, who recently left Rabaul for Port Moresby. He was an enthusiastic cricketer and will be missed in Rabaul sporting circles. (See Rabaul Roundabout, page 81, this issue.)