Sir Hubert Murray

Memorial To

Late

AT the request of the Adminis trator, a P'und was opened in Port Moresby in September to provide a Memorial to the late Sir Hubert Murray, who died in 1940, and who did such notable work for the old Territory of Papua, and es pecially for the natives. The appeal bas been launched in both Papua- New Guinea and Australia.

This appeal originally was made in 1941, and £263 had been sub scribed when the war with the Japanese came. Since then, invasion md post-war problems have taken precedence.

It is now proposed to complete the F\md, and provide the Memorial, rhe form probably will depend upon ;he amount subscribed. Some of his friends hope that it may be a plain jonstruction of stone, erected in Port Moresby, to permanently re nind both Europeans and natives of lis achievements.

Subscriptions should be sent to -he Secretary, Hubert Murray Memorial Fund, C o Customs De triment, Port Moresby. Any imounts sent to the Pacific Islands Monthly, PO Box 3408, Sydney, will >e acknowledged and sent on. It is xpected the Commonwealth Gov rnment will make a contribution.

The Archbishop of York, the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Cyril Forster Garbett, will make a five £ays visi !i to Fi J i in December. His Grace, who is in his 76th year, will make an extended visit to Australia and New Zealand between October and December. He will arrive in Suva from Auckland by TEAL Solent on December 11.

Two scientists of the Australian CSIR left Sydney for New Guinea in early August. They are Dr. C.

Barnard and Mr. L. J. Webb, who will search for plants that will yield valuable drugs, including cortisone.

Native plants used by the natives to cure ulcers and skin diseases will also be of particular interest to the scientists.