Rough Handling Of

Smuggler

LAE, Oct. 1.

DON after the Nellore berthed here to-day, a crew member strolled nonchalantly ashore, alert Customs official thought pockets bulged unnecessarily, 3 followed him. rhe sailor hurried; so did the Icial. The sailor ran. and the icial pursued him, and overtook n and threw him down and, after lively scrimmage, sat on his id. rhe police took the prisoner and jsequently relieved him of a fine lection of cheap watches, appar dy intended for local consump n. :t is some considerable time since smuggler was caught red-handed this way in the port of Lae.

A group of Wewak natives, working in Madang, New Guinea, show business acumen and a community h K V0 i u kl° ck they Dlan to buUd up Jsettlemlnt and garden for holidays and rest periods for themselves. One asked his Master for some old roofing iron. “OK,” said Master. “You can have it—but how will you get it out there?” “In the truck we bought,” was the reply.

About 160 people assembled in the Commodore Lounge, in Auckland, on September 10, when the Overseas Students Association of New Zea ’an? h entertained the Fiji Rugby football team. Among those who welcomed the visitors were Mr. D.

D. Sharma (president), Dr. M. Saty anand (patron) and Miss Ivy Roden (secretary). Musical items were presented by students from Fiji, Rarotonga and Samoa.