The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1951Vol. XXII, No. 5

Legislative Council:

p. 18 · Read in the full issue

Papua-New Guinea

In furtherance of its deter mination to encourage the pro duction of rice in Papua-New

Guinea, the P-NG Administration

has inviteH f.ho Chief of the revision

Department of Agriculture (Mr. W.

Poggendorff) to visit the Territories in January, He will make a survey of both high and low country, to nspert.a.in their snitahilitv for rieei

Western Somoa’s first casualty in

the Korean war was notified in an

official New Zealand Casuality list

on November 11 when it was announeeri that. Gunner A. Ah Mn

Regiment had been accidentally in jured while on service in Korea.

Gunner Ah Mu, one of half a dozen

of Western Samoan soldiers fight

insr in Korea is the son of MVs J

BACK ROW: Aisoli Salln, T. P. M.

Byrne, Rev. F. G. Lewis, J. R. Foldi, E.

A. James, J. B. McAdam. Obscured: B. P.

Essal (Clerk Assistant).

ABSENT: J. K. McCarthy.

—Photo, Papuan Prints.

THIRD ROW: Simogen, C. Champion, S.

Elliott Smith, W. W. Watkins, B. E.

Fairfax-Ross, I. F. Champion, Rev. D. E.

Ure.

FOURTH ROW: D. I. McAlpin (Clerk of Council), J. B. Sedgers, Dr. J. T. Gunther, H. L. R. Nlall, C. M. Jacobson, D. Barrett.

Left to Right — FRONT ROW: Mrs. Doris Booth. His Honour the Administrator, Mr. D. M.

Cleland.

SECOND ROW: J. H. Jones, H. H. Reeve, W. C. Groves, E. P. Holmes, C. C. Marr, Father J. Dwyer, Merari Dickson.