Islands Travellers
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ids people passing through Sydney iuary included (left to right, top to a):— C. M. Jacobsen, elected MLC for Guinea Mainland, returned to NG (antas, January 22, in time to wel his guests, Mr. and Mrs. Charles , graziers, of Rankin Springs, NSW, he had farewelled from Sydney per ► several days earlier. Mr. and Mrs t plan an extended holiday at Mr. J. C. Davis, Assistant intendent of Police, Suva, returned long leave in late January. Mrs. i who became ill and underwent an tion in Melbourne a few days before expired, was progressing satis fy, and will follow Mr. Davis with bildren later. and Mrs. A. C. Blair returned to ra, per Malaita, in January. Mr. will open the Solomons’ first civilian ;ering workshop since the war. . nd Mrs. George Hill and their son >n leave in Sydney in January. Mr. s Treasurer of the New Hebrides minium Government, at Vila. His vith New Hebrides-I number-plates, 1 considerable interest in Sydney. hodist Missionaries sailing per ;a for the Solomons in January in (from left): Miss Thelma Duthie, Helen Whitlow, Miss Eva Saunders.
The Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Woodfield for the Methodist Mission station viana, BSI, per January Malaita. tain W. Waterson, BSIP TVade e Stevedore, and Mr. Harry Wick to be Trade Scheme Manager at made the round trip in the Kuri , which visited Sydney in January.
Mr. A. C. Adams, of Norfolk Is.,
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returned there r>.fter a year in Sydney. He travelled per January Malaita.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McCarthy returned to Rabaul per Malaita, after leave in Australia. As District Commissioner at Rabaul, Mr. McCarthy is an ex-officio member of the new P-NG Legislative Council. . . . Mr. B. Francis and his sister, Miss Helen Francis, of Rere Point, Guadalcanal, BSI, were seeing friends off by January Malaita. They expect to re turn to their father’s plantation shortly.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Owers, of Wau, New Guinea, with their twin sons and daughter were south-bound passengers on the February Bulolo, There were 21 wet days during January in Wau, New Guinea, and a total rainfall of over 10 inches. As a consequence, vegetable gardens suffered and there was a temporary shortage in February.